... ,C1SSA: Som AceocsN OF D ay Siszy, C FYT S OF SurDz=An, Hra FAsmy £3D yf DS. By JULIA CAMTMRXGIr (Mrs. Henry ; [- rLondon: Seeley and Co.] tbe title page is this notable extract, from the , ...

... - T.-EvLs AND ADVE? STURx OF AN ORCHMD HUNTElta By ALBlERT 'MrLICAN. [Cassell and Co.] 'yle cultivation of orchids in hothouses is a luxury Of the wealthy, but in BirminUIhagm we of small me ...

... BBANK HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS IN BIUfUNGHA. The general amsernents in Birmingbhm r.ert week fo the eatertaiuzmen of visitors to the city, and the zumerow residenta who do not desire to spend thair holidays ...

... BIRM-NGHA.M M, V IPAL .. SCHOOL OF ART., S EX. ITIO OF STUDENTS' WO S. t The annual exhibition of works by students in. the Municipal School of Art is now being held in the v roomss of the Royal Socie ...

... POUCt CONMET AT THE TOWN Ia. I The twenty-sixth annual police aoncert and entertain- uzt took pplace at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Ihe concert, which is in aid of the funds of the police 1 .be ...

... I MR. ARTHUR ROBERTS ON MUSIC-HALLSl I AND THEATRES , [From th PalaU MHal Gazau,] I am afraid I chose a very awkward eveningfor m'y visit to Mr. Arthur Roberts, as it was afse thbelosm of; the first p ...

... NEWEBOK&. .R MS OF RUSAL, COUNTY STAFFORD: Wi t' s Transcript of the Old Parish Regiter and Extracts from the Churchwardens' Acooimts By FitaMnnc W. WnxonZ, M.RXC.S. (Wel. saIl: W. Henry Robinson). Ru ...

... MLLAND INSTITUTE CONCERT. * Last night a concert was given in bbe large lecture theatre of the Midland Institute, the ladies' singing class, taught by Mr. A. P. Gaul, forming part of the chorus. The p ...

... The Wondprs of the Secret Cavern, which is 1| published by Messrs. Sutton, Drowley, and Co., I 1 of London, is a further contribution to fairy lore, | by Mr. S. J. Adair Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald 6 possesses a fluent imagination and a peculiar capacity of whimsical perversion. In the present book little folks will renew a delightful cora- panionship with their fairy friends of the nursery, ...

... By W!iLLIAM BLACK, AUTHOR OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON, A DAUGHTER OF HETH, &C. 'ILLUSRAIAF BY W. llATIEtRELL, R.I. ef q Poseidon, the mnzghty Go 1 I begim my iay, Poseidonz w ...

... flallion for IllIg WHAT TO WEAR IN THE HOLIDAYS THE brief London season is rapidly drawing to a close, and the fashionable world is taking flight country and sea-ward. There will be no lack of gatheri ...

... fwinn Ot'f yn bittl AT first sight it is not easy to think of either the Servians or the Bulgarians as a dancing people.. The peasants of both sexes appear singularly heavy and uncouth in their moveme ...