... CMSTEER HSICAIL IFESTWVAL V ?? HE *'ELTJAW - xrPnOM O1X.UWP owISEESY'rTE The Chester M20usical Festival was initated so lcrg ago as -7M but the gathering was suspended in 18, and did not meet with resumption till 1S79, so that it h1as less .the effect of an old thn a comparatively young institution that this year.-attains, its majority. The festival new bheld triennially in the city by the ...

... ILITERARY ARRIVALS, M. 'It is in Literature as in Financ&--mueh Paper and tech Poverty may co-ist. There is no need to introduce YMr. Augustus Hare. He is a citien of the world, who bas mnace his mark by guide-books to P-ome, Flo-re-ce, 1Taeic'e, -rssia, Holland, and Spain, and jie i us alsoe writ'ten land- books to the pick of the English counties. That in itself is no small achievement. ...

... BOOKS IRECE iYED. I lfarual of Electrical 'Undertalings, 190-1901. Edited by r EmBile n Garoke, 3,LS E.E., F.S.S. :2s. Gd. net. i London: Donington House, Norfolk-street. Marriage, its Institution and Purpose. By J. S. A Christmas Homily. By the Rev. P. Barclay, M.A. s Elliot Stool. Work While Ye Have the Light ?? How I Came to f Believe ?? The Slavery of Our Times ?? All by Leo Tolstoy. ...

... LTI T E R At T X2 ]E RECENT FTICTIoN, Out of the vast desert of fictional medocrity (aad worse than mediocrity) the iappy reviewer sometimes descries a small oasis ahead of himn, which promises to oe a refnrslnnent to his jaded mind,. and for wbtic he is duly grateful. Such a novel is ' The Thorn Bit, b Dororhea Conyers, a pleaat and ?? story of Irish life. The name is taken froin two lines ...

... ?ALGAZJNES 21) i?E I A T??OTtY?E TO TIlE ?W WO?iAN An i?ter?atin range of au1?eut? cbamcteri?e? ?l?e rnetrt 1s?ue at the biti?h R?%'iaw? 8oA?e oil - of the-way rnformatlo2n regard ?? Ji?rat?e will j?e fotnid in an w2sig?d. ?? a?i?: fre? on The a?iqnanen tee ?ir W?i1t? 8co?t t1?i eozittbution A? e?ubo aie aceoun?, 5? ?j?r?n ?,f the? operation, of 'the ?etrn?eoh? ? Colonel ...

... THlE ROYAL SIlOW AT YORK. ElXPECTE D VISTIT 01 THE PRINCFE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The usual monthly9 meeting of the council of~ the Royal Agricualtural Society was held yesterday at 13, Hanover-square. London, the Prince of Wales (pre~si- dent.) in the chair. The following represenlatives, of the York Local Committee were present -Aid. Border, Aid. Poster, Mri. 3. J . Hunt, and 'Messrs. W.V- ...

... ILITERARY ARRIVAL S.Q 'I is in Limatme as in FPianue-muoh. Paper and muh Poverty may coest Six-and-twenty years ago, Dean Farrar-not then exalted to the cloisteral peace of Canterbry-wrote a renowned and widely read book on the Founder of Christianity. It is easy to believe that. it was, to bornow his own words. based on long study, primarily of the Four Gospels, and of all the sources of ...

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... I G NTESA-ND REV WS.D LORD HAN= ON'OARTC S. e That unwearied writer of powerful fiction, Guy a Bootbby, begins a new story, ' My Indian Queen, in , Cassel'se Magazine for Juame, which begins a new volume. Yorkshire readers, and cricketexs generally, will be interested in seeing Lord Hwkie at Horne, a llstrated by portrait and other photographs lent by his Lordship. Lord Hawke showed his ...

... JT E IRAT Ir E. gm MPT~TLIE A-ND) LAOOURS. tics et th- 'a h ae parsed eie r deat txre than one' memo-ir has a;-p ph Moot' ~~ ~ tiiixii pti~~dar biographies of the 2r nnz rf'9>cctc In-accutate. %ctatteijiproxiagaftii and trcastiworthy' ri-inackablle f-areer. Mr. W7. R. --p- ha- -n e pt:IA h~ raz cle-crihe as an (-1areo oars-_. acid ecritnrois more than -- -rt' v ...

... A RUM NAW, AY GIRL AT THE GRAND. As T'he Runaway Girl has been to Leeds-on four different occasiens now, there is obviously no oppor- tunity of saying anything new about her. Nor, indeed. is there any necessity. The popularity of tiis typical Gaiety production has rather increased than diminishe-d. and to judge by the Iholuse at the Grand Theatre la-t night-a house that was literally ...

... CHRISTLAS BOOKS. rnlr Toe 3ist of the Religious Trace Sneiety iS a, Tery attriacive one. It includes tb1e following:- About Peggy Sa bilc, by Jessie Mlansergh, an exerellent; story for gilof any apa, oF a, quainlt 2nd intoresting child. Tie reader makes her acquaint am.3 awhen she is introduced into the family of a eountr- cergvmnan, beilng left, in his charge during iher p arents' ab-sence ...