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slightly acquainted with military affairs could
do, but he entirely neglects to inform us how it
is to be carried out, and wholly overlooks the
fact that England, who does all she can to dis-
courage war, cannot expect at the same time
to have a faultless training-school for soldiers.
The review of Waterton's Essays is uncom-
monly good—kindly, humorous, and sympa-
thetic. The two papers on "Popular Legends "
and on Beranger are each what may be called
" nice." The article on the " Military Revolt in
India'' seems well,written and pertinent : that
on Alexander Smith is certainly too
austere.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED-ommEn 22.
BOOKS.
Lives of the Chief Justices of England. John, Lord
Campbell, LL.D., F.R.S.E. Vol. 111. Murray.
Generalship. A Tale. George Roy. Griffin and Co.
Horn dale. NV. Smith. W. Blackwood.
.Moss-side. Marion Harlem. Routledge.
The Life of Alexander Pope. H. G. Boho.
Nothing to Wear. Sampson Lowe.
The Private Life of an Eastern King. Routledge.
Lives of Good Servants. Routledge.

PAMPHLETS.

Letter to Lord l'iseountPalmerston on Medical Reform.
Blackburn—What shall we do at Delhi? D. F. Oakey—
London Society for Me Protection of Young Females. D. F.
Otkey—Mr. Cobbett's Remarks on our Indian Empire.
Simpkin and Marshall—lndia and its Army. Longmans
—The Harmonium for the Church and Drawing•room.
Chappell and Co.—A Letter on Steam Jultication.
Wesley and Co.—French Reading for Self Instruction.
E. Wilson.

London University Magazine. Nos. 17 and 18. Hall and
Virtue—The Irish Quarterly. Wesley and Co.—The Com-
prehensive History of England. Part 111. and IV. Blackie
and Son.

ART•TREASURES EXHIBITION.

THE Manchester Art-Treasures Exhibition closed
last Saturday. No ceremonial marked the final
proceedings, and there was nothing but the hearty
cheers with which the concourse of visitors quitted
the building to distinguish it from any other day.
The public of Manchester seemed scarcely able to
credit the fact that an Exhibition which has occupied
so large a share of the attention of the kingdom, and
which has been so original in idea and successful in
execution, could possibly be closed without some
striking ceremonial of some kind. This notion,
coupled with the anxious wish that it should remain
open for another week, led many to believe that at
least a few days extra would be granted. It was not
indeed until Saturday morning that the last of these
hopes died out, and visitors prepared to take their
farewell of the building and its contents. As the
day was very fine the number of visitors was suffi-
ciently great to prevent anything like a view being
obtained of the works of art, and people sat them-
selves down where they could, waiting in the vague
hope of some event taking place to make the closing
an impressive scene. Of course the majority of the
visitors were season-ticket holders, though, never-
theless, nearly 9,000 paid at the doors.
The only alteration from the usual every-day
arrangements was in a large and tasteful trophy of
banners being erected at the end of the building
over the orchestra, and the orchestra itself being
strengthened by the addition of the bands of the 36th
Regiment and the 4th Dragoon Guards. Aided by
'this addition to the fine band always in the building,
a series of marches and overtures were beautifully
rendered, and the crowd which thronged every part
of the place, after a few vain attempts to study the
pictures, were compelled to remain quiet and listen
to the music whether they liked it or not. In this
way the day passed without variation or incident
until half-past four o'clock, when the bands gave
the signal that the last hour of the Exhibition had
commecced by playing the National Anthem. Imme-
diately all the gentlemen present respectfully un-
covered, and a simultaneous movement was made
from all parts of the building towards the orchestra,
round which the visitors collected in a dense mass,
listening to the band with a serious and marked
attention, that had a striking and almost solemn
si.Tect.

As the music ceased to re•echo through the build-
ing there was a moment's pause of expectation, and
Mr. Thomas Fairbairn, the chairman of the executive
committee, advancing to an open:space in front of the
orchestra, amid deep silence, closed the Exhibition in
these words :

Ladies and Gentlemen,—The time has come when it is
any duty to pronounce the last few words of farewell, and
to inform you that when you have all retired from this
building the Exhibition of Art Treasures will be at an end
for ever. I sincerely hope that you will never forget the
liberality which has enabled that Exhibition to be formed,
and that the recollection of this building and the unrivalled
art treasures it contained will assert among you the truth
491' the poet's line—

A thing of boantg le &joy for ever.