... IEHAW&LIT ON THE FRENCH STAGE. ( VThc reris .orrsspoadeut of tbh Slorazsfrd, telegraphing on Tuesday night, saye -The Brolch version of the greatest of Shakespeareau dramia, brought out at the ,fre ...

... The annual exhibition of this society-ono of the oldest in Shropshire-took plarce yesterday, in the Castle grounds at Ludlow; the president for the year being Mr. B. H. Gi ...

... THE BMMINGHAM EXHIBITION. The ?? Exhibijtion would haive been seriously inlcom1plete if it hsad contained nothing to represent the sesni-comnmeroial undertakings of which rhoe Corporationt has charge. ...

... l1 I |~ ?? . ?? WE have received a new volume of the series of English Worthies edited by Mr. Andrew Lang, Raleigh, by Mr. Edmund Gosse, M.A. (Longmans, Green, and Co.). The writer has brought to ...

... OLYMPIC THEATRZE. Seeing that the character of Lady Mac- beth has taxed the highest powers of our greatest actresses, it could not be expected that a comparative novice would scale the heights of tragedy at a bound. Genius has been defined as an infinite capacity for taking pains, and this will unquestionably apply to the art of acting. Study, reso- lution, and good intention count for much, ...

... (From ?? St. James's GOtto.) MIr. Barnett Smith's biography of the Queen is nearly resdy. It is a volurse of about four hundred pages. -tA revised edition of Mr. Andrew Lang's Books and Bookuen is about to be issued by Messrs. Longmans. Mr. F. Engels has nearly finished his trauslation of Iarl Marx's Capital, and Messrs. Sonnenechein and Co. hope to issue tbe work very soon. .jTino new ...

... FiOWWR SHOWS. I fl~UTHE RGLES. The annual exhibition, and comipetition undter a - the auspices of the Ilutherglen Horticulltural and Apiarian lbociety was held in the Town Hall yes- te-rday. Thbe cla'sses were divided into three.de- apartruents, and occupied respectively the three 5 largest balls xvithin ties luildlings. Tbe large haill was, Wstaged with hothouse plants, cut flower;, &C. - 's ...

... rIlS TOR Y OP THE COMJIMUNE.* A GOOD many English people still believe that the Paris Commune Df t derived its name from it, assertion of the doctrines of Communism. Others who know more both of the French language and of modern history will be the first to confess how little they have ascertained respecting the Commune These may turn with interest to a detailed history of the. Commune, ...

... WrE hail this book with pleasure-a small work, it is true, bit one brimful of incident, anecdote, and personal record. Such writing as this gives the greatest delight to a real sportsman, as it teaches from practice, and is another addition to the smnall band of shooting enthusiasts who are, fortunately for the public, able to wield a pen as well as a gun or rifle, and so capable of ...

... - rnaer the title of Dorothy, a now comedy- opezr was produced at the Gaety Theatre on Saturday eveuinu-the book written by Mr. B. C. Stephepson, themusic composed by Mr. Alfred Opiher. The plot a is neitlwarqlaborate nor original, and in the second act C c somewhat overetrained, but the framework serves well I for musical gects. T4ae ation is'supposed to take place k in Kent in the autumn ...

... = - SONG OF THE LIBERATED FROM THE IAWARDEN WOODMAN AND LESSON-READER. Y OGwi TN ERfYN CYMRU. Long years we groan'd beneath the Gladstone weary .Noke, Ill l1c to England's glory hath he ever beon; But now the tyrant's power is for ever broke, We care not for his auger or his coarser spleen. In Hawarden Church the sacred lessons he doth read, A solenlu stage to food his vain and crazy whim; et, ...

... ABERDSEEN HARBOUR NOTES. tlFor smer consideraWe time past the shifping trade at Aberdeen has-been progressing very rapidly. During the last two months--fromt the middle of To July to the present zi me -`the doc'ks have been filled R with vessels, the cargoes and tontia~ge-of which have J greatly i~icreased the revenue of the harbour, and also provided work to a large umitber of tho labouringth ...