... j1rHH OAT SHOW AT THE CRYSTL PALAOR. ! This being the third oi the Anuual Cat Shows 'which have been instituted at the Orystal P'alace, offers a fair test of the likelihood thee Is of similar exhibitions bsbeoming pormauently popular with the public. Yester- day was the first open day, aud judging by the number of Visitors, and their style and apnearanoe, we should be very snuob inclined to ...

... TH P1an0~B GALI. The Spadiou and well .adapted galleries, which miuge on the opposite sides of Ithe Horticultural oardenor over the arcades, ere not so amply fied ,as ?? were last year. but the visitor will probably find that quite enough has been done for his gratiflostiin) without taxing the powers of ordinray mortals too far, and with- out cloying the appetite for beautiful th4age, The ...

... I = ' 1 - i l-s l - l K K . . l The 4o f~abs~a~ week included per-. formanoss dlo flno Suite in D for orchestra, aud; JhbAchl I Hungaria oonoerto, both for tho first timei atthese concrts-eagoh withthe adirantop of.*_qiloei- lent band of the establishment, ooaddetad by'Mr. Manu, f endthlast natmedwork with the special feature of tho. iric0 gmerble performanoe of the composer. - A= ...

... CURRENT jlITERATURE. Sir George Jackson, who died in 1861, was a, public servant whose performances were far more useful than ostentatious. From the year 1801 to' the year 1859 he was in the diplomatic and foreign service. During that long period he was discharg- ing onerous and delicate functions at the mosbtit- portant junctures in modern history. He was in Paris when Bonaparte was First ...

... LS. (aSouiS OWN COORESPONDENTS.J ABERDEEN. TFTR,'lOYAL.-Asnlmatdate or Theatre opens to-nighit Tea Tire corps Mr Price has selected includes Messrs George o1tardal', a. iI GKMaslivil, WVilliam Stanley, WV. J. Marbont, John (wilel Nvoiler Hasslrns Frook Cooper, WVilliarn Parker, Maurice +iiceul, arhpf EwnClifford, Misses Ettie Bertde, Minni lb lire. J. Sirilrot. Aitre NV. Parker, and Mr and Mrs ...

... BERLIN TH:EATREs. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-I have read with very great surprise the extract front a London morning paper, which you published in your edition of the 19th inst., and which sweepingly denounces the Theatres of th capital at Germany as being very much inferior to those of Loudo,1 and the Engliol Provinces in the paucity of actorsand sr ctress.. of talent, and also with being ...

... XR. PENNINGTON'S READINGS. On Tuesday afternoon this young but talented and popular tragedian gave a series of readings, or what should more properly be termed recitals, in the arawing-room ot the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone's house, Carlton-terrace, which was tilled by a large, distinguished, and highly appreciative company. At Sadler's Wells, at the Standard, the Alfred, and other ...

... One of those very pleasant entertainments that are periodically given at Hawrs Hall took place on the 5th inst., when, despite the drencbing rain, neafry 200 guests-composed of metabers of the nobility, neighbouring gentry, and resident tenantry-gathered together in response to the cordial invitation of Sir Charles and Lady Adderley. These reunions are looked forward to, more especially by the ...

... 1' Il Guarany, the new opera by Sefior Gomez, which, was performed for the first time last Saturday, and has been, played twice during the present week, was certainly worth. producing, and has been produced in a very creditable way, and with a just appreciation of its chief claims upon popu-* lar favour. It is pre-eminently a spectacle, and as a spectacle it has been presented with almost ...

... THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE. I The Poet at the Breakfast Table, By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Routledge and Sons. Readers of 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table' and The Professor at the Breakfast Table ' will heartily welcome the third and last volume of 'The Breakfast Table Series,' which is certainly equal, and perhaps in some respects superior, to either of its predecessors. In ' The Poet ...

... DEAD OR ALIVE AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. Mr Tom Taylor's new play owes the outline of its plot to a novel of Balzac's; but whether this has filtered through some earlier drama, to which Mr Taylor is more immediately indebted, we cannot say. Probably not; for, though it is very French in its characters, it hardly has strength or clearness enough for a refinement upon another writer's work. The ...

... THE D RAXA IN PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TiIUltSDAY NesiGT.-From the signs of ceaseless activity visible in all the Theatree, a splendid autumn season may be con- fidently expected, the principal playhouses already announcing their novelties. The first new play will be a tbree-act drama, to be pro- duced at the VAUDEVILLE, with Mdlle. Farguoil in the principal character, ...