... Once-more the flower show takes its place as a leading 'eetof the summer season. The exhibition opened yes-1 terday is the eleventh of those given annually by the, 'Lr'eds society, 011( happily it quite maintains the highi character 01 these always welconse displays. In some respects the present show has ad-vantages over those of ipast years. One point in its favyour is the betterecredi- ...

... T I J E.R:A.T U WEI. TIE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.. STILL WATER.- HIe wrote and wrote, but could not make a name; Then cursed his fate, and called the world to blame- The world, that knew not genius when it came- .The world. he cried. that crowns us in a night For nothing; but that damus us, wrong or right. Itather for slheer indifference than for spite. One of his friends would slyly smile to ...

... Aj liiZA&Y AN-ID ART GOSSIP. -,r. Iorace Iowari FurnesshaspresenitedllisVariorurm .igioils of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth to the :siiy Shalspesre Society; and Mrs. Furmess has also to the society lir Concordance to the Minor ?? or Sli4spnilaCe. ,IC-, ftl/ br3 that M. Emilo Glivier, tile ex- ri ilr of ANsjohl)1 iaL., is elliployirig his leisure in the oI s I-t. I.J ]la's ,ter ...

... LI TER AT IT 7RE. NEW BOOES AND NEW FDITIONS. e Captain Barnaby is a gentleman wvho is said to take as o much pains in order to get himself killed as most other men take to keep themselves alive. This may be a slight exaggeration: but it is at least quite certain that no fear of possible peril to himself ever deterred the I gallant captain frosu m n.g out Buy scheme upon s which he had set ...

... ?? T 7P ZL,- I s, Mciii Le Yotlcf.J ,5 As usual at this season of the year, the colours uand u materials are of a more sombre tint, and made in thicker s. fabrics than those we have been in the habit of seeing it during the previous mouths. Thle winter fashions, in fact, ae re distplayed much. sooeier than usual, on account of the sudden severity of the weather. v Amioig the lavourite colours ...

... FA SHIVONS FOR DECEMBER. ( Ircia ts i/is' M er a(res' ri~ svssesrs/r.) Tire foflowisig are amrongst other costumes -wae hanve seen, sriuitabile for sev'eral dilferent occasions. For' ouit-ef-doo's a brown serge chess liastlie skirt ornafmented, with a dee]) Missol rust ])elonsrise trimmed with a wide mohair bsraid. A Rassiain paletet is in very darkc navy birte cloth, open -cross wise in front ...

... NOTES ON THE IRONWoRES OF' PI-IILAD EIPIIRA, AND THE IRON AND STEAL DEPARTMENT OF THEF, EXHIBlTION. (FPoR.c A COaR9EPONDE-T.) The Institutions of the Civil and Mining Engineers of America extended to their English brethren cordial inPi- tations to attend their annual meetings held at Phila- delphia, and to accompany them on various excursions throush the ironworks and coal regions adjoining ...

... 14SdIJL FESTIVAL ;N40valties doubt, excellent things, nud a ZXUsitial:ostiyi 'distharges its highest fnuctions when produci~g thnt; W~hie, aft' the same time, it reaps the hih is b thgreatest profit comes from that When ?? Elijahlt waS performed on ~d~isd~ay niOrling, for example, the Tov-n Hall was ,ted .by ataiteturs euger to hear its familiar sbrains, md' pn Saturday ovcry seat aigain ...

... I A meeting of gentlemen interested in thle promotion of ?? and the welfare of the Leeds Chafrities was held 1 invitation of the Mayor, in his rooms, at the Town Ha -yesterday, to consider proposads for the OrgenisatiOnsof a Artlud musical fetival in Leoese during the present year. Among the gentlemen present were The Mayor (in the chair), Dr. cbhsdwlek. Rev. D~r. Tleod, Dr. Kell% M6eesr 5W. H ...

... LITERARY AND ART GOSSip. Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt will sbortly Pubalish l',tory of Cerbmlic Art in Gr.at Britain. The twelfth edition of Mr. ivn porster's Charles Dickens has just been published. ot A. complete edition of the poems of Charles.- L late King of Swedess, will shortly be brought out a Stockholm. An English translation of M. Edmnonl About's littla book on ?? econ omy, the ...

... LACE AT a- IE INTERN.ATION T4L En EIBITION. To all Inlyse's end v. carets of lace, still more to all .vho I Ito C tt it I stiiC and1 Iistorical ?? of vic-, 3ic inteiesi ad in ?? ?? its moanlactilro, WO healitlty recomlluned a visit to tine cr'lecttoia tow to be foundI in Ci 8is S at the Ilntelit:tlioilai ExhibitioU. Inl ?? class, witt ?? leoth I, ud dilli meltcitie manie lace, thert ar'- to be ...

... -XT-ACTS FROM -PUNCH. THE CRY OF ENGLAND. And nlust we sit with stony eyes, And folded arms and silent tongue, While Gaul at German hands abyes The challenge Gaul to Gorman fling ? Because she thought to work the wrong That now she suffers from her foe, No bounds of vengeance have the strong, The weak no hmiting of woe P Grant France was loud and light of mind, Eager for empire, Proud, untrue ...