... WHETHER the Egyptian Hall received its name in commemoration of the height to which Egyptians carried the magical art, it is hardly worth while to inquire but a great deal of modern magic has been performed there, as if it were a peculiarly appropriate place, and now we have more. The performer announces himself as Rubini, without any Colonel or Mr., or Master before the name; just as we say ...

... THE LONDON THEATRES, I 'TlC NEl QUErENS.-Thoe magnificent new Theatre, erected e tile , o l ti a ar s hull_ Long-acre, was opened, under the naelzgemleirt of 'M1. Allied Wigin, on Tlhursday evening, well tire p ece of a highly distinguished audience atforded the strongest Preidce of tie great interest that had been token in this important eddlirt ?? tie sh places of ?? amusement. lor weelts ...

... i A.IiERICAN THEATRICALS. l NEW YORK, SEPTEmBlER 23. TIe great Theatrical event during the past week was the reappearance of Madame Ristori, at the FRENCH THEAXTRE, on Wedneaday, the 18th, in her great character of IMede. The house, strange to relate, was not half full, but those that were present were most enthusiasticand appreciative,and the illustriousartiste was very cordially received. A ...

... MR. H I. ROSSETTT'S ESSAYS ON A RET. Wl have so little good, or even tolerable, writing on fine art in England in the slhape of books, that it is not much of a compliment to rank this volume among the best that our art literature has produced since Mr. Ruskin went off into political economy. Let him come back, and cut a smoother reed, And blow a strain the world again shall heed AMeanwhile to ...

... tittrature. I The History of the Narn, during the Rebellion. By i, CHARiuES B. BOYNTON, D.D., Chaplain of the d United States House of Representatives, andb Assistant Professor at the United States Naval N Academy. illustrated with numerous Engrav- c ings. Vol. 1. New York: D. Appleton and Co. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. s. We move in these days at so tremendous a pace g that in ...

... COURT AND F;ASHIU.N BALMORAL, SEPTsruBIen 28.-The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by Princess Christian, and in the afternoon drove out with Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote arrived at the Castle as the Mlinister in attendance on her Majesty. BALMORAL, SUNDAY. ?? The Qaeen, Prince and Princess Csristian, Princess ...

... Ir. Hermann Vezin at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, in I IThe Man o'Airlie. (From the Eveninlg Citizen.) Throughout each of these scenes, Mr. Vezin, in hiis personsation of James Harebell, was worthy of, if indeed be was not beyond, all praise. In the first and second acts he is the sensitive poet, shrinking from the world, yet not without a certain self-esteem and self-complacency concerning ...

... COURT AND FASEION. LAL31OP AL, OCTOBER 5.-The Queen drove out, accompanied bthe Princess Christian and Princess Louise, and attended by LAidv teIv. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elohinstone, left y >loi din order to resume his studies at the royal Military ArledR at Woolwich. His Royal Highness was accompanied to Aril i~et by Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Duckworth. Prince tneiovi ...

... ENGLISH MONA STICISM.* WCoNDERFUL is that turn of mind which in these days of diffused intelli- gence and critical inquiry sets some writers forward with pretentious octavos on subjects of which they have no real knowledge whatever, w~hether derived from independent thought or even from methodical digestion of original thought in others, and for the elaboration of which they deem it enough to ...

... LEIVES'S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. MR. LEWES'S History of Philosophy, in its present shape, stands alofle in English literature. Whatever may be thought of the views which it is its author's object to promote, his book is the most trustworthy, the clearest, the liveliest, and the most intelligent exposition of the views of the various philosophers of whom it treats which is to be found in ...

... E VIWS OF BOOKS. Tnm CoRNEDnra MAGuAs Smith ad El .- Amongst the many really interesting papers publiahed In the October number of the Corulill there is one that will be read with perhaps more attention than others It is entitled Witch Murders In India, ani therein the writer tells us there is a tract of country, some hupdrcd miles in length, the inhabitants of which are barbarians of the ...

... N ittricture. il? Ecclesiasdtical History of En1glanl. From the open- De ing of the Long Parliament to the death of th Oliver Cromwell. By JOHN STOUGHTON. Jack- all Son, Walford, and Hodder. an The long parliament met November 3rd, 1640, fat and Cromwell died on the 3rd of September, 1658. wI In the space of these eighteen years almost every ge kind of question, religious as well as civil, ...