... THE West End theatres have done but little this year in the way of pantomimes, with the exception of DRURY LANE and COVENT GARDEN; but that is a large exception, for those two houses, when they have t ...

... ReA^EJR^I THE author of Erchomenon; or, the Republic of Materialism (Sampson Low and Co.) differs widely from Miss Bevington on the value of Materialism as a basis of morals. That lady, replying in ...

... THE EGOIST: a Comedy in Narrative, by George Meredith (2 vols.: C. Kegan Paul and Co.).-- It goes without the saying by this time that Mr. G. Meredith is a genius, a wit, and a humourist, whose work ...

... THE FARMERS' COURSE OF ACTION.-- A well-known writer, under the pseudonym of Agricola, says:-- As stock-farming is in these times more remunerative than corn-growing, the farmer might grow nothing ...

... II. IN Atheistic Methodism-- a title we do not quite understand-- in the Nineteenth Century for January, 1880, Mr. Mallock defends the position taken by him in his inquiry, Is Life Worth Living? a ...

... CARL ROSA'S OPERA COMPANY.-- Not that we have got Mr. Rosa and his company back again we may fairly look forward to a series of operatic performances in all respects deserving public support. This ent ...

... THAT genuine embarrassment may be caused, even in these unromantic times, by the inability of somebody or other to obtain legal evidence of a marriage is shown by the occasional appearance in the news ...

... MR. CARL ROSA'S OPERA COMPANY.-- Although Mr. Carl Rosa was, unfortunately, still too much indisposed on Saturday to occupy his accustomed post as conductor, he was furnished with an admirable substit ...

... SEBASTIAN STROME, by Julian Hawthorne (3 vols.: Bentley). --This is a story of very great power, though the power is dis played with much irregularity, and is at times perhaps scarcely visible. We s ...

... DONNA QUIXOTE, by Justin McCarthy (3 vols.: Chatto and Windus).-- Mr. McCarthy may very possibly have gained much in wit and wisdom by his experiences as a legislator, but his warmest admirers will ...

... MR. CARL ROSA'S COMPANY.-- The promise not kept by Mr. Mapleson, to bring out an Italian version of Herrman Goetz's comic opera, Widerspänstigen Zähmung, has been duly kept (as is his unfailing custom ...

... MESSRS. WEEKES AND CO.-- A series of Offertory Sen tences, composed by Edmund H. Turpin, are worthy the pen of this clever musician, and will be a useful addition to all organists' libraries.-- Two ...