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... 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 ...

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... Al - MU7W7T~DA ! - - G- Eh aidT; badtaserion i effeto n the , lc t Oh in)au .iei& TS s toiis ofte. ctastophe ha a , be pi a her is refe tst.o Bu t tie piece of> wodwor theonlyre ! l of tbe> audfien i a sort fof senc gsa peti. lariut. artile in the -leain news-; 1 s paeste ames Sfor: ne-poln.oit .ou 3. th trt h ept the inchs~tflS. s auique, teflames fro theo flies- ha ...

THE ROYAL ACADEMY

... THE M-YAL ACADENlY. WINTER EXHIBITIO'N. To many the great attraction of the present Mratr'Ehibiionat Burlington House willb the Unique and valuable collection of relief IC sculptijre, bronzes, and plaquettes, almost ti entirely of the Renaissance period. Full of p a fascination, charm, and interest as are these -productions of the genius of Luca anda Andrea ?? Robbia~, Mine da Fiesole, ...

LITERATURE

... * x'Neuo or FreeL Its h~istory and DO0 AlIttiliitit's. By the Rev. Walter Wood, apt li.S c. rid editionl, re-arraniged and en- Sel ii'l.Editiburg~h D Iavid Douglas. B ,Il'i clonic, Lofere uis is a republication, in a Ito, irlvextentd cI formll, of the collections hizstory I1111 antilluitIes ir.- .rtmal gvnP1 I *oi llitt tlii2 uinder thle above title by Se( L'tiiiurc 'It nitister Of Eite. ...

SATURDAY POPULAR CONCERT

... : as ^ t A= s - - ' f ' - - f ?? 2. Air Lo~~a So~ndS the ?? Aesido 5. S1 cr. O AiMfeie ?? ves 10. The smphony which, all the wsorld aver, is knewa to be o'f al others tie. ismod. unfailingly attractive ea pb r audie` to St Adreiws-zlU on thelast eveaiaz I. 011587t. AgrinstthfeqUst reappearance in our oncert c ?? -of the Patoral sym. zphony no lovar of Beethoven coud have a word tosay, ?? ...

PIGEON, CAGE BIRD, AND RABBIT SHOW AT ELGIN

... On Saturday the third annual show of pigeonss, deE cage birds, and rabbits, under the auspices of the me Fdginshire Pigeon, Cage Bird, and Rabbit Assrocia- bae1 tion, took place inlie Cortn Market Hall. The show clia was the largest and most successful ever held in Coll r Elgin. The entiries numbered 436, nearly 100 more Elf a than last year, while the quality of the exhibits on Jai the whole ...

PAISLEY DOG SHOW

... I The Pasley Old Canine Society opened theis j aniual show of sporting, fancy, and other dogs in I the Gorjd Tecplar Hlails, Paisley, yesterdlay. The as oe comlrprises 25 classes, for which there were about o;%0 entries. A feature of the show is the jpresence of the famnous championi St Bernard do-.. 1'Iiinsmon, which is an exhibition. This do. axhich is the property of Wr S. NV. Smith, Leeds ...

LITERATURE

... i PLilr CO? xr) iar NENtaR . anr II. Thessa- oiri.iis. E'.position alrid 1-omniletics by Rev. l' oac, i.]t). D )Homilios by variousu iitlei' 1. rind IIl 'jiltitlh' antd Titas i. CposiioinI IJ Hori let i'A sh tin h Rig'ht V. the Bishop of 1ritli arid Wills 1iiiill es by v Iiouls atithirs. Loidonis Pagillr 'sin, 'Vreach, & CCI. 'i i ! x xii> r a trlx, 'Trc Ospol of St l-ii, (a ol. I.) 1)Inli t ...

CHORAL UNION CONCERT

... C H(ORAL UNION CONCERT. NMESSIAU: sit Solna years it seemed ae ?? w',dge by tthe diminijn eb end dirninshing attendance it the Christmas ,fand XewYeoar performances here and elsewhere, ithe public were at last becoming satiated writh 6the unceasing repetition of the music for which Zour country has shown such unbounded and ex- ;elusive preference. In Glasgcw, however, the i 4tide has been set ...

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

... MISCELLANE OUS BOOKS. . Alphabetical Reference' Index to Recent l and Important ~aritime Law Decisions. CoMr. piled by Robert B. Dougld. (London: Stevens & Sons, 1688.1-This w/ork gives a convenient I abstract in alphabetical form of most of the recent, and several of the more important and less recent, maritime law decisions, and is I carefully planned. Mr Douglas says hel thinks his work ...

SUPERSTITION ON THE STAGE

... SJPER-STITION OIN THE STAGE. Parisian actresses appear to be very superstitious mortals, and a correspondent of Galignani has t been collecting a few of the notions entertained by i some of the principal members of the profession. SARAH BERNHARDT'S PET AVEMSIONS. The reading of La Tosca was fixed to take place on a Friday. Now, Sarah, who affects not to t believe in God, is, ...

LITERATURE

... -y ?? T-e4em. - vT a Were any proof required dl the very great a itimportance which attaches to the ouestion die- IP vecussed in this volume it would he supplied by N( -athe long list of patents -which the author has ap- i. pended to it. Although the pebuliarities of the doi e ?? have prevented him from making it, *~ b auy eanscomplete ' it includes 45& thi 2. bstractts of specifications for ...