... ; TM! COMLTON C03MDY COMfANf. Although wre are still in the holiday season, with many families out of town, ?? Compton and his colleagues at the Royalty Theatre have no reason to complain of small audiences. Last night there was produced, for the first time in Glasgow, IIOliver Goldsmith, a new play in one act, specially written by F. Frankfort Moore for the recent tercentenary performances ...

... I I NEW EOK&& HIS-rORY ANDn BIOGs ?? Platfom Its Rise and Progress. 2 vol.. By Henry Jepbson. 'roeeiOf the Builders of the Commonwealth. Vol. VI, BY R. H. Bancroft. (San Francisco : History company.) RELIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL - Ethical Christianity: a Series of Sermons. By Hugh Price Hughes, M.A. (1 Preachers of the Age series.) (Sampson Low.)- Short Sermons. By the Rev. Stopford A. ...

... FLOvER SHOWS. , : ;-T I Th e anful~1foe show S2 ZTIl c ?? with the H~elengburgh and Gareloch oriuuulS(ncietY~ too pace;-otada i th Vcona als.Owingi to sirs- ?? sea'son the ent-raes were scarcfely so ut.tr~ie S ~u y.Sr bt heexhibits were erni a airav~~wt The, special feature of the ?? rou of plants occupyingasaeo 200 wassit& e ?? eelebas er sccmocedatI innet rof thle retittO0to-orst, anld ?? ...

... ROYALJ- CINDER-ELLEN. A question wwhich visitors at the Royal last night must surely have frequently put to them- selves is, why Air Fred Leslie should at this particular junctuire be bidding farewell mi to Gaiety burlesque ? The class of entertain- Lc ment whiich has come to be thus designated Lt may not represent the highest, or, for that matter, a very high form gu of dramlnratic art. ...

... BRLEADALBANE AGRICULT=rAL SHOW. The annual Show of this association was held at Rillin yesterday, in fair good weather, and was visited by a large number of people during the day. The entries numbered in all 407, as com- nared with 4:33 last year. The chief feature of the show, as in former years, was blackfaced sheep and Higlilaud cattle, and it was remarked by some of the best noted sheep ...

... i ?? 1 rj -N NTHbY | - MAGAZINES. The Strand MfJagazin- Twill have wonderful attraction this month for numbers of people, Ste both large and small, by reason of a descriptive De article about the Queen's Dolls. The article, A es which is written by Mir Francis H. Low, haa fe been read and rcvised by the Qucen, whose 6d corrections and remarks are appended in foot- of Pr, notes. The family ...

... THEATRE-ROYAL Mr. a: REOOM TStZ AND uINe=uAL ItA-. The engagement of Mr Beerbohm Tree and I the Haymarket Company was brought to a close on Saturday evening. On being repeatedly called at the close of the performance of A Man's Shadow, Mr TRae ?? sand gentlemen, in bid- ding Sbu farewell I cannot refrain from acknow- ledgin the kindness with which you have received U IIs inte variety of ...

... PREHISTORIC SKELETONS ATI MENTONE. (FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORES PONDENT.) Mentage, March 2. A discovery of a mest interesting mature has been made hers within the last few dlays which has given visitors to Mentene something else to think of thanthe temfoeleries of the Carnival. At the eastern extremity of the east bay, just ?? the Italian frostier, lie the RachersRaouges, where are a number of ...

... I ftS; ! .I ROYALTY- DOROTHY. N44withstanding the strong ceunter-attrac. tion if the premier English Opera Company, a very good audience asembled last night at the Royalty Theatre to witness the production of Dorothy by Mr Maurice Vernon's Comedy Opera Company, who are making a farewell visit to the city prior to their departure fer America. Among the works of Mr Alfred Colier, whose early ...

... TH.i. JXN1YARY MAGAZINES. (FIST TsorTrcZr a Good Words begiis the year with two new r novels. In one of them William Black breaks s new around, for The Magic Ink- seems te a r gave promise of mysticism as well as of o picturesque writing. The scone-painting this s time, however, is probably going to be in Wales. The other eveIl, AIston Crucis, is by Belen f Shipton, and it opens with ...

... LITEIRATURE. SC'IENTIFIC AND TECHN0MICAL. it Chemical Tiheo.yefor BeJq nners. By Leonard | l flobbin, Ph.D., and James Walker, Ph.D., i D.i Sc. (London: Macmillan & Co.)-Of teat- hooks on elemientary chemistry the number is legion, but probably all of them treat the sub- ject not in the best wav. The sources, prepara- tion, and properties of some of the more lmimportaut elemeints and compounds ...

... THEE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL I FESTIVAL. YE STERDA5'S REHEARSALS. ( m ora oWv,- CORRssPON-DES.'.) Gloucester, -Monday Nfight. 'Fr ^ood city of Gloucester is to-day alli ' with its Musical Festival, and the worlk of r,-cparaticn has been in progress from shortly s.ter nine in thle morning until late at night. Clouef-ster this year has reason to be proud of ,s Festival, if only from the point of of ...