... , VU Ai LATEST WORKS PUBLISHED. ?? IV BOOKS. thl or 'The L-etters of the, Younger Pliny,'' new ,vI edition. Translated by J. B. Firth. B3A. Tw o robotics, is. 6d. each. London: o 'Walter ,cott (t,imited). by knmougst the, most, recent additions to the (, nretty sefries of books known as the Scot~t T Blibrary are two vslttiues of letters by the I Vounterer Pliny. Thle correspondenceL of V1inly ...

... , THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. Mr. Charles Golletto and his fellows had a SO, hearty reception abt the Theatre Itoyal, Car- diff, on Monday evening, when they played the American comedy, What Happened to Jones. The comedy is always received as a T 1 favoutrite pieco, with its daring introduction (tin of the central pharacter and the quaint entan- prie glemnent3 that grow out of the plot. Mr. Col- ...

... I WELSH CHURCH MUSIC, |sss I- TRIENN71M4 FEPSTIVAL AT dlec one d 'LLANDAFF. The lie A CHOIR OF 1,700 VOICES. eke Among the many crgaenisatious which baveth flbeen brought into existence for the purpose of the Is~ advancing the seork of the Church in thue dee 'Diocese of Liandaff, the choral1 associt)ion.01W ISholds a, prominent place. In addition to o improving the singing in the smal~ler ...

... BOOKS. A new novel. entitle The Bride of Llan- ga ctyn, byv J. E. Patterson (late of Cardiff). ancizhor of The itermaiid` ?? will be pub- lish8ed in the early auturnm by Digby, ILong, anti Co. We have nothing but praise for Dlarlington's llandbook to London, which has reaelced SO its third odition. and is the beau-ideal of a. di -aide-hooh, The WmatteC' is from the gift'ed pesns tl of ...

... MAGAZINES, &c. Temple Bar for November filly u pholds its reputation. To lovers of George Meredith fail there is an Informing article on the BRnal wa Dianal of the Crossways, Though mateariatls Ab for Al sktetch areO deplorably scanty,, Enough Ja, remuains to show that in the career of the zq Honionrablo Mrs. Norton the novelist had £7' ready the tragic story o f thle -life dci of Al ...

... LOCAL AMUJSEMENTS. is 7 - - - Sir TREAMtE RlOYAL, {Y-A-tlIFlF. Carde yfii*Soth Let. Bonro was ep~lainedl satis- vbher ficet-r-ily to thle auldience ~at, 'thu Theatre R-oyal, l.V- A j Ca~rdifl', oii Mlonday evening Air. lor-ioi'c hI Linriard a act Iris company ha-vo got, I-le play s~C -into splendid treiri, aind the ma~nner in whsichl monj they- reeled ofl' the throe nets was excellent, ha Ic ...

... vhr Z, hratrc'q' BY W. MOY THOMAS IN THE S O UP TH E audience at the STRAND Theatre on Tuesday evening laughed consumedly at the late Mr. Ralph Lumley's three-act farce, entitled in the Soup, which, after a preliminary trial in the country, has found its way to town. What more need be said to proclaim this posthumous production of a playwright who has contributed some good work to the ...

... The witch scanned the crystal with increased intensity By EDEN PHILLPOTTS. Illustrated by R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A. II.-(conbzaued) GAMMIER GURNEY dwelt quite alone, and none had seen the alleged mariner, her son, the occasion of his visits being hidden in nocturnal mystery. Upon one point at least there was no doubt: the dame vended choicest cognac to a favoured few at a shilling a pint, and ...

... Al it 1?, i -C at - (Itlivirtinardibe Music in London at Christmastide is almost as scarce as snakes il Iceland. IFor, so far at any rate as public concerts are concerned, musical people are holiday making, the vacation being broken only ly anl Orchestral Concert at Queen's Hall on Christmas Day for the benefit of those unfortunate bachelors and others who have no friends in the metropolis, ...

... . . . 41 C?,, cW flobfb? 41T1T TEMPTATION OF OLIVE LATIMUIF IT is difficult to work up much sympathy with the rather feeble set of persons who sustain the action ot Mrs. L. T. Meade's The ;Temptation of Olive Latimer (Hutchinson and Co.). The temptation to which Olive succumbed was to marry the excellent and prosperous medical man, who loved her and whom she loved, without letting him know ...

... . The frequent references to and quotations from M. Houssaye's book by Sir Herbert Maxwell in his Life of Wellington have already familiarised such students of the Waterloo campaign Es did not read the book in the original French with some of its lsalient points. These references and quotationsbave at the same time served to whet the appetite, and the present translation-whicb, by the way, ...

... . ] The PaIl Mail publishes the following typical I insfance of War Office methbds: The methods of the War Office, it says, are past firidiug out. Wrhet her Majesty, in March last, caused en appeal to old soldiers to he promulgated, as-kiag theol to coine up sor service for one year in reserve regiments. the ordinary person and, indeed, some of thae moreo enthusiastic military mon-said, lWhet ...