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THE PROPOSED IRISH NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART

... trousers and a jacket. EXECUTION AT MAIDSTONE. The convict. Fordred, convicted at the last f Kent Spring Assizes of the wilful murder -of his a paramour, Mary Anne Bridges, was executed yesterday morning at Maidstone Jail. The t, miserable man since his ...

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW

... importance to the fact that h it is the county town of Kent, and doubtless it e is owing to the latter circumstance that the Royal . Agricultural Society ]ave held their show there a this year. Maidstone, although within 42 miles tof London, is by no means ...

NEW BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... (Edinburgh: Oliphsant, Ander e son & Ferrier.) t Religion and Life. By. Russell. (London: i Loogar u., Green & CO) . ''Life's Golden Counsels. By James Henry TDinele. (London,: Eiiot Stlck.) 'Unto You Young Men.' Br the \ ener- 1 ahle William Mfaacdonald ...

LITERATURE

... I U TERATURE, II THE DEAD PLANET, AND OTHER PON MS. By James M. Shmmon. (London-- Simp- kin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., Limited.) F The author of these poems died less than a month ago, and it is as though a star hiasi faded out of the sky. It ...

THE HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS

... streets are now gra- dually dying out. Here and there, it is true, a few traces of them are found, as, for instance, in the golden arm of th e goldheater, or the sham coat-of-arms which an enterprising grocer will sometimes hang, out. As education has advanced ...

LITERATURE

... the Almighty God of Truth that.they E awake weeping at night for joy at the thougbt t they will die and ee 'Jerusslem the Golden.' is doubtless a pious and devout age; but not-at 1it as yet-un age in which natural theology is likely to attain a high, ...

LITERATURE

... Jarrold & Sons.) '-Alr B'vton, MI.rcllant, MKillionaire, and IKing By WV. D. Hayes. (London: Sinpkie, MPIrenhall, Hamilton. Kent & Co.) , 'The Watchers. By A. E. W. Mason. (Dristol : .J. Wr. Arrowsmnith.) Notable Landrqrks in the Region of Hir- tory ...

THE VIENNA EXHIBITION

... two of mabeds, the size of which was perhaps 12 feet by a iSY 8, for this limited figure. We got no service a maexcept our boots and clothes brushed. After a t ~d dyor two, finding nobody apparently crowd- o ¶ing up the otel, we came in. M opno w left ...

CLIPPINGS FROM THE MAGAZINES

... touch, sang with exquisite pathos a hymn of praise, one verse of which I have endeavoured to render into English:- 'Solo-The golden light is fading '.Rapidly away, And the sombre night is shading ?? glories of the day. The stars are twinkling brightly ' ...

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW IN EDINBURGH

... the , btrt couplof Muscat of Alexandria, but Mr D M'Hettis was an easy winner with a pair of 1tuches, whirlh for beauty of golden tinge and size NV ef berry left little or nothing to be iesired. This 2a ecrlleses oras also rewarded with the Veitch Al ...

NEW BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... of Temple Classics ' a re- print of Ralph .Robvnson's translation of Sir Thomas More's Utopia, and also a reissue of The Golden Book of 0Marcus Aurelius done into English by Meric Casaubon, the nephew of the illustrious Isaac. Robynson's is, of course ...

LITERATURE

... ih a purple ti e, velvet gown, clasped with A black band and d a silver buckle, and devoid of all ornament save g massive golden cross pendant from a necklace d of pearls. If this is hov they dress for the d garden, hew do they dress for a ball? And ...