... AIEDIJEVAL SCENES-- FEEDING THE POOR AT THE MONASTERY GATE. IN his first sermon before King Edward VI., Latimer said, Abbeys were ordained for the comfort of the poor. And in the days when there were no poor laws-- in our sense of the word-- and no workhouses, the greatest relief the poor of every kind received, was, no doubt, from the alms and food given at the gales of the abbeys and ...

... HOTEL SCHOLASTICA. wmcn JJUKe Ernest became one of the principal leaders against the Austnans, the estate, although situated in Austrian terri tory, remained entirely unmolested, not a single piece of lumber being removed, and all through the campaign the personal friendship between himself and the Austrian Emperor remained unimpaired. I cannot conclude this little sketch better than hv saying ...

... J SPA IN SEPTEMBER. THE LAST GRAND CONCERT OF THE SEASON. I, THERE are few sweeter spots to be found in all Europe than Spa in September. It is then that the varied natural beauties of the Monte Carlo of the North may be seen in their perfection. Autumn tints now make their appearance on the. forest trees which flourish in extraordinary luxuriance on the surrounding hills; a cool and ...

... . THE Irish championship meeting was brought to a close by a professional competition for prizes amounting to £100 presented by the County Down Club, to the executive of which club all praise must be given for the excellence of their arrangements during the meeting. The magnitude of the prizes had attracted a large number of professionals who are quite at the top of the tree, and hence ...

... AT THE ZOO. ■WATER-BUCK. BACTRIAN CAMEL. Photographs by Charles Knight Newport /s/e of Wight. ...

... A HISTORICAL CHAIE. Mr. Austin Dobson lias written a very charming poem, inspired by an old Sedan-chair- It is battered and tattered it little avails That once it was lacquered and glistened with nails For its leather is cracked into lozenge and square Like a canvas by Wilkie that old Sedan-cliair. Is there any member of the House of Commons with a knack for rhyming and a sentiment for ...

... . The picture by Teniers the Younger reproduced in these pages, Abraham's offering, is a very fine example of that painter's tender and exquisite art. The sacrificing father is not represented in the righteous fury of his self-abnegation, as too many painters have presented him to the world, but, with gentle hands, supporting his boy, who kneels in an attitude of prayer. The knife lies ...

... A SCOUT OF THE CHARTERED COMPANY'S FORCES, MATABELELAND, 1896. DRAWN BY R. UATON WOODVILLE. ...

... JOURNALS AND JOURNALISTS OF TO-DAY. L X III. THE BRISTOL MERCURY. The average newspaper-reading Londoner is inclined to think-- nay, does think-- that his own favourite morning or evening sheet is the one paper in the world, the most excellently conducted, and the most admirably supplied with news. This attitude merely emphasises the fact that the average Londoner is a very parochial person, ...

... . The small Arabian Principality of Zanzibar has since 1890 been under a British Protectorate. It happened very suddenly, in the middle of last week, that the consular represent ative of her Majesty, Mr. Cave, in the absence of Mr. A. H. Hardinge, C.B., the Consul General, successor of Sir Euan Smith and Sir John Kirk, found himself called upon to interfere, upon the unexpected death of Sultan ...

... THE CRISIS IN CONSTANTINOPLE: ARMENIAN REFUGEES ON BOARD THE S.S. DOURO The Wilson Liner Douro of Hu'l, Captain Robert McCrum. rescued forty-three Armenians at Galata and conveyed them in safety to ...

... (Homing of glge cf ilje Utiirquis fff aterforb THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD, in honour of whose coming of age a series of festivities have been held at Curraghmore, is the sixth holder of the title, havin ...