... The Christmas number of the Itch Magazine has a number of Cbri's ar and stories. An interesting histclC1 ein given in The Imperial Chritmas ci : 5! Francois Coppee. and Mr George Eett fl,2 tributes A Christmas Idyll. There, P paper on Christmas in ...

... Deoember 24, at 12.35 a special expirss, at ordinary fares, leaves Chipping Norton and'othlr stations for Oxford. Reading, :and- London. On Cliristmas D.ay a special train leaves Worcester at 5.16 a.m. for Moreton-in-Mgarsh, and a like train leaves.Moreton ...

... during the next week or two. Probably the merriest Christmas at Courtis inGermany. Christmas Eve is the great time in the Fatherland, and the Royal Palace at Potsdam is ablaze'with candles lighting up Christmas trees and tables for everybody, from the Emperor ...

... CHRISTMAS NUMBERS FOR 1900. ~t The Christmas tnumbers are with lus iS again, for thle old year and the old cen- tury are rapidly drawing to a close. On n thle whole the Christmas ?? of a tile last year of the 19.b century com- P pare very favourably with ...

... Weekly News Christmas anum- h0 er gives us photographs3 and descriptions of New Zealand, scenery and Maori life. Thiere are many IC interesting stories, some of whichi were this outcome 2' of prize competitions. Captain Cook's experiences ty in New Zealand ...

... CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. The (Nhristmnas nrmber of The Lady coutiaina a. large nuimlber of fill-page i ustranmons ef the season's fshitnns. A lescanpfion is given of earth, and a. scparate sention is devs-sed -o ciii i$i 'a dresses.A c.ctj portraii is ziven ...

... Paternoster Rowv, London.. The Christmas number of M sa's Journal is a very good one. The supplement is a fine photo- gravure, entitled Hold Tight. There is also a |cut-out pattern of a girl's Empire coat. The fashion illustrations are up to date, ...

... Kitley, marrisd a danghter of Wr. Werelay, of the Hovinbasm, Yorkshire. Dr. Woraley Taylor is the first new member elected after a het contest to the new Parliament, but there ned have been six unopposed returns of Ministers, 3rn. and one other unchallenged ...

... two fine temples of amusement have been established in central London-viz, the London Hippodrome, in Leicester- square, and the Euston Theatre of Varieties that is to be opened on Christmas Eve. The first has won a remark- able position in the lighter ...

... I LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, Friday Night. ItmsiGiHo leaves us with no more information concering the disturbing disappointment at Spion Kop than that which th~illed London before noon. There was no mistaking throughout the day the depth of the fhook ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDENCE 10)Do0, Sunday Night. TsEs state of saddening anxie'y in which London has lived throughout to-day, because of the earlier telegrams of the morning relating to the Boer attack in force upon Ladysmith, was deepened i to-night when ...

... 'eontest forl .hy London 'University, which is a safe seat for nda Unionist. York may also possibly lie rtr a Unionist withaut contest.. le, FRENCH AMENDS To THE QUEEN. m- A.. remarkable article on the Queen i he appears in the new number of the RevueI ...