... . Beethoven a dramatised episode from his life 'Aberdeon A. and K. Milne) from the German of Dr. Mailer by Gustnve Hein, deals with a touching incident in the life of the great composer, which oc- ;urred when he lived in retirement and solitude, hating the world that had wronged him, when his lufferings had reached their climax. The little play is admirably done into easy and natural English ...

... . The Yorkshireman's Comio Annual Torhhirenan office, Bradforo).-- Amongst the 1% sketches in prose and poetry which make np this welcome littlo production there are several of humour and decided originality; indeed the work as a whole is so interesting, well illustrated, and edited as to merit a wider circulation than its name invitee. A Tale of a Dog, by Mr. G. Walter Browne, an ...

... . MARCH OF THE BLUE RIBBON ARMY, Henry Auvergne. (City Music Publishing Co., -streert, E.C.) The composer of this has not beyond producing a clearly-defined and well march, the melody of which is slight, and so repeated as to become wearisome. The conciud portion is written so as to be sung as well as thus giving the Blue Ribbonitea a chance their sentiment* during ...

... . Trlsternaoh, a comedy-drama in flve acts, by John Mulvy-OUBOliy (John Heywood, Manchester and London). --To seriously criticise it as a play ia ont of the question, and regarding It merely as an exercise in stage-writing, it can hardly be called promising. The construction is sadly disordered, nnd displays a complete lack of ingenuity and consecutivenosn. The conception of character Is ...

... . Thb Bob asd Pigskix Papbbs. By Elijb* Gof. I Bimpkin, Marshall, and Co., London, and John Heywuod, Mancbeater.-- In reaiing a work of this description we are naturally nmmdrdof the style adopted by that prince of American humourists, the lto Artemns Ward. Slijer Goff (Mr. Dawe) evidently aims at a position in England equal to that held by the author we have named iu Amerira. We must ...