... They are what is called blobby in methcd, but are very rich and decorative in treatment. Mr. Matthew Hale's Gathering Blackberries is good, and Mr. Napier Fleemy's work should be seen, as also should a very good study of a dark hillside, by Mr. C. ...

... in the same tone as the berries, spreading wide across the back. A bonnet with a gold crown has wee bunches of realistic blackberries among petunia velvet, and a blade chiffon toque is wireiathed with red and white currants. Poppies are the most seasonable ...

... And so on and so on. Ghastly and comic stories of people, European and Asiatic, whom Mr. Montagu has met, are thick as blackberries, and give a very realistic idea of the many sides of war. And for veracious romance it would be hard to beat the stories ...

... abduction case is taking a new turn. Legal writs and injunctions in connection with it have been almost as numerous as blackberries in autumn ; and now Mr John Lawson, a well-known member of the theatrical profession, is threatened with legal proceed- ...

... Miss Loftus was uncommonly successtll with Eugene Stratton. Therefore, imitations of this imitation are nowV as common as blackberries were a few weeks ago. Miss Collie Conway lilerseiL has fallen into the snare, after setting it herself. Unless we are wlith ...

... on horticulture in America atre pu blished simultaneously by Messrs. MNac- millanl and Co. There' are ' Bush vriuits I(blackberries, raspberries, ?? by Fred. W. Card, and Evolution of our Native Fruits,, by L. H. Bailey. Other recent volumes of technical ...

... give way ribbon and velvet bows. Fruit is largely used, cherries being Ifirst favourites, while red and white currants, blackberries Iwith their rich - toned bramble foliage, grapes and nuts look temptingly realistic. Nuts are particularly pretty with ...

... the number of luxurious aristocratic mansions was sxceeding great. In Dublin, lord# and their ladies were plentiful as blackberries. Immediately after the Act of Uuion their numbers began to dwindle. In 1820 but few were left, In 1846, not one, it would ...

... very gently until they are tender, withont their breaking. While the apples are cookinc stew withl sugar half a pound I of blackberries, and when thley are soft put them on one side till the apples are ready. Place the apples on a dish. In each apple gut ...

... wi4 blackthorn, which, tho-ugh a plum, is so nearly allied toapear that pears may be grafted on it. And then brakes of blackberries, especially of the parsley- lerired kind, so free of growth and se generous of fruit. . . . +. The grass shoul d be left ...

... of mustard, alittle viurser, and a tablespoonfrul of salad oil;. mix to paste well, then spread between brown bisouits. Blackberries end apples make the most delicious of jellies. Wash and remove the ends from three pounids of sour apples; cut them in ...

... TWT'O NEW COMEDIES New ideas for the leading matinees of new plays are not, in Falstaff's phrase, quite ' as plenty as blackberries, but fortunately for dramatists they do not appear to be indispensable to dramatic Success. Aryway, play after play comes ...