... LIT)ERA TUBE. Civil Wiars and Mfonarchs, in Francee irs *iho Sizteeatl and atventeentbsh ACenturiecs. By LEDOPOLD B~E; XI.Z A current liter 'mithorir lis i~ef rkte~dthat the perfecat hi stori an would rtu lt from a 9oembjnatio~ a f Germnan and of Fr'ench genius; the''Geriinar' to' el-. leet the mnaterials, and to suggrest.'to~ theories, and the Frenchman to describ, to systematise, and to ...

... ; ! 8,OI OF; BRrI ARTIST& qcity ohi''of Artistp lrtivo o peil t}tjr *6;bitioR in good time this season, and have got, on shale, every good set of pictur8es ;egter. ,Ter er 4.ro abs ,sntess-such as Mr. Anthony, who has eased to be:4q414, o of the society-wheee 1o0s is Roticeablo; . b utt the wls Sr.f1s44,4 and the t result is the iaveiag attractivesersi. TTI gsj4.0 of corporate purpose-of ...

... - - I C. ? ?? ?? THE.IARNONIC.YUNION. TJperformarce. at Teter HaJ.1 yesterday eviu- ing consisted of Mr. Pierson's oratorio Jernsalem,w which was produced at the Norwich. Fest4al last autui n. is thea performed, and also as a published -work, it was folly criticised, and the alroast uninismoius 3dgment,prondounce upon it was decidedly unfavourable. Last evening the work had the advantage of ...

... LITERA TUBE. Sam Slicik's Jise Saws a'rd Modewn Instances. Hurst and Blackett. The author of 4Sam Slick isa writer who has kept up his popularity as well as any of his contem- poraries. We are used now-a-days to the exhaustion of good notions; so many men first give genuinely the very best of their creative and inventive abun- dance, and then, finding that attractive, dilute it, and give ...

... -MAN -AND HIS BROTHE:R. *I ,; , - -, BREAD POr THE TIMES. *Man's inhmauity to Man! -; , - ?? A_ Oideoutle to tell,-. e --What chbek- uablancli'd can calmllsn fo .Thosecharacters of bell? ' ' te What pen, what poet, dares to paint tl The terrors of that strife, nl Wherein so many a martyr'd saint Has moan'd away his life I-- 0 Roman ?? priests, - (t Ye wretched cruel men, More bloody than ...

... ~FINART8 I' r~ d ' TkE- -iW SELl' COLL:BCTION ?? : Thi. iswidg ?? w'eek some2.noficeablaitcolle iod 1g, of pict.tZ Ahtve'.been put iup to the hammer. re collaetidtr -pidtuies, carvings, autographbi. ai A objects oi-viAti`; deseribed as othe Fuseli collection, re has nothetigto d`o withithe painter roach butis rII 'describe~part of-tbecoletitn-tirtthOPro' r, perty of the Counts , P - of Fuseli ...

... 2. ADELPEI. E The legitimate drama, transplanted here from the y Haymarket by Mr. Webster, has of late almost superseded s- that class of piec s for which the Adelphi has so long been x- specially renowned. That the old spitit of the place, how- !, ever, is not quite extinct, was proved last night by the pro- Y duction of a new melodrama, ?? with real Adelphi effects a (to quote the play ...

... LIT.ERA TUBE. 2we Last Ftruit off r. ?? Tree. By WALTER SAVAGE LANnon. Moxoa. i18I. ave. 'Under this somewhat pathetic title, Mr. Landor puts forth a very miscellaneous collection of poetry and prose, in which his usual characteristics of a most noble style, conscientious finish, and fine ima- gination, in combination with a judgment proud, and at times hasty in its praise and blame, are mani- ...

... DRAM- . i ZFRENCHI P'LAS.-ST. ~YJ~llES89 T8EAR.) The entertatimenits at this theatre I sitted of no less than 'foui 'piedea-regufnir P.Wals, 9y forces. Two ofther- ivierpj Rdegner, andu York; on, une R ; thq otiher two wrvr nqw. ,5Tbey. wete by ,;dassnsaptily: chosen; neiei thoe one noar, thu otberssesg y r erebles forthe rotesquebuffqonery ef Moneeurita l, whitb, lsughable' cs it is, has ...

... ?? - I I- ?? .T- :E4AA-i? Ail-ws THE idilf THTH1RAHE4RES !A~jr THE ,NRWsPAPEBs. daoun- Christmas recess, It is not unusual.0$,4ea *topi ofnimeely, siparty, eppr'~vig'~o d~so t h:ta s trisoner Smnith, ?? to Matljews about ?? t#,O.JP9r 4 APP4 ' , pae ~tm; of abipin.t.t~rrqetv ~tz~iok ~ ~e~custom 'thus %ol~enl. a etb Y tbet If amt~~i'A, i6thb4eut-rai binig outrma1 ho now ~srbsiit~~aiu Bb~Ortly ...

... MULSIC. PHILHARNGIONIC SOCIETY. is An extra concert, by-fhe special commadla of her a Majesty, given last niight, cbcluddd the Philhar- monic Society.s season wiith great 6ldae. The follow- le ing was the programme of the performances: S P.ART 1, le Overture Song with Chorus, You spotted ,A Midsunimor e h Snalts, MisstouLoaPyneand iNigLt'sDream. }endelssohn Mdams ViaTdot., ?? rs Nottulna, ...

... DRAJMA. THE GERMAN PLAYS. The second season of the German Plays com- menced last evening with Egnsont. The unbroken atten- tion of a full audience to a rather dull play, which lasted four hours, must have proved to the most sceptical that the taste for German literature in the country is a great fact. There is too much declamation and too little action in Egmone to render it per se fery ...