... TH IATIOAL rosE ?? FOPTH- COMINGi SHOW AT EDGBASTO.N. 'the ?? at the htranic21 Gardens of the -aest pro'inneal rehibition that the National Rose E'ocicty has eve- Exid he a, -,*rneld Io be a i tting oppor- tiurzit; to write a few plain thirngs concerning ?? e:zirers Of a flower so univerialiy popular and so tridtl-v nu tivated as the rese; for these ?? m hrt haov e heard on all sides - 'Vhat ...

... CONCLUDING.~ PERFORMANCES. S On. Saturday afternoon and evening the concluding kr performances. o. the Shiahapeare Crommemoration were h given . in. the Memorial Theatre, Stratafod-cn-Avonm Public interest ire the plays had increased rather than otherwis e, as on both otcasions the theatre was densely crowded, and many persons were uenable to obtain, st *admission, all1 standing room 'being- ...

... BOOKS RECErVED. i ;ted~~I~ onos The Novels of Victor HLngo - complete and nzailozi edition. Notre Dame of iaris, 4 vos. Ta yoer. ables-Fantine. 2 vol. The Toilers of the Sea, ois (J. hi. Dent and Co.) Frithjof,. the Viking of Norway, and Rold, th Paladin of France, by Zenaide A. Eagozh. I.P. Putnam's Sons). The White Terror, translated from the Pincr. of Felix Gras by Catherine £L Janvier. ...

... DUDLEY ART GALLERY EXHIBITON. t ?? .111s - - . ?? I: r . . 'IO-day the autumn exhibition of oii paintings and water-colours at the bud ly CorPoration Art Gallery will be opened to the public. T'he exhlibitiom, which has been arranged by M1essrs A. W. Barradale, .J. F. Tirnmins, and iL3.1 ones, contains 153 pictures, a large proporu on of which are by well-known living artists. The toiler- hon ...

... DREss AND FASHION. SVtaDth. ints that we are to trs ur aceou-r w, ds in the matter of dress, and that we are to fis our affections on the modes of the eighteenth centry, the times when all the dames wore bunched panmers, qu1ilted ?? sacque backs, and mittens, and pe~lsses and paduilsoys were the outward wear. A period, L*~O, when the head was crowned with lare soft hats, with oft-times a lace ...

... MUNICIPAL TECENICAL SCHOOL. In their report for presentstion to the City Coun- cii on July 24, the Technical School Committee state that the number of nupils in the day school during the session 1899-1900 showed a considerable increase as compared with the previous year. In the session 1888-99 the school opened with an entr- of 159, which number increased during the school year to 169. Of that ...

... * Mr. Julian Ralph's description of the operations on the-vestern side of Cape Colony and in the Free State, though consisting in the main of a. reprint of his war-letters to the journal he represents, is not, judged as a whole, open to quite the seae criticism as we applied. the other day to lMr. Bennett Burleigh's Natal Campaign, for, besides the letters in their original form, we have ...

... LITTLE LORD F'UMJ.EROY. If Little Lord Fuontlaroy could be matbrialised, af nothingwould ppeal t his gnerousinstincts more (c: stronly thn thecausefor wich aperfomanceof Mrs. 31 Hodgeon urnett' play' ws grvenat; Edgbaston in Assemly Roms lat nigt. I;was t aidof tiii Deify ur Mdii Resrvists'Fund-thefund whch doesso. much . for th oefaec the mothers, Wives, and children of the men who hae ...

... ARTISTIC COPYRIGRI Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, P't ?? Ii.- ...

... mrL HALFORD'S ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. Last night M1r. Halterd gave, the fifth of tie currn sre fhis orchestra'l concerts, -when lie submittedth tullowitig. interesting prograiinme:- CGoncerto in A minor. on. 34, Violoncello ?? Silt Symploioy, 'No. 2, in C,.op. 61 ?? Schumanniii. Prelude, Act lit , .Lohengrin ?? This historical developmient if the symrphony was brought a stagc noearer our owvn ...

... PRnTCE OF WALES THEATRE. I srKNT veOts.. Theatrical tastes, are as variable as the seatsons. Some time ago three-act farees usurped the stage ; these heave be-en well-nigh Swamped by the rage for the So- called munsicil-omomdies ; and there hass been more than a passing pa~ssion for t he problem play. But amijdst all - these Chops -and changes a welcome is always ready for a.o really g:)ol ...

... A book telling the story of rle Spealer's cthW an' its occupants is promisedL it is by ITT Lumi nis. & - The volume on 'Modern RaIr which P B5- recently 'wrote for the Story ish t at - being translated into Italian. Was Christ born in Bethlehem? A r Ramsay's much-discussed book on thai Pifl-'z written by Mr. James Thomas, ard t - once. * - jt Mr. A. J. Dawson writes t say c . ,The African ...