... . OLD DRURY LANE CHRISTMAS ANNUAL,--The contributors to this Annual include many well-know names, and the illustrations, the work or such artists as Adelaide Claxton, A.Chasemore. G. Pilotell. and Geo. Crutikshank, are well in hand with the letter-press. Of course the whole production is one of advertisement for the forthcoming pantomime of Cinderella which Mr. A. Harris places upon bis stage ...

... . MiraiTH A 8tudy by M. Leigh-Noel is the title of a little book published by Wyman and 8ons The writer In her preface nays In my sick-room the image of this wonderftil woman grew ana grew before my me tal vision, as the statue (trows under the sculptor's tool, until at last, I saw her-as I wall to present her to my rear I err The argument of the book is to prove that Shakespeare .n ,,,pro*fh ...

... . lif thr Watcms of thi NionT.-- This is the title of a series of poem-, by Mr*. Homie Dbe'l, to be com^letai in eighteen volumes, 0 which th-) second has now be indued by Messrs. tt- mmgt n. Some forty sketches ami song 4, hardly entitled to be dignified with the narre o i.>erns, although they often sho**' true p*>e ical instinot, orm ti c second volume, which w 11 *ell repiy pe>ue* ...

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... . THREE ELOCUTIONARY MANUALS.--The professors of elocution seem to give up the leisure hours of which their calling has almost a monopoly to the preparation of textbooks wherein the principles of the art find more or less satisfactory exposition. Three such works that have just been issued from the press, must be considered as fresh contributions to the already abundant literature of the ...

... . A sumptuous, beautifully produced, and exceedingly valuable work, not without bearing on stage matters, is that on British Costume during Nineteen Centuries (Civil and Ecclesiastical), by Mrs. Charles H. Ashdown, published at 12s. 6d. net by T. C. and E. C. Jack. Mrs. Ash down, who is a lecturer upon costume and medieval ncad-oressco, ana nas aaviscu upon costume at several of the ...

... . r>RWl.Va-ROOM ENTIRTirNICtNT3 Under tlii* title Is published by Stan- lay 1'u.ul and Co., at 2b. not, a little volume of monologues, duologues, and dialogue*, Cor drawing-room ami plat form use, written by Catherine Kvclyn, Clare Shirley Robert Overton, ana others, and edited by Alfred 11. Miles. 1 The two first-named corttrlbut* moot of 1 the Items tn a oollecUon likely to pror acceptable ...

... . From the Wings. Considering that the sometimes mischievous minauderies of The Stage Cat as edited by Elisabeth Fagan have been appear ing serially, besides having been issued in book form by W. Collins, Sons and Co., Ltd., there is no occasion to go into overmuch detail with regard to theao ultra- franik meeowings and tquww4(ingR From the Wings. The Editress. who dedicates the book ...

... . THE CASE OF ALLAN MONKHOUSE. 14 The Conquering Hero, a play in four acts. Jly Allan Monk- house. Ernest Benn, Ltd. 2s. 6:1. There are people, and not a few either, who will tell you that Allan Monkhouse is the Great Unknown of British Drama; certainly his name is better known in literary than in dramatic circles, and no play of his has ever been produced for a run in the West End. In ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. Although old in America. France, and on the Continent generally, cabaret is practically a new form of entertainment here. Eats M and drinks are as im portant as musical and other form9 of entertainment, and this combi nation of feeding while being amlised might almost give the shows an ancestry dating back to the old palmy day 3 of vaudeville, when the world and his ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. PALM BEACH: ENGLAND. Palm Beach, so we have been taught by the films, is an exotic place somewhere in the U.S.A., with a population of millionaires, bathing beauties, rum-runners, carefully selected gunmen, and high-steppers generally. Our own Palm Beach, which also has attractions, is nearby Hampton Court, and was at one time known as the Karsino on Tagg'a Island. ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. RACE WEEK. Big national sporting events are always hailed with special favour by cabarets. and to meet the demands of those who wish to celebrate, as well as those who would fain forget, very few managements fail to add extra attractions of some sort or another to their ing programmes. The entertain ments for Derby Night this year were on an unusually lavish scale. ...