... | P..k 1O )I S0J 1 Qprl 1Th With a un ;n crk.1w.:r i'w r eli ' e the r-f'nmi4:- -ti th-. jactor.i a ?? -; . * -. vmoeu ineir e-titerrm to Si t rl - ia * populrar stp col d it.av ,- 1-tt . .t.. !. wivould bavn rcrt -0 t, : o ?? : saotttar tart ?? Ar--: d ?? r:.- - oratorto is ?? y, >.riof. 1 ::t i t. T r. ot her of i-.e lael ( Moral a .'ett .tli.i ljrc-eot. tIc' ertaroru> ?? v-nr. 11C ' tl- ?? ...

... MOTOPR CARS AT THE NTATIONAL CYCLE SHOW (r231L3 Otlit OWx -REPOETERI 0Ot en 0yeling had for many -years been a, popular pastime 1l -when it was taken up, with more or less of aristociratic, jki languor, by the fashionable world. Automohilism, on St, the contrary, has had its Commencements at, or noar, Pl1 the top of the~ social ladder. The reason is not far a- to seek. The pursuit is a Costly ...

... L I 3T E FR A ? iT FEX E. AILFIRED TIlT GREAT, The~ ml-c-nary of the dea-th of Alfred the Great (xsop- i Posed to have iied ia the year 900. but therze is no c-'rta.inty ci thaz point), deapite thec distratcfso war. s ot to h allenwd to pass withiout a.crop o anpropriate brera~trore. Snfr~ thfrst instalment to hard i-. rccourawinar. for Alfred in thle Chronicler, ?? Fdward7( C I-c- bc-Lrt' MA ...

... I NAGAZINES AND REVE WS A BOER SHARPSHOOTER. 'Scribner's Mdagaine for June opens with an article on How a President is Elwsted, adj gives a slew behind the scenes of the way in which the great nahinmey of a Presidential eletioi put i mion. Another article of national interest is Are the Philip- pinns Worih Having? by George F. Becker, a United States geologist, who reserrtly spent vmore ...

... LITEIRARY ARRIYAL S. I f It is in U-teralnre as in- Fimnict.-mnch' Paper and .unrh Poverty may co-exist. Ten davs 0age3 Dr. James Mra ?? h .'Rominnrs Lerrace for the present year inl he Sheltdsnian ThaCt. Oxford. and~ his address, has benpromptly His s3uhjec-' is The Ecoimtion. of Englishi ~j ~o'aor. asomewhat forbidding title, but n -e'lcs ouc~ht no-t to deter all1 lov~ers of ngihlearning ...

... SHERBIJRN-IN-REe AGRICULTUTI3RAL SHOW. The thirteenth annual show and athletic festival pro- motoed by the Sherburn-in-Elynet Agricultural and H-orti- cultural Society took place yesterday, ecast3 Monday, and Was attended by very successful results. Awards:- ?? itor filly deal, ILBrown, Stib-eafl', York; F+ V.-Nut A-T ?? N2~fii7 WIOtaT fee,>i 33 Cpp)a,&ton Raelilye B rid~e; 2. A L Cook, C Mrr, ...

... '6 THE FARLThIGDONS, UISS FOWLER'S iNEW NOME Those who hare been waiting for the appearing of Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler's latest novel with something of the intense interest- with vwhich other people -wait for the latest despatch from the seat of war, will now have their curiosity satisfied. The Fasringdons is in all the book-se]lers' shops and in all the circelating libraries, and ...

... ILITERARY ARRIVALS4s I is in 3terature as in Finnce-much Paper and much Poverty may coexist.1 `lthough the creation of the nineteenth centin'y, Bradfield CAllege cal give a good account of itself. The book is writtea by old scholars, and is edited by Mr. Arthur Leach, who is, perhaps, best lesown by his erudite account of English Schools at the leforma- tion. There was a time, i factit ...

... L T E X A T UR E. M, JSOOP! WALTON'S TRATELS IN , C H1 NA. . In Auxgust of last rear Nfr. Joseph Walton, M.P., arrived in China on thle self-imposed mission of ascer- taming from the best-informed men on the spot what the political and commercial situation zeally wRas. Dur- ing his sojourn he visited the chief business and other - centeres, and tramelled five thousand miles in. the interior of ...

... ?RUSSIA AT T?E PARIS EXEIBITION I 1 UUUTEB 39W£ AS 0KZAB. 1¶0M OUR! tiAhRlS OOiRESPOSDfzl?l lParis, Wednesday. On Saturay last, in the great Salle des Fetes of iron antd stucco and plaster, the temporary building which will commemnorate for as year the grandeur of France, the Exhibition of 1900 was opened wvith all the imnpres- siveness of the secular State ceremonial of the Re~public. In an ...

... A ' WORLD'S FAIR AT AIFT.AX 3flu rov OF 30mt Why' go w Paris, asked the sapient exrersioniat yester- day, when you ha-ve got Haifam? At Paris te-a is Merely anExnhition, whereas the show tbat was opened Ot Ralifax in, the hills yesterday is desigated .a lUni- vel Trdes Ehibition and World's Fair. Nothing could b mnre del-einh ring than this, and' the pro- -aer Of &0n scheme can rdly be ...

... GRAUN-D THEATRE, LEEDS. 'NAIICE OLDFIELD A'ND THE BELLS. ?? force of contrast teas seldom better exemplified than in the dual bill presented at the Grand Theatre, Leed, last night A housc crowded, in some parts well-nrigh to saffation, found a bouiquet of delightful comedy greeting its senses for the first hour Or so, and then haunting sleigh bells. ghaistly recorlections, and harrowing nig ...