... NOTES ON NEW BOOKS, To the Mermaid Series of the Best PlayS of the Old Dramatists, Messrs Vizetelly & Co. have added a selection from the writings of ';John Ford, edited with an introdaction and I notes by flavelock Ellis. -)Messrs S. WV. Part- ridge & Co. have published a short biography Of Bishop Patteson: the Martyr of Melaneesia, by Jesse Page ;also, 'Griffith John, Founder of I the ...

... IKERKCIDBRIGHTSHIRE FINES AIRT ASSOCIATION, in EXHIBITION AT DUMIFRIES. ~t-Last rear the Kir-keufbrightilhire Fine Art. a' Association held its first public exhibition of ill I pictures. Castle-Douglas was selected for the! of inaugural public display. At the end of the! i ofseason it was found that a goodly number of: works had boen purchased, and that the aeso. t, c' eation had been able to ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIITION. Nottwithstanding the continuance of 1m- favourable weather the attendance at the Exhibitiont yesterday reached the very satis- factory total of 233,GS7. There were an unusually large number of excursions, all the railway companies running special trains from various districts, principally from the South of Scotland. One large contingent from Port- GlasgoN ...

... JUSADT WtST AND THE DRAMA, > -- , Vj. ?? ?? r (noOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) London, Sunday Night. ci .inn Wild, a new domestic comedy, pro- ci duced last night at the Strand Theatre, is by a a i lady, Mrs E. Coffin. The story is far too slight L for a three-act piece, although it is pleasant £ 5 enough. The dramatispersona are Mrand Ars Parker, an old married couple whose tempers are not ...

... GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL I EXHIBITION. 'The weather, though an improvement upon (I that 'experienced during the early days of the week, is still dlu, cold, and depressing, and is exercising an unfavourabla influence upon the attendance at the Exhibition. happily the, falliag-off is chiefly in the class of season ticket- T T holders, so that thne revenue will not be so, il seriously affected as ...

... NOTES ON ?IEW BOOK{S. M4'r Walter Scott has issued Lays of the Highlands and Islands, by Professor Blackie, to which is prefixed A Talk wvith Tourists.' -Mlessrs John Walker & Co. have rublishcd a Pocket Gazetteer of the World, containing 3O,0O0 names and numerous illustrative maps.- Prom MlessrsWm.Blackvwood & Sons,Edinburgb, we have Thoth, a romance in one volume, by an anonymous ?? ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL EXI{IBITION. That the abolition of the half-crown charge on -[rhursday was a wise resolution is shown by the sncreased attendance yesterday, the first occa- aeon on which the new arrangement was in operation. There were in all 2-, 17 9 visitors, of whom no fewer than 16,52.2 were holders of leason tickets, being 512 mere than the toted1 record of admissions on thle previous ...

... - The number of visitors at the Exhibition on Saturday was 41,033. This is the lowest numn ber for a Saturday that has yet been recorded. Considering, however, that there were no very special attractions, it can hardly be looked upon as other than satisfactory. Aitheugh there was also a decrease in-the number of visitors paying at the gates, the Plyiing off was mainly in the number of season ...

... UDGES AT THE GL.ASGOW SHOW. the following is a list of gentlemen who have feen appointed to act as judges in the various departments of the general show to be held at Slasgow on the 24th July and three following s iays:- Shorthorn. - William Duthie, Coflynie, Tarves; Henry Wood, Clipstone Pari Foart, Mansfield; Robert Bruce, MHnore Mouse Farm, Great Smeaton, Northallerton. Ayrehire.-Jiuucs ...

... o rOYAL ASSOCIATION ForL PRPOMOTION a ; 9OF FINNE ARTS. e { - The Royal Association for th-e Promotion of 'the Fine Arts in Scotland-whicha, by the way, 0 is the premier association in Great Britain Eli 3a:having this object in view-shows increasing hin s- vitality, after aje exis-tence extendin over half ex 'f a century, by adapiting itself to the improved an 8e state of the graphic arts. Au ...