... C~gjST1L.S PUBLICATIONS. I - fliT ARTICLE. .vOa sna Soa's gift books for the 5 ual veducation witn amuse. p=S , e °o the , a handsome of 320 pages, bound iu red and Butterworth accompanies P13fr. on SI1otlS? of his wel-know b1 ~ neys/ This time his wander- thmugb the Western States of To line of route, extending from to the pac~fic, is traced out on an Osnp, Fauses arm made at Detmoit, ma ?? ...

... SCOLARSHJ & EXHIBTI S I IN WALES. I . ?? tN1VTrfY OOLLNG BANGOP The following sobobrhipe and exhibitions have been awarded by the Senate on Lte renult of the recent entrance choliqrship e'zwnin&tou:-L. ScbOlarhlp of M40: Edward Spencer (19, UnI. versity Oollege, LiverpooL 2. 5cholarshIp of E Alfred Axmer (18), -ria&W School, Bangor, & Bahltitona at £20 Artbur Reginald Banksat (18, Buthin ...

... BIRKENREAD SCHOOL OF ART. The 32nd annual dis t of prizes in con- . nection with the Bigtenhead Government School I of Art took place last evening in the largo lecure hall of the mnstitatio by Professor William .Matin Conway, MLA, of the Livepool Univer. sity Colhee. Mlr. C. E. Gtayson (in the Absence of Mr. William Laird, the presidet) occupied 'the chair, and amongst those present were Mesrm ...

... MUSICAL NOM I ?? 1fa h}as done weL through t1he has h.'s agetss, to 35ect a reduction n the taiiff ef a the renacin concer of the f Tea Ihe change Dn queation relates to the *ersved portion of the hall in which tbe areto be inl future -harged at the rate of The result remains to be seea, and t it isboped, be ssacsoRX . Meanwhile thsal nO litht reeess conventio~&l at this od sdll giv-e peopie ...

... e- The grodwof the Llveqpod xibtion loozed all the better-yetwrday Iorthaan whish-ell at interr-duringthe day. 0 £core thee shoers to some-extent xoteded with the attejdanee at the autdor sport, but that was an occurreaw which could not be pevted. Last week the eotchmen had a apecial rweck, and the. Scothh sports were well atttmded. This week the speciala e ccions re Old Englsh sports and ...

... MAGAZINES }FOR APRIL. [CONTINUED.] Blacckwoorvs Edinburgh M1agazine (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons) gives the place of honour to the conclusion of the serial story entitled Sarracinesca, from the pen of 1. Marian Crawford. We have noticedthe various instalments as they appeared, and, as the novel has now been published in three volumes, shall refer to it more at length ...

... A.T TES.-a According to information received at the Artists' Club, the Liver Society, and the Con- w ay Valley Club, the following is the completed list of Liverpool artists who have this year contributed works to the exhibitions at the Royal Academny and the Royal Institute of Paint~rs in Water Colours: Royal Academy: John Finnie, three mezzo- tints, two on line, one on dado; P. Ghent, ...

... -0-X UITERRy NOTICE& OAlfifig Pabtur4, Eothiing H By Anne Beale. Iliustrated by F. A. Lockyer. London. Griffitli, 1Fara;, Okeden, and Welsh. The scene of this story is laid in Drtzhire, and purt of the dioge is in the expressive speech of that Prt of England. - There i per. hae a little too much of the preaobingelemant iat, but the whole tone is high, and what may be called the moral, ...

... MUSleAL NOM. The fentave of the p wftk at the Rzhibi- tion hasabeen theexee lir OfMr A 1 n Blri To'thlxe within a cer i ecle, this, a. gedtem has log been known as one of tha not-accomplsed pianita in e comnry, and v be has now.eiv caulse for the enosenientof' Tsuch an ?? by a very large section of the e generl pubLi. It is to, be hoped that bavn thu8 brocken mew ground in Livrpooa go Phieal ...

... |THE L1VEgRINL.L EXHIBITION. I Tbe attend e at the Exhibition on Saturday was one of the largest since the opening day, and it would appear that the efforts of the authorities to provide agrleeable entertainments are meeing I with greatr approval and wrmer support11 on the pars of the pbli than was the cuse| at the commencement of the season. The building is full of attractive exhibits, aund ...

... ART NOTE& THE LATE. J. W. OAKFS, A.R.A. The many Liverpool friends and admirerc of the distingvished landscape painter John Wright Oakes, A.RA., will be sorrv and sur- prised to hear of his death in his 66th year, which sad event took place on Saturday last at his residence, Learn House, Addison-road, Lon- don. The deceased artist was born in this city in 1822, where his father, John Oakes, ...

... NATIONAL SIOCETY OF PROFES- I SSONAL MUSICIANS. I The annual confereeno of this body wa resumed at Birminghamh, yesterday. . In Thursday's die. ousuton OP the aids to musical art, Dr. Arnold, Winchester, severely bandled the deficiencies of Musical criticism in the Engliah Press; and Dr. Hiles, Manobester, -aid if our dukes and lords bai done their duty to mnusic as Gernman nobles had, England ...