... MAGAZINErS. (FtIsr NoTICE.) '.i'det lil rtile present lposition of agricu- ,1 ,:artiel- ' `ifNvo)' which antvill; , I~ rite attutin oE oall seriouS people is3 o .tt bi~rd by MrI '1'. eblbel oni The ;-,=1 h Wl'elsmitry. ' Vrith a full knlowledere oft t. r lWeb i1. in a csieissiollate, Un- Wct -say. s;'s vi% illy before ;Wis readers' teulturi Sitianerio: in EI nd, its f .-; cu liti, an uits ...

... CRITERION THEATRE, For sonme unexplained reason tbereoas beaen a lull recently in the activity of managers in bringing out hopeless plays at spoeial matince performancee. Yesterday afternoon, however, saw the production at the Criterion Thoatre of a piece by a Mr. G. H. Roqu6, entitled Blackmoil, ,wbich for downright absurdity would boar favourable comparison with any previous attempt of ...

... SAVOY THRATRIE. Should Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera, Tihe .Yeonmen of the Guard; or, the .leron)imas Hid his .aid (successfully pro. duced on Wednesday night) obtain a ran corresponding with some of the more for- tunate of its predecessors dn this stage, it will not be due to anything approaching the grotesque or extravagant ma its stor. Sir Arthur Sullivan's music is as fresh and ...

... HARVEST F ES IIVALS. HA RoaATE,-The Primitive Methodists held their harvest thanksgiviai services yesterday. In the morning and evening spdoial sermons were preached, and a service of song, entitled H Harvest Home, was given in the afternoon. fhe musical portion was rendered by the choir and friends, and the Rev. G. Day Thompson offl- eiaced as reader., Mr. J. Chippendale presided; and col- ...

... Am exhibition of great novelty, and of greater interest, both to public and artists, has been inaugurated at the Grosvenor Gallery-a collection of modern pastel paintings. Pastels have always been popular with the artist, for they offer advantages which even oil colours cannot boast. These pigments, which are composed chiefly of coloured carths mixed to a proper degree of consistency with soap ...

... THE NEW GALLERY, REGENT-ST. ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION4 NOW OPEN, IO to 7. Admission, IS. CLOSES Saturday, December I. WALTER CRANE, President. ERNEST RADFORD, Secretary. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION SOCIETY.-A COURSE of FIVE PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS wvill be given in the NEW G.ALLERY on THURSDAYS throughout NOVMI3BER.-Tickets and full Particulars of the Secretary. WILLIAM MORRIS, Tapestry ...

... The piece de risztance in Harfien s Alonthly is a chatty article on Western Journalism, in which a large amount of interesting information respecting the better-known among American newspapers is given, and which is illustrated with portraits of the respective present editors. A very striking sketch, depicting the terrors of the plague, is contributed by L. Hearn, under the title of La ...

... A NE NT ZEALANDER. ON. AMERICA.* Wu-rEN we speak of Mr. Firth as a New. Zealander; we do not mean to imply that he is not as good an Englishman as any of us. The simple fact is that be is a colonist of some thirty or forty years' standing, and that he looks upon matters from a colonist's point of view. Mr. Froude is quite right, we think, in saying that this gives a peculiar value to what he ...

... Disappearance. A Dramatic 1All n4ghts reserve. CHAPTER VII -(ConZinued.) Mr. Sniff raised his hat, and the girl bowed. It had cost her a great effort of will to come to this meeting, and her one idea was to get it over as quickly as possible. Waiving polite preliminaries, therefore, she plunged at once into her subject, and told the detective all she knew of Mr. Costelloe's last visit to the ...

... CHAPTER XIV. FATHER AND SON. The same Sunday morning, before the sky clouded over, when the sun still shone brightly, and the blue of the vaulted sky made an harmonious background to the June green of the pines and the amber stems and olive of the young firs, little Henry Costelloe was at play in the Talbot Woods. The boy wandered to some distance from Woodside, now plucking a flower, anon ...

... I GOSSIPITH THE CHILDREN. I BY UNE OLDLE_ . It is quite a long while dince I had a visit from Ramblegrumble. The smoky old. giant, however, caine in this morning. When I turned and saw him in my room he as chuckling and rabbing his hands with glee, Suh a lark, he said; snch a larki Was it a very pretty bird ? asked Laughawar, who was Iying. on the h'arthrug, resting her rosy little ...

... BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND I 'MUSICAL GU. The opening meeting of else astuan session was held on Saturday, at the Grand Hotel; Mr. C. Lunn in the chair. There 'asa a large ateendan.. ccmp'eteiy filling the room, and among the visitors was clIte M'Iayor (Alderman Pollack.) -After the roautine btsines bad been disposed of, the Pre- sident of the Guild.mr, Mn .. STRATTON, who was heartily received, ...