... THE 'DANCE OF THIE LILIES. Our Naples Correspondent vwites: b I had often heard of the Feast of San Paolino b the patron Saint of Nola, and this year deter- b ,oined to be present. Leaving Naples at half- ti past four pam. on Saturday, the eve of the feast, 0 .1 roached Nola in about an hour by rail. tlrough e: co-ntry green -with vine, golden with ripe coln, aind fragrant with scented herbs ...

... THETHSATS At nrehearsed scene enacted on the stage of fiec the Adelphi Theatre on Saturday evening, just for before the rising of the curtain upon the fourth Co, aet of Mr. WiVkie Collins's new drains, entitled Tb' BRank and Riches, afforded a notable illus- abl tration of the improved temper of modern fro sudiences. For a considerable time before the for close of the previous act signs of ...

... 1'r INT-MNATIONAL ART I E~XlHllo1i AT AiUMUl I . ~ O. 19WAo~ OUR, SPZIAcLs C t: ~ ?? l-1tXLH St~hz.ijr The Intermatoual Art Bshibidon was upwuel toaday with eli the pouP custcxuary U'.,io eaah oasiou& A elevesn oclck Prince Luipo4ld the XMIglF unale follosret b the Cart; iu! fifteen splendid blue-aad-siver each, deawn by Eour horsets, raved in front the OrYstel Paace, situated. in the ...

... In his lively book, Black, Boers, and n-ri tish: a Threecornered Problem (Macmillan and Co.), Mr. F. R. Statham mixes up history travel, and'politios in % moit'readablea and in- teresting fashion. Mr. Stthani edited the Natal Wifwem during the period of the Zulu ,war, end his experienee of Su A frica was acquired during a reiidence there of a little' more than three years. He went out with ...

... M UST~c'. *Tile 0econI of tilt series9 of, foiir ?? CQneer'ts ait St. James's Hall toolc ?? 6n Satiii'dflY efiii,, when the programm nlddIwaseiti' ---Beethtovein's triple ,Concerto and Moyiwt' I Iafftider in serenladel- the latte' ltiaving been given, wo beliesve, for We the fnit timo in Loudon. The cosicerto is foew piaxioforte,' Iln viol in1, an) II'iol inoollo. and ?? coniposed at about ...

... ZU.&sw. 3; MESTY'S ThEATM1~E .3ig:non wvas given on Tuesdvy qfo tho AW time here this Beason, the occasion hamving included a repetition of Madame Christina Nilcsou's performance in tlhe title haraoter It was ia 18Q th`t AA Nieson irst sestainaed the part in London on re- pro, duction of the Italian version of the opera during Mr. George Wood'a one Aens At W ?? Theatre. Theun and Qo wany ...

... 14 8 s: O~ IL in the' forthooming fiumbar of the Xineeei7 (?entury is sa Dramatic Monologue by the Poet Shl Laureate. The title of the poem, which is suc ,Despair, dces not belie the nature of its con- aind tents. What Dr. JQetlled in ted lstl gloom Pewraps, .though it,*does not obscure, gre the rollt dkis might linss 1Ik Tennyson e has never been ledbabus, Seldom more tq 1 spowerulnere mr ...

... , Since Englishwomen began to be 0la80 untow themselves in the matter of what theiasbiqn Bf their clothing shall be, a sincerity that in some instances3 is simply ?? has been the. order of the day. With a frtakness that may theoreioally l~e a tirtuei, but when carried to extremes quite topples over to. vice's side, they have shown to the world every defect and short- coming that the ...

... C1 I'M- OF MUSIO . Dox .. CL, AeD ?? onN PioofaWales, a meeN iag was held at St. JTaes's Palt yesterday moning,I to solicit public support in nid do the proposed Royal .Colle of Magos movemeat in whi*e th ?? tie Ts f y takhe gathering Sk iie Baeovkbi i=w which Vwas filled to its mscaet. Aaon~ 61 w Hi Duke ot ldinburgb, Palace Leopold (Duke of hihany), ?? A~eh~O faterb, the Prems, tat ik ...

... Some years ago any woman over twotty-five |t who wvore a white gown was considered to belft drcsing young to a ridiculous exteut. Only'it ?? Ivere supposed to wear this most natural ss well as most becomning of 'colours. A French NVriter who goes deeply into the philosophy of ?? sayS:-i' You may laugh in a sky-blue a hat, but you must not weep in a rose-coloured o one. Clad in white wo may ...

... ma: T~fan:: Aft~er 1;he wuegd sgsshio d hate of late been fmished of die a 1 Ot modern English drimatists in'the imporst t u of consnotion, it s tifyin 5 ihdege to meet with a ea ?? s sldlfully developed as Mr. Godrey's comedy, A The 1}arvenu; produced on Saturda evening v at the Court Theatre. h ate en featres I the theme of this piece is doubtless notvelgy strikingly original. It is the ...

... CuJRBEN-T L1TflRATUBE. Recent publioamione on the subject of India have been more than ordinarily numerous and important. Mr. Hunter's great Gazetteer, to- getber with his Indian Empire, founded upon ?? former lebours, will at once occur to readers who feel an interest in our Eastern possessions; lnor will they be likely to over- look Sir John Strwhey's book on Indian finance and public ...