... AGROULTURAlk RE~V~iOF' THB wimm Great shows for rainhave been delayusi top theiM& of writing throughout the prinal portions of thbg i- growing districts, in mrany of ?? there hea not been more moisture than a good dwwould deposit. Scaroely anywhere has therebeen a tenth part of the rain required for every crop with the doubtfuiexception of wheat. It is seldom thatwe fall to get ?? large ...

... N F'W ZeLA'6~AZ Im, d Tbera ia much 12 ;in ns, n nm whejh ?? imagaznL. 0ecia'ugood tloton c ?? the wond'esl that, it has not linked itself with liriodica1' literatura efore'now. Tbe.magLaziO that berlt ,for theaI firat:tinieii'not, lioweMer, a mere oftierthoughtZ 'It was I suggedtedflong-ago, whia the fieldj wse perfeotly open, 1 and wheriit wroldrhave been'easy, for it to Winavour everywhere ...

... ?? BRAT --b I T u RE. DOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. or DORE (1) has found an appreciative bio. heI the oultqet contempliting a simple %I ~ir sl) fnds jatil so abundant that hier labours asI ~ shi5~hor dolin a thick volnume. REe is placed fe ~re h ~ssti bythese contributions of his friends. ~hhtha fal sare of vanity which the aimiable d ~? 551eee~ h ousld hardly, if alive, accept s Ir~i,,ying tis ...

... It T T B 3 A T t B Betio sjr 1jOO A.ND NEW EDITIONS,. n nghearn haa done a more immediately prue- a lrit in the cud, also a greater, service by the n I1 if DO.h iB vcn to his oss5&Y On Po , as aiW .yre bl) ?? it he had devoted himself, with all h rlsgcs $ dligence ho has here put forth, to the ,P smey ne manual of Political HElconmy. o 1 ;lu¢rla boas to spply the test of what he conceives b ...

... THE COLONIES AND INDIA AND THE. - EXHIBITION. LB Numerous telegrams have been received from India 1' and the colonies by the Prince, of Wales, acknowledging -ethe recit of copies of His Royal Highness's address ai~d Iefaesty'si reply at the, opening of theo Colonaad 9 Indianxiition. The Vioeroy of India telegraphed- Y 1Most grateful for your Royal EHighness's telegrams. d Before replying I ...

... :COLISETJE BATURDAY CONOBETe Mr. G. W. Lane, the director of these concerts ha alreadysaccadedinarousing onbebalfof biepresentenst, prisethe ?? tainmrrants he gave last wsinter. Itwas the fourth of the current series which WaM giver oan Saturday evening, asd, excepting a few front sesta in the area of the hall, vrh,' were only partly filled, there was a crowded houe. His generous and judicious ...

... A STORY OF GOID IN WALES. Mfr. Wilbraham Taylor, of IHadley Hurst, in a letter to the Tinws, relates the following experience :-About the year 1860 a bustling little Welshman entered my room in London, and, after making sure we were alone, undid a heavy parcel tied up in a coloured bandana, displaying a lump of rock, and, almost bursting with conscious import- ance, said, There, you see ...

... fl IT ATURE. M -a ?? - -trm l- gs.ND NEW EDITIONS. prss loeut leaders of religious thought .0 tbe r? ] ?? nine lectures, just pub- I | i9-, readors are familiar. Iu the tirst there (,j } leridge and his school. Tie Evan. i KiS d tD have eevere'- reilgion from the highest ?? ' to nran oe meistained their essential kin- J- i orrnrdiete disciples, only Julius ?? 0 1 j1s!n Stering are here ...

... (Fnom OUP. OW CORRESPONDsENT.) r amus, Thursday. Each year when the &Zon is opened the question is anked, What are the predominant charaoteristics of the exbibition P To this no satisfactory answer can usually be returned, any more than to the inquiry as to whether the Academy this season is better than the last. The dominant characteristic here in Paris is analogous to the symptoms of the ...

... The September Century will contain an article on Vicks burg by the late General Grant. Mr. Bret Harte's new novel, Maruja, will be issued in popular form by Messrs. Chatto and Windus fmme- diately. Professor W. Minto has, prepared for publication a new edition of his Characteristics of English Poetry from Chaucer to Shirley. A Life of President Garfield is promised. It is to be edited by ...

... DARLINGTON HORSE a-I - ° SOW. The twenty.eighth annuaI exhibition of homes and the dogs, under the auspices of the South Durham and Nor'th ?? Yorkshire tiooieity, was held yesterday in ?? Bf Park, Darlington. This lies been regarded asi one of the re' most important shows of the kind, in the north of Mtt Englaud, turd happily there was little or7 no falling off M yesterday in either department ...

... |BOSTON SPA DUG AND POULTrY SHow. The second annual exbibition of do2s, Pigeons, rabbits, ana nouitry at Boston Spa took- placo yesterday. The -day was very One, and a larue number or people attended. The number of exhibits was not'so large as last year, bat the entries for dogis were larger. Some, animals of note were shown, includiug -Mire. Brittain's pug, which b-as taken the highest ...