... TEHE FINE-ATRTS--No. VIIL - x Lo Ia earlier notices of the Exhibition of Pictures Rou at Kelvingrove we alluded to various respects stro in which it compares favourably with the exai Jubilee Show at Manchester last year. The of vrater-colour drawings, to which we shall come and in due course, are exceptionally fine, but what con we nave at present to do with is the collection mat oi foreign ...

... 1I- GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL4 EXHIBITION. - The Atendance at the Exhibit'ion yesterday inay be regarded as satisfactory when the infavourable state of the weather is taken into ,account, DUring the greater Part of the day rain fell heavily and interfered conuideralily with the outdoor entertainmeats I, the even. Sng the sky cleared, and although the grounds were ln a ?? sloppy condition they were ...

... ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY'S HOSE SHOW. The twenty-first annual hone and sheep show - of the Royal Dublin, Society opened yesterday .moraiag at Ballsbridge. The weather unfortui. nately did not turn out so favourably as could bave been wished, but this did not prevent a large n.uaber of visitors from putting i5 an appearance. The Lord-Lieutenant was au early visitor. He entered some of the rings ...

... K KILLEARN CATTLE SHOW, The annual show of the Killearn Agricultural Association took place yesterday at Killearo, The show is the largest in the district, which comprifes the parishes of Killsarn, Strathblane, Drymen, Balfron, and Fintry. This year the entries showed a considerable falling off as compared with last year, the numbers an the list being:-Horses,,so; cattle, S1 ; sheep, 73; ...

... A OTES ON NEW BOOK15r. I, - n Messrs Macmillan & Co. have published ia Poetms by the author of John Halifax, Gen- 1s tleman, a volume containing pieces originally .n published in. 1880 and 1881, with some addi. :o ?? the 5Oxford Uaiversity Press we ts have received Elementary Political Economy, 'd by Mr Edward Carnan, M.LA.-The Business Man's Vado Mecum is the title of. a d useful ...

... NOTES ON NEW BOOKS, Unnoticed Analogies: A, Talk on the Irish Question, by Mr Robert Oliver, is- a volume I published by Messrs Kegan Paul, Trench &j e Co.-Messrs Looghians, Green & Co. have pub- t lished in a single volume Mr Rider HEggard's I story, ClMaiwas Revenge: or the War of the Little Hand, an episode in the life of Allan a Quartermain, which has already appeared in f Harper's ...

... HUTORESONTOWN GARDENS. The autnmu flower show and rormenade in Con- Inaction with the Hutchesointoova ?? was; held in the gardens on Saturday. The exhibits for com- petition were accommodated in a large tent, and nado a very fair show, though there was a coflst derable falling off in the number of entries comn- pared with former years. This was due to the back- ward nature of the season, and ...

... THE CHEMICAL EXHIBITS.-No. IV. . BY PROFESSOR DMTlAh. I u ' for DNll dig- ,To find our way to a fresh subject without too up glaring a breach of contiauity, let us go back to 11 as alum, and supploeneat what we said about itby to, explainig one or two of its ?? il the an colour-industries. These are all based upon the he fact that the alumina contained in alum is co WI easily separated out as ...

... LIT1IRATURE. or O . - BO.KS. nii-,r I NT. G..Y, MEW BOOKS. The moat important publication oi the week is a work in two voluales, by Williama Henry liurilert, entitled, Ireland under Coercion the Diary of an l Am rerican l, w vnich we have received from Mr David Douglas, Edinburgh. 'he period covered by the writer extends from the 2Oth January, 158L, to the close of June ?? Eduvward J. ...

... INSIDE THE EXDIBITION. Yj -- d; For sorne days past the Exhibition building, it have been in the hands of workmen. Externally they have been touched up and renewed, and in' le I ternally they have been brightened and freshened, *s Naturally the Executive have made every effort te lo' show their appreciation of the honour conferred oi .d the undertaking by the Sovereign, and they have e been ...

... - I Hal This is the twenty.first of its kind, and pro. gra, bably the largest, as it is certainlythe most resi diverse in arrangement and detail. The museum wit is to many a feature second to none in the whole had range of the association's ?? and when T a section is afflicted with d&yaess of discu~ssIO, I bit or some notable bore gets up to speak, thie I bu exodus to the museum is sure to ...

... GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL I- EXHIBITION. d Yesterday there was a pleasant change in the co a aspect of affairs within the Exhibition. The StI 'a excursionists from Kintore, Lanrencekirk, and a I to other places poured into the building early in ini: .- the day, and as the forenoon was fine the out- Co it doer amusenrents were the principal attractions. Su le In the afternoon, however, the rain ...