... AGRICULTURAL REVIEW QF THE 1 WEEK. I * January (lid not go out without giving us a spec men of bitterly cold weather, quickly followed by rain and a nilder temperatuye, and then by another frost. The check to vegetablo growth is salutary, as might be supposed from the remarks made last week upon the forwardness of ilowers and fruit; but such sadden changes as those which occurred on Tuesday ...

... That wel-known work of reference, Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, for 1888, has been issued by Messrs. Dean and Son, 160A, Fleet-street, London. This is the 175th year of publication, and that fact must make Debrett the oldest work of the kind in existence. Much care has evidently been bestowed upon the revision of the work; and the great labour thus involved will be ...

... .LITERARY ARRIVAL ?? It is in Literature as in Pi ace--mucht Paper and wnuch Poverty may coexist. Mr. Froncle's now book, TBrEx ?? iw HEW~sT Iiwras, is-a thoroughly characte;*istio performance, and one in which the personal element largely prevails. The tone is cynical, sentimental; and contemptuous by turns, with hero and there a rhetorical outburst of patriotic fervour. The east wind seems ...

... TIlE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES., An airticle il n Rloroood, on A Plca for Landlords , il,l~anrrs tlie view that our English system of landlord, *,md labourer, so far fromrslbving in fault, line hadl nouj!ilar incrit Of Cannsing the pressure of thle bad tivie s t1, iajl ~,wiiir and rhore heavily onl thle rich thane oil the it is urged nlso that the needs of an incroasing ?? Cannot be satistactorily ...

... LITBRATU RPE. NEiW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. lu the first series of BArF=O Pnmosopm icA LECTUEEs3 (I) Professor Seth showed that, asmid much unlikeness, tberewere certain broad lines of similarity betweeu Scotch and German philosophy. Both Reid and Rant were ,pposed to the sensational atomism of Hume, which still remains the classical form of empiricism. Eut certain ?? of the Kantian system were ...

... BBAFOID PULL-DIE~S SUBSCRIPTION -CONCERTS.| r ~~VEiRDI'S REiQUIEiM. ?? is an undeniable fitness about the Verdi night lof tilee Bradford concerts. 'Itly's greatest mnusic-poet is to the front just nowv, and it is not probable that hle will ho supplanted at present. The veteran is seventy-flve years, lold, and the operas whiceh made him famous axe | still prime favourites, BRigolett,. ...

... THE GLASGOW AXHIBITION. At a meeting of the 'general council of the Glasgow International Exhibition held yesterday, the LonDn -PRovosr, who occupied the chair, madoe a statement with regard to the' progress made in the arrangements for the forthcoming Exhibition, which opens in May ?? Loinsnii said the guarantee fund amoanted to nearly £30,Q00. The minimum sum guaranteed for the right of ...

... LJTERATUREe NEW BOOKTS AND NEW EDITIONS. SCOTLAND AND SCOTSMEN. |Any one wvho prepares an account of the men and manners of his timeo with t~he view of securing publicity for it, not during lie ownm life, but a century or so after- wvards, mway safely be said to occupy a unique place i literature. Such a wore, it is true, must lack something of the spontaneity and natturalness that give ...

... THE E~XHIBITIONS OF 1888. (Fares A ConaxsroOmNsrN.)l 1 have just had occasion to see a list of the Exhibitions which are to be held in different parts of the globs thisi year. The list is long, and it proves that* this method of grouping industrial products or works of art is becoming popular all over the world. From one end of the earth to. the other Exhibitions tire being organised. ...

... LITERATl JRE. NteW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. it A strange conflict of feeling is roused by For the o Fight. by Karl Emil Frauzs ; given in the English by aliC Setter, with a preface by George MacDonald, LL.D. I t jr -ndou: James Clarle and Co.) Taras, the hero, is a t astard; becomes the sgoosoherd of his native village; a g8rovs up with an unblemished character, and is at last ' cioses chief ...

... MR. EDGAR IIADOCK'8 MUSICAL - EVENINGS.. Mr. Edgar Haddock's love for his art and enthusiasm in spreading a knowledge of the compositions of those greatl master's by whom it is adorned was strikingly displayed at his seventh recital, given yesterday evening in the Philosophical Hall. Two sonatas anda set of variations for the pianoforte and violin were produced for the first time in-Leeds. ...

... AGRIUCUTURAL REVIEW OF THEE WEEK.} A return of tho wintry weather at the beginning of the week stopped the sowving of peas end beans, which had commenced in the south and east of Englmd. In some parts of tho country a great deal of snlow has fallen. while f ina other parts there has not been enough to aover the land,( except for ana hour or two at a timne. The downfall has c done a little ...