... - me 1 Figure subjects largely~ determine the popu- out 'larity of an exhibition of pictures. This perhaps pet ifis a pity, but it is none the less true. Portraits de ...

... 3 USIM AND THE DRAMA. t i , ' - (FRos Oant o0WI CORRaSPoerENT.) Mr g . London, Sunday Night. e-I. r Manns gave an agreeable variety to the P Crystal Palace programmi, yesterday. It opened o - with the late Brialey Richards's 1God Bless the a ' Prince of Wales, in recognition ef the Royal t o 'silvcr wedding, aud.it incladed three part songs, V 10 some voal solos for Madame Dotti, and Mon- w ...

... ULASGOW INTTEI~NATiO EXHIB1TIOs _^ ALT OCATION OF SPACE. 13Efrn035) - -A - v of the Inter- I As thze tints for the WT~vn' we find fromr I h national Exhibition drai'z near i bein.adeJ recent visits that rapid pragress i being ' a in all directions, both iwllde B mai buildings and outside in the opeln gruA So far t s the ! onidor orkis ouera~' owever, the wet, Ic outs'oor work; IS conoernc ?? I ...

... THE RtUSSI piT M THXE RUSSIA IDSL ~(rstw ots 07c o0rtgr~~T) )8~j - ~~~while 4burl. ISarch 8, 1888. inug St ha'es d ventured to Cove: If ten years 3V est year Russia would ?? predict that in th Ehbitioe, ann that the oil adi holding a P t11esabisedand have a Ibuild Industry woldbehoul ul have been Ielects world-wide reualssipyb incredulous of dis~ laughed to scon ?? and' ee Americans, but et h ...

... GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL EXNHIBITION-. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIvE ?? 7COUNCIL. The Executive Coun~cil of the GlasZow In'e j natioeal Exhibitio s roet Yerterday in Hracher, Hospital Hall-Lord Provost Sir James 1xieg pro. . siding. Amen-, the members present vvas si Archibald C. Campbell, Bart,, .Pf p an, chairman, before comniornin' tioe Iasire3S of th meeting, expressed to the hoe. gentfemn the ...

... :U1,TE~AU kr OTES O?:Y 2NEW BOOKS. t Messrs Macmillan & Co. lifs, is hav e p d Dew work by ~Professor Freeman,' asmall volumie- write n' p as the fi rst of a series t on, !. Twelve -William the!.Conq~ueror.`-Mr Floward Stan. ford has published' curious and instructive book about Ireland,' entitled Fact's about Ireland: A Curve-History of Recent Years' it is by Alexander a Macdowa~l, M.AQ, ...

... A-'RICULTURE. -FAIRS AND STOCK SALES. IBfAOIK ISLE ANNUAL~ CANDLEMAS HUOSE AND PI LUtNG11tKET.-This market was hold yesterday on Ithe us'sal stance at Tore, Rillearnan. and notwithstandiu.- the diagreeahlwe wather prevailing tiere was a fair attend- -~anoN. The demand for faxrm sratswas rathar limited, and doamparatively few e gageosrots were effected, wages baving a downwarditedeny ees ...

... FIARS PRWvES. mders AFBD ?? ?? prices for Aber- o° duer reensbire for crop and year 1E87 were fixed at in tqke Aberdeellyesterday. The fcllowing are thri prices, so ands along with those strugh last 5iear:- I 1 [i I ?? 21815. VC lirs. Oatmeal, per boll, 1401b. zvoirdiupois. .. £0 l 1 L 13 C ione, Farm or market bere, Ist quality, vith- - 3 the ouefodder ?? . ?? O 184 0 19 6 e icerte Do., do., ...

... TH1E THEATRES. I ROYALTY- PINAFORE. At the Royalty Theatre we are to have a fortnright given up to the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, as interpreted by the D'Oyly Carte Company. IL M.S. Pinafore was presented last night to a large audience, and was received with the favour always shown to operas bearing the names of Gilbert and Sullivan. Of the re- markable series of works which have ...

... A new work by Mr Robert Buchanan is always a matter of considerable interest. This week 1 IIMessrs Chatto & Windus issue The City of i tDream, an epic poem in 360 octave pages.-I f Il; The new volume of the Expositor's Bible, which is being published by Messrs Hodder & Stough- i | ton, under the editorship of the Rev. W. Robert- i :son Nicoll, MA.., is The Second Book of Samuel, by the Rev ...