... LITERA-tTUEh -.ZOTBEri ?? 2721 BOOKS. Messrs Macmnillan & Co. have issued this * W' neti a reiv edition, thoroughly revise2d, of tlhe .al 3 Green's ''Short Iistory of the Eag. I ?? POte.''-Messrs Loscgmans, Grecn & Co. * I.v.e pu.blished 'Greek, the Languarge of Christ and His Apostles, by the Rev. Alexandur 1 hoibert, AD.D, Pxroeussei of JU1i1olnty, St Anudrew;-: c ssrs J. -isbet 9& Co., ...

... GLASGOW ?? ERNATLsOXAL t EXHIBITION.I THi' BISHOP'S PAL&GE. The Council of the Glasgow Internatioutla Ex- Lhibition have beeri fortunate in enlisting, for the varicas departnmenrts, the working aid in the corm- mittecs of representatives of all the various in- 4 .terests, commemial!, scientific, or intellectual, of the city. Not least have they been successful in origanisiug a comlnittee for ...

... BOLTOW THEATRE Dl-.: ;: > - BY FIRE. 34, M) 1~uTrPOSED INCENDIIA c The Theatre-Royal and Ops . ' : ' ,as dsrydb .s gate, Bolhon, was destroyed by U - To hour yesterday morning. Ti. 'Le i Blue Beard had besn raun.n: - ;: .u so of after the conclusion of the ni a Tnesday evening, about twel-. ; b:. ve manager, Mr Strickland, witat le went round the building and; P At half-past four a police ...

... NOTES ON NE W WOOKf& i An important contribution to Scottish history . is published this -week by Miessrs William Black- wood & Sons. It is Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century, froen the MS. of Mr Ramsay of Oclhtertyre, edited by Mr Alexander Aliardyce, author of Life of Admiral Lord Keith, we, The work is in two large octavo ?? Alexander Gardner has publisled The Four ...

... GL, ASGOW INTERNATIONAL l EXHIBITION. I __ . ..s t pqE0iZSS OF THE WEERKS-RECEPTON OF EXH!5ITS. . Da:ring the past few week s great progress hasl i ado wvith the erection of the Glasgow jrenat.onal Exhibition, and the laying out of r -oanis in the Kelvingrove Park. Indeed, ras the mina building is concerned, the o coustraction is practically finished. It ccii rooted in over its whole extent, ...

... 1IDTSIC AND THE DRAIMA. (y ) owN C~i ?? .j Lonidon, Sunday Night. reeaaw season of French plays began at the' LRwN'2! last night, where, pending th1 r d c ~ e tidra s La _Maseotte in trench, Y~ IStreappeared in La Grand Cu as s3parkling music is, ta fe ?? to excite anay e Latest SCt flOW that the Franco- ti d~ the petty prineipalties inI Ie ?? - merry parody of tho ?? ermian Courts hits m ...

... - - - ?? T;m Coathe Collection ?? Coin-s. ti aIcsairation, and regret are all excitedE . ?? of these three magrnificent ,,rstratiug 'Th Coinage of Scot. b Clicieu througls examples preserved in t i or the late Mr Thomas Coats, of For- -.lIsy. Praise waits on those who dis. o ;. ty faithfiully, but it never wears a a ' , n lS aspect than wahen h37lorved by the e virtues that blossom in the dust ...

... O O Messrs Swan Sonnensohein, Lowrey & Co. mave published IWork and Worship : Sermons preached in English Cathedrals, by the Rev. George Edward Jelf, M.A., Canou of Roehesterx -Messrs Wm. Blackwood & Son have pub- lished a new popular edition, in one voluune, which is certain to justify the ?? oE S&Gsorge Eliot's Life as narrated in hel Letters! and Journals, arranged and edited by her hus ...

... NOTES ON NEW BOOKS 4 Messrs Welfo, Gardner, Darton & Co, have published the Apostle of the Indiansa, M oir of the Life and Labours of the Rev. W. pac, rett, B.D., for 40 years a, missionary in British r Guiana, by the Rev. F. P. L. JoGar, rector ofhe Holy T.rinityv, Essequibo.l-Mtr Elliot Stock,I London, has published Tht Story of the a Cross, a poem by Charles Nash. -To the Im- r pental ...

... OFEWING OF STIRLING AUT ?? BEIMITION. I'he privateyieow of ie xoshibition oF paintings i in the Smith Institute, Stirling, utider the auspicel s jtr the local l'iue Art Assoejatioe, took plase on L. Sztorday afternoont. Thilere was a large attend- is awnce, aud a number ?? the pietures found pur- a cbasers as well as admnirers. Shortly after three L- o'clock the exhibitisn was Eormally opened ...

... v ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS: d . Overture-Der ?? 17d'EC. ?? t r 2. Varasoions for Orchmrtr.,,, ?? Breams. a e 3. Ben* ~and ra, 'Plus Grrand dave reon Abeensit6 * Orsso& 4. Solaction from] mui to Merch~an of Venice .. sunliian. j 5. Overture- TheLewis ieivouline *s>..=cdlh 4 e ?? S en ie ' . tat Xfttdabi . ?? ehn. 7Bsnm~oritaeaique ?? ,Berizoz. 1] The two important works which formed the f e ...

... ROYALTY THEATRD. .TLE LADY OF TH LAKE. The success which attended the production of the dramatised version of Scott's Lady of the I Lake at the Royalty a year ago induced Messrs Howard and Wyndham to make preparations I for its reproduction, and last night it was pre- seinted in a manner thoroughly creditable to the management. The audience was not so large in the better class seats as ...