... Soldiers! Brothers! Chosenchampions c Of the Empire's righteons erase! r Yon who bear the flag of Britain, n Wield the sword that Britsin draws! Not for you the bells are pealing, r Ringing in another year; t Not for you the hopeful comfort p Of the reeting which they bear. From the bristling hills before you, h Thro' the hissing and the roar 7 Of the bullet-and the shrapnel, a Comes the ...

... LITER- RAY NOTES. It is 1o0ig since a New Year caine ih; whichi the peacefal topics urere so completely supersecded. Every publish:,r and e ery editor looks for sonie- thirg bofaririg on the wcav. Anything at iut South Aifrica will do at a pinch, and one is satiated ?? amateurish rescriptions of life on the veldt or lamnent;over the faded fashion and gaiety 'ofJohaniesburg. But here and there ...

... I The judging in the forty-fourth exhibition and competition under the auspices of the Aberdeen Ornithological Society took place on Saturday in the Ballroom -Of the Miusic Hall Buildings,' Aberdeen. The exhibition is a capital one, and should be visiaed by large numbers of fanciers,' during the holidays. There are close on 400 birds on exhibition. As compared with previous years, this is a ...

... THE FINANCIAL REFORM ALMANACO. This useful compwixdiumt of inforraution for politicians, writers, public speakers, aud other eIC'YSs. iuued us horotoforo undor the authot rity of thet Fimancdal Reformn Assoeiatiou, of Li -erpol, iS oute noro publ ished, revisocd, mor- r. etk-d, auiit stpplE'unntd., for tho Now Yeor. It coznpris2:u , aut US , u ala. a l Oitut of stet. tistik-d facts, 0e4olal ...

... POPULR PBIJHE'TRAL CONCERT. r Overture to T e ?? lntu : ?? 7.Mozart, t Spri'ns ',cn 'nd Spinazingeatj . ?? Ore r IMora delsse a, Air- Let thc Drmdfn] Eainc s Qcon ) .Pn.rceit Synmpbony No. S :n B Minor l in k ?? Sebe t - ?? iron Die MeistLn7r ?? Wn.xneZ In s -rt passr.g hence, r y brother ?? ?? ?? Orthestr, from JcciYn ?? Godrd. ?? Marrh ?? of Mlie:) Bchel7. , hor- iras comes but en.. a ...

... Publishers' Announcements. l THE TRANSVAAL WAR. r READ! READ ! ! READ ?? IS WAR NOW IMPOSSIBLE? t By I. S. BLOCH. THE MOST VALUABLE TEXT BOOK ON MODERN WAR METHODS. i C& pare the present results of the wcir in .Southt Africa wi/h th/e results foreshadowedl tit this work, ,:ed it wi/l bee seen th'al Al. Bloc/r /hqs anticipated I//tril a1/1. So slrski;n,- ar) ti/rs' pr'edictions /hit! the /v ...

... MUSIC AND TIE DR51A. (Fnt03m or w o a_,T Conrnt ofllfll I London, Sunday Night. A good number of musicians have gone down fronm London to-day to Scarborough. where the annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians will open to-morrow. The society was started in 1885, when the chairmen were i2 Professor Prout and Mr Cowcn, and it has !S always been supported by the heads of the IS, ...

... UTIERATURE- LITERATUR JVJW BOOD OF SATURDA Y. aedr. Th)re; Flags in Cuba. APersonal a ths Cuban lnsurrection and Spanish- c mvrrc;nt War. By George Clarke Mus.rave. 3 yLucca: i¾~t Lotus is Closed. By Michael Uvii' Lu ifl HeryJ. Drane.) idP' ?? t Hellenistic Theologv:' ?? f'l'rris'an Thought. By Thom~nas i ?? ?? (1t n i'i Janes Clarke & Co.) 'i arC; ut cud D~arwfeini, 'Pure and Mixed. 1r w ...

... THEA-TRE ROYALj CARDIFF. Jack. the Giant Xiller;'shas ?? 'ii at ~the Theatre Royal. and is now being playedI to crowded houses. The artistes have now got thoroughly used to their parts and the epantomime goes ithout a hitch. As thereI is a big demand for seats, day performances e are given on.W~ednesday.-and .Saturday. 1 t GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. r The successful pantomime Dick 'Whittiig-. ...

... THE HOUSE ON SPORT.0 THE STOCK EXCIUNGE AND BIG of GAM1E. c ye gI ALSO SMALL GAM E' AND ATHLETICS. sa CO Tbo suceces of the volnnte with this title published last. Chriunmas, and noticed at that nc time in our columns, has eruboldened the as elitor, Mr. W. A. Morgan, to prep;sre a second 1o voluzae, consisting, liko its prtoecewsor, of a uh uuber of orqiluat aurt cles upon. various forms i ...

... It is understood that Dr. Joachim will not visit England this winter. The composer Von Perger has been named director of thle Vienna Conservatorium as successor to the late J. N. Fuchs. Herr Karl Mfilldcker, the composer, died yesterday. A few days ago he had a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Alfred'W. V. Vine, ?? has been appointed, after competition, to the post of organist and choiurmaster of ...

... Trie music of the past year has been, with one notable exception, unstinlu- lating and unexcitilaw. Casting back along these manly mouths, one rememn- bers Mr. 1sidorede Lara's Messaline insistently and' prominently as the chief original 'work of the year. Mr. de Lara was no less a surpriso to us than he proved to be at Covent Garden and to everybody save a certain hostile section of people ...