... .ere on :Ctturelof Bird Life. In FenandPencil. By ge: the Rev. G. M!. Wtatkins, M.A., with illustra- to tions by Giacomelli. Cassell, Petter, Galpin, to and Co., London, Paris, and New York. th; igh I!. Hector Gizacomelli, a Frenchman by birth, Ut iter though an Italian by extraction, is an artist ap R. whose- works are not so well known to the pr bion British public as they ought to be. With ...

... LITRARY 'NOTICES. Ms the Ludgate Hill; 7'ast and Present. London: Grifith and Farran.. mb In this handsome little volume, Whose title page contains no author's name, we have DS i sor pages or so of pleasant gossip-illustrated by 5 to ,rm numerous wood engravings-about one of the 6 Pa a otiteetn old thoroughfares in the whole st N.metropolis. T initveyname from King Q( y.Lad, the legendary ...

... ROYALTY THEATRa .~~m .,i a an Last nirht the Royalty was again crowded in every part. r iving was announced, to appear in Hamlet for the first time during the present visit, and students of Shakespeare were early in nwciting at the doors of the theatre. It is necessary thas to anticipate the general rush if one wishes to get into the Royalty on any terms this week. Mr Irving is greatly ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Will you allow me to quote from an article that appeared in your last issue, entitled The Opera a Century ago,' and make a few comments upon the same ? Your corres. pondonet in describing La Scala at MIilan states, ' It is the only theatre in Europe which can boast of being one hundred and five years of age. Such is not the case ! I am proud to acknowledge my ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, OCTOBER 22.-On Monday there was a general change of base oet the part of the Managers of the Theatres, excepting only the few, who ale doing a very good business. THE Emma Abbott company at the Grand Opera House gave way to Mr Jno. T. Raymond, who appeared, for the first time this season, in Mr A. C. Gunter's play of Fresh, the American. He was supported ...

... AE 7W BOOKS AND AE IF EDITION-S. The Human Voice. By Dr. Farrar. (Marshall Jap) and Co.) 'IlIough Dr. Farrar speaks of his book as seeking to give a f'fa'' description of the organs and parts concerned in the production of the facility of sneech, it is practically a scientific treatise. The anatomy anJI thlc pathology of the subject are separately handled, the former very properly ...

... /7IP?. MlALL OCK'S APOLOGIA. Ibui AVERby the unkind reception which his Nineteenth Century ]cm ance has met with from critics in England, Mr. Mallock has now afidcd to the offence of writing a corrupt story the indiscretion of trying to l; cnd the matter by a preface to a second edition, which, if less corrupt titan the book, is even more dull. In America, it seems, the character and tlic ...

... LAST NIGHT'S THEATRICAIL I ~~~HER MtAJESTY ?? Whilst the Alicambra is undergoing renovaiios, prior to the production, on Dec. 3, of a new version of La Bir'he c' Je3oiq, the entire company has been transferred to this theatre, where last night they appeared in TheBrono elfBvsc. The cast wvas ceacly identical with that of the first performance of thie adaptation of Auber's opel a at the ...

... CUTINGS rlOBM TIlE COMIO JOURNALS ?? i Puoncht. Tinc. I [thoue Ienthig etiul itytit alw'ays tu be toiady to pitiible it Scratchl crvi'v ii rt it .,tLcii~t-r ?? `litloaiN :ILtcr.-'fbe cold !ih ii dlr. mooitli '1 pnyc tlie the IlnrcfesostitheSc given to ~;:r NV. iaioiu~iii' at I hi,-gol, vihilt ilatitbit hittI fine to Lb oluln:11 V p Alistloe I'e, ,,ti't i tonesI L t o St.-Juliets'sht'cLIi. ...

... nd I Glory, a Wil&thire Story. By Mrs. G. Linnwus Ofn Banks. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and n Co. Manchester: Abel Heywood and Son. i We noticed some time ago the original edition Dt,of this well-sustained story, and are glad to see n. that it forms one of the uniform issue of the kut works of the authoress which is at present A being published. It is full of character, and he shows much ...

... MOUNTAIN DRAINAGE, -IL Prescnt-WxAsi, ALLEN-, ?? ?? TWE a.-fly the climate of a country is ordinarily under- stood tle ?? of the atmosphere of that country with re) cot to temperature anid humidity. If the temperature be high. the climate is said to be warm, or even hot; if low, the crnate is cold; if medium, the clirrmate is temperate. Climate is also said to be wet or dry, accordingly as the ...

... LITERARY AND ART7 GOSSIP. s Mr II. T. Muons has been commissioned to at paint a portrait of the Marnais of Hartington for Pi d the Birmingham Art Gallery. g( The annual meeting of the Arobhiological Insti- cc C tute will be held in 1882 at Carlis!e, at the end of hk s July or the beginning of August, under the presi, fo ,f dency of tie Bishop of Carlisle. m h Mrillais is about to paiut the ...