... THE FINAL ROSSETTl.' THE cloud of' mystery which hung persistently about Rossetti, the painter, has never be en completel~y'dissipated.'' Biographies a pave bad Uby'h rfr h sful, but not always a ccuratce, Life by; Mr.' WiliamS~a'ptothenoipi~~eacdurate and c6rain~les'S usfl rv- lations b~'Mr. Flil Cane, th frind of Rbssetti's last.d4yslpc~l i~n tjn~ ~nly tp chror~ic~e his faltering ...

... , Under'thie able editorship of Mr. W. Palmer, ; Hazell grows annually I in interest as ivelli as importance. Foreign affairs have, as usual, been given prominenlce, and in' this connection the portion dealing* vith the Transvaal is remarkably full and recent; while atpe'cis of the report of the Cominissioners on' the Newfoundlanid Shore question should, as the editor observest.be not ...

... I 7 THE AFiCY X :- UNE THE AFRI:OS 0AN :: JA- ; ' African travel and adventure, with rt peulia - and indescribable fasrdLcnation, will always appea it many, a;d, though not a fewr travellers hlave found the Dark Continent their grave, fresh flood is regularly available for the work of exploration and civilisaton,. Butt, whatevqwestoe t:e cbarw--wlbez the nniqne variations in scenery, ...

... 1TNTEP, EX1HIBTiON AT THE ROYAL E iYM LoeN~oas, SAT-uinnv.-Foo, the 'Winter- Exhibi- tion ol Peintings b~y Ole Macteas at Burluigwui ?? the Roy'al Acadens1i tan1s have availed hiium- selves of help given them. from Anuverp. in th~e mnonth of Alreh last the 3rd cenjteis-ry, ,if tha bl-tb oif Anthony Van Dye-k we-4 celehiatdicii in is native city by the greatest collec ion of his works that it ...

... SHREWSBURY_ SCHOOL. Mr. G. W. Fisher, the author of this book, was a waster at Shrewsbary from 1860 to 1871, and begarn. to collect materials for a history of the school a y years ago. The work now published represents an immense amount of careful research, the ?? t; which are full of interesb for all Salopians. Urn1- happily the author has not lived to see the publics- fion of his work, ...

... TOXNXGHT?'S ENTERT'AINMVXENTS. DRUtRY LANR THEATRE ROYAL. ! ?? Jg Director. Anrsnin Cciznria. 7Th- C~hii drone Patntalcjmiie, TWICEL DA11tY at t.70 arld TB', T 'JACK AM)D THB BE-ANSTALK. WrXitvees aitS inavntcd hy Abru R iOTVROOSS arid Ar.lrrri: Colls, DA? X LO tin by J,. 1. Glover, DAN. LI7XO.IIRErC,!PIL NELLIE STEWART. oeb,7e Darnvcr&, Mabel ?? Mttile Lowell, pita P-eszci, Gi-igolati Troupe ...

... THE UYINCSTQNE EXHIBiTION IN LSNDON. It is to be hoped that the selection of the first week of the year for the holding of the Liviigstonc Exhibition in London will not miii- I tate against the success of the enterprise, be- cause mucha success is well merited. Another ?? ho sever, might have been more suitable. The ewlibsi on has been arranged in St Martin's I Towr' Nl., and thne opening ...

... Io o= 77rjTy I Rearranied;, wish Intredaictory' Chaters IN te$, aqd a Reiprinot of the Ori6ihal 6laOYZFditin. By i S8nighL IWrLx tp [London; Longm.3ne, (W~ean, and n 1r. filutter- lsq Wirten C 1)00k on Th. Ailtbnreae ol4e Odyssey,;andi he tells us in the treface to this s voime.thatha ?? attacked'the thorney ?? ,-.rldea: thy. tie Sonnets ded by the cesb wI~telX, ttie,|z sixple roetbh64 : ...

... V.Nl tya'C Rl T' ) 7/I 0F R I AC(ARlEiY: BY the ?? Ic laiest of paint, OL' 1ight and life on canvas, Rtenibraid.t hel:l us all in thr;all aI ear ao at itriirl'toln IHouse. Rugged btrgoomasters aiad homely h usewivee were the then2e, but the throbbing- hunnanitv of it all was wondrous, for living fles]h and blood seemed to have sprung firomn the paiintcr's paiette. 'r0- Reyibr; _dt l as ...

... THE MATRlSl Mt TREES NEXT SHAKESPEARIAN REVIVAL di MR. ARTHUR COLLINS AND THE b DRU1RY LANE PATENT. b di MISS DOROTHY DENE'S LAS e f APPEARANCE. I The music will be a special feature in Mr. I 'E Tree'e forthcoming splendid revival of A Mid-l yf esummr Nigfht's Dream, sad wil ?? not Li merely the overture and the famous mrch, but 1E the whole of the Mendelasohn. sore. ChAes t) o Kean, it is ...

... ARERDEEN TRADES COUNCIL IXHIBITION. PRESENTATION OF M3EDALS. The medals and diplomas awarded to ex- hibitors at the exhibition of industry and art held recently under rhe auspices of the Aber- deen Trades Council were distributed on Saturday in the Trades Hall by Lord Provost Fleming. There was a large I atuendance, those invited including alL who had gained awards, anid the patrons of the ...

... t I- -- t i I 1. I i ?? ; .CA ce3X4~2~D FCPWARMS OF SA.jA& I II BRCnl T TI.ASE TIITE.ATrE F.OTAT_ tancr-nrr tUraCrWr. Arj it-hr k liLIrI Ttriq XTfnynro,. a 5 it. JAILS AA, TP. P*EANSTA!X; jA .ssx--&. ;rva Lono. Jo;Thrurs I Nnourx, Qutrnza.-r I1.Jfllr ?? obr.:rn and Th-r.tv'trtp^i rsordlr Mrirllsr YietZbL ?;JA, MWrJI; LJowa , tI;;, Pr , wl th,.r Tr. tit Mr SNrY'ts r-1EA rT X P1?'teNltr at iA-j. ...