... DIlB FRITH'S R.EMINISCENCES. Mr VI ii Frithi, B.A., hlas just pablishiod, in two large 6.tavo vnshurics, his autobiographly anld rotmiliSMC03ce, OX- , i iovr the slixty-eight years of hi-i life. Ho thus d-Licriiie, h'is first juvenile effort with thle perisn l Is-.k uvierl as I can, roinerlilir, it WOa 0on ia win~ter's islo~z in 11i30, when I ?? ?? idly lookinig overs11oino (, i1i3' hiti IIi ...

... . Many Menhln and dinner parties are given every year in the month of FebrUary; andl the latter, not being so large and ,geremenious as those at Christmas aild New Year, are called very often dinners en fnmifll, as they combine ouiet enjoyment with ease and simplicity. Special toilettes (says the SYeason) used to be made up, for these and grander occasions, of rich heavy brocado - like stuffs ...

... GLEANI1. , - INGS. . -. . .. .. ~. At Ndpiti GdunddI is to direct the production of his opera ''Pdlytdotbt' ut tialian at the San UdriloTheratre. AIr William O'Brien has withdrawn the actioniinsti- tilted by him against tie Dlublin Dafly Expjress forallegeq libel.. Lobengrin is in preparatiots at the Eden Theatre ill Paris, for production in Apri, under the direction of hi. Lamnourou x. DrW ...

... I THE NEW FORWARD LIBERAL CLUB, ADDRESS BY ALDERMAN KENRICit. I Inthe presence of a crowded and enthusiastic assembly c of Liberals, last night, Alderman Kenrick, M.P., opened . the premises of the Newv Forward Liberal Club. The 5ld club bearing that name was dissolved in September last owing to financial difficulties. At the final meeting Mr. John A1lday, oe4 behalf of the guarantors, ...

... -ll ~ NEW BOOKS, -- LETTEnS 'AND RECOLcouEg OS Os JuLTUS AND l'LtseY MOna. 13y IDE. 0. M: SIMreON. [London: Lgegan Paul, Trench, and Co.] Four years ago; at the ago of ninety, t1e brilliant and Vivacious Madame Meh01I sank to sleep. She lhad been for many years a gencrcl favourite in tl afiristoeratic and, in- tollectial circles of Paris alnd of London ; though to the general public she was ...

... Sir Thcodore Martin, ?? last night presided at a concert, given in ?? Hall, Llangollen, in aid of the publie library. Addressing a large anid fashionable gathering, he said that when last year about this time he stood there to advocate the establishment of a public library for Llangollen, sanguine as he was he could not have anticipated that their efforts would te so successful as they had ...

... CHRISTMAS _BOOS. ly BRIAR Asn rALT A Study of Ciroemstance and Inpau- 3y OnCe. Dy ANNSI] S. SWAY. [Edinburgh.: Oliphant, tli Anderson, anld Co.] is- There is always a singular loclicacy of touch about hliss Swan's work, a nice discrimination in the shades and a a feolinig of the growth and evolution of character. This Las story comes in aill the vatward guise of a Christmas gift- ly bool, and ...

... I A writer in the Asian vouches for the truth of the following stories of clophant-shooting :-A few nights ago it was on a visit to D., the manager of my tea and coffee estate. Their evening tubs over, the sportsmen had, after the manner of nlgqd bachelor planters, attired themselves in their sleeping suits, and were awaiting the announcement of dinner, when it was announced that five ...

... | 0 0: There are so many different classes of dress nowadayr as compared with the time of our grandmothers, or even of our mothers, that an attempt at enumerating them may not be quite without interest. First comes the breakfut dress, which ranges from the highly ornate teagown dona to the comfortable dressinuggown with its warm trimiming of quilted silk. For morning wear when this is doffed ...

... NEW PLAY BY A LOCAL AUTIOR. ? Respecting Mr. J. J. Blood's new ilay, entitled Her Trustee, which was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, Londou, on ?? afternoon, with Miss Helen Barry eas the heroine, the Duily Nines says :-Br. Blood's piece is a rather ambitious effort in the way of what is commonly r called cosmuedy drrama; hut its leading idea, which is that of the persecutions ...

... I I The annual concert and entertainment given by the pilot belonging to this oiLy, the proceeds of which are for the beneat of the Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution and Pilots' Benevolent Society, is a gathering which is now looked forward to with a great amount of interest. The objects of this concert are of so deserving a nature that tho moters, ratber than finding e difficulty in £1 g ...

... That admirable combination, the 6Casteo Company in now located at the Alexandra Theatre, and it will be heard with regret that this is the final visit to Liverpool of an organieation which, under Mr. T. w, Eobertson's direction, has done so much to maintain the legitimate purpose of the stage. Ours was played on Monday evenig in the presence of a large audience, and the familiar comedy, ...