... J.YAiL ZNGLISH OPF1A. BALFEMS I' ATANELLA-SECOND NOTICE. was Meyerb.er, who In reply to the communication from a friend that the latter bad only the night pre- *iouely beardths/'Huguenots for the first time at the Grand Opera in Paris, quietly replied, I shall sen d you. admissions for the next fortnight, to hear my new opera, and after nix represesnttioas come to breakfast with me,, and ...

... Last night a concert was given at the Beethoven Rooms by Mdlle. Anna Kull, a young perforrneron the violoncello, assisted by some vocal and instrumental artihts-lIdile. Ma- thilde Rudersdorff, Miss Emily Gresham, Herr Mengis, Herr Kleine, and Herr Wilhelm Ganz. The following is the programme:- PAUT L. Trio in F. piano, violon et violoncelle ?? A. Festa. Herr Wilhelm Ganz, Herr Pollitzer, and ...

... LITERATURE ?? OF FRE;NCH HISTORY DURING.- ffg: Co?StL-sTTE AND THE FIRBT of fremll IIistory durifng fA Cosodate ti e ?? Efpire, By Miss PARDON, acthor n71 o Life of Marie de Medicis, &c. Lon- ° ifrst and Blackett. ceslliar species of narrative commonlyknown The P.~t L suited to French history in foreign: rl DIV *i, hands. The enorsuous number of si, s s narso teristic a feature in ; ...

... * - iITERATURE. WINTER EVENINGS. £aeuemin2ss By LIcss HRITCHJEC. In 2 Dt1tP London : Hurst and Blackett. 3rRitclie has already, by his stories of The 1lns e The Maagcian, and in many 1;Irary n poci s; f obtained the reputation Atl able and agreeable writer, and the and contributions which have appeared t o t im e from his pe n in. Chambers witliwhichche has been for some years ;?rr ctd ...

... EXHIBITION OX 1]861. The following letter has been addressed by the Society of Arts to its town and country membors:- Society of Arts, Manufactureb, and Coimmerce, Adelphi, London ?? Dec. 30, 1858. Sir-The Counscil of the Society of Arts, in censider- ing the best means of setting on foot another Exhibition in she year 1861, must reqne it the co-operation of the whole of the gentlemen who, ...

... IJiTJRiTtURl. JOURNAL OF MY LIFE DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Joutrnal of Mfy Life diering the Frenck Revolutiom By Guacs DAL£tYPLs ELLIOTr. London: Bentley. The ordinary reader will perhaps be perplexed, on first perusing this work, for the precise reason- Which dictated its publication. The title page dis- closes the name of no editor; the contents of the volume are from the hand of a lady, ...

... Ad r q ri LERATUE. 1: -L.I ?? iiTr. LITERATURE,. THE PHILOSOPHY OF VOICE AND SPEECH., A Manual of the Philosophy of Voice and Speech; especialij in relation to the EglqgiAh Zangiwae and the Alt of Public ISpcaking. - By JAMEs HuNT, Ph.D., F.S&HL, ?? London: Lorigmans. It Is certainly a remarkable circumstance that so little attentionsis directed to the care and manage- ment of the human voice ...

... BOOKS FOB CHILDREN. We have before us a batch of books for children, and Messrs. Dean and Son, of Ludgate-hill, per- form the sponsorial office as their publishers. The contents of these little gift books for the season are as varied as the covers in which they are encased Harlequin's dress is not a bad epitome of the bril- liant colours in which these brochures make their debut. Huddle them ...

... * f Ru :istory of Brittsh Journalisn, from the founation of the lewspaper Press in h'ngland,] to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855, with Sketches of Press Celebrities. By ALExANDEm ANDREWS. 2 vols. London Richard Bentley. The history of British journalism, is the history of the Fourth Estate, and in taking up Mri.-An- drews's book, our first question is, Are we en- titledto sit in ...

... : LITERATURE Poems and ?? of Goehe. Translated by W. EDMO2TDSTOVNE AYTOUN, D.C. L., and THEODORE MARiTN. William Blackwood and Sons. The readers of c .Blackwood will remember that some years ago the pages of that magazine were enriched with a considerable portion of the translationS of Goethe's poems, which now ap- pear in a collected form. It was then the desire of the translators, as they ...