... IFREE LIBRARY AM MUSEUMS. TO TEf EITOR OF THE LVDIOOL MM4CUZ, Gentlemen,-A correspondent in your paper of yesterday reminds us that 34 years have elapsed since the opening of this institution, and, notwith- standing the lapse of time, Sir James Picton occupies the chair, Mr. Moore retains his position as curator tor the museum, and Mr. Barger as keeper of the building. As a citizen of ...

... ,;t Y LAW!E& -' ACHED BY A BARRISTER ATtAW ?? ANNUITIES, ,Au ?? itY bens to ran from the death of a testator, the first payment is therefore due at the end f of a year, unless the annuity is directed to be paid weekly, monthly, or quarterly, in which case instal- ments are payable at the end of the first week, month, r or quarter. And if the first payment of an annuity I payable quarterly is ...

... I I BY A LADY CONTRIBUTOR, The magazinesas bnoy with feminine affairs this month. Dr. Riohiidsou and Mrs. Lynn Linton are a both in the field sfith articles on the subject of women, b their capacities and disabilities. Concerning Dr. R ielhardson's paper in Lonyman's nnagazi>e on tl Woman's Work in Creation, I may remark that I neither the title nor the object of the article is r as clear as ...

... I At St. George's Hall, yesterday, the Right t Honourable the Earl of Lathom opened-a bazaar, which has been arranged and designed to represent C a Japanese village, and the object of which is to aid the organ fund and debt on All Saints' Church, t Prince's Park. The parochial work, over which o the Rev. J. P. Baynes, as vicar, and the Rev. R. t Cuffe, as curate, preside, halvery largely ...

... E1 MSILCAL FESTIVAL. I Lnns, WaUNRezesAr NIGHT A crisp and cold butfne ndsanshinyrmor= Ing aladdened awakening Leeds on be first day of festival of 1886. Itisthe sortof weather,. In act, tha makes people move about buoyantly, and puts them in a good humour. The atmosphere is clear and dry,,and just of such a nature as maketh the that of the singer rejoice. Israel im 1 essentially the ...

... The production of I Hamlet at the Theftre Fravamqii is something more than a theatrical event. It is in fact a sort of national event that has nothing to do with politics or social science, or yet with literstare as such. How frequently the great English tragedy may have been performed in Paris wve do not know, but the present revival is practi- caly a new thing to the generation of living ...

... THE MAGAZINES fOR OCTOBER.I (coNTrr-ErD). The Red Dragon (Cardiff: Daniel Owen and Co.) gives us continuations of the readings in Rhys's Celtic Britain, from the pen of Brytbon, and The Welshman of English literature as he appears in the pages of Dickens, William Black, &c., by Mr. David Lewis-the latter being a vigorous and dis- uriminating paper. The most important con tribution in ...

... THE MOSS COLLECON OF ETCHINGS AND BOOKS ON ART. At the Law Association Rooms, Cook-street, there is on view to-day, prior to being sold on Monday and Tuesday, by Messrs. Whitehea4 and Son, an important collection of modern etchings and works on art formed by the late Mr. George Moss. The framed etchings are chiefly artists' proofs, andi are worthy the atten- tion of collectors. The catalogue, ...

... It is stated that there are ample grounds for the Archbishop's prohibition of the Rev. Dr. Keatinge from preaching in the -Molyneux Church, in the suburbs of Dublin. The Rev. Dr. Moffst, the rector, for whom the Dr. was officiating as curate, having had his suspicions aroused, went to Worcester. where he was informed he could glean some astounding facts. There evidence was placed before ...

... I Mr. Wilson Barrett's success in New York in beyond doubt or question, but surely no actor I for whom a fair hearing was intended, and t who was able to justify the good opinionsthat a went before him, ever came nearer to having k his fortunes wrecked by a purely fortuitous circumstance. He opened his American cam- paigu with Claudkse, and in that play the part b of the Tetrarch is performed ...

... I COUNTRY LIj BY RANGER. No. XMLI.-BADGERS. Hanelburst was a long line of woodlandfon skirted by the sea and on the other by a limestone escarpment. It was vroodlandto uozb, deep impress of time upon it-P. forest primeyal branches and boles of the oake were tortcr N all orizinal conception. Save for colour thei tj have been congealed water or da, me Down in the hollows there was deep moss, ? ...

... TO Tr murrosa or x u oo ?? Gentenmsn,-l.lg to encls youa copy of a letterw~hichlbatve addresd to ?? n of the Jury Committ of theo Interational l=Exhibition, Liverpool, and shall be much obliged if you will isrt the same in the next is sue of your paper. , aos, 3Psrs. Warrington, Oct 26, 1886 F TO S ?? OF TZx MY C0E=1SrTU, LrVIE- POO1`00, LURNATOIL =uRrN. Sir.-I regret to be compelled to ...