... Jaeger, of a eon. Malts. Os the 14th last, Mr. William Richardson. of Coatham, aged yawn On the 19th Sarah, relict of Mr. Thomas Hardy, of Coulon. aged 79 years. ...

... thoroughly content with their *nitro of th e bargain. Such transactions are by no so rare as might at iirso be imagined. Mr. Thomas Hardy had to e:efetsil his aunt of the sale which he represented Michael tienehard as making of his wife and child in that wonclerfnl ...

... upon a private Lack-alley, as I knew, in the twinkling of an est. it ig not generally known, says the Jferdwas. that Mr. Thomas Hardy endeavoured to withdraw his novel of Jude the Otwoure from Harper .11a,a:tme, actually requesting that firm of publishers ...

... satire and obloquy. To-day they fish for compliments anion,z the moderns, and find their mily champion in the person of Mr. Thomas Hardy, who, after all, doss not count, because a crusty dominie would he a serious. blot on the novelist's general colour-scheme ...

... Steteeman's Year H. 04. end of his other literary works, £lOO. Lady Hardy, iu recognition of the historical, literary, and public seri of her lete husbew?, Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, Deputy Keeper of the Pubiic ElOO. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Melville, in ...

... Fleck, W. Binks, W. Hardy. H. W. White. \V. Burton. W. Whitaker, R. Pounder. W. Previll, W. Preston, S. Gamble. and H. Earl. with Mr. T. A. Boyd as foreman. Having been sworn, the jury proceeded to view the bodies, that of Thomas Hardy Middleton being laid ...

... and industrial returns can but he regailled as eminently satisfactory. THE TRIALS OF AUTHORSHIP. THE preface which Mr. Thomas Hardy con:ributes to the new volume in his collected arks — A Laodicean —gives an interesting apse into the trials of authorship ...

... Cross upon Mrs. Ann Lyre Hely and Mins Sarah Anne Trrrot. Mr. Rudyard Kipling, who has been eycling in Dereetshire with Mr. Thomas Hardy. is said to be negotiating for the purchase of a house aud grounds at Bodicell, near Durcheeter. Lieutenant-General Sir ...

... LITERARY NOTES. Mr. Thomas Hardy has written a chatty preface for Ins Tales, which will be the May volume in the collected edition cf biA works. He remarks that some apology may seem necessary for the occurrence of two hangmen in one volunie of stories ...

... time, together with some others hitherto unpublished. tale, of a dramatic character, was written in collaboration with Mr. Thomas Hardy. It bears the title, The Spectre of the Heal. Mr. Augustine Birreti id to provide an introduction and some nores for ...

... LITERARY NOTES. Perhaps it is not generally known, the Bookstall, that Mr. Thomas hardy endeavoured to withdraw his novel of Jude the Obscure front Harper's actually requesting that firm of publishers to cancel the contract. But it was found to be ...

... LITERARY NOTES. is an interesting personal glimpse , of Thomas Hardy in a preface he contributes to the forthooming volume, • Laodicean, in his col. lected works. The writing of the tale, he states, was rendered memorable, to two persons at least ...