... I4TERATU RE. I I -w EOI it NOTES ONf NEW7 BOOK;S. . - Messrs Kee Panl, Trench & o. send us a Life of Lamartin6e, by Lady Margaret Domvile, and 'The MuSic of the Waters, a Collection of Sailors' Chanties, or Working Songs of the Sea, of all Maritime Nations, by Laura Alexandrine Smitb.-Messrs Longmans, Green i & Co. send us Force and Ernergy: a Theory of a x Dynramics, by Grant Allen. ...

... ra J .. p .. QLASGOW INTERNATIrA EXmHfBITjroNs TiE' ART4UNWiN DRAWHX-LftT r TM r thle 'ilawing of the Art-Union prizes and the! visit of H.RrH. Prineess Louise and the M&arquis ?? mtade yesterday an important day ato the tExhibtion, a&nd assisted greatly in seeling jgl the attendance during the day. 3xcujsioa - trains were run 'by the North British aiwiwayj a Company from stations aloug the ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Ai London, Sunday Night. ta! e Despite the wretched weather, a large fe audience attended at the Crystal Palace yester- L] day to hear the first performance in public of by Mr Henry Gadsby's new symphony. The corn- au poser is a Londoner, forty-a3ix years of age, who T as a boy was a chorister in St Paul's Cathedral, and who now (after being almost entirely self- ...

... DOG SI-lOW AT PAISLEY, Yso'er iay the second animal show and campeti- i itj ci )f vo' tihug anqt other dogs in connection wvith tihe t'aic)ey lsennol club was opened in the Drill kigli, lPailev, ?? will be continued to-OSa. In r.e ?? clarses open for competitioni there *ore 'z entrins, all increase since last year of 72. The cnthle ci thid increase, lirwever, in to bh found in oie fact that ...

... THJE INTERNATION?AL EXHIBITION. THE INDIAN SECTION STILL OPEN. The Indian Courts at the Exhibition con- tinued till the end to form a great attraction, aud were specially crowded during the last week. A considerable stock of goods remains on hand, and while delivery of previous purchases is being effected, the committee have special sanction to keep open for selling in these courts for a few ...

... j ENFIT OF IM AND BMS KENDAL. 61he play which was prodaced at the Rovaitb Theatre last night for the first time in Sceth;,ed Ion the occasion of the benefit of Mr ao , I endal, is one eminently worthy to be added to their h epertore. It is a new comedyby Mr pi,,.0 Twho has iven it the not 7iaporopriate title r The aseaker Sex. The story i rmeasrure oue of women's weakne~s. ?? say, it portrays ...

... 1 _-lb I1GRAND EVE.NING CONCEPRTC :h, -- Oil Wwoo le ?? Moo13. de Parlmoun. Oi isae Atoieiratte Steling. Miss Geraldine Morgan. ol ?? Gty. Mous, do 5Muonch. ,Mr Brrinogton Foote. Hirs Alow; Vullrner. go 'TVie concert given last night in St Andrew's Le Hall by a company of artists, some of whomi ed enjoy European reputation, was not so largely ge attended as might have been expected. The bh ...

... GL,%.GOW INTERNLATONTAL EXI 13 I iTON. TIHE CLOSIN DAY-ENORMUS n ATTENDANCE. The Exhibition was closed to the public on Saturday evening, and the last day proved to be - the busiest of the season of six months during which the Exlhibition has been open, the total e admissions for the day numbering no e fewer thian 117,901. Even in the early t hours of the forenoon the courts were I thickly ...

... ALAIANAGS, CALENDARS, DIARIES, AND POLLATET-ZVOKS The Illustrated London Almanac, published at the office of The llwstrated London News, is firmly established in pjublic favour. The issue t for 188 has a coloured wrapper, the design of h which is suggestive of both love and Christmas. h There are also six coloured pictures, and a num- her of excellent wood-en.gravings. In thel calendar each ...

... d The sale of the fittings and appliances in the eBachelors' Cafe, the Royal Bungalow, and the o Clisaneries, occupied by Mur G. B. Mackenzie, at 2 the Glasgow International Exhibition began yester- t day, and will be continued to-day and to-morrow. 5 Mr 'Coll, of Messrs &'Coll Brothers & Co., is j the auctioneer. The atternoca was devoted to the t r sale of the contents of the Bachelors' Cafe ...

... CLOSING DINNER OF EXHIBITOORS' RFPRESENTATIVES AND OFEICIALS. A large number of exhibitors' representatives of and officials in connection with the Exhibition to bad a closing dinner last night in the Royal sy Stewart Restaurant, St Enoch Square. Bailie o. Simones presided, and Mr Joseph Banks officiated D as croupier. Among the other gentlemea m present were Major Ness, Messrs H. A4 he ...

... - 4HE THEATREER f -- se THE R AL-MR WILSON BARR.lp, ?? After a somnewhat prolonged asbe of WisnB f Wilson Barett last night rerewed b1 a, uas arcee with his many friends in Glas g. Uti ed stay on this occasion is to be brief hu bu !el public will have an opportunity or Seein, h et, popular actor in a variety of cboraot a 5 he opened his engagement last ithr I ell Claudian. The. play has L ...