... . CURBENT LITERATUBE. Few travellers have, we imagine, now-a-days t either the will or the power to clothe the records v of their journeys in the imposing, if somewhat . cumbrous, form of a quarto. Half a century ago, | however, this wag the recognised shape for books ] . of travel, and Mr. George Matheson has gone i back to the old custom, and gives us in Evylanwd t to Ielhi (Longmuans), a ...

... L BRJAMA. - P Esm'- I-LNCH PLAYs The public have had, during the present weeb an opportunity of comparing the originsl Rm71'sulri with the Ituglish version at the St. James's Theatre whi&h Vice-Chanacellor James baa decls~ed to be too liketh French play to ho a fair imitation, and the Olympic adaptation, which moa~t not be confounded with the regis- tered version, which the saehigh authority ...

... OLYMPIC. MiSW Bateman made her reappearance last even- ing at the Olympic Theatre after an absence from England of ton months, The character chosen by her for the occa- sion was that in which she was last seen in London-Matr Warner, in Mr. Tom Taylor's effective domestic drama of that name. Those who take interest in dramatic events will remember that Mr. Taylor's play was produced at the ...

... ?TAIAiN OPERA, 'DRURY LAtNE THEATRSL The first appearance this seasom of Mdlle, Christine Nilsson, postponed from Satprday in consu. quence of cold audhoarseness, tookplaceonTuesdaynight, when the accomplished Swedish vocalist represented the heroine in Donizetti's 2aeia di Lammermocr. It is not quithree years since this excellent artist first sang to an English audienee, her dehbt having been ...

... I Ur. .W. F. Vesey Fitzgerald, author of The Suez Canal, the Easter Question, aid Abyssiniu,'a, &o,, has issued a volnuie entitled Egy* The nda, the Cslsinie5 F H. Allen and author is one of those uneasy sprt h tre oppressed by fears for the stability of British power, the safety of our Indian Empire, aind the a integrityofourcolonies. Hedreadstheadvances e) of Russia; he is distrustful of ...

... Zrr. W. T. Blanford. Associate of the Royal Sehool of Mines, Fellow of tho Geological Society of london, Deputy Superintendentof the Geologi- cal Survoy of India, and late Geologist to the A.byssinian Expedition, has published a volume of Otensdions on thc Ueoigy ard Zbol y of A byssinia, snada daribng the pro7ress of the British Expedition to that coun1try in 18G7-d (Macmillan and Co.) Never, ...

... I Jmlsis . ROYAL ITALTAN OPElA. of The ioeporteait events of the past week have we been the return of Madame Adelina rattio and the re. eras appoaranice, after two years' absence, o f Signor Mario- Alsoc both which occurrencesl took place on Saturday. Ea2chRa event hadl bean postponed, the one from the previous , Thursday,,iunsonequence of Madame Patti having beenBU unavoidably delayed in her ...

... I ZESIC. SE1W PHRhHAIRMONIC CONCERS The fourth concert of the'season took ?? lost naight, when St. James's-ball was filled, as it could scarcely fail to be, with the combined attractions of some fine instrum~ental* performances, and -the singing of Madame Pauline Luacca, who made her first appearances in the concert-room, this year. The programme was as follows; PAflT L Overtuce ~ee dour ...

... T ?HE QRY$T4 mePsaLaB BOSB ?? :Repeating the aamirable atlaigdneidt 'hich had made the flower show of the previous Saturday so complete a success, the Crystal Palace authorities arranged last Saturday's exhibition of roses in the open corridor which overlooks the garden. There was no competition this time-Mr. Paul, of Walthanm-cross, having furnished material for a brilliant rose garden. Every ...

... musIc. ITrALIAN OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Mdlle. Christine Nileson appeared on Saturday as Alice il 'RIfberto il VLiSa'o-her second appearance this Bensso, and her first iti that character in Englarid. Even with the remembrance of Jenny Lind in that part (in which she made her ?? at Her' Majesty's Theatre on the memorable 4th of May, 1847), we must class theorenre- srwtation of Mollie. itspaon as ...

... i ~ ~ ~ CHARING-CRUSS. A new two-act comedy, bearing tie title of iyusiaone, wvan produced at the above house on Saturday evening. It is a light and ?? piece, betraying hero and there strong rmarks of tho 'preutice hand, but pos. seseing aemidst its faults of construction a certain amount of freshness that is suggestive of a capacity to do better things presently. The plot is very simple. Jack ...

... I L AB. DI3R I NE NOVIEL. I ThRe surporise wsith whiich a fewr otioths ago the0 world heard theoannouncement that Mr. Disraeli was about to give it-after so long an interval of ue literary labour-yet one more novel, i not ?? thepublication of , Lothair. i Every conjecture as to- its origin andits theme proves to have been utterly wrong. Some sur- miwsed that Lothair was a long ...