... ?? GlOING TO AN AT HOME GOING TO AN AT HOME I I j Bural notes THE SEASON THE rainfall of November was only I-25 inches, a welcome fact after the heavy downpours of October, which in turn followed on the almost unprecedentedly wet September. The rainy period in England did not exactly follow the division ofthe months. It began about the 20th August, and ended about the 20th October. In ...

... THEE QUEEN AT CIMIEZ THE Queen's arrival in the South of France has aroused very kindly feelings among our French neighbours. Everywhere Ifer Majesty has been received with an enthusiastic welcome. At Nice, which was reached at a quarter to four in the afternoon, many English people had gathered to welcom- the Queen. Among the first to arrive on the platform were Prince Louis of Battenberg, ...

... I IAt the clipfs edge hze leaped Zziglz Solo the avir, ant7i were headilong downz By S. R. CROCKETT Aiottlor of The SteIkit, 31?jiste', the Lilac San Bounet, The Raiders, &C. ILLUSTRATED 8Y FRANK RICHARDS C°,vrlgi. i .t by HARPEI, AND BROTIHERS in the United States of America] CHAPTER XXV. MINE HOST RUNS HIS LAST RACE HeI \itV ?? ticV greetings when the soldiersfound us all safe 1 ?? ...

... 64e latfst Nogal 6,fc?-Illqc !Bycor, ti , ? THr latest picture ?? to the wall of the Royal Lxcc RR by Mr. Ernest Crofts, R.A., the Keeper of the Szho) s ?? Royal Academy. Although po-ularly termed fresc&, decorations are not painted, as true frescoes should the fresh ,fresco) surface of the wall itself. Such a which has for centuries been the glory of Italy an, ,( countries endowed with a ...

... Oar 31tvvtclllcllt5 MR. Pill. MAY'S clever sketches, which form one of our supplements this week, bring back reminiscences of many pleasant wanderings in Normandy, and in.ke one lon, to be iup and away out of an overheated, jaded London. Whether tastes lie in the direction of sketching, as with the man in the picture, or the artist himself, whether one is a sludent of hluman nature searching ...

... ,r,- o ObA ue !, I TiHE:E WOas something in the way in a . bye to Buller which reminded one of Iong ago-of another of England's soldjr.- There was the same absence of military(_-. of passionatenationalfe eing. Itisrcpcrz;d t!; ;; in to Dover, saw from the mail-packle t,. r . the Admiralty l'ier, he asked in surprb -;e, for; and even the welcome at Dor,, bewilderment when he confronted the ...

... Vcle it 11 'gCebo1t Tiu disaster to the United States cituiser .taine in the harbour of Havana, has indirectly brought the question of Cuba and its relations to Spain to the front again in America. Wild rumnours exist as to the cause of the disaster, but in the meantime both countries have behaved with patience and courtesy in their com- munications. The funeral of the victims of the disaster ...

... 911ral Notts THE SEASON I r is remarkable that the mild weather and high temperature ot the first fortnight of December should have extended all over Europe. The Sea of Azoff, usually closed to navigation on November 15, was still open to steamers a month later, though ice was at last formin; up round the straits, and freights wvill not now be again taken until the spring. The weather on the ...

... LHr. tl. 5. ?? A LITTLE time ago there was a rumour that was about to retire from the stage, and a thrill of apprehension was stirred within the theatre-loving public which had become almost as used to its Penley as to its morning newspaper: But the akrm was unfounded. The theatre has as much magnetic attraction for the actor as for the playgoer, and Mr. Penley has once again returned to the ...

... te uteen at Einfilbo WINDSOR has been full of visitors since the Queen's return. The Prince -of Wales was among the first, coming one day to lunch, while Princess Louise and Lord Lore followed to take leave of Her Majesty on their departure for the Riviera. The Duk] and Duchess of York spent Saturday to Monday with the Queen, and took advan- tage of being at Windsor to visit the grave of the ...

... It o t c ? (A, 0 ill t t, c ?? a ti a ? I II c ? ? E Yd; . .1 LD A F 11A R THiERE arc seerl allijulill-or1ailt 9rlicirs in the Au-iC/?cuzh C&n011ry. Of these one is* Mlr. 11. O. Arnold- Forsterfs paper on 'The Army and the GovernlmcIlnts OpportUnity; another is Mr. T. E. Kebbel s E nglald at War -a supplement to Mr. Greenwood's article of last nionth; w hilC a third is Mr. Archibald ...

... te Dwar Tim full effects of the naval victo:y off Santiago have now been developed. We illustrate that very extraordinary engage- ment, but have already so fully narrated the circumstances that further description is unnecessary. General Toral will have the opportunity of explaining to a court- martial his reasons for surrendering the troops. Madrid admits his position to have been extremely ...