17 MAY 1873, page 18

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [SECOND NOTICE.] AT the dinner, last Saturday, of the Artists' Benevolent Institu- tion, Sir Robert Collier, in the chair, proposed the health of the Royal......

Books.

THE LIFE OF MR. GROTE True; volume fulfils the first condition of a good book. It is exceedingly readable,—more than readable, entertaining. It is this, however, sometimes at......

Poetry.

IN APRIL. Nov a breath to break the stillness, Not a cloud to fleck the blue, But the sky-lark in the sunshine, And the primrose in the dew. Buds are bursting in the hedges,......