... Aittr-aturt. yT} 3lajnavit1cs. By the Author of John Hali- fax, (ientlenanli &c. Two vols. London: Hurst and Blackett. A Larae prolportion of current fiction is written 1w wvomllen1, and it may perhaps be added that it i chiefly written for women. Hence a certain saliiless in the general features, and in the style of the ordinary circulating library novel. Women feel very acutely and see ...

... :t, f ; ? I THE ROYAL ACADEMY There is no picture in the Exhibitiodnwhich im- proves more upon acquaintance than Mr. 1' rith'a lK ing Charles the Secord's last Sunday. At first sight it might be estimated too lightly as one of the painter's largest and most ambitious costume pictures, but it is really a work of importance, both historically and as a' chief picture of the English school, of ...

... I , I The eighth raidd final concert of the fifty-fifth season tok place 14b; ight, with the following pro-, g 6 0 3 0 Pis I. ex S*mphony Ina C minotn r,0°j Ho. 5 . Ilt~e~ag eethovers. va Milie. Chfstine Ndilhson . ?? . o. to Condsrtol1or Pinoforte, No. 4j Op. 70, piVCo-, forte, Herr RubiDstein ?? ?? Rubinsteln. ht ; dec. Aria , sunse 'alfin 'Deh i sc non tarelar (Le Nozze d iipgro), Mdlle. ...

... Itterzature. l Louhl Crrib its Shor~es and slahnds, with NlotC6S WI of Coug Vash By Sir WILLIA -%ValDE . LoD. ViePresidenlt of the Royal Irish inc Academy, &ec. Illustrated with inumerouls wood ta engravingls. Dtiblin :MeGlashanl and Gill. rit Lodn Longmans land Co. bei Few portions of the BritishIse ar corntes atic beautiful or interesting than the westerncute r of Ireland. The beauty is ...

... titeratu're. I ,77w Coreel r nt of Enqgland; its Struct re and its Development. Biy WILLIAM EDWARD HEARN, LL.D., Professor of History and Political Economy in the University of Melbourne. London: Longnmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. Melbourne: George Robertson. It is rather an unusual experience for a reviewer to receive a book from Australia, unless it be a work of purely local interest. Here, ...

... Iwrama. NEW QUEEN'S. Another popular Olympic piece, Sfill lget'ers Ejn2 Dc(q in which Mr. and Mrs. Alfred WVigan Sustain their original characters, was revived at this house last night in the place of the Doublc .l-arriage, with gratifying and well-deserved success. Whatever may be thought of the French sentiment running through this comedy, and ef the somewhat tricky, superficial character of ...

... Better than Gold. Better than gold is the sweet repose Of the sons of toil when their labours close; Better than gold is the poor man's sleep, And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep. Bring sleeping draughts to the downy bed, Where luxury pillows his aching head: His simple opiate labour deems A shorter road to thle land of dreams. Better than gold is a thinking mind, That in the realms ...

... Or. Levy's Benefit Concert. 1\ - I. On Monday evening last Mir. Levy, the lead cod chief of English cornet players, appealed to his fricnds and admirers for the first time. The concert was given in St. James's 1-JLilI and the names of Messrs. F. Kingsbury, G. B. Alien, and Guglieline, figured ie the programme as conductors. With the so-calleid ?? Mr. Levy is, perhaps. the most popular soloist ...

... The second concert of the present series, given on Wednesday night at St. James's Hall, drew a large audience. Miss Banks, bliss Julia Elton, Mdlle. Liebbart, Aladaine Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Lewis Thomas, and Mr. Temple were the vocalists. Madame Arabella Goddard and Mr. Lazarus assisted; and the St. Cecilia choir, founded and conducted by Mr. C. J. Hargitt, gave some glees, ...

... XORE DRAXATIC PO.&CIrING. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED L1Ore-sQUARE, Novzsenpf i4r. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a Special Jury.) DION BOUCICAULT v ?? R. EGAN. This was an action, in the Common Pleas, by Dion Boncicault against Frederick Bailey Egan, under the 3d and 4th William IV c. 15 (an Act to amend the law relating to Dramatic Literary fpro perty), to recover compensation for the ...

... AMERICAN THEEATRIALS. NEW YORK, OcTonLin 28. The new features introduced into The Black Crook last week at NiaLo's, drew large audiences, and gave great satisfaction. One of the principal attractions consists of a number of boys, ranging from six to ten years, dressed in uniform, representing La Garde Imperial, forming a regiment of soldiers. The line is led off by twenty youths in basket ...

... THEATR1CAL, TBUSICOA, AND EQUESTRIAN OBITUARY FOR 1867. Ash aiit, Mrs. Catherine (better knouwn as Carle), of the principal London Theatres, May 20. ARTuNGevALL, Mr. IWilliarn, for many years a member of' Womb- well's AMenagerie band, aged 36, May -. ALLEY, Mr. Hlenry, comedian, aged 48, June 8. ALDRIDGE, Mir. lra, coloured tragedian, aged 63, August 7. ADEsoN, Mir. G. H., comedian and comic ...