... LITERA TURE. (1) Eaglish Dranatist's: TJDcmas Jfiddbfon. Fascinating, as tile study of the Elizabethan T dramatists has always been to those desirous of f I making themselves acquainted in a thorough I way with English literature, various influences II are now in ct)orationl, fitted, and inidleed de- r I sicgnedi, to enlarage very considerably the circle i of students. Hitherto, dramatic ...

... ;THE MAGAZLWFf TrEE MAGAZENS-4 , S3COFD NOTICEc.Ce Thb place of honoaur in The itm Prlneeoan tic Bere-fe is given to MrJames Russell Lowell, who CO a contributes an article on the poet Gray. It is an SC excellent bit of criticism, breathing not only the to poet's feeling for a brother poet, but also the Ov calm and sober judgment of the experienced ( man of letters. It is not long-ronly some ...

... LITEBATUR. Chambers's Geographical Reader, Standard VII. (NV. & R. Chambers, London and Edin- burgh), deals with a portion of what used. to be called physical geography, the subjects pre. scribed by the code being the ocean currents and tides, general arrangement of the planetary system, allnd the phases of the moon. The arrangoielent of the code may or maoy not be tu2e best tbl-rt ...

... GLASGOW.DOG SHOW. The first annual show of sporting and other dogs under the auspices of the City of Glasgow Canaine Sociely was opened in the Waterloo Rooms yester- day. For the various prizes about 400 dogs were entered, and all the best-known breeds were repre- s ented. The entries in the sporting class were not quite so numerous as was anticipated, but the terrierrs made agood show. In ...

... (Fwzx ouR oW-- COoRESPONDENT.) London, Sunday Night. The visit of the Abbe Liszt will terminate to-mnorro , and the great musician will leave , on Tnesday morning for Brussels. Liszt bas I spent the week mainly in the performance of those duties which society demands of dis- tinguished guests. To-night there is a grand farewell reception at Vestwood House. at which Mr Henry Irving and a ...

... TEE THEATsRq THEATRE-ROYAL- JANE SHORE. a After remaining cdosed for a week or two, the a Theatre-Royal was re-opened last evening, ?? a closing of a theatre, even for a brief period, is I always a hazardous experiment. Shut out the public, save during the sunshine and hert of imidsummer, and they are not easily brought I I back again. This general fact being kept in v-sne-, the audience ...

... THE GRAHIAM PICTURES. On Saturday and the two previous days Meessr Christie, Manson & Woods sold at their ro~om;s King Street, St Jamnes's, London, the extensivz colunction of pictures by the old'-masters belonging to the late Mr VT. Grahamo, formerly M.P. for Glso. Althiough the attendance at the sale wa-s unot at any 'periodj crowded, the prices, panggenerally, were good. The bent were a ...

... KILMARNOCR CAT3TLE SHOW. The annual sboe- of cattle and horses under the aspicas of thbe Silmarneck lFarreers' Society ras Iheld yesterday. In recent years the society has ehowunemarkable progress, and the present was in eveV respect the most successful of its shows. It has taken the society a ?? time to attain to its present position; but, from whatever causes that may have arisen, there is ...

... Ila (xTn SALON PARISWr '-TH2 HAiOVS& he OAL1RPY-GoUFI'S4.) D H. Jan Van Beers is, or aspires to be, the he Zola of art. This name has been applied to him'f sZ. more, perhaps, by heedless critics on this than 'at on the other side of the Channel, anid the appli- . Oit cation shows a curious lack of the critical re faculty. It is doubtfil if Zola is fully understood! e in France - he is ...

... GLASGOW CHORAL AND OICXIESTRAL cNN CIER'Pz. ?? I * AN'AL hIEETImN O CGUARANTOS. I IL meeting of tile guarantors of the Glasgow Choral and Orchestral Concerts was held yesterday in the Rsligious Institution Rooms, Bnchanan Street-Mr Donald Aa7thesonr, C.B., in the chair. TIle repllort subrnittedl by the colammittee showed that the b:1alance at ci es cf seas-on iS84-S5 was £2732 i !s (it], trot, ...

... LT1ATURI (1t Ni' MA A s Dicre By this time it is matter of ancient history that Ur Matthew Araold's lecturing tour ina 4merica W a faiilre. He could not speak loud enough to itake himself well heard, and when :m bse dir make himaelf audible it was generally Is found that he was saying something unpalatable. The Americans resented- Dickens, who waited te until he gothohea before he veatured to ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL EXEIBITION AT I EDINBURGH. i . I Within a fortnight, of tie opening day the International Exhibition at Edinburgh does not aby any means present the appearance of being in3 * a state of completion when Ps-ince Albert Victor $performs the inaugural ceremony. Still, rapid progress is daily being made towards that desir- I able end, and the enormous staff of ?? employed within ...