... De ly Dr. Hodgaa told a writer in the IYew Yorks et World about the work of the Society for f 7y Psychical Research in Bostn. 'Oursociety ce was forned, he aid, for the purpose of vi es making an organised and systematic attmpt toh , inrvestigate that dark bhoer-land of human is experience, and to examine critically the )a phenomena which are not now ex-it s plained by any satisfactory ...

... JARDIEFF AlIJKSEM X'NTS. teld' COMIC OPERAL AT THE THjEA.TRE-i RO'iALt ~-SielBary nd I.Bogrtl'sComic Opera Cor- M- a of pry ea ekseggmnt at thel ThieaItre s nt Roa ?? thtie ever-popular the oCiccsdConvle Needless now to speak of tire merits of tire production upon which 0 'Robert Planquet so freely lavished the ruits of 'I his versatile genius ; needless to best-ow praizse c. where preiso is ...

... I The second week of the present engagemenb of The Earbour Lights at the Theatre Royal promises to be as .successful as the first. On Mbnday night Messrs. Sims and lPettilt's popular drama was heartily received by a large audience, and the interesting performance was theroeghuv enjoyed. Nhrt week Held by the Enemy, a play which has already achieved much success in the country, will be ...

... SCEAPS PrOm VARiOUs Tro-rap ?? ?? - Uaz LFrorm Punch.] AN ADMIRALTT DITTY, (Re-written up to Date.) When Britain first at Heaven's comlmand Arose from omt the azurc main, No doubt sbe did lnot understaud She sooll might sing the Ead refrain- NVhat? Britasiniaj? Britanllna, rule thcslr Net wvhile lritous trust to fools ur kiuis vii Whbei, spite the sto-k-prepared rcplies In prilticoe -v-rythiig ...

... I , LTMRATUMr: r I ?? vim AND TUB, ENGLISH3 )ASTE1I3ES By FrncisAdn Gasquet. John nodges, Henrita street, Coie4 Garden, London. This is tbe first volumeaof a ecrie The aithor is a monk of the Order of St Benedict. He ww; for a tire Prior of the Monastery of St Gregory, Downside, BathI The work wus undertaken at the wisa of the present Pope. The preface to it is a modest one, represening the ...

... TIHE :APJIL .MAGAZINES. I Jsl-' -- - COCC), DS OTI CF. obbi the most elnjoyable item in the VbS. ihis metonthl is apaper by that most -o esayis-5 Dr Augustus Jessepp. t ,. Ir once More ito Autuay, and shows F } ci eo t~lc, ple~asures of being snowed-up i t \.ext in poeit of readableness we vrould s i T \pthWV ^Arnold s contribution. Siri ; t;brow sonme ligh t upon the state of . 'jsi, ir ...

... THE HISTORY OF PRISON LITERATURE--I1I. HOW THE PILGRINI'S PROGRESS WAS WRITTEN. ON the 12th of November, I 66o, John Bunyan and his friends had decided to hold a religious service in a farmhouse at Lower Samsell, Bedfordshire. Sir Francis Wingate, the neighbouring county magistrate, had previously proclaimed the meeting, and issued a warrant for Bunyan's arrest should he attempt to address ...

... NEWCASTLE SPRING FLOWE% SHOW. On Wednesday the annual spring flower show of the Drr- ham, Ncrthumberland, and Nevraastls-on-Tyne Incorporated Botalical and Hofticultural Society was opened in the Cor Excbange and Town Hall, Newcastle, uud'r favourable .Fapices. Both in respect to the quantity and quality of the exbih.ts it is unanimously admitted that this show f :r exa do any of its ...

... THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. A RUN OF LUCK, at 7.30. 14, George-street, Mansion House, London, E.C., Nov. 15, sI3. To AUGU6TUS 5`AQTIS, Esq., Drury Lane Theatre, W.U. We haveexmnmed the books ?? Lanae Teatre orthe period ?? maima-ensle t ol.. and we finl that the recajpr of thu praseit drassa (A Run of Luck J exceed these of any dra,- produced at this theat-e during your managenemnt. (Signed) ...

... Yesterday, at t-he-Drill-hall;: the Bristol Chryean. e8 themum 'and Spring Show Society opened an r exhibition which, if *not quite so large as Bristolians . have bad the opportunity of seeing in previous l yeare, will, as-to the-excellent'qualityof the exhibits, a bear comparison withanysj'ring show which has been 1' promotediby thesociety. Thereare-verygood reasons e why the exhibits are not ...

... THE CONINETNTAL GALLERY. At the Continental Gallery, 157,,New Bond- street, Mr. Dierken has arranged a collection, of about two hundred pictures, and, as on former occasions, the artists represented are of many schools-chiefly Nor- wogisn, Belgian, German, French, Italiaos. and Spanish. A new painting by M. Jan Van Beers, called The Rendezvous-Bois de Boulogne, is intended to be the pi~oe ...

... Art ill vila~techmpol . Tfi latest ?? of thn Whitualinpul Art Exhibition is to bo till art sallool and guild for tho ellcourao nl;;t of tbe art of ?? nta1;ing beautiol thilngs. This will probably bc one of the beoneficial results of the present year's exhibition. 'I'ho school is ea-peeted to open early itl Mny. In the meantime distiig-lishoed artists nro doing their best for it by addresses ...