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while costlier copies of the work under notic

of course, procurable from the publishers, a better
a completer, i❑ all essential respects a more beauti-
ful edition than this Popular reprint, in Four
Volumes, could not be obtained anywhere of Pro-
fessor Wilson's magnum opus, the " Noctes Am-
brobiante." The series, we are glad to observe,
will immediately be followed by a similar edition
of Christopher North's Recreations.

People's Edition of Macaulay's History of _England.

Part VII. Longman and Co:

Half of the popuhir edition of Lord Macaulay's
foreshortened " History of England"---a gigantic
literary undertaking, so purely fragmentary in the
form in which it has been left to us that we can only
judge of it as a whole, as it were, by analogy, cx
pede Herculem—one exact moiety of the work has,
with this instalment of it, been republished. The
People's Edition Ns as announced at its commencemen t
as designed to lengthen out into fourteen numbers,
and here is the seventh. The whole is to be com-
pacted into four volumes, and two consequently are
already supplied to the subscribers. Printed
though the work is necessarily in small type, on
double-columned pages, it is nevertheless so beau-
tifully printed, and in every other respect so ad-
mirably well got up that "The Popular Edition" is
as satisfactory and admirable, assuch, as the costliest
library edition in its way could be in all the
luxury of vellum-like paper, bound in calf-gilt.

ExrEDmous WRITING.—This is the title of a
little work issued to the public by Mr W. Hall,
F.R.C.S., and which may be read with great ad-
vantage by every person engaged in correspon-
dence. It lays down certain rules for abbreviating
writing without the labour and trouble of a study
of stenography, and also a clear and concise system
for the combination of shorthanc characters, with
the abbreviations above-mentioned. The work will
be found very interesting, and at the same time
highly usemal.

MISCELLANEOUS.—The May portion of the
Events of the Month contains a number of v.ry
readable papers on a variety of subjects; for in.
stance, we have "Letters from the Nile," "A few
Words aboat Modern Music," " Floral Decoration
of Village Churches," and "The Earthquakes of the 19th
Century." Altogether, the present part is a very good one.
—The Alexandra Magazine opens with a new tale of great
interest, entitled "Born at Sea ;" this is followed by a very
pretty poem, "The Virtucus Woman," by Mrs. Sewell,
and then succeeds a very sensible and valuable con-
tribution, entitled "Parental Responsibility." A number of
other useful and interesting papers enables this magazine
well to sustain its character, namely, the woman's social
and industrial advocate.—The Social Science Review this
month gives us the concluding portion of Dr Richardson's
highly interesting paper on the "Diseases of Overworked
Men.": It is replete with valuable information and sugges-
tions, and, therefore, we commend it to the careful perusal
of all professional men. "The Cabmen of London" is a
very good contribution ; and amongst the other miscella-
neous papers is one on the "Cure of Habitual Drunken-
ness."—The monthly parts of Once a Week form a very
entertaining companion for a railway journey —Theßrom-
ley Lecture-hall Chronicle contains a report of the visit of
Mr. Harper Twelvetrees to the Continental Temperance
Congress at Hanover, and a good collection of articles of
interest to the temperance cause.

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HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, May 12.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Louise, arrived at Windsor Castle last
evening soon after seven o'clock, attended by Lady
Angusta Stanley, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Alfred
Paget, and Captain Sir W. Hosts.
Her Royal Highness Princess Leiningen and the
Princess Alberta arrived yesterday afternoon on a
visit to her Majesty.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her
Royal Highness Princess Louise, walked and drove
in the grounds this morning.

The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience of
,he Queen.

Her Royal Highness Princess }Plena accom.
panied the Prince and Princess of Wales at the
State concert en Wednesday evening, and' wore a
dress of rich pink silk handsomely trimmed with
lace and ruches of crape; head-dress, acacias and
rosss ; diamond ornaments.

Her Majesty went on Wednesday to Baron Maro-
chetti's studio to see the colossal statue of the Prince
Consort, in progress for Glasgow, as well as other
works of the Baron.
Sir Edwin Landseer had at the same time the honor
of submitting his model of the colossal lion on which
he is engaged for Trafalgar-square.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday,
attended by Major Teesdale.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at-
,ended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey.

Princess Helena and Princess Louise visited the
Princess of Wales in the forenoon.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales honoured Earl Granville with their pre-
sence at the evening party given at the South Ken-

sington Museum.
Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the
Hon. Mrs. W. Grey and Major Teesdale.

ROYAL VISIT TO DUNROBIN CASTLE. The
Wick papers state authoritatively that the Prince and
Princess of Wales are expected to visit the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle in September.
In anticipation of a review before their royal highnesses,
the Sutherland volunteers are very busy at drill.
The Earl of Radnor is, according to the latest
accounts from Coleshill, much better. The venerable peer
is, however, in a weak state.
The Earl and Countess of Cork had a dinner
party yesterday evening at their residence in Grafton-street.
There wore among the guests Viscountess Dungarvan,
Lord Hubert do B. Canning, Sir 'William Alexander, Mr
Knightley, M.P., Mr Alfred Seymour, M.P., Hon. John
and Mrs Ashley, Hon. Mrs Lyttelton, Mr and Hon. Mrs
Higgins, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P., and Miss Cochrane,

The Dowager Countess Spencer has taken 12,
Grosvenor-street, for the season, and is expected in Londort
at the end of this month with Lady Sarah Spencer.

THE GARIBALDI FUND,

TO THE EDITOR OV THE SUN.
St. James's Hotel, 76, Jermyn-street,
May 12, 1864.
Six,-1 trust you will permit me, through your columns,
to protest, on the part of Circassia, against the proposition
published in the Times this morning, to apply the money
raised for M. Garibaldi in aid of the Circassians.
It will be better to spare this insult to a people who have
been abandoned in their hopeless struggle, solely because
that struggle was one of pure right, and not available for
foreign passions or designs.—Your obedient servant,
D. URQUHART.

THE LAST PERFORMANCE, for the season, of tie
Oratorio of Oratorios, Handel's "Israel," is given by the
Sacred Harmonic Society this evening.
SO LIKE A PRUSSIAN I—An official intimation
was received at the Royal Arsenal on Monday, froto
the War-office, stating that his Excellency Count Bernstorffp
the Prussian ambassador, would visit the Arsenal on that
day, and arrangements were made for according him a suit"
able reception. By some singular mistake his Excellency,
who arrived at Woolwich accompanied by several friends'
instead of going to the arsenal went to the dockyard, where
his arrival was totally unexpected, and he was informed
that by the rules of the establishment foreigners were not
admitted without an Admiralty order. His Excellency ex`
plained that that he was the Prussian ambassador, and that
information must have been forwarded of his intended visit'
and seemed altogether surprised at his reception. Unforttii
uately the commodore was absent, and no alternative 0'
mained but that his Excellency should be conducted ovet
the establishment by a policeman. His Excellency, still
under the impression that ho was at the arsenal, did not
appear to approve his reception, and left the dockyard with
his friends, saying he would visit it another day. In the,,,,
interim the authorities at the Royal Arsenal were
waiting to receive the illustrious visitor, who, though tit
remained till sunset, it will be seen, did not arrive. On to'
War D-partment bring eommunicatad with inquiries wet:9_
immediately set on foot, and after a thorough investigate i'A
the above facts have transpirad.—.Aforning Post.
COPENHAGEN, Moy B.—The Estella (brigantine);
of Goole, from Liverpool for Stettin, was brought in he,re
to-day on account of her presumed intention to run tv`
blockade. 'the Hermann (Dutch ship), which had beeiz
se;zed and brought in here a second time, on aacount,
of
presumed intention of breaking the blockade, has again he d.
released, and will sail for Coblenz the first favourable
Dantzic, May 9,—One Danion vessel of war in sight.