... j300KS OF THE DAy| i. CROCKETT'S NEW NOVErL e J~it 1ceney: 'Country Boy. By S. R Croc'setr ?? oni: James Clarke and ?? ~aa T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.) ~Eseptting the frenkish imagination and o morous sensibilities of the lat- te t Kennedy as a boy bears ; sti-orn resemblance to Sentimen- til ToralFy As a young man the re- nmigt possibly be comtinued; but S5 Ve are itill waitilng for Tommy to growv ...

... ASHIOS IN DOGSI ae¶ The caprices displayed by dog levers in, - selecton of their favour~ites is Only equalle5. tho ficlkleness of fahim in the matter of d es a writer in Rod and Gun. ...

... -BOOKS Q-5 Mambo. By Xirby, F.L. aqaqba). Wh a p f the autr. ~ Nuseerims atio~a by C. Wli , and a: d £peiefor aparrrng avi~e ih el a withthe z - t hd beha ally illustrated vi rom cow* to coer-theis is !mdly & dmu4-pg, thoghths 0f tmale 567, sfo abmdani i ztbs atal tm I hoveve' being a ntmmaid. _ con LS mideablet famility i of hib penl. As an d example of what the rederof is vome may d exnet, ...

... s SHAKESPEARE TJIFATRE. A Irish comedy-drama succeeds pantaoniina at the Shakespeare Theatre tbi week, and last evening e Shaughra was pre~sentsl to an andiflne o satiixaetry iemenams. Of i30uci- c tank'ss heroes none is more popul.ar than the merry . Conn, and Mr. F. C. Matthews gives always s an ideal treatment to tl3e part. ils rich brogue, roguish laugh, and rollicking gait are as ...

... | After 1n absence of nine years, Lord George Sanger's, Limited, famed hippodrome and circus is now on a week's visit to this city, and has taken up its stand on the cricket ground, Balmoral- road, Fairfield. Despite the unfavourable weather which prevailed on Sunday, the arrival of the circus was witnessed by a large crowd of spec- tators, who evinced the deepest interest in the arrangement ...

... BRITISH ART AT IE I XI it The hon. secretary of the British Fne D DaSeetion of the Brussels lihibition writes to, te al ' Times: - It is probable that the signiace B, t of the aiards made to Brishatists in theee- 6( a, tion devoted to the fine arts at the Brussels In- ternational Exhibition has not yet been fully realised in England, and I shall be glad.-if you will permit mi through the ...

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... IITALIAN LITERARY SOCIETY I QOF LIVERPOOL Tho first meeting of the fourth session was held on Thursday afternoon at the Royal Insti. tution, when Dr. Londini, the honorary presi- dent of the society, delivered the inaugural ad- dress, before a large and appreciative audience. He took for his subject Three Erninent Italian Reformers-Arnaldo da Brescia, Girolamo Savonarola, and Giordasno Bruno ...

... I THE COPORATION ANDI THE | FORTHCOMNaG BXIBrMON. In the minutes of the tmeetinrotbe Finance and E-state C(onmmittee of the Corporation held on Friday last, Mr. Alderman A. B. Forwood, MP., in the chair, occur the following:- Edge-lano Hall Estab~ , Liverool Exhibition, 1886. Read letter, dated 4th February, from Mr. I-. Sumners, as to the removal of wooden-shedding. Resolved-That, so far ...

... e- The grodwof the Llveqpod xibtion loozed all the better-yetwrday Iorthaan whish-ell at interr-duringthe day. 0 £core thee shoers to some-extent xoteded with the attejdanee at the autdor sport, but that was an occurreaw which could not be pevted. Last week the eotchmen had a apecial rweck, and the. Scothh sports were well atttmded. This week the speciala e ccions re Old Englsh sports and ...

... x .1 - IJVEftPOOL INTEXATONAfi EXHIBIIOL Liverpudians mnake short holidy -of Whitsan- ide and it was a pamdonsbs4igust with ?? many looked back upon theamday of the festival given up to pleasnre-seekig spoilt through the fickleness of the weather. The incessant raiD of Monday wassucceeded. yesterday by brilliantam- }hine, tempered by a fresh trlbreese. 'J-ogh business was generally resumed in ...

... I PUBLIC AUSEMENTS -, I IDiavolo, - I Trovtore, and la Soenambtir,' opera which are regardied with enca aori ?? esc: favour in. ac the scheme of the week at the b exad y o.rja stage is2 now occupied1 by a company organiwd by Mr. J. W. Turner, a singer the power and beauty of -vnh e voice base made him popular. Ther was a large attendance within the auditorium of the Mlexandra on Monday, ...