... ST OR I ES,? I NOW F9 PRST PUBLISHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE AFFAER, OF THK EII GEA.TW STERN ft- EXPRESS. t, ~ ti .11 A FOLMCEMAN'S STORY. ol Bt BY HI. A. DAVIS. ti I was in thc rank ard file of the MAetro- politau Police Force when I had the st'artling experience which I ant about to chronicle. It's a rough life, as you mnay gluess, and calls out all there is in a man sonleti-tres, but I ...

... U R SSHORT , STC.)RIES, lMOTOJ FIMST PUBLISHED. ALL rbIT: rS RESERVED. Bly 1AE A SM P$ON, AtI Anttor of ?? The MisrIAine,'' QueenU il LIgs,' o.. &C. fob -- blti IT sayv ! Axe a onl m~acnod~t yze'?. Ivan m-lyon tilr!.; nbrlalm l 0 p t Li dolicttte tlii pearl-'olori'ed glove ' it S o;i (l iis SltO aw!t looks downi in!14 Ot b1 iu0 ul In ogi1meL sitP face ulp)urnetd to ,ii: ga; ?? '1I As hlis ...

... LJ TER AT URE THE SCOTTISH SECEDERS. Of literature relbting to the foutders of the Secession Church of Scotland there is no scarcity. Much of it, i however, is historically unreliable, and a good deal of it is as dry and uninteresting is theological writing could possibly be made. It is cheering, therefore, to find the subject dealt with inL a manner that is at once lucid and free from- bins& ...

... IALL RIGHTS RESRRrED.1 it tt of qtt-g ?? 1- BY L. T. MEADE. : .cHAPFTBXI 17IJC 5 lying on her bed e~ppressed : had readacl~e; notbng seemed rorth~ijying for any more. She pressed the bedclqoth55 againbt her aching eyes, and trie -to shut away the light oda7. In the atbic near by nughey , and Albert were wr'nelin_-that is, .Hugly was lecturing Albert in a high piohnd voice.. You didn'lbhurt ...

... Elp 'Fusic yJaus. Great alterations.and really fmneim- provemeints have been made at the Tivoli ij view oflits'ninnt anniversary, which iB to be celebrated with nunsual splendour next Tuesday. The buffet. between the maiu entranae ball and the restaurent has been merged into the titeatie, giving it an imposing grand entrance 30ft. by 17ft., andavestibule 2ift. byift. Inthe Centre of the new ...

... I :E SQUXIOn (engaging coacbman): Are you married ?-Coachmanr:: No, sir. These 'ere scratcbes came from a oat .-Punch. A WAREiING to actoreagainst play- ing tothe ?? the gods love die younq.-J'udy. WE B there any premonitory ymp- torus asked the dootor, who was called to a case that had tbrminated fatal'y before his arrival.- Any praemonetary symptoms P said the wiidow. ` I shoutld ...

... c I T? e ?? jo= . ?? a- I)FrESS AINTD FASHI10N. ,r0e pztty vened'an cloth ia now a Tie pro ij^,!enfo r dresses. Not Only faT5 .iedor Hskit composed of it, hut r°9 r costumes. Many of these e btire m Le t away to show a silk kaV a bodice opening down the front Y0ee5 St wh ch iB R continuation of the ,oe. yoke and vest may be either tose ked yoked, or ge.hered. New bodiriS at being shown with ...

... - aftttmm-1''- , I F.I.- BAMN-N.POWEUL'g IUTAIXA ROOZ.t The publishers are-to bs congzraulatad on mrlpubhloaion, in cheap form,of this bright and nlivel bok by. thewa above all others juit new in the publio.eoV, Major-general Baden-PowelL It was written as a diary for the diversion of the imotherqever first in his thoughts, and doze iu the thiek of the campaign, come of the sketches being ...

... ?? second. performance of - Puccini's naw opera La 1oscja took olace oni Mon. .dy, rhcn~R yal intereist in the produc- ?? was deinbastratedby thie Dresonce of I :inicess -.of :WasesW. Princess ;Vic-. toria 'ihelu~ka o4t York -the Duchebs of Siie anid, Prinde Watlcoar of Denmark. ,The~ strongly dramati c 'quality.., ,of: the, ,musi' ,mtorspersed awith deliciously in eldcic~phrases, -was .again ...

... Yesterday, at tbe McQneen gallery, I 1aymarket, an exhibition opened of Mr. -lHerbert Dicksee'e etchings. Wit-I the excephon of two or three pieces, the co'-i leotive series con4sts b' eriations by lh etcher, alike artiat.e whether in design or treatment. There are more than-t'w ty| pictures foremost iii pictorial interast 17eirg A' Jnxiouls Herrts, a lady wvatchicg fron a window ; Siient ...

... O U R I L L U S T R A T I 0 N S . SEOOND OX FORDSHIRE YEOMANRY INSPECTION. ASOn-GENERAL TROTT'R ADDRESSING THE YrOMEN IN ST. JotMSs GARDENS. ...

... l The Theatre Directors wvere very fortunate in .M 1 seouring Miss IEsuin Ierilmer for the vacant space. ,t 3 this week in the ternm`8 auMfgraurnie. So fresh and )1i delightful an entertainimeit as that previded by Mr. olh .ibud's compauy has nob been seon here for a long .(J ' time. Thecharming curtain-raiser adapted bvMra. Mr i *r 0Vcar BeriugerfromlI)ickins' HIolly 'Lree lnu, in th a ...