... (LA FORZA DEL DESTINO. THE opera written by Signor Verdi expressly for the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburg is, as regards both character and fortune, in striking contrast with that he composed at a later time for the Khedive of Egypt. La Forza del Destino represents to us the Verdi of II Trovatore before he had taken the new departure which astonished many and offended some in ...

... MR'. BUTLER'S edition and translation of Dante's Purgatorio represent a sound piece of scholarship. The combination of a critical version of the text and a literal rendering of it, useful to the beginner alone, may at first sight appear incongruous; but Mr. Butler justly remarks that in our days it seems no longer necessary that the student of a foreign tongue, whether ancient or modern, ...