... , VU Ai LATEST WORKS PUBLISHED. ?? IV BOOKS. thl or 'The L-etters of the, Younger Pliny,'' new ,vI edition. Translated by J. B. Firth. B3A. Tw o robotics, is. 6d. each. London: o 'Walter ,cott (t,imited). by knmougst the, most, recent additions to the (, nretty sefries of books known as the Scot~t T Blibrary are two vslttiues of letters by the I Vounterer Pliny. Thle correspondenceL of V1inly ...

... , THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. Mr. Charles Golletto and his fellows had a SO, hearty reception abt the Theatre Itoyal, Car- diff, on Monday evening, when they played the American comedy, What Happened to Jones. The comedy is always received as a T 1 favoutrite pieco, with its daring introduction (tin of the central pharacter and the quaint entan- prie glemnent3 that grow out of the plot. Mr. Col- ...

... I WELSH CHURCH MUSIC, |sss I- TRIENN71M4 FEPSTIVAL AT dlec one d 'LLANDAFF. The lie A CHOIR OF 1,700 VOICES. eke Among the many crgaenisatious which baveth flbeen brought into existence for the purpose of the Is~ advancing the seork of the Church in thue dee 'Diocese of Liandaff, the choral1 associt)ion.01W ISholds a, prominent place. In addition to o improving the singing in the smal~ler ...

... I LATEST WORKS PUBLISHED. MOORS. The Valley of the Great Shadow, by Annie Holdsworth. London: Heinemann. There is something very weird, and yet very beautiful, about this story, the scene of which is laid in an Alpine health resort. Here we see a group of individuals all filled with the same desire-to cling a little longer to life. Over them all hangs the dark shadow of death. and one after ...

... The fixti aunnal Ferndale Horse Show wasD held at the Cricket Field. Ferndale, on Whit- Monday, in beautiful weafler, and with a ni s large 'attendance. The judges were:- *tHunters and harness classes: -Messrs. . Jones, 1A1 r- LIandilo, and J. Anthony, Kidwelly. Cart M d and colliery horses: Messrs. R. W. Bridgwater M Le and W. Emerson, Caeran. JUmping and X' te trotting: Messrs. T. D. ...

... BOOKS. A new novel. entitle The Bride of Llan- ga ctyn, byv J. E. Patterson (late of Cardiff). ancizhor of The itermaiid` ?? will be pub- lish8ed in the early auturnm by Digby, ILong, anti Co. We have nothing but praise for Dlarlington's llandbook to London, which has reaelced SO its third odition. and is the beau-ideal of a. di -aide-hooh, The WmatteC' is from the gift'ed pesns tl of ...

... INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT i GLASOOWV. Two years and a half ago Glasgow decided to hold an international exhibition in 1901, and ever since the resolution was passed at a represenlctt.ive meeting of citizens the work of organisation and construction has been actively pushing forward, A very pleasing site in Kelvingrove Parkt, covering some 70 acres, was given by thre corporation; the first ...

... MAGAZINES, &c. Temple Bar for November filly u pholds its reputation. To lovers of George Meredith fail there is an Informing article on the BRnal wa Dianal of the Crossways, Though mateariatls Ab for Al sktetch areO deplorably scanty,, Enough Ja, remuains to show that in the career of the zq Honionrablo Mrs. Norton the novelist had £7' ready the tragic story o f thle -life dci of Al ...

... LOCAL AMUJSEMENTS. is 7 - - - Sir TREAMtE RlOYAL, {Y-A-tlIFlF. Carde yfii*Soth Let. Bonro was ep~lainedl satis- vbher ficet-r-ily to thle auldience ~at, 'thu Theatre R-oyal, l.V- A j Ca~rdifl', oii Mlonday evening Air. lor-ioi'c hI Linriard a act Iris company ha-vo got, I-le play s~C -into splendid treiri, aind the ma~nner in whsichl monj they- reeled ofl' the throe nets was excellent, ha Ic ...

... LIlE3,AT URE. HISTORICAL. PUzS ILLUSTBATI' THE HISTORT OF THE SaOws BBRGADE IN THE SEsvt E OF THE UmTrrnD NzTRnEsttaos, 1572- 1782. Extracted. by permission, fron I The Government Arehives at The Hague. and edited 'by James Ferguson. Vet. L - 169817S2. fEdirnburgh: Printed at tbe Univer- sity Pree.s by T. and A. Constzabb!, for the Scottish History Societv.t The second volume of Shsriff ...

... ITHE INTERNATIONAL CATTLE' I , SHOW AT PARIS. THE VAPIOPULS BREB DS SHOWN. Perhaps the most flattering acknotvledgmetils the French -nation could give as to our superiority I for beef production is their universal adoption of our shorthorns as a, beef breed. In the Paris show they rank next to the Normandy race in point of niumbers, making an aggregate of 116. entries, while they are by far ...

... OTHE R WORLDS 'TIIAN OURS. At the Midland Railway Institute on T7'ealsdY evening, Sir Robert Ball, the eminent astronumrt, gave another of those brilliant lectures that havO done so Inuch to popularize the study of -1t'uIo omy. Aimost every seat in tlhe lecture ?? was occupied, and the subject of the lecture Was 'Other Worlds than 'Ours. In illustrating the comparative insignificance of ...