... IZTBAP.Y AND T:GOSSIP. r EX~ Jb Stiasis = ls Cusr en~l~ d a' nPW'pers,' Qne-osfi6vina mr de bym4d 'A ti for Lohis.=XV. has c - jiist'beert~dd dtg'E h'a-Peitrfor'7(DO. The Clarendon Press'. v.il publish shortly a catalogue of the Mohammedan coins in the Bodleian library, compiled _ byldr. stanley Lane-Poole, -i t he L Messrs. Macmillan have in the press a volume ontan-j 'he ing four Plays of ...

... - .A ~ ~ ~ IE 'lIt is in Li±rature as in pa e Pap ,id ' ?? may coexist. We. are grateful to Dr. Bayne zor the vigorous, pintareaque, and sympathetic book which he has just mwitten on the wonderful life and epoch-making achievements of that solitary monk who shook the -world- Iartin Luther. The standpoint from which Jthengrest. Reformer's 'career is regarded in this ambitious estimate is ...

... Yo AGICULTURAL. lSOCIEYS SHOW AT YORK The second day of the Yorkhhire Agricaltura Society's Show at York was even more favoured with regard to weather than the ?? day. The gm. shone brilliantly in an almost cloddlew sky, and the only drawback was the heat. The North-Eastern Railway Conmpany-ran a number of excursion and special trains to York, and before noon more than ten thousand visitors ...

... i NAFFERTON-WITH-WANSFORD FLORAL AND'HORTICULTURAL SHOW. I r - _ _ _ _ _, _ o _ 1 -n - . ad Or - 1 - Or _ - A-NJ ?? U ULTUJIRAL BROW. The annual exhibition of the Nafferton-with.-Wansford Amateur Floral and Horticultural Society was held at Nafferton, near Driffield, yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. R. Butterfield, of Nafferton Hall. The exhibition was held in the Shepherds' Hall, where ...

... FASMONX POR 8EPTE3MBE I The fashion of giving afternoon dxnote, which a few French ladies 'imitaed, amonngst other customs, from socit in London, is now very Iarg'ely adopted and hviabeen first started in Paris, the flan0es are now con- tsnedwitha great vigeur in large country houses, and at Isea-side and inland bathing resorts, where they form ?? ichief amusement of the younger part of the ...

... NEW muSIC. t We have received copies of the following new musical If compositions: - The Eoneymoon Galop, The s Favourite, gavotte, end Outward Bound, song, com- n posed by Karl Winter, and published by Messrs. t Hoffsmonu, Leeds. t The galop is a good specimen of its kind, possessing a plenty of dash and go about it; and as these are the f most desirable qualities in a galop, it ...

... , I Since its resuscitation four years ago, the BEuriet Agricultural Society has attained a leading -aasitic a ia Lancashire Associatiods, and at the annual ?? o. Saturday a collection of stock was seen whicli is rarely witnessed at a local show. Through the success which Lhes attended each succeeding eflort, the committee have beea able to add considerably to the prize list, and this vear ?? ...

... The annual exhibition of stock in connection with the Clitheroe Agricultural Association was held at Clitheroe yesterday. - The weather was favourable with the excep- tion of a shower about noon, and resulted in a large attendance of people. ' The show this year was open to all England, caxd this tended greatly to its success. The number of entries was 700, or neatly 200 in excess of last year ...

... RYEDLI ANDT PICKERING LYTA AGOI- CtItJAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. LORD FEVERSHAM ON.' AGRICUTURPAL Ii QUESTIONS. In a charming -portion of Dunlcorabe Park, Lord ...

... a e City of Loudon Publitbing 6Ympahyhavo in thepres a novel enutitled ( Gerald Grntleyzs Revenge,P' by Dr. ! Tanner. R | Professor Zeller, in whose hands the discovered letters of ILeibnitz have been placed, states that most of the letters are autographs, and that very few have been published. We (Academy) are glad to hear that there is some pro- bability of a collection of essays and other ...

... '5The annual flower show was held at Elland yesterday, O in fine weather, and during the afternoon there was a I brass band contest, besides other attractions. The show I. altogether was of quite a superior character, exceeding in d general merits those of past years. Plants were numerous, and those staged for effect formed a striking feature of the .sshow. Cut blooms were also very fine, the ...

... NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDQONS TE MOUNTAIN OF THE MONKSsl. ,,cent ?? have placed Constantinople ,itlin five days of Fads, and in less than a weekamter leaving the Ireneh capital the traveller may be threading his way amongst the beantiful islanis of the Greek Archipelago. Those who sail throagh the blue waters of tbe Npgean on their way between the great metropolis of the' ast and Athens may ...