4 JANUARY 1862, page 22

Fin 2rto.

ART-PUFFERY. NEVER in the history of painting has the picture-dealer been so pro- minent as now. The old days, when a painter was content to quietly finish his work and send it......

American And Italian Liberty.

Equal and free ! It was the levelling dream Of men crushed equal by tyrannic fate ; Free are, who, what they are, dare also seem, And various culture makes a mighty State.......

Books.

AMERICAN TENTATIVE NATIONAL HYMNS.* Tins book consists of two portions—a critical and an original. The critical, so far as it touches upon the formation of the British and......

31ingir.

THE great musical event of the week has been the long-expected, and often-deferred appearance in England of the celebrated sisters, Carlotta and Barbara Marchisio ; Mr. Land,......