... Recent occurrences in the musical world have not been of much moment, though the fire of concerts has been steadily maintained. At the Crystal Palace the continuance of the series of Schubert's symphonies has attracted many music- lovers to Sydenham, and this week the resumption of the Philharmonic Society's concerts at St. James's Hall will no doubt add a new stimulus to artistic affairs. ...

... - - 4---- l. INDIA AS IT IS. India in xS8o. By Sir Richard Temple, Bart., G.C.S.I., C.I.E., D.C.L. London: John Murray. [SECOND NOTICE.] As it would be impossible, without extending our review of Sir Richard Temple's book to a length equal to that of the volume itself, to notice all the points of deep and enduring interest with which he deals, we must select but a few of those which seem to us ...

... It may be a little ungracious to commence the review of the year's science by lamenting that there is so much litera- ture to scan and yet so little science to record. But this is a difficulty which easily meets the official reporter. A century ago, the Philosophical Transactions and the Gentle- man's Magazzine contained about all the salient contribution of the English savans. Fifty years ...

... DIvoRcE AT THE VAUDEVILLE. The importation of French pieces goes on merrily, nor can it be said that our dramatists are very particular as to the kind of play they adopt. Of late years it has been the fashion to take from foreign sources plays dealing exclusively with breaches of the seventh commandment. Adultery is a very favourite subject on the French stage, and has been treated from ...

... I THE FOOL'S REVENGE AT THE PRINCESS'S. The story of The Fool's Revenge, the play which M r. Tom Taylor founded on Victor Hugo's I.e Roi s'Amuse, is more familiar to audiences of to-day in its operatic form of Rigoletto, than as a drama. The piece was originally written for Mr. Robson, but he declined it, considering that it would overtax his powers, though one would think he should ...

... LA BELLE NORMANDE AT THE GLOBE. It is neither an easy nor a pleasant duty to be obliged tG, approach such an unsavoury subject as that of the new boufjonnerie musicale at the Globe. Homer was known to nod, and perhaps the Licenser of Plays in the present instance has been found indulging in a wink or two-- the only excuse he could possibly adduce for having per- mitted the London stage to be ...

... MR. BOOTH AS OTHELLO AND IAGO. Following the example of many distinguished actors, Mr. Edwin Booth has been playing Othello and Iago on alter- nate nights at the new Princess's Theatre, commencing with the former character on Monday last. The custom of alternating parts in this way is one which has been a favourite with many distinguished actors, and it is still occasionally practised among us ...

... THE LITERARY EXAM'INER.-; MADAME DE STAEL. T71e Life and. Tmes of Madame de Stad. By A. Stevens, LL.D.. 2 vols. Murray. . . The life of the author of Corinne is in many ways. a tempting one, and a good dealhas been written about. it, but, as Dr. Stevens justly says, nothing as yet at all adequate. The great stores of' manuscript 'material available at Coppet have hitherto been jealously ...

... THE COLONEL AT THE PRINCE OF WALES'S. One of the most amusing plays now before the public is that which Mr. Burnand has just produced at the Prince of Wales's theatre. In it he has satirised with infinite humour the nincompoops of the modern esthetic school, the feeble shambling creatures who are so well depicted for us by Mr. Du Maurier in the pages of Punck. It has been said that this ...

... THE LITERARY EXAMINE'& I'HE EXPIRING CONTINENT. The Expiring Continent: a Narrative of Travel in Senegambiz. With Observations on Aalive Character, the fresent Condition and Future Prospects of Africa and Colonisation. By Alex. -Will. Mitchinson, London: W. H. Allen and Co. i88i. The author of :this book is an Englishman educated from childhood- in Russia, and of wide experience in Europe and ...

... A Selection from the Wellington Desltatches. Edited by SIDNEY J. OWEN, M.A. Oxford: Clarendon Press. A unt Charlotte's Evenings at Home. By CHARLOTTE M. YoNcE. Marcus Ward and Co. Bodinglon on lrish Adversity. Third Edition. William Ridgway. Bhrke's Peeragefor i88. Harrison. Crime in Ireland. Compiled by PHILIP H. BAGENAL, M.A. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. By ...

... THE CUP AT THE LYCEUM. Considerable interest attached to the production of Mr. Tennyson's new tragedy at the Lyceum, for on two occasions before the Poet Laureate had essayed dramatic composition and had not added to his laurels. Queen Mary was not a success, and The Falcon was a dismal failure; but the poet perseveres, and as he has a manager like Mr. Irving to produce his pieces ...