... EXHIBIT1OX OF WATER- i l - COLOURS. ta- ?? he. An exhibition of drawings under the anspices eno of the Royal Scot tish Society of ' Paintersup4 lx in Water-Colours - will be opened to the eliuh. rj public on Monday nest in the Galleries, 153 or ~m Sauchiehiall Street. Before these extremely Won to suitable rooms were at the command of the -Lads lat it- society its shows were held in the Fine ...

... lie ' THEATRE-ROYAL- 'THE CHRISTIAN.] j Playgoers who have read Mr Hal] Caine's story; I of The Chrsttian can scarcely fail to be die-- 01 a~ppointed with it in its dramatic form. In fes Ithe bockt there is so much that is idea, so muchth of vivid imagination, so vast afield of s~peculative shr in- interest, tha't one is irresistibly fascinated, andba Imi st. follow the strenuious ...

... The Daringfords. By Mrs Lodge. (Lon- don: Digby, Long & Co.) Mrs Lodge's opening chapter gives promise of some excitement and adventure, for a good old-fashioned pirate appears on the scene, and it would be almost impossible to write a dull story about a pirate. Unfortunately the pirate disappears-he has nothing whatever to do with the plot-and Mrs Lodge breaks away into a series of ...

... I ABERDEEN PICTURES FOR THE; COMIN(Q EXHIBITIONS. The exceptionally fine weather eprn-.-eda dornut' the past slmitttosr lies been very3 favour-~ able to outdoor eketchhig, ald' t-hie result is thee5 Ia lare ati-g nOUlist ii xcelletit larndscapre work has! beenL aoromnplsittlho by our lotal a-mesh. The dxk xonyieathee which ,et -in with the fall itevrrhas. onl cbe otherhadhda roneffect ups-is ...

... | -LITERATU-Eb l 7?-? - MAPS, &o, 127 Straiid, have issued a new edition of their large print war map of South Africa. lHundreds of names have been added, and the miap has been extended southward SD as to include Port Elizabeth. All the placas made memorable in recent weeks will be found mentioned. The map is printed on strong paper, and is accompanied by several section maps, and by a ...

... POETS' CORNER, THE RO v'E. How lovely is the garden queen- The rose of many thousand dyes! In all her glory she is seen lWhen July's sune unclouded risa. Then, bursting from the bud to bloom, She basks beneath the solar rays; Exhaling all that soft perfume That only lovers' kiss conveys. And when the sun, in early morn, RHs kissed her, bathed in dsw's fresh tears; Then every rose upon the ...

... r UE SMITHFIELD CLUB - SHI the 110 D'EFEAT OF THE QUTENbPS HEIFE R. the CHAMPIONSHIlP WON 3315 A HEREFORD.~ .~ The usseapected sometimes 'happen's at a fat sts tock shaw, and that was what occursred at thes great exhibition' was opened On M-Dnday at; gwee fully std generally. expeeted ttsgttHes la~iesty 'u the Queen woulld carry eryinbfoehrwth I ermagneificent roa heifer Cicely, with -wiLurhs ...

... (FROM OUR OWN cozawl S Tmrs'r.) I Paris January 9. Evening. t The old order of things changes indeed. A few years ago, anyone who dreamt of wearing tulle hats in January would have been considered about e-ripe for a lunatic asylum. To-day, however snobody seems to wonder at the change that has;, w come over ideas about the i tness of things. and st ladies here wear tulle upon the coldest of ...

... R1LIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL. 5-8 TheFloin~ Tide. By Madame Pollee hin St (London: Sands & Co.) thsbo it bI Madame Bellce's object in writing qibokI It inis avowedly to record the Catholic impact Uponpe P English Life during the century which is just to clsng oprsnteaples of the longl stridesu closing, to present exan ~to talken by the Anglican Church towards C-tboib the is: ?? Her temper, it ...

... THE PARIS EXTITIO'j British Pavilion Opened. (paesr G'- cwS coan2sruyvrsc-ri Paris, Iay 2, E-CDen: To-nmorren' is the official inauguratinn dav d tfle Drit;ish Paviiion in the Street of Na'~ The cercmon-y wril re fol!owed b7 a tecpticn the Britils Embsrss-, at which the elite of Eisq Majesty subjects refiding here will be recaiven To attempt to inepoct the British Pavilicn . rmorrowv, rwould ...

... THE: RUSKIN EXHIBITION AT CONISTON. On Saturday afternoon there was o~epefl the Institute at Coniston a- Rsakin E.:irs which is to remain open for Eeven rcek& r is a peculiar fitness in the holding af a Pou Exhiibitioh - at Coniston, for It ?? that the Master locd to d ard it is here, in the r confined God's acre that his abhe a-P !V , promoters of the exhibition, chief a'On5 f are Mr and ...

... EISTORY, ARCMEOLOGY, AND BIOGfAPHfY. The White Robe of Chunrches of the XIth tc Century. Pages from the Story of ol Gloucester Cathedral. By the Very Rev. ti- H. D. 3I. Spence, D.D., Dean of Glou- ir cester. (London: J. M. Doert & Co.) pI An explanation of the quaint title given to this volume is to be found in a history of his own fc time, written by Raonl Glaber. a mronk of the It great ...