... TINSLEY'S MAGAZINE revives an almost forgotten story of murder and crime, and one that was of more than ordinary interest to this district; we refer to the poisoning of J. Parsons Cook and the Palmer forgeries. The story is told over again, in a new light, by ...

... of late years in the stories and sketches, and now we can hardly say where a more attractive all round' serial than London Society, is to be met with. Tom Slender, this month, gives a story Of Allan Graham,' and there is a Story of aCashmere Shawl.' The ...

... report of the evidence produced at the inquest, and the father's statement will be read with much interest. He repeats the story of the two years' fast, with details which it is necessary, for the sake of decency, to summarize in a line or two and if we ...

... topic this month. The editor alludes to the story from Wales' of a girl living nine months without food, evi- dently disbelieving it; but a correspondent of ours, writ- ing last week, persisted in the story, and stated that the girl had been so watched ...

... leading stories—'Andrew Walter's Christmas Eve,' is quite up to the average, and Mr Mark Lemon's tale, Acnt Grace's Sweetheart,' is very readable, though not quite so compact, as a com- position, as those usually are from so accomplished a story-teller ...

... Hereford, Worcester, and Lichfield. The Vicar of Llanfihangel-yr-Arth vouches, as far as he can, for the truth of the remarkable story which we pub- lished the other day of a little girl (the daughter of Mr Evan Jacob of Llethernewadd) who has not partaken of ...

... English opera and the oratorio perform- ances greatly add to the enjoyments. The Christmas pantomime is to be founded on the story of Whittington and his Cat, and his Cat, ...

... THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. At last we have Victor Hugo's story actually commenced, and the result is that a third edition of the 'Gentleman's' for May has been called for. A writer attacked the story in the Athenceum—reviewing it from the original French— ...

... Routledge has provided a most tempting number to introduce the new series. The leading story opens well, the only possible objection to it being that it is a Story of Bci/s' Adventure: there is a capital chapter on Knots, With diagrams a Whaling Adventure ...

... novelist of the last century would have given us, Mr Trollcpe plunges into a thoroughly interesting—though rather painful -story at once, and places his d-ramatis perseumvividly before his readers. As is commonly the ease with this fascinating author, ...

... Literature of the Month. (SECOND NOTICE.) CHAMBERS'S JOURN.&L.-There is one rather good story in this month's part, which is called the4 Pretty Butcheress,' and occupies eight chapters. Then there is a racy sketch of Blank's Birthplace,' which pokes fun ...

... An amusing story comes from the neighbourhood of Kerry. A certain preserve had long been visited by poachers, who always succeeded in escaping detection, till one night the keeper and several assistants resolved to watch. One of them ensconced himself ...