... I L'eeOw INTATTOi10 E'XH l 3 IrO1(N. ~?PTzAL OF THE' QUEEN'S PRESENTS.! pres-tus receeived by Her Majesty the ren the occasion of hr Jubilee, and which, I t-nt to the ?? Intotnlationall - ?? arrived in thle city yesterday fore. -y. cv were conveyed to the Kelvingrova ?? tile pi!ineipa' hiall of~ which they will ui ?? thie direction of IMr Paton, .¼I.,te moo-usuem. After thoii'exhibi- 5Zw tese ...

... GLASGGOW INTERNATIONAL 4 - EXHIBIT ION. THlE OPEN2ING ODE. rh The ode written by Mr Robert Bucrianan ior theopening day of the Glasgowr Intcrnatkonal ' Exhibition has now been printed, along with the mnusic composed by Dr A. C. Mackornzie. d Sabjoined is the ode Dr Dark sea-born city, with thy throne t Set on the surge-vexed shore, The trumpet of the storm was blownrr . To break thy rest of ...

... I , - x t . - } Iit K\AN. 1 , i !as all:ca'v been F. ? ?? . ?? t lti ch is almost i L.. 1:! - ::e i t r cic teCst. ?? | ?? ?? , ?? ent:ds tne;CT1 0 ' ,, ...

... ZNOTES ON NEW BOOKES. h Geri messrs Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & on Eivington (Limited) leave published Near and reje 'Far;4 An Angler's Sketches of Home Spont and dir. Sla Colonial Life, by Wrilliam Senior (RedHi Spinner'), anggling editor of the Field.- the Memory and its Doctors is the title of a lost little hook -by Dr E. Pick, author of An ide Etymaological Dictionary of the ...

... M Messrs Smith, Elder & Co. have commenced the issue of a new edition of the works of Robert Browning. It is to be completed in sixteen volumes, and the first volume contains Pa- line and Sordello.--An interesting publica- tion comes all the way from Iceland. It is Jon Sigurdsson, the Icelandic Patriot : a Bio- graphical Sketch. The work is in English, aud is printed by Messrs S. ...

... 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 ...

... I ROYALTY- DOROTHY.' I We are havinig a return visit at the Royalty Al this week of H. J. Leslie's Opera Company in fi Dorothy. This opera, the joint production of B. C. Stephenrson and Alfred Cellier, wasno first produced in Glasgow in Mlay of las year, be; and was en favourably received that the corn- thil pany returned several nsontlss aiterwarcis, Now I that Dorothy is once more with ...

... ROYAL CALEDOM HORTICULTURAX, I ?? :SOCIETY FLOWER SHOW. .- A 2' The spring show of the Royal Caledonian IHartr Ie cultural Society was opened in. the WVaverle tey Market, Edinburgh, yesterday, and will be con-' be thnned t-day. 'The entries are- about, equel in of number to those of last year, and owing to the mn- he ed favourable weather which has beeu experiencedF he lattly, compelling the ...

... , AYflSHIRE AGRICULTURAl ] ASSOCIATION. of ANYUAL SHOW AT AYR. 1 S.he Second day of the Ayrshire Agricnlturnl we ..aseaciation'e show at Ayr yesterday was faveoared sa with exoeflent weather. In this respect it was in wb ima6rked contrast to the previous day. There was Tb consequently a very large attendance of the public. wI 'This, however, was no doubt. mainly due to the no- excellesto of ...

... IAYNIPSHEIRE AGBICULTURAL i ASSOCIATION. 'jA'NNUAL SHOW AT AYR. Lbs fhannual show under theauspices .1the Ayr-i s~hire Agricultural Assolciation was opened gester- IdIday at Ayr. This is one of the longest established )k open exhibitions inl the WVest of Scotland, and it has always occupied a leading Slc tlandg Itmpis Itititans of the kind truhu ctad ti somewhat wider in its scope than most ...

... ; -MUSIC AND THE D1RAMA. !YUICA-- ~ , I (Fpton oV2 OWN COrREOSDUNT. t London, Sunday Night. The reappearance of Mr Irving and his com-a pany in Faust at the Lyceum last evening kr excited all the hearty enthusiasm, if necessarily none of the curiosity, of a, first night. The theatre was crowded to its last seat, and the m audience followed every point of the now el familiar plav with the ...

... COLIONELT. AND BALLANTRAE AGRI-I I CULTURAL SOCIETY'S AWD I- The fifth annual exhibition of this society wai held at Colmenell on Wednesday on fields placed at the disposal of the committee by Mrs Gray oE EirkhilI and th.e hev. Ur MlFadzean, Colmonell, The show w-as in every respect the best yet held in the district, the entries, which were 400, being 50 more than. en the previous year; and ...