... $ THESE volumes contain sketches of a highly interesting family, and of a number of men whose names are as honoured as they are familiar. Francis, Julius, Augustus, and Marcus Hare- the most brotherly of brothers, as Landor called them-are vividly represented here, and so also is their ancestor Bishop Hare, a man of great learning, but wanting, one would imagine, in common-sense, since he ...

... Madame Norman-Ndruda, having recovered from her in- disposition, made her first appearance this season on Monday week at St James's Hall. The quartets selected were Schumann's in A minor, and Haydn's in F major, Op. 17, No. 2. Madame A. Goddard joined Madame Ndruda in 2ozart's D major sonata, and played also Beet- hoven's pianoforte sonata in A fiat, Op. 26. These pieces and their rendering by ...

... Xiss WALLIS, the New Actress, at the Queen's Theatre. OPINIONS OFi THE PRESS:- Miss, Wallis, a youthful debutanle, who appeared as Marguerite de Montcalm, gave strong indications of being likely to become a very useful acquisition to the London stage, and deservedly secured a highly favourable ?? Teleyraph, Sept. 30th, 1872. The acting of Miss Wallis, who made her first appearance at this ...

... THE Adventures of Fritz, a melodrama new to this country, has been produced at the Adelphi Theatre for the introduction to a London audience of Mr. J. K. Emmet, an American actor of reputation who is said to have represented Fritz, the hero of the play, for upwards of rsooo nights in the prncipal cities of the United States. The events of the story are supposed to occur in New York in ...

... YUBI3JO AmOINTS, THE THEATRES, &C. r We should remind our readers that the ergagement of . Mr. C. Mathews at the Gaiety is drawing to a close, and , hiat the time for enjoying the interesting performances of this most nccomplieheo comedian is brief. Dnring the week the theatre has 1 eeu crowded to witness sho repre. lentation of A Gname of Speculation, whersin, as 611r. Afable Hawk, Mr. ...

... LrIT J AT 0 BE entISTMAS ANNUAIA. ' gelgrnvia A.nnual.-Miss Braddon's Christ- The' is only a fair one. It contains nothing ?? numnirble in any way. It has a list of good veryl zuarr . but they must have been uninspired tatutoete 'jts, or in a bad humonr, for the stories bytbeiry 5cecnmonplace. Miss Braddon's stories- mery es and 'AGood Hater-are, of cos as, ?? Tite but are not up to.-her ...

... THEATRIOALS IN AUSTRALIA. (EROS OUR OWN CORRrSPONDENT,) MELBOURNE, OCT. 11, 1872.-Of course the sensation of the month has been the marvellous Lottie, who with her brothers Frank and Victor have been astonishing all beholders. It appears next to impossible to whet the appetites of the enthusiastic audiences that nightly greet her and most handsome offers have been made by enterprising caterers ...

... The novelties during the past week have neither been numerous nor important, and the present aspect of the Metropolitan dramatic world may be indicated briefly. At COVENT-GARDEN Babil and Bjou has been performed every evening. At DRURY-LANE a new interest has been imparted to Mr. Hlalliday's dramatic version of 27ic Lady of the Lake by Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Fer- nandez nightly exchanging the ...

... 5fUSIC THERE seems to be a revival of interest in Mendelssohn's first oratorio, St. Paul. It was performed last week at Oxford, last Saturday at the Crystal Palace, and next Friday it will be heard in ...

... T- E TRE RECENT METEOR SHWEEB. - | Much interest has been excited by the recent occurrence of a fine display of shooting stars. It has been supposed by many that the falling stars seen on the evening of Wednesday, November 27, belong to the so-called November system, and that the display had simply been delayed 'ak;fortuight owing to some displacement 1 lthe syste ofl meteors, and it is quite ...

... PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS, CFR1100 OUR ONVN CORRt,;SI'ONDHNTS.) ABERDEEN, Tur-ITtAS'tElne - (lassee, Air E. Irrice.)-Mr Plrice's drama of i'oor NeN held the bottldt alt last wreek, bet Mri Pi-ice so severely spraittad his loot ylliie p1 lying Quilp eil Wednaesday evening that be wes uneablc to appear in tiac part again that weck, which greatly noarrcd the effect of the piece. Another local ...

... MR MILL'S SYSTEM OF LOGIC. (First Notice.) A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. By John Stuart Mill. Eighth Edition. Long- mans. If the importance of a work may be judged by its in- fluence over the thought of the age in which it is written- if the value of a work may be estimated by ...