... AIr. J. B. Buckstone to AIr. W. S. Gilbert. Lower Sydenham, 1 Sth Feb., 1877. My Dear Gilbert, When Aliss Hodson was engaged by me [it was] for the present season, which terminates on the 1st of June next, at which date I have sub-let the theatre to Mr. J. S. Clarke for three months. She could not think, neither does she think, that you have acted in opposition, in any way, to her interests, ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. SHAKSPEARE AIEA10RIAL, STRATFORD-ON-AVON. To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.) Dear Sir, I have read with astonishment your remarks upon the Shakspeare Memorial at Stratford-on-Avon, in which you say that at the annual meeting of- the Alemorial Association a statement was made which, in the absence of any explanation, not a little surprised us. I ...

... ST. JOHN'S AAIATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY {'Jo the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.) 1 ^°ur last wee,i's notice of the entertainment given by the St. John s Amateur Dramatic Society, in aid of the Roval Hospital for Diseases of the Chest (City-road), you did me the nou^ t0 !wr ln a complimentary manner to my new burlesque, J he Riva Rascals, or Virtue Rewarded, and Vice-versa a ...

... {To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and dramatic jnews.j DEAR SIR,-- I have only just seen the review of the songs, Jack's Vow, My Star, and The Trooper's Dream, the words of which were written by me, appearing in the Weekly Musical Review of your impression of the 30th of June last. As the observations of your critic are calculated to do me great injustice, and therefore ...

... . Sir, Allow me to ask a question-- through your columns of all who take interest in the advance of the art of angling, How it is no society has yet been founded where papers on angling could be read and discussed, as on science, at the numerous societies, which represent its several branches Surely there is ample material for lectures, interesting papers, with instructive discussions ...

... . Sir, If you think it is worth while adding a few more words to those of Mr. Oxenford, in the hope that a better rendering may be given to the stanza about which so many apologies have been already made, you are welcome to the pro posed amended form I send you There is very little doubt that the verb to see governs the objective case through the whole sentence to the end thereof-- for the ...

... . Sir, As the contributor of the article on the mastiff in your journal has done me the honour to refer to me, would you kindly allow me to point out some errors into which I think he has inad vertently fallen with regard to my own and other breeds, and which may more or less mislead those interested in the subject. First, although it is true that I may have spoken highly of the strain of Mr. ...

... . Sir, To all interested in our Caledonian Asylum children, or who have enjoyed our Caledonian ball, or who are about to enjoy ranging over The heath covered mountains of Scotia, I appeal to help me to give the bairnies a happy holiday in Jthe country, and the chance of seeing a Bit of brown heath and shaggy wood, Miniature mountain, lake, ana flood, so like the land of their sires, that there ...

... . {To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.) Sir,-- Can you or any of your correspondents tell me where to get wire muzzles, such as were in use some years ago. They were the shape of a spoon under the jaw, with a strap passing over the nose, and whilst preventing a dog from picking up poisoned foodr See., he was able to drink. August 7. Proserpine. CORRESPONDENCE. ...

... . Sir, By an accident, it appears that the names of the judges for poultry and pigeons have become transposed on the first page of the schedule of the Granville Show. This will be corrected by the two gentlemen first named judging in the poultry classes and the other two in the pigeon classes. Will you allow me also to point out that although runts from any county in the United Kingdom, with ...

... . Dear Sir, A statement having appeared in Saturday's issue of your paper to the effect that the Natural History Department of this establishment is under the supervision of Messrs. Frank Bucltland and Henry Lee, I beg to state that neither of these gentlemen has anything whatever to do with the Society beyond taking a friendly interest in the Aquarium. Mr. John T. Car- rington only, has ...

... . Sir, T shcu'd feel obliged if you will permit me to mention, fci the iniormation of any ol your readers who are interested in the question of harness, that the blinkers used for carriage-horses are irequently placed too low on the bridle, the result being that the eye of the horse is on a level with the upper part of the blinker, and if, in consequence of his falling, or Irom any other ...