... A STORY OF GOID IN WALES. Mfr. Wilbraham Taylor, of IHadley Hurst, in a letter to the Tinws, relates the following experience :-About the year 1860 a bustling little Welshman entered my room in London, and, after making sure we were alone, undid a heavy parcel tied up in a coloured bandana, displaying a lump of rock, and, almost bursting with conscious import- ance, said, There, you see ...

... L4ITERA T U RE. NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIOIS. 'IVo hundred years ago, on the 31st of August, John 13,11yan died at the ago of 60. Throughout the earlier jon of the year he had been as strong as over, more dili lent lbau usual ill atteading to the many churches about hi. concerned himself, while his literary activity srenlarkably great. Leaving his home in Bedford for L,tdon, lie called at ...

... THE -AUSTRALIAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.-II.. - (F'nOX A SracrsL UoR5SFOXD5WZT.) )oua z;E, August 10th. r ,The great Exhibition wlieh symbolises the hopes and aspirations of all Australians, and marli the close of the first hundred years of oolonisation in these lands, was opened on August 1st with all the accompaniments of a high functiou as well provided as was possible with -us. We are a ...

... LITERARY A VRRAVALS. It is in Literature as in Tinanoo-muoh Paper and touch Poverty may caxist. Mr. Cook's HANiBooK To T= NATIONAL GAL.EAny is, i in every senoe of the word, a thoroughly satisfaotory achievement; indeed, Mr. Ruskin himself has not hesi- tated to say that never before has there been compiled for the illustration of any collection of paintings whatever, a series of notes at ...

... FLTOWER SHOWS. ALTO1rIiS.-On Saturday the Altoftas Horticul- tural Sodoety celebrated 'its second showv of flowvers, fruit, and vegetables, when there was a good attendaneo in the National Schoolrooma, wvhere'-the exhibits' wore staged. The showv proved a success in every respect, and was formnlly opened by the 'Vica r, the Rev. C. H. lNield, who spoke of the satisfaotion, it was to hims to ...

... BIR???LINGflA?M MTh3ICAL FRSTIVAIi. DRt. fEITI3ERT PARRY'S JUDITH. i (Fa , ORSP.~ UoA t? sr.) j- The 'works set for yesterday morning's ?? W55 the razz oraoio, 'Judith, written by Dr. Ruei Pie y for thinFestival. As at ~frst intended, the wfork w~as sto take thes dimensions of a cantaita; but, apparently carried. awray by :the wealth oft material in thde subject, thte. composer exceeded ...

... AURMLEY MHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCE-RT. Last~evening, the Dernisorn Hall, .Armley, wasd well iilled by an audiensce egatered to ?? Hiandel'E ;A-cia and Galaitea. Thig pastoral serenata exhibits the lighter side of Handel's adaptive nature, and by its inherent melodious k eauty ranks high,- both in the esima- tion of musicians and the favour of the public. It is adiairably calculated to enit the ...

... 4 it in litolature as in Fy sance-much Paper ad Eh Poverty may coexist. People who believe that the world is steadily going Tfrom bad to worse, and are sceptic5a as to the very existence of the enthusiasm of hunanity--xoept on paper-ought to brighten their gloom-clohod souls by reading the RcmO)UNs or Liris Y.7minVA.TiON. Mr. Burnley, who writes with much Id! the cheery optimism and shrewd ...

... The Daily Neus Spa correspondent writes eW delnes- day-The postponed Beauty Show was opeLet to- day at the (asino, but only twenty ladies were prezL et. France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, AlIIul. iBohemia, Russia. HuDgary. Italy, aud the West 11,s;:r were represented. The prize of 10,000 francs w.i Ie awarded on Saturday. The jury consists oe tiv iln gentlemen, among whom are several ...

... The useful work done by the horse societies established during the past decade was again shown at the fourth joint annual show of the' Hackney Horse uaid Hunters' Improvement Societies, which opened at the Boyal Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Tuesday. The hackney classes contain no fewer than 123 stallions and 40 mares, the former being the largest and best display ever seen of this class of ...

... An instructive and, so far as it goes, an interesting collection of textile fabrics has been ient to the Yorkosbiril College by the South Kensington Museum authorities, wih, thus mark their appreciation of the enterprise which ti, Collego has recently displayed in establishing an irt Department. Both from an artistic and a constru;iv, point of view the value of the collectiou will corn. mend ...

... -*' It is in Literature as in Fainance-much Paper and nah.Poverty may coexist. Y It is a doubtful compliment to a living poet of the oremonst rank that societies should spring up for the Elucidation of his message and books should be published io point out the hidden burden of his song. Mr. Fotheringhar has just written a thoughtful, suggestive, though rather gushing volume, entitled Si tse ...