... LITER TIR D ?? - WOTES ON NEW BOOM- .- de-isrs Lorgiins, Green - Co. & pblish this week 'TiheLife of 'Sidiey, Earl of Gdadophih-, il] ?? Lord Higli.Treasurer of England, ax 1702 te 1710, by the Hon. Huh Elliot, M.P. f b -Miessras 2iemicigtosd & Co. Ihave- publilsedI t of 1Lo'r Letters of Famoas ?? and *iomen of Of thie -Past and Present Certcry, edited by J. r. sc rydewv, In -tw volumes, ...

... TIHE CHEMICAL EXEIBITS.-No. VIL ZY P1ROFESS03 DITTXMAN Having completed our p-ogramm..e in regard I to the inroranic, Nve will now pass to the oigfnics exhibits. Amongst these soap, stearlo, and paramuffn are most conspicuous, because they are presented to us chiefly in the form of busts and other worse f of the plastic art, so that the court which unites i them impresses orne more like a ...

... S:CHOOL AlVD UIVERSITY BOOKS. `Sidgwicsks Greek ,Prose Composition (Riviszgtons) has now reached its sixth edition. Tbe book ii beyond all donbt a good. one, and this accounts for its success. Such :,popularety of such a really' bigh.olass-:book may also be taken-asr ahowing'tbat the study'ef Qreek is far from dying amuong as. -- ?? Fifth (!Mac'millan) is edited, with the usual introductionI ...

... rCUUWA~OPEATA THE OPIR THE&T=E , A for ?? r4f ev ns ,ho ic..«r th. o~ao . ropeeaptatic at h ,Gxad SbatS& this week, had £ied t GOCned's Fus VAJfor te utu ef Go .O B 44ait , insjed .of thespr actuallyhosen, hesoc 1Um shin ?? managerial instiaot ]eOl 41th t4a. The work which ftt L Te:xepwation- of Gounod, apart fNM ?? .d jasticat auao, was produced last ng , d&ip- pmaybe describih j goberness ...

... 3r'.SlC AND THE DRAMA. (FRO-M OUR OwN CORRESPooDmaX ) London, Sunday Nighbt. The Grand Theatre at Islington, built on the site of the house which was burnt down last year, vas opened last night for a weel's run of the princesses piece, The Still Alarm. A ,rivate view was given a day or two before of t 1 house which is intended to be managed more o pr 1ess on the lines of an ordinary ...

... GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL ..iX H111TI I 0 N. The bad weather experienced on Saturday bad an appreciable effect on the attendance at the Exhibition, and wh^en, the returns were made up at closing titan it Was found that 43,062 persons had passed the turnstiles against 62,80S on the previous Saturday. Very many ci the visitors came to the city by excursion trains.from Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, ...

... CHORA-1 - OrtRClESTRAL I CONCERTS. I LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. . ~ ?? __ t1L Cioens. The iharge of the Liarht ?? ' r - 52. Air, Whsre the .4.. , ?? ?? . C.,. 5. Aria, Che ?? 0 ,nz.Ee t rdi ?? ?? 4 Ballad tfo orchstra, 'Tiso Doie ic Dsu o ?? 1 m tune i Yarroes . .. 5. Air, Thou caasyi ieat c to h:t'e ?? ' * 6. Air, ' l sen, theut Angry slauri ?? . 7. PTcersoin,:ca Srei aid (Ahoesus ...

... LITEIRATURE. oi .NOTB17,S O INEW BOOKS. 1f Messrs Crosby, Lockwood & Son have addec da to their Weale's Rauimentary Series a First R Book of Mining and Quarrying, for use in C primary schools, and self-instruction, by J. H. o Collins, F.G.S.-Froom the New York New tl Church Board of Publication we have Emmanuel w Swvadenborg's Treatise oa The Soul, or F Rational Psychclogy, translated ...

... THE ROBBERY AT THE GLASGOW EXHIBITIO-N. At toe Central CrimiDal Court, London, on age Tuesday afternoon, John Newton (40), described thei a as a general dealer, was charged before the coo * Ilecorder Nvith having feloniously received a betl I quantity of jewellery, wellknowing it to have been fcb k stolen at the Glasgow International Exhibition. whi * 1Mr Burnie, barrister, defended. From the ...

... O uar Plymouth correspondent, telegraphing |i I last night, says :-v I A strange affair has just happened near the | Ls secluded L i'lage of M'iltori Devon. M~r Crimp ; farmer, having advertised for a farm assistant, a your~ nmas who had avalked from Cornwai I hpresente. }imseli as an applicantr The woe- tL begorie and dirtry appearance rf the man, and cc lis apparent wea;kness and poverty, ...

... HUTORESONTOWN GARDENS. The autnmu flower show and rormenade in Con- Inaction with the Hutchesointoova ?? was; held in the gardens on Saturday. The exhibits for com- petition were accommodated in a large tent, and nado a very fair show, though there was a coflst derable falling off in the number of entries comn- pared with former years. This was due to the back- ward nature of the season, and ...

... |EDINBURGH AUTUUX, FLOWER SHpI(-. The annual autumn sbow hield under the auspices of tha CaledQnian. Hocticnlara Society was opened in Mhe Wavirily Markot, Edinburgh. yesterday. Neither in point of number of entries nor quality of enhibits was the show equal to those of folmer years, the falling-off in nunbers being chieffyin fruit entries. In the case of outdoor- grown flowers and fruits the ...