... :FROM CU RRENT LITERATU RE. READINGS DIAMOND STEALINC4. Probably there arc more ingenious thieves in Kim- berley (opines Scienco Siftings6) than in any city of its size in the world, and they are all after dia- meonds. One lay a Frenchman appeared at Kinaber- lev. He wore boots fitted with Parisian heels, two inchtes or more in height. A trifling matter of being seen talking confidentially ...

... P'eace i hallowed peace, we hail thee with delight, If thou art truly pence and not a truce. t We long-, as much as Boer, to close the fight When he submits; till, then we must refuse. The Empire, mourns the lose of noble eons, And vows their death shall never be in vain; So by the memory of out cherished ones W We say this war shall not be fought again. Pence, lasting peace, is what we mean ...

... DOG SHOW AT CREWE The ninth annual show of dogs in connection with the Northern and Midland Sheep Dog Club fc took place at Crewe yesterday. The entries were a not quite so numerous as last year. but ...

... BOO-KS OF TM DAY. ML JE G tALIENNE ON iIPUNG. ?? Kipling: A Criticism. By ichard Le Galhanne. (London: Johm Ses. 6dd.) To te average person it appears a lt, ,gnge that Mr. Le Gallienne should hav t c ...

... COUNTY AGRICU AL | SOCIETY. shb- LIVERPOOL & THE CENTRAL Sar- their OFFICES. nited claim hi art lema, THE ROCHDALE SHOW. R.A. place azin, Situated in a pleasant portion of Rocbdale, Roll, with Green ...

... NEW BRIGHTON TOWER I THE SUNDAY CONCERTS. Rain, rain, pitiless rain tended to minimise ths attendance at the tenth concert of the New Brighton Tower Sunday series which took place yesterday, but they ...

... MIR. RUSKIN'S WILL M_ HIS LITERARY AND ART es. bui tOLLECTIONS. it Fill W e Pro-bate has just been granted in London oi the to of nill, dated 23rd October, 1893, of Mr. John fro era Rusk-in, of Brantw ...

... ART -NOTES. Mr. H. S. Tuks, peruter; Mr. John Beacker, architeot; and Mr. Alfred Drury, sculptor, have been elected assoca:t of the Royal Academy to fill the vacancies left by the promotion of Mr. Gre ...

... THE ROYAL NATIONAL . EI[STEDDFOD. at CONCLUDING EVEMING 55 CONCERT. le MU More than a year has elapsed since the clan ty of arrangements in connection with the EiBsed& 7 £od gatherings in Liverpool wa ...

... BOOIS OF THE DAY. B0 ECE POETRY. oI the Glens of Antrim. By oeill. (London: Wllamm Black- ed' osons. 3s- 6d.) 4fladJcea. A Play in Four Actk.. Poems ,r 'Ritation, &c. By)mli. Aylmer Gow- :, (i-ndon: ...

... [COrPYIGnT.] i I I On, EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WHITES. A TALE OF LOVE AND WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, By JA.M&[ES SKIIPP BORLASE. Author of To Avenge Gordon I Darker than d Death, llichea to Ruin, An Ocean Secret, Recalled to Life, The Shadow of the Knout, A Wild Wooing and a Weird Wedding, eto. CHAPTER XXXI. SIR JOHN VANDELEUR AND SISTER MARY EXPERIENCE A WARIE QUARTER OF AN HOUR. y The ...

... A STORY FOR THE TIMES. T'HE MAN OF THE MOMENT. BY MORICE GERARD. CHAPTER XXVLI--PLANS. , t *5. ?? . ?? J HE excitement of the last hours of the night did not make Mliusgrove forget, when lhe awoke at an nn- usually late hour for him the ne?xt (lay after the fire. :Wvhat he had overheard onl the quiay dur- ing the time he waLS waitiiig to see Dr. Hen- gler. The great coIL!) which, had broughlti ...