... TIlE THEA TRES TUE VAUDEVILLE Theatre reopened on Saturday last with a Mew comedy from the pen of Mr. Albery, author of Yie Tewo 1'oses. This gentleman having achieved one great and well-de- servcd success as an original writer for the stage, some interest attaches to the announcement of a new play from his pen; but it must be confessed that his recent productions have grt atly lisappointed ...

... .. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? I E REA GLIMPSES of Life in Victoria, by a Resident (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas), has not enough to distinguish it from other similar works. But it is written in a light, easy style, and if the information is not very new, or amusing, it is given in a reasonable space, without any attempt at book-making. And there are a few anecdotes here and there which are really ...

... DUELLING PAST AND PRESENYT IT may be useful at the present time, when ?? seems to be more fash ion:il'IC en the Continent than for man~y ycars past, to inquire howv it is that public oplinioll iin this subject in England should be liametrically opposed to that prcvaliling io a imost all other countries. We can hardly claim any general superiority in in) ras to the rest of the world. Criminal ...

... - ?? - - - - - - ?? . TnosE who have not yet read for themselves Mr. Mill's auto- biography will find, in the FortnigAtly and Blackwood re- spectively, two excellent essays on the subject, though written, of course, from diametrically opposite points of view. Mr. Morley, being, like Mr. Mill, a disbeliever in Christianity and an ultra-Radical, regards the author of the Political Economy as ...

... I THIS is rather a curious little book. Its theme is as old as the appearance of man on this planet, nor is there any- thing novel in the line of argument adopted ; still there is a certain freshness and liveliness in the manner of pre- senting this argument, which will induce people to read it, and possibly profit by its teaching, who would carefully avoid taking up an ordinary serious ...

... MR. BRO WNING'S NEW POEM RED Cotton Night-Cap Country; or, Turf and Towers, ' by Robert Browning (Smith and Elder). We believe that not a few of the readers who have been most constant in their admira- tion for Mr. Browning through evil report and good report alike, will feel the amari aiquid mingle in their appreciation of the power and excellence of this fine work, in that they will be con ...

... I til- 10 MANY persons think that March is the month when there is the least work to be done as regards the affairs of the toilette ; on the contrary, it is the period for preparation. First the under-linen, cuffs, collars, &c. should be carefully reviewed and put in order Next the out-door costume should be examined and renovated or renewed; a fresh lining, new buttons, and trimming will ...

... mUSIC Ii jifel'inizio &gscreto, the masterpiece of Domenico Cimarosa, was produced at the Lyceum on Tuesday wvith diistiiiguishled success. The opera had not previously been heard in London for many years (its character unfittingC it for representation at our great houses), and the performance was anticipated with much interest by those familiar with the music. No work was ever ushered into ...

... A HARVEST HYMN FOR 1870 FAIR. moon, that o'er the golden grain Dost shed thy frost-like light - On many a field of woe andX pain. -_ Thou lookest down to-night. Amid the whispers of the grass I seem to hear a cry; Amid the breezes as they pass A wail of agony. And then in fancy I behold That radiant span of light; The vision Jacob saw of old, With angel-forms bedight. Kind messengers! they ...

... THlE READER IF the reader wishes for a lively and entertaining book of literary gossip, we recommend him to take up Mr. S. C. Hal's new volume, entitled A Book of Memories of Great Men and Women of the Age; from Personal Acquaintance (Virtue and Co.) How these memories have been retained for so many years we do not pretend to say, for Mr. Hall states that neither he nor his wife (to whom ...

... MR. B3R0 WAiVIG'S A7EW POETR* ALL lovers of true art and of genuine inspiration in poetry will welcome with delight Mr. Browning's new poem Balaustion's Adventure, in which he sings an old song, but with a freshness, a sweetness, and a grandeur of con. ception altogether new. Mr. Browning has gone back across the space of more than twenty centuries to the most tragic and the most tender of ...

... THE THEA TRES A COMPRESSED version of Congreve's Love for Love, once a famous stock piece of the stage, was produced at the GALETY theatre on Saturday evening last. Mr. Hollingshead, who some time since undertook a similar task in preparing Sir John Van- brugh's Iyal of QuIality for performance, is also the adapter in this instance. He has reduced the five acts of the original into three, a ...