... THE NEW GALLERYt . lCON&,UDIG KNOTicE The deatl of Sir Edward Bro-no Jones, to whichiw have already referred, hbs indeed changed the sn-i and feeling of this exhibition, for we cannot adlo ?? Mrs. deI Morgan's 4L Spear of Ithurie! (411 ii abi of its decorative treatment and the ,vell-d-awo ~l, of the nude womnan lying at sthuriels -en cctw roses and forget-me-nots, is anythingorutan iurla ...

... i ?? - -- 3. Knewle horse show took place yesterday in a field adjoining the Greswold Hotel; Know l village, and was an unqualified success. The first exhibition wras ?? in 1898, and on each occasion, since an inmprove- ment has beens made in the character of the show. This year's meeting constituted a record. The- entries numbered 172, an advance of 52 on last year, and 140 ,on the first ...

... CAIPPLED FLOWERG.IRLS' WORK IN, BIRMINGHAM. The Masonic-Hall yesterday afternoon was the scene of a strikingly beautiful exhibition of artificial flowers made by the crippled and deformed members of the Watercress and Flower Girls' Christian Mission, I Clerkenwell. The display, which is intended to pro- ' mote the sale of the work done by the girls, and will continue till the end of the week, ...

... THE PARIS EXEITIO- I -ORT aA~RTIL 1rhn7,CaZ. Notwihstadingthe latpe itttenadn'- avbeing registered a: the inxhz.:cn -A- w~kii probably Contnune until trzls frthe autuamn iii Paris is no -alcaR cold and wet as it : s -wIth' u, th~~exh cab -o works complain thfat tad xncirr' teir ta U!lledt in respect to t - ?? - 'a~-1±; t'~rlh.from arbotn ul~noon tflc' Jiac rlecoivc-d sucn ?? Tb. sis ro ...

... MUSIC AND TiaE DRAMA. The promied performance at the Prince of Walesse of L'mEnant Prodigue has been postponed. The death is announced of Herr Wilhelm Jahn, for- merly director of the Court Opera Rouse at Vienna. At the Triennial Handel Festival a special court will be devoted to autographs, portraits, and.other mementoes of the great miasicians. A Reuter's telegram from Munich states that ...

... BOOKS RECETVED. The Book of John ii shen Town Clerk atd Deputy Recorder of Warwick; transcribed and edited by Thomas Kemp.: (Warwviick: 3E. T. Cooks and Son.) Monogranbs on Artists: Dilter, by H. Knaclafess, tran-shited by Campbell Dodgeon. (London: R. G Grevel and Co.. 33, Xinz Street, WV.C,) The Hladdun Hall Library: Our Forests and Wood- lands, by John Nisbet. Hunting, by J. Otho Paget. (.1 ...

... BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL SCHOOL, OF ART. CLARK STREET AND DUDLEY ROAD SCHOOLS. The certificates awarded La the students of the Clark Snreet asti Dudley Road Branch Sonools by the Govern- iment Department of Science and Art on the results of the personal examinations were distributed last nigt by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Beale\ at the Dudley Road Board School. Mr. C. J. Hart presided, and there was ...

... The annual show was held in the field adjoining the Crown meadow at Eveshamn yesterday, in beautiful but very hot weather. The arrangements were excel- lent and reflected credit upon the officials. The judges ?? horses. Mrr. W. Howkins (ltugby) and Mr. T. Chettle (Reading); hunters, Mr. J. W. Lea end Captain Stacey, ?? jumping and driv- ing, Mr. F. Daeis (Wooliar HlII) and Mr. G. folling- ton ...

... J;BOOKS RECENTLY Pl T- - - -LIS LESsoNs oF TEE WAR WITH B MAn- [Sampson Low and CO.] A Z .D Captain Mafhano's ?? and re-iew publishedlunder the above titlehave n'o alrtile the deserved tribute of a second edii qulrbg 1 e of The Life of Nelson, and of Tb ei Sea-power upon History,'- is, of cours t °l authority, at all events in print , and te leaia it, on the principles underlving naval ?? ...

... BIRIMIINGHAM MUTSICA FESTIVAL I- THE, PROGRAMME. MIR. ELGAIVS NiEW WORK. Tbe first outline of the programefor ?? - Triennial. Musical Festaval, which is to be held in Octo. ber next, was given yesterdav afternoon, at the meeting of.the Genetal Comnmittee. The assembly was at the Council House, and the president of the festival and of the Gdneral Hds Stal (the Right Hon. the Viscount Curzon, lf ...

... f ENO - & SONs- Valentine's 3Cay,' words by L Cha&les King y; Shepherdess, words by. R- H. , msic by A.: L. These initials are under- st40d to refer o -a clever ladY composer, the mother l of Mss Lisa Le~lmian. .Both are good songs, the second quite playfl, but with a touch of pathos at L the close. We like best the final imdence of the first song; the other is of the modern high-note ...

... ILTERAlY NOTES. Pnblisherse travellers who have reamdly been round the country report a great sluggishness in. the book- selling trade. Mr. W. J. Ford is editing A History of Middle- sex Corlty Cricket A portrait of Air- V. E. Walker forms the frontispiece. The author of The Hyporite, has been for some tune engaged on. a new novel founded on the adTen-: tares of Benavenuto Callun, with ...