... ,U SMASEROWS AND SALS - WLASGOW. ~ Mesrs Speeio &~e.held their fourth annual Chlrill!4As the same 2aslast Wer The fat cattle on off er wet. all of a ',most trsu oclsamior glenermi lrade purposes,* there beingll no over-fed' animals shown, no enouragemeot for that class being. givnes. With a- crowded attendance of buyers, trade reled..esteady, from start to linish, although last week 's ...

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... 11 - 4 1 1py-~r.v R EAkL LITTLE of I0 st ?? ch ildren Of recent enl ratiS ?? ohad a snore. gcnmlne' T ~ ti~ ?? Hogsten'1urafltt'5 novel, oth .rfsLor E'1 oe;. It is a story of Is:r -he isoret ~it ..s the further merit -? ,j~ ches have a mleaning by It £5s sanz that novelists do 01A 5 ?? 0>~s, Comparativelv y iisrefreshing c AJ ?? the effort, MN tofind that m thanL the averape ;ch- Ig'~ ~Sot. - ...

... NOTELS AND STOBIES. The Graysons: a Story of Crinoi. Bys Edward E-gleston. (Edinburgh. David Douglas.)-:-Mr Eggleston is already well-known as a writer of stories racy of vrestern soil. ; The Graysons abounds in interest. - The narrative concerns itself altogether with country life in i segions that lie somewhat out of touch with culture and every-day life as we know it on this tide of ...

... TH1EATRE-ROYAL. L THE FORTY THIEVES. While the managers of thehoterttwo Glagow theatres at which pantomisae is to run its merry coarse, through t Christmas seazon are busy fc rehearsing witll closed doors, Messrs Howardl & fc Wyndh am, having applied the closure during the ic past week, challenge, as they did last night, the a public verdict with respect to their first Royal ai pantomime, ...

... LI ThEaA T LT RE. . h'OTES 0 Nil B-) Qfl'S. Messrs -ampson Lew, Marston, Starle & Rivington (Limited) have publsiied Men and Measures of Eiall'-aCentury: Sketches and Comments, by Hu.h II'Cullsch, U.S. Secre- tary of the Treasury in the Administrations of' Presidents Linrcoln, Johlson, aasl Arthur and Vol. II. of Mr Arthur Way's ?? Lliad of Homer done into English ?? XIII. to XXIV. -Mr ?? ...

... ?? Leorn ' ?? 2 .th( for . oizins illd Striincl s ad Orchrra *, Sc'9w or VLLSal giN Lb Oeste ?? . . . . R . blia::S. rcrta. Pinoiorte aud OQchesna, G tlnar. . Si°: N 2, in D . Sli. e v alley, ., . ?? ?? ?? .. ?? . G oizu~od ~:f-eS013golos Ncette, in F' 3ljor . Sciulrmann Airs from LA IReiile re ?? c. Gol.1t lie concert last ni-ht opened with a most , ushed performance of an ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOWj A'(FROM OUR SPECIA ooauumrrONDElT.) BIrrinaighaM, Saturday. This was the Opening day of the fortieth exhhii-1j w liona Of fat cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, corn, and roots, and it proves to be btse largest exhibition dli everlield inthe Mlidlzandmetropolis. Toe meercag in is htid at Bingley Hall, a lgaig and convenient h building in the cenatre of B1irmingbhamf. Thle ...

... 'If HE KILMARNOCK FINE ARTI i INsTrITUTE. all The council of the Kilmarnock Fine Art In. tsitute are to be comm..ended 0for not ?? on annual exhibitions, hclih, unlessd ia larse ai cities, prove to be a burden rather than ai i- ,beneflt. - It is two years since the last exhibi. to ition in Kilmarniock, and the third collection zd now open contains a finer array of pictures than ry has been ...

... SMITHFIELD CLUA i 91ST ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW.: , i The Smithfield Club Cattle Show was epened| e yesterday at the Agricultural Hall, Islirngton, i This, the 91st exhibition, ranks very high in point P of genecal quality, and in regard to numbers the : entries have been exceptionally numerous. A ,f large amount of public interest wee evinced by the L- numbers of the general public who passed the I ...

... IE LENSBUR G-I SUBSCRIP- TION CONCERT. 1. Trio in C minor, op. 1, No. o ?? - I..hovcn. 2. ViolonclloSooo{ ThgU Zwt i*: . anal. 3. Asdarte: nd R~ondo fron Clrinet Concerto No. 1.. Welnr, 4. V iolin Snino { int oe in F ?? ?? -.i. 5. Grand.Septetin flat, Op. 20 . B..ieeh.oetz It will be seen fromn the abovo programme that l the two principal works performed at the second I subscription concert ...

... OPENING OF THI ABERDEEN ART EXHIBITION. s LORD HUNTLY ON SCOTCH PAINTEIRS AND THEIR PATRONS. f The fourth anaual exhibition of werks of modern d artists under the auspices of the Aberdeen Artists' i t Society was epeaced .yesterday by the Marquis of v YHuntly. Thesre wvas a large assemblage; sald his li Lordship was accompanied to the platform by the ' t Marchioness of Huntly, Lord Provost ...