... ;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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... cliticura A POSITIVE CURE fzr every form of SZiN and BLOOD FI rMUTE To acorrU o CZEMA. or Salt Rheum, with itc egonizing itching , E and blurning. histaltly relieve- by a wMrn; bath Ir with CUTICURA S'OAP;, Dll exq;uisimt Skin hcantifler, and a single application of CUTICURA, the sreat Skin Core.'wttw rtr dg O a Thie repeated daily, ith two or thren doses o Cosrcuna BEsOLVENT. the new Plood ...

... | ABERDEEN FUNE ART EXHIBITION. [TnD N OTICE.1 During the w-eek for which the Aberdeen Art Exhibition has now been open there has been a fairly large number of visitors. They have not been coming in crowds, but still in sufficient numbers to encourage the hope that when the Artists' Society close their doors three months hence and go into finance, they will find a comfortable balance on the ...

... I I - ,- l~~~~~~~ - ° I CENTRAL BANIFFSHIRE FARTMERS' CLUB. SUMMER SHOW. Although still comparatively a. yousng association, Ii the Central Baniffhire Farmers' Club, which has its headquarters at Keith, is one of the largest and moist flourishing of its kind in the north of Scotland, a'id yesterday its summer show held on the extensive market stance of Keith, proved to be nearly equal sit ...

... .. fl- TE -A YEL l I' lTfl A Z1 On a coid, bleak daiowsrda the Jo6piti r A, 1886, I reeivedthe following lbthr:' , Ad RzsPiEoIm. LAox,-1 , is an t end has r travelling theatre. We came tu this village two i0 days sgq; but the tines is bad, ana business s o slack, P, I has had to sell most alh the thoeenroa *ardrobe; ! and to consequence we bas but little aeft us we can or ear, espected lady, ...

... to During the past month there has been a great ent demand for cool dresses, and muslins in all shades, 'er- both plain and figured, have been in great requiZ me Nothing looks more neat and ladylike than a simple ays muslin, prettily trimmed with lace and ribbons. Lace ad- skirts over silk foundations are very dressy, and with se plain silk bodice, in white or cream, are popular just the now ...