... ;TEE QUEEN IN EDIKBUHLGI I I Ive l of exp PRIVATE VISIT TO THE w EXHIBITION. ane aiw the Having gratified the populace on Wednesday with Art a State progress from the Palace to their Exhibition, last Her Mlajesty yesterday censulted her own taste, for and to t ilno0stenitatious enjoyment and usefulness, by going I thither without the trappines of Royalty. The Tur ecrofmilitary was dispensed ...

... LITERARY, ART AND IDIAMATIC NEWS. I . - ill (Pe[FOM THE AOAD>Mff'n 'Now that Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of MTen Thoug anff Nights and a Ni ght is approaching IV; its end-vol. ix., out of the ten volumes orignally ' prooe, was last week issued to subscribers-he c id has beeencouraged to complete his undertaking bybi lathe addition of five more volumes, consisting for the a i.moat ...

... I ?? r ^ gOF 500 £VBSAY T bdrO yeats is a prpdo of tme soi 'that Ieopie are apt to think of it as pd with hum3anity generally rather than rt or tate in partiular. Nor is t say* ca0tiu3 alythnag else than suggestive ; tisO. fr aS 0as onrown island is con- s Tgre >.Ch periods carry the md back to o twor was a eoman proronco, and tisi ahet5,a destined to be the first ft G,3peror assumed the ...

... _vLOWXER SHOWS. GLASGOW W5f5 3321'SSH W The atnnual rOmP'irto~n1 of plnt betorgiug to the seorking ritiers f COcOCS non ?? 1Wee held tn LheCitY lial en Saturnday, Fe S!COW ?? piace undrtecrie rf te , Aejert drter ?? Free Oardenet-sauid was the reveeth of 'nc ser ies Fits otjedt which the scmmrette it ta i viw i hol1 tthec ?? is to elevate the tste of thne serrkiog and Iowae classet, by cantin ...

... FLOWEIR SHOWS. M AACDUFF HORTICULTURAL ASSOCI- TH Y ~~ATION. iii ---- ~~~~~~~~~~TI The sixth annual exhibition in conoetiotin with to d4 this association was held in the Townhall, Macdutf, Stre, IIyeaterday, arid proved in every detail a decided sue- first di case. Formerly the promoters of the association were 'for a .rIhandicapped somewhat in the endeavour to msake a and I, first-class show ...

... LIT:ERATURE, LADY V ALWOaRa's DLa0 Ds. By the A uthor of T Molly Burns.. London : Ward &* a Downey. fere Lady Va].~torth's Diamonds is a story of oli iiocietY. '2~nlike .a number of current social ethae3 novels, kaowever, it is not mere surface writing. to1 The plot is 'not unskilftul; in inci- T dfn it is abulidant and stirring, and Lon 4,Qe English in which it is written is Isle pure ...

... The annual games under the auspices of the Udny Athletic Society, and the show of flowers, poultry, &c. in connection with the Udny Horticoltural of Society, took place yesterday within the policies of B Udny Castle. The two events, as usual, attracted a bi large gathering of people, and the day was a holiday IV Lthroughout the district. Among the visitors were B IMr and Mrs Udny of Udny and ...

... LITERATURED (1) Gtin- War-Ship. HE We suppose that literary elegance Is scarcely I re to be looked for in a ; nival essay o a prac- tical subject by a practical man; hot in a book ea specially intenrier for tile instruction ,of the Wi non-technical public werdo expect a little more P' of the element of readableness than is to be 3 found in the pages of - Sir William Cusack- 52! Smith. It is ...

... CATTLll SfHUJ$,. STRA'THEAl'N AGRICULT URATL SHOW. The annaual hose in crrrnection with tlis t)oiety' was heid at CrieE yesterday. The r weather Wvas fauvouirable. There was, ant incer:t e If il-is. | a wi ole the shoiw va. as ery good, loartic lulir l in thre horse lepartmnent, for whici the cnt Lei were zneariy 11)0 inl excess ulE ISe ye'ar. Thle jurd~es| a uer :-For shorthorn and cross ?? ...

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... CULTER FLOWER AND POULTRY I SHOW. J eho The sixteenth annual exhibition, under the auspices 12 or the Cultar Amateur Horticultural and Poultry by'0 Society, was held at Pittengullies on Saturday. Sub Fortunately the weather, though at times rather dee cloudy, proved fine, and the numiber of visitors, Wi: without being exceptional, was very good indeed. A( The exhibition is a miiscelalaneous ...

... td n LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART NOTES, nI I - [FRsOM TVf AXcAM&Y.] Mr Browning bas been obliged, we regret to hear, to seek the help of the la* in order to compel his Austrian vendor to carry out the contract for the sale of his psalazzo in Venice. Meantime his artist son, Mr R. Barrett Browning, is painting a fine picture for the centre of the prin- cipal ceiling, a moment in the 'fight ...