... WOLYEFLUI-PTON SCI-IOOL 0P ART. aA special meeting of the ',1 olverhampton Town Council was held yesterday; the -ar (Alderman .J. Jones) in the chair.-A repo)rt waoe received trorn the General Prrposes Committee recording the resiglitii'fl of the following roome bers of the Art Gonirriitee:-Toe chairman (Mlr. S. T. Mander), Alderman C'rtc, Coun'cllors Manley and ^Marton, ColCnel Lo -e. , ' ...

... '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 ...

... * SIR GEORGE ETHEREDGE may be called the missing link between Eliza- bethan and Caroline comedy; missing, that is to say, from the libraries of all but assiduous book-hunters. The present edition, though limited to 500 copies, will rescue him from what may be called the conspicuous obscurity of an author who is often heard of but seldom seen. In respect of typography and get-up, it in no way ...

... - 21 Dgtha usSewr; or, ?? ?? let rnot oxan FPed AMnder A Novel, By J. Iotbian Robson. Londont Slmpkli, Mar- si4t and Co. There is an air of unreality about this story. The good people are too good, the bad too bad, and the Incidents unnatural. Nor is the sub- ject a' ioe one. A young wife, endowed with everything that ought to bind her to virtue, falls from it, and is taken back by her hus- ...

... THE (GLAMORGANSHIRE I AGRICULTURAL SHOW. I TUIL OPENLING TO-DAY. d: irk _ir nd [BY OUat OwY nLP'0BTEILJ cl ?al SWANSEA. WaDnEsnxY EvSsno. I ;as The praparations for the Gliuorganeshire Agri. ' he cultural Show at Swansea are naw practically ir he conmpleted. TlIe Victoria Pack has undergone a hi ?? complete transformation at the hands of the con- 9 .a- tractor, Mr. William Randell, of Stoke ...

... FLOWER SHOW IN.ST. JAMES. I 2 ri--, I t ce s- 1 .1 ?? Yesterday. afternoon the Ma'lborough (St. James) Home Encouragement and Industry Society held its fourth exhibition in the Maudlin Street School, kindly lent for the purpose, anda distinct advance on the standaid reached last year was noticeablein all classes of exhibits. This society, which was establisned some. four years ago mainly ...

... The August number of the Fortnzggtly Review contains a characteristic poem by Mr. Swinburne on the glorious defeat of the Spanish Armada three hundred years ago. The poem is of considerable length, extending over more than twenty pages, and is written in various measures of great elaborateness. ' Hell for Spain, and heaven for England, exclaims the poet as he triumphantly sings the greatness ...

... BANBRIDGE FARMING SOtLETY'S ' - SHOW. : TaE annual chow of horses, cattle, sbeep, swine, and pultry in connection with the Banbridge Farming Soniety took place yesterday In the 3larket, Banbridge, and was a gret suoces8 in every sense of the term, the only drowback being 0he very unfavourable character of the weather, which served to detract in a considerable degree from the enjoyment of the ...

... BISHOPS FROM DISTANT LANDS. (FROM OUR SPEoUA COaEESPOSMENT.) The splendid edifice-, Half church of fod, half castle 'gainst the Scot -which rears its gray and time-worn towers above the winding Wear, was yesterday the scene of a unique assemblage of Chtirch dignitaries, priests, and laymen. The chief occasion of the gathering was the annual meeting of the North-Eastern Choirs, and with a ...

... LITERAT URE. -4- NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. A thoroughly English story might have been expected in THE STSUNto AnDviTUR:M OF A Housit-Bo^x (1), but the reader cannot travel far with hir. Black without e5countering his typical Highlander, a being possibly as purely imaginary as the Yorkshireman and Irishman of the stage. If the Englissman lacks lucidity, according to Aiattlsew Arnold, he ...

... MUSIC AND THE DRAXIA. Alice in Wonderland will be revived at-ClCrist. I mai for matinees at the London Prince of Wales's by Mr Horace Sedger, by arrangement with Mr Savile Clarke, the adapter, and Mr S1aughter, the composer of the incidental music. Miss Isa Bowman will play Alice. The date of the production of The Still Alarm at the London Princess's has been altered to the evening of ...

... NtEW MUSIC. iThe S3yitematic and Comprehesrive Singing Manual,' by Frederic Fearnside-E~utchlne and tomner -is an excellent arrangement of te-h. nical exercises for the voice, In this respect the book is as exhaustive as any that can be called to mind, and the prefatory remarks will be useful to those students who perase them. Scales and Arpeggios for the Piano, by W R. Wright-the Loudon ...