... T'UE DRAMA IN PARiS. LA GA MINE DE PARIS Comic Opera, in three acts, libretto by the late ene Leterrier and M. Albert Vanloo, music by M. Gaston Serpette, produced at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Mlarch 30th, 1887. ABaron de la Roche- au -t M. MAnGn monettes . ?? . - PICCAnUeA Hiercule .- ?? . LAMY Eugene ?? M' GOURsDON GuogOss . ?? M. JANNIX ?? M. GAUSSIS simonet ?? * . . GUISSART SPin ?? ?? M. ...

... LITERATURE, ii Lo or, AeNES SILIUKOAND. By her sister .l aive Marwarot Strickland. William I Itlackwood t& Sons: Edinburgh and L'fndoni, 1887. All whu have road and been 6harmed with *im'1 Sbricland's Livos will be ploasod to P loivo hor O q t Life. Taking -it all in c clI, it wlasi a quiet, gentle, hard-working life, 0 weoll filled with ploasant things. c Agnes StriIcrland, the historian ...

... P1rINCESSIS THrE&T1RZ Mr. GiUette's drsam, il which a Northefa colonel achieves a triumph in love at the expense of a Confederate rival, may very probablihave owed some- i thing of its brilliant success in America to its flattering appeals to Northern sympathies. The favourable re- ception, however, which it met writh at the Princess's Theatre on Saturday afternoon at the handis oft an English ...

... BIBRjBEH& LITEBRARY INSTITUTE. We have seen many worse amateur performances of Caste than that which was given by past and present members of the elocution class of the above institu- tion in the theatre in Bream's Buildings, last Thursday evening. Robertson's masterpiece is generally got through fairly well by tyros; probably, for the reason that the professional readings of the various parts ...

... Managers of theatres and all connected with the purveyance of public amusement will feel much relieved in their minds if Mr 1)IXON-HARTLAND'S Bill now before the House of Commons be passed. They have lived for many years under a govern- ment as curiously constructed as that of a City Corporation, and as uncertain as the body politic of Mexico. Now lulled into false security by the courteous ...

... THE JUBILEE AM) THE LTrVEOL CHARITIES. 1o foafowing letter Ihas been'received by the L seezet-y of the Liverpool Central Relief and *t Cwarity Organisation Society:- d Liverpool, April 1, 1887. Dear Mr. Grsewood,-Wa have been con- if sidering what was fittaug for us to contribute in this jublee year as a thank-offering for biessings . enjoyed dring the reign of our belved Queen, It d is ...

... dy MAGAZINES FOR APRIL. id Tie Nineteentic Century.-Professor Huxley replies to m certain criticisms of the Duke of Argyll in that outspoken *y and almost contemptuous style with which those who !hventure to cross swords with this eminent Professor are 5, only too wall acquainted. The Duke had alleged that le Lyell's doctrine of uniformitarianism as aun interpreter of Ir the facts of geology ...

... POPULAR CONCERTS AT CARDI FF. ieod THE LAST OF THIE SEASON. n Mr. Dodd's concerts at popular prices were on Saturday brought to a conclusion for tie Season q by an entertainment whicuh may fairly be em- described as one of the best of the series. There U ion- was a very largo attendance at the Park-hall, the and the artists, all wall-known vocalits and iustrumrentallsts, were received with ...

... I I [THIRD NOTICE,] An old contributor, Gustave de Breanski, has half a dozen canvases, the most important of which are Nos. 341 and 351, The. former is a coast scene-a morning effect with the calm sea luminous with the silvery light of early morning, with fishermen in a boat hauling in their lobster pots, The delicate clearness of the morning atmosphere is admirably rendered. An equally ...

... NiATUTRAL HISTORY MUISEUM I To rgz 3ntTots OF THE Li7LlPOOL X=CtPT. ?? is difficult to understand the rsiowj taken un by your correepondent ' E. I ?? April 2i. I gather that. on the whole, . te i! favourably disposed towarde my sebeme for tehlng evolution by means of public musemms; dt the same time kis vague remarks upon somse e ,ogical theorie', and his evident satisfaction with 1 t2 e t ...

... spur Ltbrarp Cablek MAGAZINES FOR APRIL. c [ereoeND NOTICE.] Part tent Of .pietuerqnte Oldi .Thistot contains. two, mtore of Mr Charles Bird's lovely etebitige, O0JLI of *Vhich1 seems More beautiful than its predeces~sor. 'I'in I irtt is a ?? hill,whiah stands on thq sitel of the, Ca-tie Dabooad gives asplendid ides of the uttaro'v Vok ned strses~i he mdievl cit. AsMr'i.zylr felts usa. the ...

... FROU-FROU AT THE OLYMPIC. Henri de Sartorys ?? Mr LEONARD OUTRAs Brigard ?? ?? Mr Wv. E. BLATCIILEY Conite de Valrfas ?? Mr LAURENCE CAUTLEY Baron de Cambri ?? r FRANK AL WOOD Piton ?? ?? Mr HUBERT BYRON Vincent ?? M Mr C. DVYER Zanetto ?? ?? Mr HAROLD HARTSALL Louise ?? M iss HOULIsToN Baronne de Cambri ?? Miss Lizz=e FLETCUER Pauline ?? iss ALICE GIRLING Governess ?? M liss ALICE ...