... AURMLEY MHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCE-RT. Last~evening, the Dernisorn Hall, .Armley, wasd well iilled by an audiensce egatered to ?? Hiandel'E ;A-cia and Galaitea. Thig pastoral serenata exhibits the lighter side of Handel's adaptive nature, and by its inherent melodious k eauty ranks high,- both in the esima- tion of musicians and the favour of the public. It is adiairably calculated to enit the ...

... LEEDS MUSICAL FESTVAL.; THE NEW WORKS3 TO BE PRODUCED. A niceting of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival guarantors was. held yesterday afternoon in the Mayor's Nlooms, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Provisional Committee, and of electing a General Committee of Management. TheMAYOn (Aid. Ward) presided. Amongst those present were Aldermen Sir B. 'launt, ...

... BRADFoRD SUBECD.ipTION CONCERTS. A little fallipg-off in the gallery attendance was the only indication of any slackening interest in the series, which was continued with the second coracert in St. Georges's Hal last night. The management brought our .nothing new ?? music, relying entirely on long- established favourites, as will be. seen below:- PART FIner. onate, for piano and violoncello. ...

... BOOKS FOR GIRLS.-IIA' gibS jlolt's story The King's Daughtere recounts in t ?? and picturesque manner how two girls t pt the filith iu the dark and cruel years of Mary's, eig The scene is laid at Colchester, and in a realistic Da dviid fashion the life of the period in the Esaex townI . kilfully portrayed. Rose Allen and Elizabeth Ioulkes Li heroines in humble life, and their brave but ...

... A LITEHRARS REVIVAL. IJi before the ueen came to the throne, when suitable books for little pple were by no meai common,- , Iwork Imase its appearance, frstin monthly7 rtn,and244s in a. x succession of- compaot little volumes, that from the outst la possessed-a wonderful oharm for the youth of tthty, It-. d was entitled The Parents' Cabinet. Thi*,,^iAme. nwill recall to .many older readers ...

... T THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. The December issue of the Nineteenth Ccntisry, if less imposing than is its wont in the bill of contents, is varied' enough in matter. Its most important feature bears upon the Education question. Lord Norton traverses the two l conflicting reports from the Royal Commissioners, and puts forward a plea for combining our tentative experiments into a comprehensive and ...

... LITERA1Y AND ART GSI&P. ;: tahoxti volume iotf t tWritsrs ees-wil be Ia Life of Sere, byMr. W. H-: evison. The aurite of t u seumnao psring a. ?? ;Stnst'ezhlhition of lS .,.'ssal,an boos. Mess - wl.* p ?? a'tr bea-1 ing-the joint nanie-of N Dzvisliriste:M yad. Mr, A ibdre Rid, of London aid New ` s , haii thapreas a -novel by a new.:aixth.i1c& Modien etodion0: A trade journal,, entitled ...

... WNERW ART EX=ITITNS'. I. Before the year closes,,it- may.notibe-zltogether use- less to--take , general survey of 'the minor picture exhibitions whiich ave' been opened in.London during -the few last weeks. These Winter Exhibitions naturally divide. themselves into two sections-those3 -organised by- art societies,. and those due to the energy ,and initiative of pioturexdealers. Amongst the ...

... LITERARY AND ART GOSMr. Lady Brassey's fLast Journal will be published by Messrs. Longnan in January. Mr. Frank Carr, of Phe Willows, Walkar- Tyne, is 'editing a volumo for the Camelot Series, Hazlitt an an Essayist. ' ' :, . II Mr. Walter Scott has in the press a volume of sonnets by Mr. Frank Martials, eatitled 1 Death's Disguises, and other Sonnets,. Messrs. Longuaus hays in the ...

... The Congress reassembled yesterday morning, and Mr. W ?? CANA, B.I., celivered his presidential address in the.Appliad Art Section. There was a large audience. H13e commenced by speaking of the difficulty which art experienced.im finding a place for the sole of her feet in thesedays of industrial pressure. Mechanical ingenuity bad taken the place of art, because in the great tide of commercial ...

... AUTUMN- PICTURE EXIBiTIQOS. I . . I . . SECOND ARTICLE. 'Quite the muoat noteworthy feture of tbes.Autun. Exhibitions held at-the various petureawegallieos. is the prolrinednce given to - wrk by foreign. Artists.: How far the dealers lead or follew1hepopulrtasteis not auesion for discussion here. It is sufficient for uaJ to note the in siatention given to Franch, . -German,' Italian, and ' ...

... A few days ago it was reported that a sailor engaged in scraping the sides of a troopship in the haobour of Sierra L1eone was draggel into the water and promptly devoured by a shark. This is not an uncommon experience, and the Steandarreminds us that a boatman has been bitten in the short time it took him to dip up a pitcher of water while his craft was under full sail. We are assured that it ...