... q1) The HiUbbert Lecturces, 1886. C ~'Tliis newv volume ef the Eibbert. Lectnresi is gme which, while of special interest to toe student 1,1 Ccltiu language and literature, will be welcomed also by the'general reader iatc- rested in the many problems clusterinc' round the growth ol religion. In previous vol~cacs of. the same series various phases of rel; gionts dic c velopmeat were dealt with, ...

... SALE OF THE WYLLIE GUILD AIlIBRARY. The sale of than well-known collection of books rbegan yesterday in the rooms of Messrs T. Chap- . I man & Son, Hanover Street, Edinburgh. It was l f 'at first intended to dispose of the library in Glasgow, but at the last moment this arrangement wvas departed from, and the books transferred to 3Messrs T. Chapman & Son, Edinburgh, and re- catalogued, It 4 ...

... TION. DNAL i KiflUi3ITIO`-; OF WM-O7tEIN'S WORK AT HAMILTON. (BY A LADY COrTrInUTOpR.) 4R the thins for the opening of the Exhibition; ; ' approaching the Preliminary Exhibi- W~ICA have been held at different centres nlte irvwtirg to a close, one which was held 5t 11ajmron yesterday being among the last. tohe other Preliminary Exhibitions, V i :avc all beea managed by a committee of ?? miis ...

... 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 ...

... THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION~. (REanT'S TBLEGUNfl) t Brussels, April 18. t The preliminary opening ceremony of the ! Erussels Exhibition will take place on the 5th J proximo, in order that the space allotted to the J various exhibitors may be handed over to them. The formal opening' by the King is fixed for1 .Jun ae 2.ir ; ALARBMING SUBSmDENCc IN LoxnD .-An alarm- ing subsidence took place ...

... TBFE TINE TPES. ;A D. TI TA GAYLORD D a. L .5* .:lis Ga;-1rl. 3se namne was longt _vvasociacd w hh the Carl Rosa Opera hwnetU-. was- .st 1I ht wvelcomed to the, 1; pov in the new in wrhich she seeks to 3. esh laut~o* 1t li an experiment notl - ts r:3;s r 7r lady who has taken a j E c * a anoperatic artiste to turn aside ?? in which i vell-deserved fame 9xreee- her ?? ased challenge public1 ?? ...

... a-: ROYALTY-THE MYSTERY OF A bed be- We haeANSOM CARB ier We have heard a good deal lately about the. he Mystery of a Hansom Cab, and everybody is of supposed to have read the story of that name. an It is a capital story of its kind. Begia it, and tar you must needs read to the end at a sitting; the he mystery fairly laid bare, you cast the novel c aside, and have no -wish to take it up ...

... 'CHOPRAL AND ORCHESTRAJL1 CONCERTS. I I MEETING OF GUARANTORLS. A meeting of guarantors to the Glasgow Choral and Orchestral Concert scheme was held in the Religious institution Rooms ?? Sir Donald Matheson, K.C B., presiding. Mr K Henry Johnston (hoe. secretary) read the notice calling the meeting. There was afterwards sub- mitted a statement of income and exuenditure for the past year. From ...

... TEE RNAIONAL EXHC1-IBITION. SKETCH OF THE GROUNID PLAN. -sxA AD Y PC /7 rA $ r7pR57 In the above Ground Plan of the Exhibition, Nos. 15, 16, and 17 will be occupied by the Women's Sectionj and Nos. 32, 33, and 34 by the Indian Courtm. The other Courts will be variously occupied. The Art Galleries formed the subject of a previous sketch in the Herold. - - ?? ,. . ?? - ?? . I.. ?? A-1 ?4-1f All ...

... TMUSIC AND THlE DIIAI London, Sianday Night)-. - A s-yrpliony in F by Anltonion Dvorak wvas v'tstcrdjay pc-rformned for the iret, time inl Eng- land at thle Crystal PalI'a ce. Although only x Irecently 1mublihah', it is one of Dvorak's Oldeor w~orks~, xrrittc-u in 15J5, long bef ore hie bseo'ao 10 faous. This fact will eciplainl its carolesl N intr f, sif5 1S The coninosc-r wa a ly trying to ...

... Messrs Ward, Lock & Co. have published an interesting work this week on Irish Wonders, Ghosts, Giants, Pookas, kc., and Popular Tales as told by the People, by Mr D. R. MA'Anally, t jun., illustrated by B. R. Heaton.-From the r- Cambridge University Press we have A Col. k lation of the Athoxs Code of the Shepherd of e Hermas, together with an introduction by Spyr. d P. Lambos, Ph.D., ...