... BIR???LINGflA?M MTh3ICAL FRSTIVAIi. DRt. fEITI3ERT PARRY'S JUDITH. i (Fa , ORSP.~ UoA t? sr.) j- The 'works set for yesterday morning's ?? W55 the razz oraoio, 'Judith, written by Dr. Ruei Pie y for thinFestival. As at ~frst intended, the wfork w~as sto take thes dimensions of a cantaita; but, apparently carried. awray by :the wealth oft material in thde subject, thte. composer exceeded ...

... LITERARY ''ARRIVALS., It is in Literature as in Finance-much Paper and much Poverty may coexist. Mr. Aubrey De Vere's Esskys, umrmrmy oN Pomay, are for the most part critical and suggestive estimates of the literary and ethical oharabteristios of Spenser, Wordsworth, Landor, Shelley, and Keats. Considerable space is also devoted to anexamination of theworks of the author's lifelong friend, ...

... LITERATEJ RE. F-W £ooKS AND NEW EDITIONS. Tho scnes and places which the Bront: family have rn- T a ^- perennial interest have supplied themes for it v sy pens more or less gifted. There is little unknown n ilisut their fortunes, and the place of the illustrious is in Ewglish literature who achieved famo not only N -Or themsel¶s but conferred distinction upon others who, ,jet fir thc, muest ...

... Thero is a decided freshness about some of the publica- a tionn of William Czerny that should commend them to the notice of amateur pianists, &a., in search of new composi- X tions of earnest aim aud moderate calibre. A Serenade 2 and Mazurka in F, by Alfred GrUnield, are two a attractive piec0B that proclaim the clever musiciau. The jh Mazurka especially, though somewhat involved, is ...

... St It is in Literature as in inans--much Pape and aunch Poverty may coest ?? the eatremely' copetent editonhp of fr. )Dove,'the papers read, at the meetings of the Domesday I Commemoration in 1886 have boen gathered into an interesting volume, to which the title of DoxmAy EnromS has been given. One of the old Cbroniclers, describing the famous mid-winter 'Gemot of 1085-1086 which assembled ...

... The death is announced of the Antwerp painter M. Henri de Baelceleer. The second volume of the new edition of Chambers's iiEncvdopawdia will be issued on the 14th of September. A MS. volume of compositions by Miohael Haydn, dating from 1777 to 1779, has recently been discovered at Salzburg. General Sheridan had written his autobiography, which will soon be published, He had corrected the ...

... 'ASHIONS 70P AUGUST. .1 How mueh womnen's fates are influenoed by the milliner! S The universal wearing of the green can hardly be said a to be becoming, pretty as prevailing styles in dress l cerbeinly are. The lightest Chartreuse tones suit onl very ! oing, fair skins; ano yet, nothing daunted, blondes nd tc 01 orunes, wvomen of all ages, all forms, and all complexions,l hare accepted it ...

... 1iTIONAJ. CO-OPERATIVE FETA. AT THE CRYSTAL PALAC. It Iwae estilated that there were over 50,000 persons P1present at t4e6 Crystal Palace on Saturdavon the occasion of the first National 'Co-operative Festival, which event I obtainsd 'the official sanction- 6nab recognition of the M United Central Board of the Co-operative )Movement and a of the London Trades Council, and was welcomed and ...

... EXTRACTS PROM PUNCH. DE (tUSTIBITS, .&c. I)&rby-But, my ear, there are no microbes in tobacco.' . . / Joan.-' Um-Shows their sense. [Subject dropped. AU MAGASIN DU LOUVRE. Combien en voulez-vous, Madam ? Obh!-er-let mse see-five ?? kilometres, n'est ce pas P [Stupefaction.] rIVERPOOL v. L&IMBETH. The Bishop of Liverpool writes common sense on The Lambeth Encycliral signed ...

... RIPON COTTAGE HOSPITAL FANCY FAIL Yesterday a fancy fair and garden frie was opened in the Victoria Hall, Ripon, by the Marchioness of Rsipon, in aid of the Ripon Dispensary Cottage Hospital. It seems that Ripon has had a dispensary since 1850, but, though there is ample hospital accommodation, it has only been used for in-patients on a limited scale owing to the lack of funds; but medicines ...

... HIM HARROGATE SHOW. The height of the season requires that Harrogate should possess a, variety of ssttri~ationi. The deily [ounfld, the common teak is, of coursre, set before the visitor, but I although the flavour of mineral water oaq endure for? a time, the mental palate, perhaps as much as the physicia oraim esie Isdly ocensidernation. Hencet the annal lower, horse, and dog show comas ...

... AHE BRITSH MUSEUMS The animal statteieflut of the general progress at theo British Museumi,-issued on Eriday, ?? tho follow.- mg :- A cominencemonlft hals been suade of an exhibition of the Greek and Romau sepulchlral monuments and other sculpture hithorto stored away in imperfectly lightetd rooms in the basement of the M~luseum. Intende structural alteration s have been postpoaed owing to ...