First Friday in May.-Sham battle fought by the women of Jaca, in the Pyrenees.

Last Monday in May or first Monday in June.--Procession of the Tramontana, Figueras, Asturias.

June.

5 to 7. Fair at Granada.

13. Festival of San Antonio, Madrid. 15. Sailing of the fleet of herring-boats

from Vlaardinger, Rotterdam. Through the eight Sundays of the fishing season sermons are preached on sea-shore in Rügen. 16. Once in every three years the "Fête de la luminara" at Pisa, with illuminations. Festival "du sacré cœur "" at Marseille, commemorating the cessation of a great plague.

18. Festival of San Ciriaco and Sta. Paula, at Malaga.

23. Eve of St. John Baptist, or Midsummer Day. Bonfires in Nor

The Mamertine prisons illuminated through the Octave.

Swiss wrestling match at Schupfheim.

29 to July 18. Fair at Pamplona, Navarre.

The Miracle Play at Ober Ammergau, which occurs every ten years, begins on the first Sunday in June, and is continued each Sunday till the end of September. It takes place next in 1880.

July.

6. Pilgrimage returns to Vienna from Maria Zell.

2 to 4. Festival of the Madonna dell' Orto, Rapallo, on the Riviera; illuminations on the coast.

4. Declaration of American Independence.

6. (June 24, O.S.) Festival at Boujah, near Smyrna, commencing on the previous evening. Horse Fair at Nijni Novgorod. 7. Festival of St. Firmin, Pamplona; procession of "los gigantes." (June 25, O.S.) Fair held round the Cathedral of the Nativity, at Murom, Russia.

8. Commemoration of the victory of Sempach, on the battle-field. 9 to 12. (June 27 to 30.) Fair at the monastery of Walaam, Lake Ladoga.

10 to 24. Once in every seven years, exhibition of the "grandes reliques"

at Aix-la-Chapelle, relics sent by Haroun to Charlemagne. Next year of exhibition, 1874.

South Russia.

26. Festival of St. Vigilius, at Trent. 28. Eve of St. Peter and St. Paul.

Vespers in Papal Chapel at St. Peter's; illumination of the dome.

The pilgrimage for Maria Zell leaves Vienna. 29. St. Peter and St. Paul. High Mass by the Pope in St. Peter's; exposition of relics at San Giovanni in Laterano; fireworks and girandoles on Monte Pincio.

lermo. Illumination of the cathedral on the 15th.

14. (July 2, O.S.) Festival of the miraculous image at Riazan, south of Moscow.

16 and following Sunday. Festival of the Virgin del Carmen, Santander.

20 to August 8. Fair at Sinigaglia, on the coast above Ancona.

21 to August 1. Festival of the great Convent of Assisi.

22. Pilgrimage to a little church on the

31 and August 1.

Pilgrimages from Smyrna to the Convent of Elias. First Sunday in July.-Festival of St. Rombauld, Malines.

Second Sunday.-Festival at Louvain. Kermesse at Ghent.

Sunday following July 15.-Procession of the miraculous wafer, in Ste. Gudule, at Brussels.

Last Sunday in July.-Procession at Furnes, in Belgium.

Swiss wrestling matches are held on the Sunday following July 6th, at Seealp, on the Sunday following July 25th at Batersalp, and on the 26th at Sachsen and on the Engstenalp.

In this month a great fair is held at Tarascon, on the Rhone, opposite Beaucaire.

Throughout July the "Turnervereine" hold their meetings in Germany.

Late in the month the "Kermesse " is held in Brussels.

Throughout the month numerous pilgrimages to St. Anne d'Auray, in Brittany.

Every five years a festival of the guilds is held in Malines; it wili next occur in 1874.

In July of this year a great "Sängerfest" is to be held at Lucerne, in a colossal temporary theatre.

August.

The great fair of Nijni Novgorod is best visited at the end of August; it lasts from about July 27 to September 22 (July 15 to September 10, O.S.). 1. St. Peter's Chains. Festival at San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.

1 and 2. Great festival at Assisi.

15. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. High Mass in presence of the Pope, at Sta. Maria Maggiore, Rome: benediction from the balcony. Pilgrimage to Monte di Roccia, Susa. Pilgrimage to Sta. Maria delle Grazie, near Mantua.

Pilgrimage to the Sacro Monte,
Varallo, Piemont.

Festival at Church of the Madonna
di Soviore, Spezia.

Festival at Capodimonte, Naples.
Pilgrimage to Massa Lubrense,
Sorrento.

Fête de la Vara, Messina.

Decorations and musical services,
Florence.

Great festival throughout Spain.
Fair at Xerez, Spain.

Festival at Tinos; pilgrimages there
from Greece.

Great festival of Notre Dame de

la Garde, Marseille. The silver statue is carried into the town the previous evening on sailors' shoulders; taken through the streets on August 15 in solemn procession; and next day the sailors bear it back to the Chapel, with "stations" by the way. 16. Horse races at Siena, Italy. 19. Festival of Sta. Agata, Catania, Sicily.

20.

Festival of St. Stephen of Hungary,
at Pesth.

Festivals of St. Greiras and St.
Roque, near Gibraltar.

22. Exposition of St. Ferdinand's body, and military music, in Seville Cathedral.

26. Commemoration at Basle of the battle of St. Jacques.

27. Festival of St. Teresa in Spain. (August 15, O.S.) Festival in Cathedral of the Assumption, Moscow.

Fair at Berdichef, Russia. Festival at Bournabat, near Smyrna. 28, 29. (August 16, 17, O.S.) Festival at Troitska Monastery, Moscow. First Sunday in August.-Festival at Yprès.

Swiss wrestling matches-August 10, at Rigi Kaltbad and the Tann Alp; 15, at Mont Joli; first Sunday in the month at Meyringen, and at the Wengern Alp; second and last Sundays at Ennetegg.

Sunday following August 15.-Kermesse at Antwerp. The Giant carried through the town on Rubens' Car.

In this month, festival of the Panegyris in Mitylene.

On August 17, 18, and 19 of this year, the Schumann Festival will be held at Bonn.

Late in August, or early in September, Raft-parties" in the Black Forest at Wildbad and other places.

September.

Oct. 12. (Sept. 8 to 31, O.S.) Fair at Orel, south of Moscow. Fair at Reinosa, Burgos. Festival at the Abbey of St. Moritz, Canton Valais, Switzerland. High mass and processions; illuminations on previous evening.

23. Festival of Sta. Tecla, at Tarragona.

St. Gil, Xativa, Spain.

1 to 19. Fair at Lugo, Ravenna.
4. Pilgrimage to Rosalien Capelle,
near Vienna.

Pilgrimage to Mt. Pellegrino, near
Palermo.

8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. Papal Chapel, Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome.

Festival on the Superga, Turin.
Festival at Varallo; procession up
the Calvary.

Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of N.
Donna dei fiori, at Brà, south of
Turin.

Festival at Florence-"rificolone,"
and decoration of street altars.
Fair at Locarno, on Lago Maggiore.
Festival at Piedigrotta, Naples.
Festival at St. Ulrich, among the
Dolomites.

Pilgrimage to Nra. Señora de Cova-
donga, in the Asturias.

Processions in Belgium, at Namur, Nivelles, &c.

A Volksfest begins at Munich, lasting two or three days.

In the first week of this month a Volksfest, lasting two or three days, at Wertheim, near Frankfort-on-theMaine.

Sundays and Thursdays in this month, popular holidays in Rome, on the Monte Testaccio.

Sunday nearest October 14.—Procession of Ste. Angadrème at Beauvais, in commemoration of the siege.

Third Sunday in October.-Kermesse of the Emperor Joseph, in Austria.

November.

1. All Saints. Crowds visit the Naples cemeteries, and the Campo Santo, Rome.

In the confraternity cemeteries at Rome, waxen tableaux, life-size, in impromptu theatres, represent Scripture subjects or scenes from the lives of martyrs: exposed all through the Octave.

2 All Souls. Cemeteries at Seville, at Barcelona, and throughout Spain, much visited.

Crowds visit Père la Chaise, Paris.

16. Miracle of St. Januarius, Naples. Feast of his "Patrocinio."

21. Fair at Barcelona.

24.

Christmas Eve. "Presepe" in every
church and house in Naples.

Procession of the Holy Crib in Sta.
Maria Maggiore, Rome.

Nocturnal services at the Vatican,
Sistine Chapel, &c.

25. Christmas Day. High Mass by the Pope in St. Peter's.

Festival of the "Presepe" at the Ara Coeli. Sermons preached by boys daily for ten days after-, wards.

26. S. Stephen. Popular fête, San Stefano Rotondo, Rome. 31. Te Deum, attended by Pope and Cardinals, at the Gesù, Rome.

II. MOVEABLE FESTIVALS. Carnival.-At Rome this begins on the Saturday week before Ash Wednesday, and lasts to Shrove Tuesday. Masquerades and horse-races each afternoon; lighting and blowing out of the tapers on the last evening.

At Florence, processions, &c.

At Milan the Carnival lasts till first Sunday in Lent, through the "Ambrosian rite" observed there.

In Spain the Carnival is best seen at Barcelona (where, on the first day of Lent "the Carnival is buried "); at Malaga; at Madrid, for three days. At Seville, solemn dancing of the Seises in the Cathedral.

In Belgium the Carnival is kept for three days before Ash Wednesday at Antwerp, Courtrai, &c. The first Sunday in Lent is a great Carnival day at Bruges. Grammont, &c.

In Germany the Carnival is most observed at Cologne, and in Bohemia, on the three days before Ash Wednesday. At Munich the "Metzgersprung" on the Monday before Ash Wednesday.

At Lucerne a curious grotesque procession takes place on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday.-High Mass in St. Peter's; sprinkling of ashes on the heads of the Cardinals.

Third Sunday in Lent.-Exposition of relics, and great concourse of people at San Lorenzo, Rome, "Carnevaletto delle donne."

During Lent, Passion Plays frequent at Madrid, and throughout Spain.

Passion Sunday.-A sermon in the open air at Seville.

Palm Sunday.-The Pope is carried into St. Peter's, consecrates the palms, and is carried round the building.

Tuesday to Thursday in Holy Week. "Foire aux jambons," Paris.

Good Friday.-Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" sung at the Jesuits' Church, Munich.

"Holy Sepulchre" in every church at Vienna: great crowds.

Easter Eve.-Great Court procession at Vienna in the Imperial Palace. Easter Sunday.-Naples. Pilgrimage of Antignano.

Easter Monday.-Chief day on the Prater, Vienna.

Second Sunday after Easter.-Great fair of Leipzig begins, for three weeks. In the Rogation Days processions at Rome: at Bruges, Nivelles, and throughout Belgium.

Ascension Day.-Papal Chapel at St. John Lateran, Rome, with the Pope's benediction given from the balcony. Gathering of the tribe of the Maragatos at Astorga; dancing.

Popular festival at Coire.

Sunday after Ascension Day.-Festival at Tell's Chapel, on the Lake of Lucerne. High Mass and patriotic sermon. Congregation in boats.

Whit Sunday.-Papal Chapel in Sistine Chapel, Rome.

Pilgrimage (during five days) to Monte Virgine, near Naples. Peasants' dances at Mercogliano.

Whit Monday.-Peasants' ball in the Adelsberg caverns (illuminated).

Peasants' dances and illuminations in the Nebelhöhle Cavern, near Lichtenstein, Würtemberg.

Festival at Toulouse, with processions. "Fête des corps saints."

Procession at Nivelles, Belgium. Whit Tuesday.-Pilgrimage to St. Willibrod's Church, Echternach, Luxemburg. Dancing procession.

Pilgrimages to Hal, in Belgium.

The "Niederrheinische Musikfest" is held yearly, at Whitsuntide, in Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Düsseldorf, or Elberfeld. This year it will be at Aix-la-Chapelle. Trinity Sunday.-Procession of the Lumeçon at Mons.

Pilgrimage to Walcourt, Belgium.

HOLY WEEK IN ROME.

Every evening, at the Trinità dei Pellegrini, the feet of pilgrims are washed by noble ladies.

Wednesday."Tenebræ," with gradual extinguishing of lights.

"Miserere" sung before the Pope in the Sistine Chapel.

Holy Thursday.-High Mass in Sistine Chapel; procession of the Pope to the Pauline Chapel, which is illuminated; he blesses the people from the balcony in front of St. Peter's.