... MAGAZINES AND RtEVIEWS. A strong argrment is put- forwrd-3 by M kr. Arthur Withv in ' The Weshiinstet Review- (Henry and Co.) in advoca-y of The principle of betterment. The tite of the article is -The R ddle at the Sphimx, and its spirit is indicated bh the view of the 'writer that it is an obvious principle that whaterer value attaches j to Land by reason of the gqrowvth of a community ...

... 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 ...

... LITERARIY AND ART' GOSSIP. Thes Ameiac an paper-s reco)rd the dea-th 'if a ?? atirnial ll Austi. At! eersn. .a-alan aii Co. wsill publihuiim i~l ii orokl ?? 'hJulin :e cotited Ei;pbt 11ours fo Thli'final i s su of the- iiw Sooner S-.OC&Vt tO its roitU L-bcL k~r tnsi~ts or The Spidcr arid thye: Plhe Of 'I trlpo Wakefield V.ill con-tribuite a papier 'i 'i Xifcydoin of lieiveri to 2 he Maly 2a ...

... M iUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES s ?? M~r. JI. Pitt Hardeore's comipany7 play Hea-t Lynne at the Theatre royal, Leeds, n~est week. M. Paderewsk-i wlill arrive in London the week after nxadwlthnproceed on asirprovicia tour. Herr Mover Lutz is toD celebrate thle twenty-fifth an i v e r sary of hia -irmsical dircotorship of the Londont (iaietr Theatr-e on the 28th inst. Mill.If. Clotilde Kleeberg. ...

... bIXTE A T ?? L NEW BOOKS AND EW EDITIONSb& A NOTED BAPTIST DIVINNE Three years ago (May 3rd), at the age of 73, there passed away at Chorlwrn-oin-Efar- Ra Baptist nminister, she Rev. John Acorn, whose life and recolectione of contempcrac- events, cold they be written, -would', be full of intereet and icst-'taetion. But, like many others, in the clasing years of his life, whenl the judg-ment ...

... LITERARY AkRE IVALS.* It is in Literature as in Finance-muchl Palper andt much Poverty may coexist. Mrs. C'unningham Grahamn has attempted to set thle Leroic figure of 'Santa Teresa' against tne spacious 1 background of her times, and these two -volmLes are the outcome of six rears' unbroken studv. No one can I rake tsp the hook without quickly perceiving that it is wrstten with care :as ...

... THE FASFION OF BRE FLYING EOTr Are Aain, dang-er of doge n et-azing into a Morbid race, -aivcykd inwropt-%-mve examtfltts illto dfie sc-amy site cf ourselves and of or--her-? Seine ?? sa- -so- And Ncciqk- wec a.z-k them a-li- rlv-' ant-a £--t Loo~k at a bb~-, ?? we rund- It, is, nehps(a- Heartha an.1 -ois',hatch> f3it-i to jutui~re -a station 1 1St notcA >but many% pr-opl- k' lrt- ptrie ?? ?? ...

... (FIRST NOTICE.) of The directors of the N-ew- Gallery have a somewhat nt difficult task in their endeavour to conciliate old pre- er indices wvith newl, aspiratio:3s. When managing the Grosvenlor Gallery, Mr. Comyns-Carr a3.d Mr. Halle. at earned the gratitude of picture lovert of all classes by .IS their determination to give to every school of art which of shotwed promise of talent a fair ...

... MUSICAL AND DR2 MkTIC NOTES One of 'BiloarW'P inlrirfar'r. frirpms rie- Ti'. isalmc-n- i'-no'-tI lilt to re-slimt- brA ;inou~sz-v and hardi work. In ordrI to tirorol-aghly ursidrx rand 'the wolrks of the g~reat mnaster-, he-~ wroter nil' 111e~r wor~k. vrhin h,: own ha rr-a lie .--ad hig lmp qiantim -Iof 'BrethovenT andr Batih i.n his owrn writin-. l''rr-aT-arrahaneer~,- tans~ iri' 0 Ia-,corTe ...

... LEEU)S PaIoSOPHiCiL AN.D LITERARY SOCIETY. LEOTWLE ON MUS BROW-NflCGY e t~errlay xeneing Ovhe ist, of thle Ailitter series of levt urc-s of thie, Tseepi Iihlilowolirlard Tt~t .nowi(ty was adel i verit be(fore a, large audience of 'm-rnb-oersi and friends in ?? Thicour.lHoll. The, letr-rwat, Afr. Ar-thur -Sidgwlcll, 1TA-, and h.S iljc, Nlrmi Hro--niri-gY`'';F chaxir -W2A noco1pieel byr Nfc. ...

... M USICAL AND DR A MAXTIC NOTES' Mr. Lo-lie (urottx- hits retorniedl to Lndo~n, anrd row Prmwi'4-Ps~ to dexv'ct~ himscif mainly toc ?? an ooiclr 'v ork. A-monng ?? -o- for thn fllj,ssrer 17,-':3x-12 nc 1isse- i-s M Xl a*x na's, j ld1 13,t anld _Mi:S'sr. LI nd 13 A odrew llok Idatrlie '831]31041 Inco'cr lets rl'-t'3ntl7' ?? S113310333 at B4-tliiite her X lii'gn~iC t I&Fal: ?? at th 1'hihnronici ...

... LTEBA IT R E. NEW BOOKiS AND NEW ILDITION1S. OXFORD AND HER COLLEZGES Oxford throws its apelt over all sorts and condlition~s of mels. It a1f)sCIS tO~ thle Miemfories of the old and tiL9 hopes_ of the moung. Sometimes it is spolkeni of sc- n fully as the oily of los-,t alusets and undyinig ?? bit; though there is just- oncueb troth iae such state- Olaits o lnd tten a tin, it is als;o the cite ...