... 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 ...

... . Eatertain-ent at the Cabinet, I r A, ''l ?? / _, , ?? I . . _- _ _ X lhel ooi fenleflfm was producecd at the little Northern Theatre Oil Fr'iday night, N1whec a dratnicatic plifurfeaitce toolk plice under the MenagenieIt, an'd for the benefit, of Mr. Jauies Miller. This gelcitinaal lii nicot appropriate to ahillself the best part, and, we julist add, hie did iwti alke the best that might ...

... 4RiUotc. ill~itlI I - COVENT.GARDEN CONCERTS. These concerts, whiob have *wll suetained4 their character and interest for the past twb months, are still attracting good audiences, and will doubtless continue to do Bo until their close, as announced for the 26th inst. Classical nights have been given on the Thursdays, with the first portion of the programme devoted exclu- sively to the works ...

... CRIZTCAL AND SOCIAL ESSAYS.* THiEsr essays are a reprint from the New York Nation-a newspaper which has done much to show that American journalism may attain a far higher level than that to which we have been hitherto accustomed. It is written by men of ability for a cultivated audience, and is free from those appeals to popular ignorance and prejudice which deface the pages of most of its ...

... THE DRAKIA IN AUSTRALIA. tNMOU A COARUzSPON DENT.) MELBOUIRNE, AuGusr 23, 1867. Mr. EDITrs, Sir,-In your issue of June 23d there was an excel- lent letter, giving a very true account of the position of stock actors at the Australian Theatres. Permit irre to follow on the same side, in order that actors in England riray judge whether Theatricals are as prosperous here as is often unjustly ...

... ?? FdONT EIGUOf JoOR * (iF . Panchl. Af] ~ST REsouriOE.-Cppnng L Wtt a,(evwrose hus- jb1u reies in remoining wii town,4whe he is dying ito go.t$!ie.t e ?? 5 w dear, you won'tpnld .hy -yenr bo~Ii, ?? 0~s and fthifigs' hbveid iito' thewCtift. 'roo~n~win~r ou?. 'ie tew~ep are tonmidg tb-:morroaw, an weett~~t~ je, Q wjtDd, evey ,n Isw ig I. X~esTASI'[A eL M A -bVlha prisonr \si *tal' tfrom the ...

... U1VEVW OF BOONI Ti FOBE8T AND T Frn;D. BY Q; @ S MRY. Seenzders, Otley.- The Old Shekarry ia beartily welcome whenever he may happon to tu up. He has always something fresh to relate, and some moving anecdotes by field ond flood to recount. In th portly volume before us be tells of elephant and tiger hunting inmIndia, of his adventures in the Crimea during the Russian war, of his trip to ...

... tteratute. Lan guaje and the Study of Lalujuage. Tqivelve Lee- thres on the Principles of Lingluistic Science. By WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY, Professor of San- skrit and Instructor in Modern Languages in Yale College. London: Trubner and Cto. Professor Whitney tells us that he first developed the main argument of the present work in the form i of six lectures Oin the Principles of Linguistic I ...

... (mROM OUR S&PECL CORsFSPONDENT.) Our official reporters continue to point out departments in which either the entire Exhibition is a failure, or in which we have failed. Unfor- tunately these unpleasant statements seldom admit of refutation, and most certainly when, after pointing out the splendid and complete exhibits in civil engineering and public works, which the French have on the Champ ...

... TELL WITH A VENGEANCE.' WHETHER the public has or not begun to weary of burlesques may perhaps be open to question, but there can be little doubt that the pro- viders of such entertainments are showing unmistakable signs of fatigue and exhaustion. Mr. Byron's latest production at the Strand Theatre is founded on the story of William Tell, although the Strand had been already furnished with a ...

... ALERICAN THEATRICALS. NEW YORK, SEPTEMsiR 30. The French Opera Troupe, brought to this country by Mr. If. L. Bateman, from Paris miade their debut at the FuENcH THEATIRE last Tuesday evening, in Offenbach's opera, in three acts, of The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Long before the curtain rose every seat in the house was occupied, and standing room was at a pre- mium. The opera is one of the ...

... * SPECULATIVE psychologists who hold that the works of every genuine artist are a reflection of his personal character will find in this fresh collec- tion of musicians' letters a certain amount of confirmation of their favourite theory. From Gluck's letters, it is true, not much is to be gleaned as to the special type of his mind, except that he was unquestionably a man of considerable force ...