... A NIcGHT AT THE GRECIAN. OnThursdayeveningtheperformances berewere forthele bee+ of ?? Tripp, and we were glad to find an overflowing audiene, that filled not only the Theatre, butalso the grounds. The ujli,,t was fortunately calm, dry, and starlight. Consequently there was no hindrance to the enjoyment of the visitors, anti the55 who preferred a dance to Shakespeare were enabled to nub!,e in ...

... LMERARY MsILLAMU* AT HOE0-Thehighest e tle of b sing At ?? out of a special state of the :2ceetloin ratser than d the i atellect. Who Who rnot Dest with individu nls whose f eta would be a passport to any society. and whose marners , the unstudied and spot tancous expreosiona Of their Issuer selves, make them visibly welcome wberever they go1 and attract unbounded confidnce towards them in ...

... . ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? FIRST to catch our eye among a parcel of prettily illustrated volumes of travel and adventure is a work of German parentage in letter-press and engravings. The Highlands of Bavaria and the Salz-Kammergut, by Herman Schmid and Karl Stieler (Chapman and Hall). Though with peaks less high than those of Switzerland and Tyrol, and ice-fields few and far between, the long ...

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... 'THE METROPOLITAN-From M3ystery to 'leasure' is an easy and agreeable transition, which lI% been madec at this popular Hall since our last visit, to the satisfaction of evervbody. If ,orallusions are a myzster it till be a pleasure to clear them up, and that speedily, by referring to a niew ballet entitled PFlaisi', whielh was producedon li'ndayight at the Metropolitan with the ...

... TlE ERA OFFICE, SUNDAY, Two A I. HAYMARSET THEATRE.-(Last Night.) London playgoers, and especially those among them who, as the immortal Balzae puts it, call enjoy a hearty laugh without looking to see if their hilarity has disturbed the sit of their ruffles, have good reason to rejoice in the fact that Mr Sotbern is once again in their midst. For three years have his services been denied ...

... CRAPS FROM THE COMIC JOUENAW [From Puani.J INSRBRECTION n EGYPT.-The rising of the Nils. THOUGHTS ON RETUrNING Hose.-Will Ell In gone right at the office; or will there be something ua. comfortable awaiting me on my return ? Will the b&6k garden be a complete wilderness, requiring the imme. diate attention of one of Messrs. Grasethorpe' t leisure assistants at 5i. per diem ? Will the papering ...

... A V.L v L . - - I - ' 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 ...

... ROMAN IMIPERIAL PROFILES. * IN Lockhart's Life of Scott, mention is made of an illustration to the Border Minstrelsy, which had rather a curious history. The engraving was designed by Grecian Williams, from a copy made by Clerk, of a, sketch by Scott himself. Though the product of the work of three draughtsmen, one of whom could not draw a straight line, while the two others had ...

... ,Vc - I ILOST FOR LOVE, by the author of Lady Audley's Secret ' (3 vols. Chatto and Windus).-It need hardly be said that it would not be easy to find any fresh criticism to offer on a writer who has been so long before the public, and whose merits and demerits have been so fully canvassed, as Miss Braddon. With all her faults, which, in our eyes, are not a few, it must be con- ceded, we ...

... On Wednesday morning the annual meeting of the Mtigio trates for the Tower Liberty, for the renewal of music and dancing licences, was held, and several licences of this kind were renewed without any comment, the police having reported that there had been no complaint in any instance dturing the past year. Wilton's Music Hall, Grace's-alley.-Mr Fredericks applied for the renewal of his licence ...

... MISS ADA WARGD. IL, the dranlia of tast Lytne Bliss Ada Ward, wvho eatly i!! tbe year made a successful diel t .at the ?? as Julia il l'c Huneklback, represents Ladly Isabel. With a personal ?? greatly in her favour she displays ma amount of force and intellifelnce which shows that shc is eminently (uialitied to take a leadinig p ositiwl in serious ?? T'isace, September S0th, 1874. The double ...