... 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 ...

... ?? ?? 1 NOFES ON NEW BOOKS. s C - t Weasrs Macmillan & Co. have added to the t jeries of Twelve English Statesmen a sketch of t Cardinal Wolsey, by Mr Mandell Creighton, C Ts.A.-MrJ. C. Nimmo has published H Willing- dorn HaU, or the Cockney Squire,; a Tale of Country Life, by the authbr of Handley Cross, &c., with 12 coloured illustrations by Wildrake, Heath, and Jclicoe. --Messrs ...

... MISCELLAYNEOUS BOOES. The Sportsman's Handbook' to practical Collecting ,and Preserving Trophies, by Row- land Ward (the author, 166 Piccadilly, London), t having long since made its mark, little need be said about it now. When a book of any kind reaches, as this one has reached, a fourth edition, it is a sign that the 4iuthor has supplied l a genuine want, and tlhat toe public have ...

... T WOMEN'S INDUSTRIES SECTION-PRE- LMIN.HARff EXHIBMI'7ON AT PERfTH. ?? A LADY CfOTRIBUTOR.) I In councotion with this interesting section one ' of the largest pleliminary Eshibitions which bas t z yet been held was opened in the City Hall, Perth, yesterday, by Lord Provost Whittet. B As might have been expected from the great r interest whicih has bean taken in the Exhibition work by the ...

... GLASGOW INTERNATIONSAT.1 - ,XHIBITIQN. e I ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OPENING. Some further progress has been made with I the preparations for the opening of the Inter- nationil Exhibition, and we understand that r the Lord Provost and Magistrates and the l Exhibition Executive have forwarded the I programme for the approval of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The military arrangements on the ...

... il- I' As we have remarked in former notices of the W I re exhibition in connection with the Institute, the be younger artists this year give an excellent s account of themselves. Their work is not ar always thorough-in some instances, indeed, it is sketchy to a degree. But it must not be se altogether condemned on that ground. tr Even where it is all too obvious that '(the artist has ...

... 1j GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL I BEXHIBITION. THE PROGRAMME FOR THE, OPENING. of The Lord Provost, Sir James Kiiug and Dr . -W Mjarwick, the tSown-clerk, are to-day in London 31 making the final arrangements for the visit of b the Prince and Princess of WVales on the occasion! G of the opening of the Exhibition. A proposal, 53 we believe, has been made that in addition to their principal engagement ...

... NOTES OI? ?? i-vs E One of the most inutresting week is a volumc of ' Menlo! .!s or Ion Keith-aalconi-r, M.A., late Lor'.4,, Professor of Arabic in thle La bridge.' It is by the Ps v. R-.5c BD., and is nubl sihed by Mles~rs De:L- Bee 5t Co., Canbrid .e-ceisrs Arnder1' Sons, Dumfries, and 2Mdesrs Jona II ?? Co., Edioburab anld Glasgow, iuve The Historical Fam.iiei o I)ir . the Xerder WXar. ...

... SE r rsSSI.' PETROLEUM - XIP Iriot. (noi 0ti ?? COflZSPOKDENTl) April 2, lSSS. t bes'arp oil at a hal-penny a gallon- tat Las bee prevailing the last few ?? g to anothcr glut-indicates that tch '.oiexport i. hxg no material effect ance of Icerosinle at B tku. At the .. en: fl the reservoirs at Baku are t'I ith ol, in anticipation of the tse na2vi, ation on the Volga, and for ra eoown th:c ...

... 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 ?? ...

... 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 ...