... C~gjST1L.S PUBLICATIONS. I - fliT ARTICLE. .vOa sna Soa's gift books for the 5 ual veducation witn amuse. p=S , e °o the , a handsome of 320 pages, bound iu red and Butterworth accompanies P13fr. on SI1otlS? of his wel-know b1 ~ neys/ This time his wander- thmugb the Western States of To line of route, extending from to the pac~fic, is traced out on an Osnp, Fauses arm made at Detmoit, ma ?? ...

... SCOLARSHJ & EXHIBTI S I IN WALES. I . ?? tN1VTrfY OOLLNG BANGOP The following sobobrhipe and exhibitions have been awarded by the Senate on Lte renult of the recent entrance choliqrship e'zwnin&tou:-L. ScbOlarhlp of M40: Edward Spencer (19, UnI. versity Oollege, LiverpooL 2. 5cholarshIp of E Alfred Axmer (18), -ria&W School, Bangor, & Bahltitona at £20 Artbur Reginald Banksat (18, Buthin ...

... BIRKENREAD SCHOOL OF ART. The 32nd annual dis t of prizes in con- . nection with the Bigtenhead Government School I of Art took place last evening in the largo lecure hall of the mnstitatio by Professor William .Matin Conway, MLA, of the Livepool Univer. sity Colhee. Mlr. C. E. Gtayson (in the Absence of Mr. William Laird, the presidet) occupied 'the chair, and amongst those present were Mesrm ...

... MUSICAL NOM I ?? 1fa h}as done weL through t1he has h.'s agetss, to 35ect a reduction n the taiiff ef a the renacin concer of the f Tea Ihe change Dn queation relates to the *ersved portion of the hall in which tbe areto be inl future -harged at the rate of The result remains to be seea, and t it isboped, be ssacsoRX . Meanwhile thsal nO litht reeess conventio~&l at this od sdll giv-e peopie ...

... EXIBIOi OX L A~IS I-sM P br-ob 3t-~ ?? rezc At St. Peter- Hal Chur- etthe is -do view an interestiag-.collection of wors, il chiely. by the old. mster Soe of.te 4 gictur are fat sale, but the mot iur/nt i- ave been lent for exibition only. 0 -. 3s li comprises between fifty andsity torY., e removed from the studio at in Thhbfletreet, where it wa with -diffietlty it they tcod be ve , o the ...

... -w ThI-llTO~ EXBIIBITIOIN. N1W 13RIGHTONT EXHlIBITION.. I _ ?? TO T~RE COTTQ oS 05' TE LTVKgPOOL ?5mmx Gentlemeu-j most again cdaim your induig. uCe. and aik von to kindly allow mze to reply to ,* C. Hagen and Co, whose letter you publish to-dy.Y In the first instance thev say I make a hare aui3nst them, for which I had no foenda- 1t$,o in saying they accused the mraitrates of tlality on ...

... Should Sir George Macfarnen fini himsel unable to attend the distribution of the Rovai Aademy: certificates in St. George's lfal towards thecloseof next month, an effort should' be uado to obtain the presence of some gentle-, man of literary and musical distinction. Or former occasions of the kind, exhaustive addresses bearing upon the art to the cultivac tionof which the Academy is devoted, ...

... I's Drawings intended for the annual exhibition to of the Liverpool Society of Painters in Water if Colours must be delivered at the Walker Art Gallery on Monday, May 6. Candidates for membership must send, in addition to a written application to the secretary, by the 21st of this month, three specimen drawings to Mr. Jack- to son, Slater-street, before Saturday, the 4th of -May. to The ...

... SpiritdZ Law in the Naatural World: a d divine philosophy applied to the solution of d pro jand problems of the nrteral and &piritu4I e world. By Edmund Swift, sen. (Eiliot Stock, tLondon). This book-which belongs to our I local literature-is by a writer who is careful to show, at the veon outset, that he views the o world around us as a domain of effects, the - causes of which lie outside of ...

... IIMAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER. The contemporary Review (London: Isbister and Co.) is a very fall and entertaining number. The opening paper is upon Mr. Stanley's rear column, and discusses the verdict that should be delivered; but even the writer does not l himself come to a definite conclusion. In Darkest England is reviewed in a critical spirit by Francis Peek; and State Socialism and ...

... I- 5 AN OLD ACTORS SCm BtOOKS of Fr . I .- -. yve Some idea-of the pezzooality'of the elder Chip- h, in- pendale may be gathered from the subjoined d aid biographical sket, which. appeaed in The in m-. Origia Theaial Observer of February 12, 1822' t , a tiny journal which Wvas Printed -at Four, I e Suffolkesteet,Sor tie ORIGINAL Editor, and s ey the motto on the title pag of whioh was in of ...

... CHRISTMAS SHOW OF FAT AND . I DAIRY CATTLE. ci,- dd tridor the auspices of the City of Liverpool and ho District Cowkseepers' As,-cimtion, the tenth ng anneal how of fa~t and dairy cattle took place ~ ad yesterday en the North Havinarizet. The show odhas attained a very high stand1ard, and in somea to quarters is spoken of as the best out of , 'n Liondon. This year the number of e'ihihits sy ...