... s PHOTOGRAPHIC BEXHIBTION,, hehisambetof persons interested in the a-tt -t'photograpby-is now -very tlarge. There are tot a few, who -investigate the subject as a -scientifioa stdy, and who find in its resources jnostrtvalnble- aide to research anld investiga. tion, Iaithe practice- of photography there is -:nite an aay.of persons who make thereby tseir; dailtbread,and'rtthere is still a ...

... MUSIC-AND THE DRAMIA. -| (raoxr ounrl owsh ColSon nnznT) r: -- MrW G. w llsLondon, Sunday Nighlt. c I~r . , Will'sversion of Onida's Two 1 ILittle Woodeni Shoes' wais produced by Mlr ?? V57nahamn at the Criterion yesterday. The piece is called 'The L~ittle Pilgriml, and tits story departs somewhat fromn that of the ae as model to Blair, a yourng .Englishl painter. 3 iisir leaves for Paris, ...

... l'ITEPR.4 TUBE. (1) The Pe7'vle,' Bilek. !Dr Parker's Bible for the ?? l( Je present bea real boon to the pubi. the presetr rvolurne embrraces Levtl cu readen the girst par' of ' Nun bers ByIo0 ra5dethe irst half fcdavitiuS the driestI parkes bands It is parts of the jnible In Dr emag. Itbecomes rnade to glow svitht £ ii. With Dr not only intTrestilg. b del is is not to savy Parker notiun ...

... LITEBATUBB. t1) T!he Cruise o~f H.~. fr& acfprnfe. The notes in Vol. L treat of the Mediter- I ranean, Teneriffe, WestIndies, Berrumdas, Vigo, Ferro], St Vincent, the Plate, Falkland I Islands, Cape of Good Hope, Australia, Fiji; and those in Vol. IL of the East, including Japan, China, Straits Settlements, Ce~ylon, Egypt, Palestine, the Mediterranean. So the cruise of the Princes was no ...

... We have received the ninth voinmeof the Avon edwkn of Shak-spere's Work (London: 3egam PaJ, trench & tie.), containin? Pomee ?? ad Juliet, Pimon of Athens, and JoinTs Ceesar. due edition is chiefly remarkable for its typo- I graphical neatness, the entire absence of notes, and the uncnnvent?onal speineg of Shakespeare's b Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat)' By I their son, John S. Moffat. ?T. ...

... London, Sunday Night. C: The fisst, and (except as to an operetta produced I nearly half a century ago by Mrs G. A. Beckett), so far as we are aware, the only, serious opera i (t written and composed by ladies was produced i last week at the Novelty Theate, sad was a repeated there last night. The opera is entitled Florian, its libretto is adapted by -Misses D. 11 and Grace Latham from a ...

... C__TTLE _SROW_ IOGRAYSRE FAF5M:EPtS CS r; The annual show of live stock, dairy prduce, and implements under the a-upices of the.MorayS shire Farrserg Club was held in Elgin yeaterday Cattle and horses were about the same astformerly~ and horses; were really a fine and large- show.. Shorthorns were fairly numerous, but nothing of exceptional ?? appeared. The-following'wer. the first prnze ...

... BOOKS LCEWIVED. Les Demnoisellos de Saint Cyr. Comedie par Alexandre Dumas. With Introduction and Notes by Victor Oger, Lecturer in University College, Liverpool, and Victoria University. (Macmillan & Co., London.)-We are glad to see that the Mlesrs M\acmillan have included the charming little comedy of Les Demolselles de Saint Cyr among their foreign school classics. Prefixed to the ...

... L?TERATUR? 1tgS little-m:ana on; $Seaweeds, Shells, and ?? (by Peter Gray and B. AB. W1;ood~rard CrsectvelY} has just been sent to us by the ;pu b3shers, Messrs Swa;n SonenacheinY, Le Bais .&6 Lowry, which we lare sure will be welcomed -lbyall who are anious to know about aauatic I SlatpRns aned thle wondera of thie shore. Those 'isiitants to the'seaside who are desirous to begin ...

... TO NVINr. * Are We going to Dight it, to Win or to lose r Zord Heartitgton in Gesgor;, Jzrse Zi If yeu for the Borne Rule rejection Are rasged on the Unionist side, 7i Wher past, if the coming election You'd recall with a feeling of pride. Then dten't on the fence sit and waiatl%, Jump into tbe tumult anri dia; I think there's long odds on the Thistle. And the Rore-but they're piajing to win. ...

... ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING I THE IINE ARTS. r The annual general meeting of the Royal ; Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland was held yesterday afternoon in the Society of Arts Hall, Edinburgh. Lord ?? presided over A fair attendance. The report of the Committee of Mlanagement stated that the fund subscribed during the year was £3424. The committee had purchased at ...

... LITER A TUR.E. I Popular Illustrated Guide to Glasgow (Glasgow: acsulay & Bowcr).-This is the guide-book season, and to making of guides there seems to be no eiid. The touirist will not quarrel, however, with this handy little guide to Glasgow, which is of smnall and portable size, and clear and reliable as to its information, The Mark Twain Birthday-Book. (Lon- don: Rivington & Co.j ...