... LADY RIDERS-- THIS STYLE FOR CHOICE. MEN who are no more than middle-aged can recall the vast difference between the riding habits of a quarter of a century ago and those worn to-day. Then they almost trailed in tho mud, and a dismounted lady was called upon to carry several yards of cloth over her arm. The habits then were indeed distinct from the aprons of to-day, which sometimes err on the ...

... . YOU who stand round here know very well the great life that has closed; but what, my friends and brethren, what is the lesson that we are to derive from the life of him whom God has called, in the zenith of his great powers, to that which he sought and prayed for-- rest? The lesson is work-- work mental, such as many of you are engaged in, and work of the body. Would that my words' could ...

... . HAIL, Sir Tristan! Hail, King Marke! and the ceremony of the greetings over, the unique brothers and your representative settled to a survey of things past, present, and future. Were it only possible to chronicle in detail all that was discussed! It might be done at some future time and in another form; for the present a bare mention must suffice. Amongst other things we went over that ...

... T I MISS LAURA GRAVES. ...

... STARTING MACHINE IN USE AT GRAVESEND, U.S. YACHTS OF THE SEASON-- TATTERS. 30-FOOTER. ...

... THE OPEEA. i Two new productions and a new conductor these sum up the matter for record at the Opera during the past week. The first novelty was Boito's Mefistofele, which was given with partial success on Tuesday week. One writes partial success, because, to a great extent, Boito's curious work depends upon the excellence of the pictorial representation, and in this respect, doubtless ...

... MR. JUSTICE BRUCE. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY II. J. WHITLOCK, HIRMINGHAM. ...

... THE NOTORIOUS JACK 8HEPPARD. Every trace of Old London is rapidly being improved off the face of the earth, and soon nothing will be left to remind us of the good old days when overhanging houses, creaking signboards, and projecting water spouts added to the darkness and danger of the narrow, ill-lighted, ill-paved streets, and when highway rob bers and pickpockets carried on their busi ness ...

... MADAME AMY SHERWIN. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, REGENT STREET, W. C ...

... THE YALE CRE W. The visit of the Yale crew to Henley this year is particularly interesting for more reasons than one. In the first place, there have been a few instances of diplomatic friction between England and America of late, and the importance of these matters is much more highly thought of in the States than here. Then, again, the famous yacht-races between Defender and Valkyrie had ...

... . CRICKET. Whenever the Gentlemen and Players matches come round they bring with them a reminder of the general poverty of amateur attack. I am aware that the gentlemen have more than once come off successfully against the professionals, hut I do not accept that fact as a refutation of my argument. For, you see, a weaker side has won matches times without number, and will continue to, with the ...

... . Racing has received a big fillip of late, as many big financiers have taken up with the sport of kings. I am not going to throw cold water on what the descriptive reporters are pleased to term the breeding boom; but I think it is possible to give too much even for a fashionable sire or mare; and as Charley Wood, a real good judge of 'osses, remarked to me recently, There was not much ...