... , A, t1laest of outr Metropolitan establishments the business is sh,-e the average. The Promenade Concerts at COVENT- ' itItN conutine to be exceedingly well attended. Ott Monday C-ext 1a dale LwImetlS-ShOIrigtOn Will make her ?? appear- ance ail seasot, alnd Oll the Monday following Madame Sinico wll33 apetih. The gland military and dramatic spectacle of pjdao1II Ccv? die LioIn is proving ...

... i {b. .. . I .OW N' CORRESPONIDENT.) I The four da~ys' visit of lf.l.l7L the Duke of Edinbeirgic to Liverpool during the past woeek h kept tise town in ass almost cotinueous ectmn an ashis visit hats becis for a theol thepurpose-to EaLY the foudsi1datiosustoseC of the iew Walker Are Gallryt, to iasgnorate the Liverdsool Triennial Musical Festival, and to oplen tic a aliaoen's ?? i5 ...

... THE BROKEN BRANCH.' Ever since opera bouffe became so successful and profitable il Paris, and since opera boul1ffe gralually melted into comic oieras and sinec musical pieces occupied the principal attention Of playgeocis in the most Theatre-loving capital in tfle world, tue utuost energy has been exp.iended on the discovery of authors capable of suoplying a wide market. Well knowing the ...

... Crushed beneath his Idol. By A. C. Sampson. 3 vols. (Tinsley,) A servant getting rid of his master in some distant land, personating the dead man, and appropriating his money and estates is a common theme for a sensa- tion novel. The book before us is but a slight variation of this well-worn subject. The part that Fred Rolt is to play is evident from the beginning even to an inexperienced ...

... THE LIFE OF TAMES DIXON. * THE who would gain a knowledge not only of this man or of that man but of the great classes into which mankind is ever dividing itself should be a wide reader in biographical literature. By no other means can he gain an insight into the various forms of life and thought that exist outside his own little world. Though it is true that these forms are constantly ...

... A PEEP A T MEXICO. - IMR, GEIGER'S book makes no more pretensions than is implied in its ,modest title. He paid but a flying visit to Mexico, landing at Manzanillo, on the Pacific Coast, and passing through the capital to Vera Cruz; and he professes merely to record the observations that struck him in transit. But he more than performs his promise; his chapters give us the impres- sion of ...

... . THERE are several very interesting and important articles in the October nnmber of the Fortnightly. Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain discusses the prospects of the Liberal party, which he thinks are brightening, though he sees no prospect of displacing the Tories from their seats for some years to come. To achieve the triumph of Liberalism, he holds that a bold programme is neces- sary, in other ...

... cAbIN'ET PCTURES IN OIL AT THE DUDLEY CA L L ER'Y. Tinl. individual excellence of any gallery of modern English paintings Must be reckoned apart from a general progress noticeable of late years in the style and method of English painters. On all sides the meaning and uses of art have become better understood. The improvement is not to be loudly spoken of, for it is, in a large view of art, ...

... BARRY SULL.IVAN'S FAREWELL OF Birmingham and Leeds. Tne crowded houses, which this popular actor seems always to secure, have been repeated this week. Boxes, pit, and gallery arc alwayscrowded to excess whenever and wherever ?? The Bi:-mrnighaln, Daily Post, October 15th, 1874. We say candidly that her Barry Sullivanl is not only the best but the only Richard the Third ?? The Birmsinygham Mail ...

... THIE STAGE IN VIENNA. In this country the management of a Theatre is entirely a personal affair. The Lessee cannot look to the Government to holster up his falling fortunes, neither dloes lie expect the public to take much interest in the matter beyond seeing that they get a good entertainment for their money. But from the davs of Goethe and Schiller until now the principal Theatres harse ...

... I DITAw I X ; ST.'ABSS.| A new piece by,*riX `iie, 0ntitlo Brlackf PI-tlM. produced ortlse aepnng df ose V ames Theatre for the season on Saturday evening, is called in the programme a conindy-bounfe; and its peculiarity is that music is a more important element than it has hithertq beeni a krodnoagoii of th~is kipq., The story of the piece, which is compounded of two French come- dies,, 1a ...

... 'THE GENEVA CROSS, A IELODRA1,4A called The Geneva Cross, said to have been repre- sented with extraordinary success in the principal cities of the United States, has now been brought to England and produced upon the stage of the Adeiphi Theatre. The author is MIr. G. F. Rowe, who some few Seanons back won applause by his portrayal of the character of Mr. Micawber at the Olympic. T The ...