... whom his works are known, that we record the death of Mr. Charles Dickens, which happened at his residence at Gads Hill, near London, on Thursday night. From the meagre information which the telegraph affords us, we learn that the deceased gentleman was seized ...

... Robertson has written a piece for Mr. Sothern, which will be played.a.t the Haymarket at Christmas. It is called Birth, and has already been tried last week at a new theatre in Clifton. Mr. Robertson has written another piece, of the latest modern times ...

... of entertainment which is at least free from the water, precipice, or railway tunnel element. Mr. Henry Mayhew, of London Labour and London Poor fame, is, I hear, to have the editorship of the Morning Advertiser. He can hardly fail to improve upon the ...

... acknowledge the receipt of the following presents to the Infirmary —Eighteen rabbits from Mrs. Romilly; a bundle of Illustrated. London Sews, for the amuseme nt of the sick, from Mr. H. Allen. THE DESPERATE LEAP F OM A TRAIN.—On Monday John Turner, the ...

... Norfolk m a. yachting cruise in the Mediterranean. At the tniversity College, London, the Joseph Hume Scholarship in Jurisprudence has been awarded to Mr. George ierrell, M. A., London. The Glasrow Herald reports the failure of the Northern Transportation Company ...

... Mr. Murray illustrates Mr. Whymper's ''Scrambles amongst the Alps, noticeable specially for fine views of the Matterhorn. Messrs. Cassell have besides Dore's collection, a masterpiece called Pictures of Eng- lish Literature, illustrating twenty scenes ...

... Virgil's JEneid into English Hexameters, and the ballad Spousa Mea. j Two Plunges for a, Pearl, is the tale of a new and interesting story in LONDON SOCIETY, by a popular f writer. It is pleasantly written and the characters are „ natural. An article upon the ...

... the other, the The New Year's Musings we regret *° see a spirit of Chauvinism mauifested which can Only do harm, and may, by palpably exaggerating dan- ger, be the means of fostering inaction. We think the title a misnomer, because New Year's Musings should ...

... At-B. for Newark.—The Dean of Chichester s new volume the JJves of the Archbishoj.s of Canterbury SUl contain one biography only, that of Archbishop understand that Professor lawcett tends, after Christmas, delivering a course of lectures Cambrid'j ...

... the dull season is manifest in the Monthlies, as in other branches of periodical literature, and with promises for Christmas and the New Year we have this month a small instal- ment of the greater things which are to follow. Whether it is the near approach ...

... , M.P. for Coventry, Professor Ainger the Treasurer of the Inner Temple, &c. Mr. Ingram, jun., proprietor of the Illustrated London News. was among the students present. ...

... national stand-point. Mr. John Pryse of Llanidloes, deserves credit, therefore, for the new edition which he has just issued of Mr. Llewellyn Prichard's well-known work. The new edition is only the third which has been pub- lished, and it contains a number of ...