... DRAWN BY CHARLES GREEN We fell, presently, into a sort of procession. THE CHA PLAIN OF THE FLEE T BY WALTER BESANT AND JAMES RICE, AUTHORS OF READY-MONEY MORTIBOY, By CELIA'S ARBOUR. THE MONKS OF THELEMA. ETC., ETC. CHAPTER III. HOW NANCY RECKONED UP THE COMPANY NANCY LEVETT herself, pretty and merry, prattling, rattling Nancy, not grown a bit, and hardly taller than my shoulder. I held ...

... f- ~4 Tmr-:- V.E MAR. AN) AIRS. FLORENCE, American performers, who have, we believe, not been in England since 1856, when they performed at l)ruy Lane Iheatre in The Yankee Houseketer, made their first appearance at the GAIETY on Monday last in a comedy called, after \\ashington Irving's famous phrase, Thle lig,,hty Dollar. This piece, which is of purely American origin, aims at satirising ...

... / Wfl1E 'REA)) ' TIIE Battlerields of Germany, from the Outbreak of the Thirty Years' *Var to the Battle of Blenheim, by Colonel G. B. Malleson wNV. 11. Allen and Co.), is meritorious work. It is well that the ninor strui,'cs of the great religious war should be rescried from the temi-oblivion which has fallen ('II them, for of many of these battles no account exists ill the English language ...

... RJ1t~1kC{i ,nFll, CAxRrsIcs, by William George Walters (3 vols.: Hurst. and fllaclkett), belongs in its general conception to a higher order of fiction than that of every clay. It is at any rate an attempt to delineate passion instead of being content with sentiment, and to deal with human nature directly instead of the accidents of contem- porary society. Clifford Cardic is something more ...

... CAPTAIN DoUCE, of the P'einisular and Oriental Company's steamship Eleplhanta, was an admirable sailor, hut one of the shyest and most reserved of men, lie had saved several lives lay jumlping over the side into heavy seas, and he had often encountered typhoons in the China and cyclones in the Indian Seas with a coohlnss that commanded the confidence of his passengers and crew. Neverthe- less, ...

... ?? ?? I., ' ?? ' ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? THE publication of Professor J. R. Sceley's new book, A Short History of Napoleon I. (Seeley and Co.), is not an event of the first importance in contemporary literature, like the publication of Ecce Homo, Natural Religion, or the Expansion of Eng- land. It would seem from the Professor's preface that he has written the book chiefly ...

... E. DONAJowSIxI.-To judge from his work, D. R. Munro must have enjoyed a pleasant holiday in Scotland. The B~oniie Woods o' Craigielee, a plaintive Scotch air, has been prettily transcribed for the pianoforte by him. Ile has also composed 'Dance of the Pirates and March of the Forest Elves two good after-dinner pieces of medium difficulty, and Among the Heather, four easy little pieces ...

... I WE suppose that, until an author places his name on his title pages, his anonymity must be respected, however open his secret may be. It is still under the title of the Author of 'Mehala,' 'John Herring,' &c., that the author of Court Royal ; a Story of Cross Currents (3 vols: Smith, Elder, and Co.), must be congratulated on having produced a work which gives scarcely qualified pleasure ...

... R - -eYsSil LISZT'S ST. EuIZAnE1tt. -The splen(lid reception ?? to Dr. Franz Liszt at St. James's Hall on Tuesday gllh1t ?? llot lead us to exaggerate the merits, nor blind us to the defect. of lii music. Portions of his oratorio SL. Elizabeah (which w-as gicli on Tuesday for the first time in England in its complete fii)ii are among the best efforts of the imaster. Other parts, ?? lci t.le ...

... LORD CHARILES BERESFORD, in the Nineteenth Century, brings forcibly before the mind the dangers incidental to our present position of national naval unpreparedness, under the heading The British Fleet and the State of Europe. He thinks the danger of a rupture between France and Germany a remote possibility; while the temptation we afford our neighbours to attack us he regards as a great one ...

... usi? II II TuiE BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL (From ?? Special Corresondent) -The Birmingham Festival is being held under somewhat un- lucky conditions. The net profits of the Festival (including, of course, donations at the doors) have been gradually dropping off during the past few years, and, at this Festival, they bid fair to be even still further reduced. In 1873, no less than 6,5771. was netted, ...

... MESSRS. OSBORN AND TUCKWOOD.- The Soldier of the Cross, written and composed by Wilfrid Mills and M. Piccolomini, is a song which refects much credit on both poet and composer, it is published in three ?? pleasing love songs are, Waiting for Thee, a simple serenade, words by Claxon Bellamy, music by D'Auvergne Barnard, and Yesterday, To-day, and for Ever, written and composed by Knight ...