... EDWIN WILKINS FIELD.g IT is fitting that some memorial should be preserved of a man so gifted as the late Mr. Field, and Dr. Sadler's brief account of his friend is marked by good taste and just appreciation of his fine qualities. Boundless energy -and fulness of life were striking characteristics of Mr. Field. He did every- thing with his might, and his enthusiasm and intellectual ...

... i6 I . ?? , , . I ?? ?? , AS~not inirleaque, enftited The Z aetof 46as krone nnd foubded ,iLoxd Lytto.' novel of that name, wvas 4'per'frtedforithefirsttimeat this theatae on 'Thursday evning, The auttor is Mr. L H. P. Du' Terroa u .genltemaun whlo, tbong; 'knownates a'gracefal song *rltex aid aeontt'ributor-to thsemenagarines, has not, we believe, hitherto eappeaed before the publio as a ...

... A very respectable audience filled the, King's-cross Theatre on Monday evening to witness a dramatic performance given by the members of the above Club. It is so much the fashion for amateurs to plead charitv as an excuse for their temerity that we were not a little astonished to find that on this occasion the Alexandrians challenged support upon their merits, and asked fees, ranging from half ...

... POETRY- ON 'A CASTLE IN RUINS. (Translatedfrom the Italian.) Whose was this stately edifice that lies In heaps, o'erthrown by thee ? Oh Time, declare. Time stays not to reply, but quickly flies, Spreading his rapid pinions to the air. Speak, Fame, for thou giv'st lustre and renown To kings most rare, exalting each by turns.1 In trouble and confusion Fame looks down, And, like one sorrowful, ...

... THy LONDON TREATREB. Scarcely auy change has taken place in the perform- cs of the London Theatres during the past week, sadlg those who maintain that no news,, is ' good news may be, perhaps, induced to regard the present ,.3Jest of the dramatic world as pleasantly corroborative i the old adage. 'The explanation of the prosperity of tie wcest-end dramatic establishments is, of course, ...

... FASmION AND I THE VICEREGAL COURT. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, aeeonopanied by te ?? of Drogheda and the Earl and Cotmltess of Shannon. and attended by Captain Mark Wood and Mr. C. Boyle, was present at the theatricals given in behalf of the Driommond Institution at the Gaiety Theatre last night. Tne Marquis of Headfort and the Ladies Taylour, the Earl of Wicklow and the ?? Howard. the ...

... LITERARY [ISCELLANEA. A COAmt ACROSS THE PAMPAs.-We now entered, says a South American traveller, upon plains, where, for the first time, I saw wild deer and ostriches, and here we eujoyed a glorious chase. W~e 'were going at ralier a gentle pace, wzhen we catne upon a herd of deer; they did not appear to take much notice of us until we were DearI enough for them to hear the mare's bell, the ...

... -RECENT iYOVELS. I 'After a period of repose vhih has been ascribed 'by the public to severe and lengthened indisposi- ition. the authoress of ?? Audley's Secret once more resiumes her la ibours. Robert Ainslie (3 vole., Maxwell) is so unlike all that this clever and enterprising writer has hitherto achieved that rwe doubt wheter an expert in literary wares would have ascribed it to any ...

... LIT ERA T UR E. S .Agriculess'a7 Scien ce. A Lecture delivered at Newhills b March 7, 1872. By the Rev. J~uics SmiTH, B.D. Pub- lished by request. Aberdeen: A. King & Co. 'I TaEE accomplished Minister of Newhills shows in this lec- 'Lare that broad scholarship, kindly feeling, and sound 'n scientific grip of subject, which eminently fit the preacher S becoming to his people the teacher. Well ...

... HER XAJESTY'S OPERA. Madame Trebelli-Bettini, justly accounted one of the most per- fect vocalists of the day, appeared for the first time this season on Tuesday evening as Urbano in Les Hsouguenots. Singers in the pure Italian school are comparatively rare now-a-days, and we could ill afford to lose such a perfect exponent of the legitimate in vocalisation as the lady who has just returned to ...

... TH OMA SINA. * THis is undeniably a pleasing story. It is not brilliant or sarcastic, and. contains neither sermons nor epigrams; but it is drawn with some know- ledge of human nature, though limited in degree. The men are neither anatomized nor idealized, but present themselves with precisely the rough and somewhat dull and commonplace outside in which they appear to- the uninterested of ...

... AMERICAN TEATRICALBS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRfSPONDm NT.) NEW YORK, APRIL 1.-The chief Theatrical event in this city during the past week was the appearance of Miss Carlotta Leclercq last Monday at BOOTe'S THEATRE, when she enacted Rosalino, in the comedy of As Fou Like It, in a very charming manner. She received excellent support from Miss Pateman as Celia; Miss Mary Wells, Audrey; Miss Teresa ...