... iLTWERMorn' AY.* ti the last number of John B abkiuit ?re- knrit there is a charming accout of his' utruggle, long ago, with tua wonderful bok of I Fiahes. That book gmveto the world the-Silt' of the lifetime labours of em own great} h hile, and has done as much to ecte an interest in the study of the history of life on the planet as any oter book of its teiia The sage of Coniston failed to ...

... I r BY RANGER. No. XXX. the VItI.-ETH CONENG OF TIM BIRDS. the Whenever a beautiful or rare bird comes to our to shores it is immediately done to death, and usually is before it gets far inland. This is an ornithological It fact long established; and the beautiful blon bird, or bul blue-ftroated warbler, has proved no exception in the It treatment which it has received. Only a very limited ...

... T o.B u ?? -oEMrzMMsgMM Gentaumenr-Theiverp Exhilstionis c D thre ;Dost complete and 'MU cdmted that thel -'riter e ; but there are a few tkings which at p are a incnnsmeage and source of discomfort to the visits, which no doubt hare been vedooked by th tite in caryingout s-ch a wo of zngeitideijn o short a tune. The inconvenience and discomfort most apparent is the rough and unfinihed state ...

... StNDtAY ENTERTAIMLENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN. TO3 3M =fLfOl 01 NUZ LTYUOOL NMCMa. I * Gentienza,-Ik having anpeared in various I ibewspapers that it is intended to discountinue the saced Tnnite coneerts held on the Great1 Esstern on Sundays, we bes- to enclose you a copy of a letter we have sent to the lawyers of the L ord's Day Observance Society m reply to the wrt received from them. ...

... I - , At the embibition. of the Tverpool Society of Painters in Water Colours now being held at the Walker Art sllery, the folowng: daigs have been sold, sme the last pa ei vlz,.-A Cockl Gatherer, A. WV. Ayling, £,1 15s.; St Catbrine's BEL Guildford~ , W. Eden, £10 lOs.; Men were Deceivera Ever, T. & Crto-Ptn, £10 10s.; Sere November, .M S. Hagarty; My Boudozr,,* B. Z. Sef. The Couneil ...

... LITiERY NOTICES. Eng9ish Prrsc2 Banking By Thomas Boochier Moxon, Third edrition. London and Manchester: John Heywood. We noticed a few months ago a previous edi- tion of this valuable book of reference for all -who are engaged in banks and counting houses, and are pleased to see that its popularity still continues. It is folly entitled to a hearty reception at the hands of commercial men, as ...

... I EDITED BY A BARRISTER AT LAW. be] XXX. Co' no, VOLUNTARY CONVEYANCES. We are so frequently asked how to make a deed of th gift, and what aro its merits and demerits, that some nol observations bearing on this subject may prove useful. pu And first of all as to freehold lands and houses. Every' deed b vwhich freeholds are given by one person lea to another by way of pure gift, without any ...

... I GOSSPWEITH THE CHILDREN. I BY UNCLE OLDMAN. I have been taking a walk in the fields and v lanes, said Rnmblegrnmble to me this morning when he came into my study. And I have enjoyed d myself amazingly, he added. And I too have been abroad, chimed in Laugh- u away in her brightest tone; and I too have been charmed with the sweet flowers and the warm sun-E light and the songs of ...

... GROWTH OF THE NOVEL The new number bf the Qzcartorb, Reeiaa cont0ins a long and important aricle under the title of The Growth of tle XNoveL This is, strangely enotgb, neither nore nor lies 3 than a review of the Most important En;gl ish r novels fromt the early romantic novels down to the days of Scott. It is a tardy recognition . of one Of the great factors in modern litera- ture, and vet ...

... 11TERARY NOTICJE& I - F -- The Cron of Ljs-erses for Hap &Se-5 By Claudia Fenees Hiernasan. Londonis * Griffith, Ferran, Okeden, mid Welsh. ln form, and we must add to a, considerable oxtent even in ability, this volume reminds us of Ketble's Christian Yeer.0 The poems of which it is composed are arranged for the Sindays and Holy days of the Church of Egland, and will always be found more or ...

... 'PICTUUSg OF THE LONDON SEASON. io Writer ¶11l ever exhaust the subjects of nterest contained in the vast hive of London, and among these are some of the numerous pie- tore ealferies that are now open in the neigh- tourbood of Piccadilly, New Bond-street, Pal Mall, and the Haymarket, and which are significant of the extraordinary growth that has taken place int recent years in the public inte- ...

... ORXISKIIK, SOUTHPORT, BOOTLE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. The 30th annual show of the Orrsidrk, South- 2 port, and Bootle Agfrimltxarl Society was held 2 yesterday in the Ceuaetery-ed.&et% hrLo. The E weather was very unfaevouraklb ntwithstand- 3uit this serious drawback the show was fairly well pat s during the dav. The entri nam. e ber, wrk1, =.Id thoagh hardlj so numerous as last5 Yea, wver% ...