... I Torm Taylor and his 1 High Priestess in America, . ?? the following from the Afobile 3farcury of December. It shows in what estimation oar talented dramatist is hel by our American Cousins. Our readers will at once recognise the High Priestess as the fascinating young comedienne whose histrionic talents created such afecrore in Australia some year and a half ago. MISS JOEY GOUGENHEIM-A ...

... oIMrTUAR. I 7hs Story of Neow Zeaand, Past and Prseut, SSavage and Q Ci;sed. By ARTIMI-S. THOMSON, M.D., Su eon Major 68th Regiment. In two volumes. Murray. Dr. Thomson is well qualified for the task of describing that picturesque and promising regions the New LZealand group of islands, which ip Interest- ing not only to the friends of the colonist, but to the student of physiology and to ...

... , The latest brochure on Italian subjects is contri- buted by M. Hippolyte Castille, under the title of Le Pape et ?? As our readers have heard Bo much already in the shape of argument about the pope's temporal authority, we shall take the li- berty of passing at once so an account of two succes- sive interviews with Cardinal Antonelli and his holil ness, very strikingly narrated by the ...

... or THE debate in the. House of Lords, on Friday t, evening, was of sufficient importance to demand more mn than a mere passing notice. The problem of how to at reach the lowest classes of society-or even classes at considerably above the lowest-with any means of re- of ligious instruction has long been a question of deep at interest, and of great difficulty to a large class of persons. Year ...

... ?? ml?.4 III ,I ? E, 11 ,n ?? PhAesicdt, psitclcali, (i70 Rdri- coi ?? 1. B Mi. .5[. WILiINSO'N. London: bet I ?? l ?? 5;3d\ ii~d~ wl3t ;slfthe ex3101o which i wtil __ n~ emplOY te ?? I I' ,, 5tieral ttde-i3 a rather diffilt subject too 6i 1 . s! 6er ?? eloal with. In the first place, ph3 : -be r' lella; not, tin lt t knollw of, been ever cal II'r i le t ti teil,* in e Secoitl, it hlis all ...

... Dr Major's Elemnentary Praxis of Greek C(omnpositiol (1) is especially designed as a companion to Bishop Wordsworth's excellent Greek Grammar, but may of course be used in association with whatever other grammar teachers may prefer. The little book is a graduated series of questions and exercises, testing and practising most thoroughly the knowledge of the learner, and insuring, as far as an ...

... I I On Tuesday a Special General Meeting of the life governors, annual subscribers, and ordinary subscribers of this excellent institu- tion incorporated by Royal Oharter, for providing an asylum for aged and infirm actors and actresses, and the maintenance and education of children of the members of the dramatic profession, was held on the stage of ,the New Adelphi Theatre. The principal ...

... I GRAND CONCERT AT THE viCTORIA-ROOMS. A ?? concert, under the auspices of Mr. Harrison, of Clifton, wasgiven at the Victoria-Roomis, on Monday evening, and it was ?? to fnd that, notwithlsanding the uniro- itious state of theweather, the large room was well-nigh filed n audience Which comprised the lead musical families oftthe neighbourhOid. The performers were mdie. Fiorentini, Mdnc. Badia, ...

... Original Papers Ilustrative of the Life and Writings of John Milton, including Sixteen Letters of State written by him, now first published fronm MSS. in the State Paper Office. W'Vith an Appendix of Documents relat- ing to his ?? with the Powell Family. Col- lected and Edited, with the permission of the Master of the Rolls, by W. Douglas Hamilton, of H.M. State Paper Office and University ...

... The DEMORALIZA-TION of the DRAMA.D- Married Ladies acting under their Maiden INames. In a former article we expressly observed, that however stringent our remarks, or outwardly pertinent to individuals our reflections might appear, we disclaimed the most remote intention of per. sonality either to actors or managers, and while confining ourselves to what we considered legitimate abuses in the ...

... tPUBLIC AMUSEMEXTSl LYCEUM THEATRE. The great theatrical event of the week has been the representation, on Monday evening, at this theatre, of Mr. Charles Dickens's Tale of TwO Cilia, dramatised by Mr. Tom Taylor. Many of the literary celebrities of London-editors, sub-editors, critics, wits, and Templars-were in attendance on the occasion. Even the dull scribbler of the Smnash-and-Spatter ...

... The concert arranged by our townsmen, Messrs Philipson and Hare, particulars of which had been so long before the public, came off on Tnesday night. Hopos had been raised of an unusual musical treat, in having two of our most famed singers, and a band of so much excellence; and the cone-ert fully realised the high expectations which had been formed. The assemblage of fashion and beauty was ...