... Braddon (Max well); Oc he-, the Christmas e umber of Good Words (sbLater and Co.); 's Our Happy Fan4y, the LFla ooW Annual s ? (Casell tad Co); Last Cnrmae Eve, the 's Christmas nber :of 1Adv Lite Sno s faes, the Christmas number of the &Mday S d Magazine ...

... THE CHRISTMAS LOG. iy Christmas - omes but once a year, is latet it cane cheerily: m ?? face to stnitcs appear, rd Not an hour pa s wearily. There is someiht,,O in the ?? tie attributes, to Christmas , whih renders I itprfectly 9 deih heetwih it ?? i ...

... CHRISTMAS IN MANCHESTER. The season of general hospitality is at hand; and good o .0U58 wishes are falling from every lip. All are desirous that the lest few sparks of the old year should expire with a maerry in flicker. Christmas has begun to exhibit ...

... CHRISTMAS CHEER. CHILDREN'S TREAT AT THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME MISSION HALLh Miss Catharine Holt, the daughter of the Mayor of Liverpool, has very considerately and generously shown her interest in the work carried on in The Old House at Home Mission ...

... Number and Year-book, with sketches, humorous and otherwise, and portraits of famous cyclists; the Christmas number of L-ife, containing two illustrated Christmas stories, two plates in monotint representing ideal female heads, and a colour picture, At the ...

... arhtg a very geratefu, sang 'God Save the King.''' No ry Liachllac(.as or other select persons appear tat t1- Htllov;6y Cn Christmas D-y, and the beef is no e- longer sopplemes tedI by plumpudd3ing. The roast bh teef Itselt wcnod not sapvear were it not ...

... artistic grace and finish, may be mentioned Angels of Light, The Christmas Star, While Shepherds Watched, Day Dreams, God Speed, and Gar Pets. Turning to M1essrs. Tuck's Christmas -cards, the first three places of honour- must be given to their ...

... dif- ferent. To the sickly and the poor, especially in large towns, a rigorous senson is a time of dire distress. A severe Christmas brings them no pleasure or ?? a bitter struggle with relentless foes. The holidays for all but tradespeople began In Liverpool ...

... I CHRISTMAS CASUALTIES. I- The last train from Malton to the north by the Thirsk branch on Christmas Eve had an accident, when about five rmiles Ga the journey, causing great consternation among the passengers About midway between the ?? and the Shipley ...

... CHRISTMAS ANUALS. 7The MisetoeBough (London: J. and R. . lMawell) is edited bN Miss Braddon, and con- tl rtains no fewer than' 18 sprigs, wi th eight D whole-page engravings. As was to be expected the stories are for the most pat as full as ever of ...

... the mayor and those geltnrmen who form what is called the i Christmas breakfast committee. He stated that on Christ- was Day he received a very large number of letters cotaininlg Christmas cnrds, but that the most ut pleauirlg one was from a Scotch family ...

... THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES. The temporarily-closed theatre is-one of the sure indications of the qumplngof Christmas. Whilst the front of the house is durk, dull, and dreary, within and on the-stage there are to-be witnessed scenespoE activity such as never ...