... 64e latfst Nogal 6,fc?-Illqc !Bycor, ti , ? THr latest picture ?? to the wall of the Royal Lxcc RR by Mr. Ernest Crofts, R.A., the Keeper of the Szho) s ?? Royal Academy. Although po-ularly termed fresc&, decorations are not painted, as true frescoes should the fresh ,fresco) surface of the wall itself. Such a which has for centuries been the glory of Italy an, ,( countries endowed with a ...

... Oar 31tvvtclllcllt5 MR. Pill. MAY'S clever sketches, which form one of our supplements this week, bring back reminiscences of many pleasant wanderings in Normandy, and in.ke one lon, to be iup and away out of an overheated, jaded London. Whether tastes lie in the direction of sketching, as with the man in the picture, or the artist himself, whether one is a sludent of hluman nature searching ...

... ,r,- o ObA ue !, I TiHE:E WOas something in the way in a . bye to Buller which reminded one of Iong ago-of another of England's soldjr.- There was the same absence of military(_-. of passionatenationalfe eing. Itisrcpcrz;d t!; ;; in to Dover, saw from the mail-packle t,. r . the Admiralty l'ier, he asked in surprb -;e, for; and even the welcome at Dor,, bewilderment when he confronted the ...

... LHr. tl. 5. ?? A LITTLE time ago there was a rumour that was about to retire from the stage, and a thrill of apprehension was stirred within the theatre-loving public which had become almost as used to its Penley as to its morning newspaper: But the akrm was unfounded. The theatre has as much magnetic attraction for the actor as for the playgoer, and Mr. Penley has once again returned to the ...

... te uteen at Einfilbo WINDSOR has been full of visitors since the Queen's return. The Prince -of Wales was among the first, coming one day to lunch, while Princess Louise and Lord Lore followed to take leave of Her Majesty on their departure for the Riviera. The Duk] and Duchess of York spent Saturday to Monday with the Queen, and took advan- tage of being at Windsor to visit the grave of the ...

... g1;ie 3ebdleit il xn A f ean THE rebellion which has disturbed the Province of Sz Chwan, in Western China, for many months, writes a correspondent, has again attracted more public attention by the unexpected release of Father Fleury, the French priest, who was captured by Yu Man Tsz and his FATHI'R FLEJURY A French Priest released aft r seven months' captivity among Chinese Rebels Photo by R. ...

... V 11 r 'Al p, I a 11 )1,c r S/and by.-CAP rAIN CUi'rLE BY J. ASIIBY-STERRY TtiE result of the rules with regard to crawling cabs has astonished everybody. It just shows that it only requires a little common. sense to be applied to the regulation of our traffic to make the passage of our streets as easy as possible. When due attention is paid to the obstruction caused by builders, road ...

... *F A 91RAN DA Tou By 4hjile S1TU&T BOYD ANb t4S.Br.. IV.-ABOUT AUCKLAND AT the narrowest part of the North Island of New Zealand, girdled by a belt of extinct volcanoes, lies her most populous city, Auckland. The Maoris have named the harbour Waitemata, Shining Water, and viewing the situation from the summit of 'Mount Eden or One Tree Hill, you cannot fail to regard it as one of the-fairest ...

... C Li pjc of til I c&R THE past week will be historic in the moral, as well as the judicial, history of France. It marks Light an the triumph not merely of truth over judicial Right error or of poetic justice over a singularly audacious and unscrupulous conspiracy, but also of moral principles in a great social and political conflict in which the honour and good repute of the French ration have ...

... E11e 2ccTw' rt qf u A 1 four days of scc- t session, drir1g which the two mysterious dc.Usias of the War Office and lureigo Office were ex'amined with closed doors, the public trial of Cal:tain Dreyfus was resumied at Rennes on Saturday last. Curiosity as to what 1piacscd during the secret session is rot likely to be gratified for some time yet ; but it would seem that the effect of the ...

... Clbe 'Wettmis of Trob tt oLuiS ,Stcbcll$Ol NOT too often does one come across two SuCh1 fascinating ?? of correspondence as the letters of the late Nobert Louis Stevenson which 'Mr. Sidney Colvin has now given to the world. They are admirably arranged in groups, and, w ith the careful introductory notes which preface each section, constitute a wholly adequate biography. However much one may ...

... iinbe r thI e Ifrican nllI * ()r late we have hb n so te!ligcd wvith books of travel written iby P1eolle who have only paid a flying visit to the cotntry theyeltsceiiec that it i.s with a sense of relief and expectancy that we take uI, : volumne written by one who has spent a c insideralelc portion of his life in one pro rince, ald has watched its growth from a mere collec- tion of barbarian ...