3 JANUARY 1880, page 24

Poetry.

THE LOST YEAR. r. RING out, 0 ye bells ! the merriest chime That ever ye rang at this New Year's time, With tumult and clangour of jubilant tone,— Ring out the old year that is......

Art.

THE OLD WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. Tim year's winter exhibition of studies and sketches by mem- bers of the Society of Water Colours is not a very remarkable one, either for its......