... I.OA'D R USSEL L ON THINGS IN GEA7ERAL* I tlhis formidable collection of parliarnerntary speeches and official despatches contained nothing besides the documients to Which its title refers, the three inpoing -6olurncs of which it consists woulid htve ilentb'accumulated the dast in nian11v dig-,nified libraries, ?? would rarc~y haN e occupied thle time of modern readers. AS it is, however, they ...

... THE Editorship of the Daily News has devolved upon Mr. Edward Dicey. This gentleman first distinguished himself by a Life of Count Cavour, and has since written with much effect upon Italian subjects, as well as in critical and miscellaneous literature. He has been for some years one of the editorial staff of the Daily Tclcgraph, and among his latest contributions to that journal were his ...

... MR. PERCY FITZGERALD modestly speaks of his per- tormance as this little narrative, and little it is, in nore senses than one-little as dealing with essentially little characters, little life, little meannesses, little jealousies, ridiculously little hates, and inexpressibly little loves. From a literary point of view Beauty Talbot possesses many merits. It bears evidence, it is true, of ...

... NORMAND Y PICTURESQUE * MR. BLACKBURN knows how to travel,-a rare accom- plishment even in these days, when 'I hunger after knowledge as the Dead Sea after ghosts, therefore do I travel, is an adage of the million. But the million may not find what it seeks, and Mr. Black-burn does. All the more welcome, therefore, is the announcement of any new work, any new edition, bearing his name. We ...

... A DICTIONARY OF OPERASt PLENTY of theatrical dictionaries exist; and since Rousseau, many writers of greater technical acquirements than belonged to the author of the Confessions have produced dictionaries of music. But to M. Felix Clement, already known as the author of an enormous (and often inaccurate) biographical and critical work on Celebrated Composers, belongs the merit of having ...

... * IN his preface to this handy little volume, Mr. Warren tells us that, having been long engaged in art teaching, he has found, and still finds, almost all his pupils ignorant of the knowledge he here professes to supply. Nor is it necessary to undertake to teach art in any shape, in order to be painfully conscious of the almost total ignorance of people otherwise well educated, of the most ...

... LISTENAriG FOR THE NEW YEAR'S CHIMES WHiEN youthful hearts like music beat I To rhythm of their own delight, Ard every dawning day they greet I With radiant trust in all that's blight, The Chimes which hail the chill New Year Seem rung by joy to youth's quick ear, Like tuneful choral voices blent By one harmonious intent. I The Future ! Ah, what pictures rise | When Hope, the busy limner, ...

... TAIE ST. _7AMES'S GALLERY A SMALL but choice exhibition of painting;s has been opened at the St. Janmes's Gallery, Xegent- -treet. The pictures are for the most part of cabinet sizei and all, or nearly all, be artists of established fairme. Among the works of especial interest rmiay be cited the Flo/a ri. Greuze, obtained on the recent disporsion of the renowned Demidoff collection. If somee ...

... PU 'LIC A*UsEMENl~,, NATIONAL SrANDARD iTR .TA . A capital evening a amurement is ov affo Irded at this theatre by Mr. Byron's. drama U Jlde Dick's Darling, and the ooera boutfe 6of Guy Pawkms. In rtbe st, Mr. .T J . Tole playi .Untee Dick. with the miniled drollery. and pathon. that have rendered his actingdsoopular,; Andis aightlys ,monedbeforetbhe .curtaii~attihe close of eaebaet. ...

... COMINGS FROM THE COMI 3JO#XNAL. (From PnCh.) , MosE THAN COULD BER ]EXPCTIRD-SOrne peoplesseem so utterly stupid that one feels relieved even to bear them say that they have `half a mind. . IUR EDUCATIONAL OBSTRUCTiVES.-What can be tbe difficulty about teaching the children'of' the Mobilitythe Three R's ? 'the difficulty of agreeing what to teach under. thename of a Fourth lE. Each sect ...

... a THE ALHAMBRA. The programme at this popular establishment has undergone a thorough revision ; and its novel and striking features are of a character so well devised to take a firm bold on public approbation, that any further change need not be anticipated for a long time to come. Few of our readers require to be told that the Alhambra is now the chief home of the ballet in London. Indeed, ...

... ?? THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THlE RongL GENERAL THEATRICAL YUND. (Mls-OtRTIeD ERX'IXL'5SlY FOil TuE ERA.) Under circunistances giving every reason for the warnnjest congratulatiun the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Icotival of this admirable Institution was celebrated on )lonl'y at thle St. James's Hall, Regent-street. 'On jcceding occasions we have had the pleasure of behold- il the Cairmlan a ...