... ROAD -MAKING. To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.) Sir,-- The roads in and about the metropolis have for many years been in a very unsatisfactory state. The mode of making and repairing them has been such as to render them uneven, thus causing carriages to be injured by being jolted, and the horses' feet to be hurt by the large and sharp stones. The cause of this has ...

... . Sir, Erom ;the short biographical notice of Mme. Yalleria in your valued paper of Saturday last the public are likely to draw an erroneous inference as to her vocal education. I feel sure you would not willingly withhold the credit that is due to myself as her teacher in the most important part of vocal education the training and developing of voice and the formation of style. This was done ...