... THE PICTURE A1.ND ITS STORY POPULAR AR'T CRiricv>NT AT TIlE GUILDHALL. I, H vINGc, read what the high priests of criticism had to say about the loan collectioln of pictures in the Guildhall, I went, catalogue in hand, to reap, > the blnceft. The rooms were rowvded, and I found myself rubbing shoulders with two men who at once attracted mv attention, for they belonged neither to the bloated ...

... PROVIDENT FOUNDFD W0 REGEN1' STIR.E:ET, W. , IOGEWLOND F. O FF N I E PROGRESSIVE FEATURES IN LIFE ASSURANCE. Settlement of Claims on proof of Endowment Assurances with Profits. Death and Title. Half-credit System Policies. Equitable Division of Profits. Non-Forfeitable Policies. Liberal Surrender-Values. Intermnediate Bonuses. Enlarged Free Limits of Foreign Special Advantaes to the Naval and ...

... (Fromt thlc Athnrennm.) ?? Tpst.ix STrsIHFr has inndertak'en to write the life of his brother, Sir James }itzjames Stenhen. TnE Rev. J. W. Eb.sworth informs tis that the group of romantic and of religious ballads' bhtlongin to tht4 final part of the Roxhurghei Bx~I!lds is in type. It i.: quiekly to he followed i bv the, QtQeen Anne Ballads' anid the finfdi por- tion of N'autical Ballads, ...

... The third annual report of the Gosport and p Alverstoke Public Library is to hand. ,Te me Library Committee state that satisfactory pro. gress has been made during the year in the wi al Library and Reading Room, and that it is grati.in, r fying to know the advantages of both are in- wi d creaeingly appreciated by the public. It is va interesting to note the increased use which has set e, been ...

... : EXHIBITION OF NEEDLEWORK. a The members of the Fortees Island branch of v the Girls' Friendly Society held their annual I exhibition of needlework on Thursday at St. Bar. T tholomew's School-room, Southsea, and the very F creditable display was opened by Lady Katherine a Meade, Her ladyship was received by the Rev. Cedric E. Crowle), who briefly explained the objects of the eociety, and ...

... L IT E RARY Y A.iR ITAL S. 'it is in Literatuvre as in Finance-amuc'a Paper and Cnuch Poverty may coexist. Lord Augustus Loftus began his career as a servant Or the Crown-by his appointmest as an Attache at Berlin-on the very day of the Queen's accession, and during the long interval which has since elapsed he has hal official relations of a more or less intima.te and responsible kind with ...

... - - r -- - -l- WOMEN-THEIR WAYS AND DOINGS. i'ou say tha t ry lov e is plsn, l ut tlat I can never al ow, 'When I lookc at the thoug1ht for others That is written on her )row. The eyes are not fIne, I own, She has not a ?? nose, But a smile for other's pleasures, And a sigh for other's woes. l pe'ity, truth, and love, Are they esach common things? If here *ero a commlon naturee, W yom en ...

... P -,?ilttii lipfilig FfOgnr SPRING sunshine brings out new hats and bonnets as pro- fusely as the 1eave; on the trees. The flowers that bloon in the spring blossom gaily on our headgear, and the osprey waves in company, despite the protests of the tender-hearted. A fashion- able hat Inmu1st be either TOQUTE-CAPOTE very large or very small .-there is no medium course-and the toque is as ...

... hi This evening there is to be a conversazione cu at the Liverpool Art Club, when Miss Jessie la; Macgregor will read a paper on the place of pr ?? subject in art and the pictorial possibilities of re ,h ?? Norse mythology.ha 7 The 101st exhibition of the Royal Society of TI of British Artists, the private new of which took be ld place on .Saturday, shows no advance on that cli Id id last year ...

... THE PARISH COUNCILS ACT. The Parish and District Councils Act will come into operation in November next, and in the mean- while the local governing bodies to be superseded continue in office. There is, however, much to be done in the transition pdriod, and for this the exist- ing authorities are responsible, the work of prepara- tion devolving upon the overseers, boards of guardians, and ...

... MUSIC AT MMSOMER NORTON. ?? - - . -by -. -n--r The Midsomer Norton and District Ohoral Society, during seven yewas of steady progress, have estab- lished for themselves a repunation enjoyed by few musical bodies in country nelghbourhoods, and their annual concerts are generally regarded as events of unususl importance and interest throughout the fcontrystde. There was nothing exceptional, ...

... TJ1.ff DRAMA. .,A -BUNCH ?? VIOLE TS ' AT THlE JIA..YMfARtKET- cliv Time auldiolene at the 1IliyincikeCt'lheatre laset iiiglit ithu gtave ab~usy ?? Mre. Syd ic paify i e jl ploly-for- n1W pta~y it is (IItlfI led to irs cwilled by virtuel of W.,~ ?? factE butt thle aritinr lists ?? eiiilirely 1eciiui ,nut GI 8riivt d hlla earlier woirklrisltri'iig its Chief esoti vii li [ii aind inut)roduiicig ...