... S-MITIIFI7I I) SETOW. is VISIT Oi IlE PRIXCE AND PRINCE:SS OF WA LES.J I'?1 -- 11e LOCAL PI'II: V WINNERS. .Tlue eighty-n lit aln nul caeittlesll ivhofvt Itilemith- ImideI Club, C1 IVIicI 5I- Cimi10 MP. is preestidemie er opened at tho A pircultur va-haill. Ilgton Cif 1Y Monday morning, the judger commencing work I citrily aftor nine. Ali tihe animals Lie ir gorod to ihet tip. the veterinarv ...

... RHYME AND REASON, acf A tl Em .P t._ ;BY INGLORiouS BAP.DS.] They go together aometin es-rhyme and reason.oi Popular prejudice says oth5e; ut it is v.rong. to ,Te this for instance - l .oI There's no disgrace in being poor, Ttco So says the proverb lenient; TI But there is one thing very sure, dic It's mighty inconvenient. . There may not be art in that, but our readers will is c all admit ...

... I THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (AUGUS ['US HARRIS, Lessee and Manager.) THIS EVENING, at 7.30, LAST NIGHTS of A. RUN OF LUCK. By HENRY PETTITTa nd AlUSUt Hraces.atonc the best and RostRattrac. The WVORL D says -- A form of enrtertainment which embrae toc h etadms trc tive features of modern melodraina and farcical comedy. tn e Last Nights, in consequeence of the preparattn fodh noime. No free ...

... f1lrTOnY OF TrE Tis 1'J1.5DYTnA1UAN Cnuacrr. By the Rev. Thomas Hamilton, Dr,., Belfast. 13ddiuburgh: T. & T. Clark. Tuis work by our townsman is specially intended as a handbook of Churbh history for Bible classes and students connected with the Prefibyteriau Church in Ireland, and is a iinely-executed piece of literary Forkmanuship. Mr. HIamoilton, thougb a aoe.nparatively young writer, has ...

... 4-1 t~sENYITIENTAL JOURNEY THR0UGH LITERA TURE.* THIs is undoubtedly an interesting book, not merely through its eloquence and earnestness, but also through the wonderful catholicity of taste that it displays. Mr. Noel has a passion for panegyric. His eulogy on Keats is closely followed by a eulogy on Whitman, and his praise of Lord Tennyson is only equalled by his praise of Mr. Robert ...

... II Qanrtet in a mindor, Op. 41, No. I (for two violn., vtola nnd vlolonlcello), Audriotuizir~e3ivo-Allegro. , Schemerzore ter- mezzo. AdMoie. Presto. CSehurhrlann.) Son,-` in queot~ tomba Wcethoven). Mbis Ada. Batlev. Violin Solo-Uoncertstiio' in G lminor ( 4erdiecsra Daridl. Mr. Edgar Haddock. Violoncello Solo-a. Ilomenra in D I(JYelhlelstohn). b. Tarantella (Popper). Moo'. 3onest ...

... 1 CON VERSAZIONE AT THE WALKER I ART GALLERY. II A . . I . . .. . A conversanione took place attheWalkerArtGal- lery, last night, by way of celebrating the close of the 16th Autumn Exhibition of Pictures. Consider- 1 ably more than 2000 invitations were issued by the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, and the greater portion of these were responded to, as there were more than 1000 ladies and ...

... I THE PROPOSED EUIITIONT OF 1887. ABA-NDONMENT OF TUB PROJ'ECr. A meeting of the Executive Council of the late Liverpool International Exhibition was held yesterday, in the Municipal-buildin ,8 Dale-street, Sir David Radcliffe in the chair, the other mem- bers present being Sir James Picton, Messrs, Palgrave Simpson. A. Gordon Brown, Horaog Walker, J. H. Allan, B. L. Benas, R. Cookson, P. J. ...

... CHIRYSANTHEXMTM SHOW IN ABERDEEN. 10 MR ESSLEMONT, DLP., ON HORTICULTUTRE it The annual show of chrysanthemums, under the auspices of the North of Scotland Horticultural Society, was opened yesterday in the BaL3room, Music r- Hall Buildings, Aberdeen, by Mr Peter Eeslemont, r, M.P. Thie winter exhibition. it will be remembered, was inaugurated by the society some years ago for the purlose of ...

... THE AUTHORSHIP OF SHAMESPEARE'S * p PLAY0.' LECTURIEt ;BY Dllt. ESAit IN connection with Dlay Street Literary Associa. tion a leoture was delivered last evening by Dr. Eiler, on The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays. Rev. R. J. Lynd presided, and the attendance was large. The' lecturer gave a rapid sketch of Shakespeare's early life, an (Ia vivid de- sCriptioU of his birthplace. With ...

... CHFUST'MAS BOOKS AND ANNIUAS.L, Glad Hours, by Muriel Evelyn (London: Ward, Lock & Ce.) is a charming treasury of pictures and stories for children. The illus- ?? are capital, and the short stories accompanying them are in every way euitable for those they are intended for. 1 The Christmas Rose (James Clarke & Co., London) contains The Adventunrcs of Tor Thu mb,' a story which is ...

... I 6OS8M WITWrTFIR MfILDBKN.1 BY UNCLE OLDRAN. ,What have you got there, my dearP I asked Laughaway, seeing her busily employed turning over the leaves of a handsome volume. A stupid book, said Runblegrunmble. Indeed, it is not a stupid book, said the fairy, indignantly. It is just the reverse of stupid. Its title is ' The Hrandy Natural History,' and its author the Rev. J. G. Wood. ...