... FASHIONS-SOCIETYIHOME COUNSEL. 1,iitfE TO PII YLLITS. dfn.. VOLLIEIk'S EVENI-N-G GARDEN PARTY. : llearare Phvllrr,--Onee a season at least there is dlio soesil fmictioir that stands out from the rest for jts originality ain( ditistictlot, a d lie everiirs gardeir yarrt given last week by Mr. arid Mra. Collier, at tteir ecsidcnciC , Ifaigli, Lawn, Altrinchiam, must take precederso for thers ...

... ?? ODD TIIOUGHTS. 1 1 _ _ _ THE LAND OF NO FIGHT. We were for 'peace at any price, Loudly denouncing war, Anxious to give the world advice, And make our will its law. But men despised us, then we thought WVe'd leave this fighting land. So far away possessions bought, Where peaceful rule we planned. One law we made, that none should fight, However good his cause, It would be wrong to gain tho ...

... 'The production of tlli nlew ?? Cl dora,'' at the Royal onl Satiurav Ia~. time nut of L ondon, via-s an imlaif- wat.- madle speeially interc-ting, liv tiii that the coinp'-r. Air. LtAli. Silart. vw j ka owni inl .Manclileter nil c eal iI a~ 'ii- Batrmtt, Woulc! occupy tile ' ct wtas a large audioi'eo, and exir'-ilnii , v genuinell Onjoylnielit and appr cmi't Awore irequillen At thle fill 'ot ? ...

... 1CREAM ?? CITRRENI IJITERATURF. I PRINCESS. Prinees' a a' alovle returea handsome 'Pertian wht, who wa~ ac jealous when her own lsidies ?? u mped off M issy H ?? lap in a hi. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... [COPYRIGHT.] THE SHADOW BETWEEN, OR 'TIE GREY CASTLE MYSTERY. 'Iol By ANNIE TIBBITS, ie Author of Fighting a Lie, The Meredyth Mystery, A Snare for a Soul, Edgecombe of the Guards, The Betrayal of Beth Gwin, n' etc., etc. SXYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CI{APTERS. he CHAPTErS [. To IIh.l-EVlyn Darrell, a poor ;erstrnggling typist, is on tho eve of her marriage to ed Richard Barry, who has ...

... II 1t55j OF THE r'p WEEKO I I . v ? I ? I i 1: Here is an aitehless description of the common bat: This interesting animal 'as no 'ole to 'ide in, no 'ands to 'old by, no 'orns to 'urt with, but Nature 'as given 'imr 'ooka be'ind to 'itch 'imself up by. * * * Twenty-two years ago a man named Mortley coma- mitted suicide at an accommodation crossing on the South-Easterx and Chathamn Railway ...