... CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR CARDS. With the near advent of Christmas comes the great flight of C:hristmas Cards from London, lighting upon the sitationera' stalls and shops, all over the provinces. As usual, we have received specimens from all ...

... Liverpool Exhibitions, she paid a visit to that in Edinbu-gh, laid thefoundatioa-stone of the! new hall of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in London, and opened the Royal Holloway College at Egham. The! scheme for the great national memorial-| ...

... and this *will of bourso, account for the large, number of new works written for our choirs. Orchestral music-stands next, _The nietropolis' has gained I by the inauguration of the new London S- n phony' Conherts, while. the' traisfer of the management ...

... LCHRISTMAS AND NE,-YEAR CARDS. I As usual the supply of Christmas cards from t the well-known makers of them in London and c elsewhere is ample and artistic. Year by year t the variety and artistic beauty of the cards in- c crease. One wonders at the ...

... The Christmas number of the Itch Magazine has a number of Cbri's ar and stories. An interesting histclC1 ein given in The Imperial Chritmas ci : 5! Francois Coppee. and Mr George Eett fl,2 tributes A Christmas Idyll. There, P paper on Christmas in ...

... received fromn Mesera Blackie & h( Sono London, a copy of a new edition of tb Robinson Crnsoe, reprinted faithfully from ax the author's original edition of 1719. It is nicely bound, capitally printed, and illustrated by more than 100 designs by Gordon Browne ...

... romance, it brings London both an Inus- old and new vividly before us, making the ting long line of celebrities and (shall we say) th I.u notorieties, whose. memories are indelibly asso- da tixa eiated with London streets and London houses, ha 1; £ live ...

... CHRISTMAS CARDS. ohm Again comes the season of Christmas cards, and again iwc are favoured by the artists who D contribute to the enjoyment of the public at the festiv: season With specimens of their produe- tious. Wre need not say that, as usual, these ...

... strictly trnsthfug Woever reprs Atunt Charlotte' otories'' many relyuponw herofatas. The book is prettily boundr and illustrated. POVERTY IN NEW YORK. From the Net York World, it appears tht the greatest snfferig has been caused to rho poor Ath destitute of ...

... Santa-Claus with his arnful Of toya for the little ones, toys of the moat beeautiful and ingenious construction, antd Christmas book:3, new anud old, containing t'oe most charm- ing stories and tihe most dclightfai pictures that t ever younlg eyes lcoked ...

... the occasion was more marked. On Sunday the men were entertained to a Christmas dinner, and last night a ball took place in the barracks. DIrEsR TO THE POOR. The annual Christmas dinner to the poor of Glasgov was given in the City Hall yesterday. Tickets ...

... s2u--- ga,,S2,i5 £73-54z.49 £71,33'337 t The Iabours of the various agricaltural Com- jnmieisons are also rererred to, ana new mechanical loa cs recneire lore titan a passing notice. ITile nirnana,: dcalU Llso -i ,h horticuitare. and o ai3 in all it Contains ...