... -, -, , . . . AUSIC-) LEEDS AL FESTIVAL.-A truly splendid per- formance of Mendelssohn's St. Paul, in which, as of old, the Yorkshire West Riding choristers showed their supremacy over all competitors, auspiciously inaugurated the Leeds Festival of 1874. On Thursday there was to be a selection from Israel in Egypt, followed by Men- delssohn's Lobgesang, and preceded by Handel's organ con- ...

... STRAND THEATRE. I The withdrawal of Paul Pry to make room for Mr. H. J. Byron's new comedy is a decided advantage to the liveliness of the evening's entertainment at the Strand. The fun of Paul Pry was a shade too farcical to precede the still more riotous merriment of Loo, or the Party who took Miss. It is a mistake to keep the same facial muscles in exercise through a whole evening, ...

... MISS LYDIA THOMPSON, CiARIsesocRoss TuEATr. The welcome to Miss Lydia Thompson, who has been away from England far six years, was cordial, genuine, and thoroughly Enlglish, and if the greeting was hearty oln thle reappearance of an old friend and favourite even long before she had opened her mouth to speak or sing, how much more enthusiastic eras the applause when it was dis- covered that ...

... rrIlE LONDON TREATRES. Ie pro pritY Still continues to attend the various places 'I ?? sutertaiulllent, alnld, with the recosumenieluent of teaft the COVRT THEATRE oin Tuesday, and the re-open- sc11i t (S~aturdy) of the ST. JAMIES'S THEATIm!, the list of inselucuts is still further extended. The Pronie- dlxleitie ants at COVam'T-OAIDEN continue to be well was devoted to E nglish comipositions, ...

... [The following appeared in our TOWN EDITIOX of Last Week.) The ingenuity of the attendants at the Adeliphi was last Saturday severely taxed. They were evidently puzzled in tire matter of finding accommodation for the eager throng seeking admission, but by dint of perseverance and persuasion, and by entirely upsetting the philosophical axiom that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at one ...

... CONCERNING the genius of Kaulbach criticism may have something to say, but of his laborious industry and untiring invention there can be nothing but acknowledgment. A series of photographs in course of publication by Mr. Frederick Bruckmann (Henrietta-street, Covent- garden) afford fresh proof of the fertility of the painter's powers. They are taken from paintings and designs left by Kaulbach ...

... ?? InSCELLA~IS TMu BHLDOWD wmR OiAS.-Iii this great WoMl of MLn shn ~dshadowIi, we are constantly casting ?? or, tbhine ran s nd paeceiving shadows from the. Ii retura. There is noptha n life whic sntsm rinses in the shade, and there is no one whoi wak ove' these pathsm, it matters not which way the, tsnal wb' ?? not, now aind then, cast his obadowit wthsi the rest How often do we by the moot ...

... She approached me, with the tongs in one hand, and with a plainly-bound volume in the other. Is that the book? sne said. Open it, and see.' I took the book from her. LAW AND THE LADY: A NoveZ THE BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN WHITE,E THE MOONSTONE, THE NEW MAGDALEN, ETCi CHAPTER X. (eonfinued) THE SEARCH PRAY don't let me disturb you, said Major Fitz-David. I have only ...

... ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? E 'REAbE LET no one from a first glance at Mr. W. S. Lindsay's two bulky volumes on the History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce (S. Low and Co.) set them down hastily as heavy reading of the encyclopaedic sort. On the contrary, they will be found as entertaining as they are instructive. To very considerable research Mr. Lindsay adds the more rare ...

... THE LONDON MIUSIC hALLS. THE SOUTH LONDON.-The principal attraction here continues to be the now famous Viennese Ladies' Orchestra. Under the direction of Madame Amann Weinlich (who, by-the-way, now con- ducts with all the spirit of a Jullien) these young, pretty, and clever musicians gain nightly the most vociferous plaudits from their delighted auditors, and we verily believe that alone they ...

... When actors fight it is generally with broad-swords which have by no means keen edges or with rapiers less pointed than their wit, or if pistols are resorted to the antagonists, by firing in the air weapons charged only with villainous saltpetre, do each other no damage ; but, if we are to credit our Sacra- mento contemporaries, a terrific affair came off in that city oln the 25th of August, ...

... ZITELLA AT THE POLYTECHNIC. The fascinations of Cbsdercflf are as great as ever, and wve are not surprised to find the eccentricity, wrvitten by Dr Croft entitled Zitel fa, ?? eerc wit/v a Yew Dress ; or, the Sisters, the Supper, and thle Shoe, still exceedingly attractive at the Polytechnic. Where could we leane more agreeably how this charming fairy tale originated? or could we be told in ...