... F RO M CURRENT LITER ATU RE. MISCELLAN EOUS REA MIR. SWINBURNE. If you are in the habit of taking your walks in the neighbourhood of Putney, you are almost sure to conme across Mr. Swinburno, whose house, The Pines, is to be found in that stburb. At first sight, Mr. Swin- burno is not an iatractive personality. -Is sandy-or is it reddish ?-hair has grown thin and faded, and his clothes hang so ...

... A MARVEL OJt PHE PARIS EXHIBITION -i - __ ?? . . -- Monsieur Ponsin's luminots palace is to be one of theo greatest marvels of the Paris Exhibition of 1900, and the plans are now in course of execution near the IC!ffel Towver. AL. Ponsin's erpation is expected to produce the effect of a fairy palece, built in the airfa la Arabian Nights, striking the beholder withL a selise of its ...

... [COOPYIGHT.) q In the List of the By GEO. R. SIMS, A/ Author of The Old, Old Story, Tales of To- , How the Poor Live, Lights o' Lo e Killed, lay, Dramas of Life, ndon, &c. Jenny Earl woke With a start in the little bare bedrooin for which she was paying threo-and-six pence a week. The cold grey light of a February morning was sulkily filling the room. The cheap blind had got out of ...

... With many ?? it ifi a short story-short and sharp. In a few days or a felw hoeur it is over, and the p3ticnt is either convalescent or dead, Pr(eIon this style of talkd; it is not pleasing, but it is tiue. There is no time for much treatment or much Eympathy. The kind of thin, hgovever, that slakes me beave deep eiciso of pity is a tale like thlls of Mms. WOodward's. It drags ?? and drags on ...

... FASHIONS-SOCIETY--HOME COUNSEL. I BELLE TO PHYL LIS. far M-N(TIFTLR RASE mBLY.-SUGGESTION;S rROM PAMIS.-A CTANGE IN SIRTS-THE NEwEST XL S 8l iDES.-ILTLASrTATIONS or FAsErnoNs.-CoSy COitNRE13 ANY) FIl.LOWs.-DAINT LEMoN (1Rj:s.--A P1EITY DT ])ESS1RT DISH. SI (:(,STIONS ?? PARIS. fit ,l N'T I'IRYITIlI-At ?? preselit noliment women rV >( ?? I 'aIri for any noselties in fashion. ]:lere, IlaK ha(li ...

... , The lat?et work .-roduoed by Mrs. Olphant . was a personal and domestic life of the Queen, R0 prepared at the invitation of Messrs. Cassell and d, Co. The distinguished authoress, as ...

... MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE e- St -~aa o -Bs or ari:s-s By permission of Colonel . Carrutbers and C Officers 5th (Irish) ?? the band will th~is evening Play the following programme fn C wavertree Park. 6oinm ...

... . SOUTHPORT WN COUNCIL I SUNDAY CONCERTS TO BE r C3ONTINUED. The monthly meeting was held at the Town Hall, Sthport, last evening, the Mayor (Alder- ma. n Grifths) ?? regard to Alder- man Hacking bein ...

... LOCAL sUCCESSES. Paris, Friday. The following additional awards have been announced by the exhibition commissioners.- Class 11 (Typography and Printing Processes): Waterlow an ...

... ikeri I ried ad- J. M. Barrie and His Books. Biographical ito and.Gritical Studies. By J. AEanrmer- Ld, t. (London: Horace Marshall and Sin. re s.). The -Barriana is Mr. H nertol ...

... ULThRA.RY MM~t Mr. Zgeston ae'rnrnowel fo the antuma B is to be oalied The Sacred Orchard. Mare Corli's new boo The Meter-CAris c tizn, is promised. for Augus 2. We we in- formed that Memm Methuen ...

... I PZ( ?? The Secret of the Garden R iom. r 4ul~wr of T/ee jlosfery i/o/w,, ?? Azt~osofTze./Alsllyof AJJa)zk, ?? Strel B/'mc nTu'4e Dark: CIIAPITER. :SXX1.E J.T31'1R CARILON`4 Qgi-7zT. Whenl Jasper (Carlyoir called next morning at 1 his aunt's house, MNiona was wvaiting for hillm at t tihe dloor of tlmt simall drawillg-roolli, Where they had confessed their love ou the previous day. They ...