... DRAWN BY WILLIAM SMALL He sat gazing at his fire, holding the poker in his hand. MA RIO N FA Yin A Novel B:- By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF FRAMLEY PARSONAGE, ORLEY FARM, THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON, THE WAY WE LIVE Now, &c., &C. CHAPTER XXI. WHAT THEY ALL THOUGHT AS THEY WENT HOME LORD HAMPSTEAD had come, to the door to help them into the carriage. Lord Hampstead, said Mrs. Roden, ...

... I IIL Tsiz Contemporary for February is singularly good. Free Thought-French and English throws much light on the true nature of that war against the Church in France, which Englishmen with their strong religious feelings, and their dislike of Romanism as a foe to liberty of conscience, are somewhat slow to understand. For the true libre-penseur does not war against Rome as a specially ...

... !rFt PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. HER MAJESTY'S., I CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY. Tgjo sda) EVENING, at 8, AroerOtsE Tti o ?? Opera, MIGNON. Mignon, Miss Julia li 1 ,-o Nlr c rooklynI Giartso, Mr. G.- . BetjemaooD; Lothario, Mr. Walter Bolton; ?? OrI Lyall F rederic, Miss Lilian La Rue ; Wilhelm Meister, Mr. Emnrtsi Micuckin, ?? ;,r ;.a 1~sGcg~3Bns. tCoi.lductor, Alr JOHN PE\V, THEATRE ROYAL ...

... THE IYPERIAL DICTIONAR Y. * Wa'r referred to the general features of this new edition of the Imperial Dictionary in our notice of the first volume. In the second volume we find no fialling-off from the high standard of excellence attained by the first. The same wide field in literature, science, and art is covered by the vocabulary, and few readers are likely to appeal to it in vain for ...

... THE THEATRES. There has not been anything in the shape of novelty to notice during the week. but changes are, ilnleinent. With the present week the ran of thle Alexandra pnxlace pantomdime IC s come to an end, and the Crystal palace sill only play its Christmas entertainment a few days longer. The manager of Oovent-garden, as an acknowledge I ment of the great success of his pantomime, owing ...

... The twenty-sixth anniversary dinner of this Fund was held on Wednesday evening at Willis's Booms, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR presiding. About one hundred and twenty gen- tlemen sat down, and among them were Henry Neville, J. D. Tidd, A. Swanborough, WT. C. Day, John Valiance, Henry Valiance, Charles Warner, H. Paulton, Edward Terry, G. IV. Anson, George Porkess, Alfred Nelon, Henry Betty, ...

... (i9aRoa Ouit oWN CORtRESPONDENT.) PAllId, THUOsDAY.-Th6 celebration of Auber's centenary at the Opdra and Opera Comique do not call for any extended notice. So-called festivals of the kind are seldom gay or interesting, and the present furnishes no exception to the rule, for the performance in both eases was mediocre, especially at the Acaaemy of Music, where the M/uette de Portici (Masa- ...

... IDRAUUATIC AND MUSIOAL SICK Fa. I . t 0 The anriiversary dinner of this institution was ca held last evening at Wilis's Rooms, the Bight Hon. the ig Lord Mator in the chair. There were alsopresent m Lieut.-Co. Sir W. Wallace, Bart., Mr. H. Betty, Rev. Mr. Coward, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. Charles Warner, Mr. P Edward Terry, Mr. Arthur SwanboTough, Mr. T. Swinburne, Mr. Alfred Nelson, Mr. A. ...

... ThAMILTON CORBETT', SCOTTISH SONDS: Mr Hamilton Corbett, a vocalist of more than ordinary ability and a singer of Scottish songs of deserved popularity, commenced a series of musical entertainments at Steinway Hall on the 6th inst. Mr Corbett gives a varied selection, and changes his programme every third evening. One evening is devoted to the songs of Burns, another to the Jacobite songs, and ...

... MR. RERBERT STANDING'S MATINNEE. On Wedntsday Aftern1oon1, Febl stry Stb, A SON OF THE SOIL. Louis Martel ?? . Mr HlERERT STARINIO Aristides Ar . Mr D;. ' HiaDL fluke de ?? Mr Dwni Fisnna, Sen. Count de Voliment ?? ir CIIARLES GLEoNgY General ?? ?? * Air RUTLAND BARsNeoGON Michael . . Mr CHAstRs STEYNE Leonidas ?? Mr C. SOMERSET Committee Member ?? r RICIIARDS Guest ?? ?? r L, GaEY Beatrice ...

... LAST hIGHS THEATRICALS. VA [iD \lTI1T.T.P. TIPH AI'ii. % A USES IV ,IJ,jU 11 -11AI[ton Last night, at the Vaudeville, on the withdrawal of The Halif-way House and the other pieces in the programme lately running at this theatre, the School for Scandal was revived. With Mr. William Farren as Ster Peter Tcazle, Mr. Thomas Thorne in his old impersonation of Crabtree, Mr. Henry Neville in ...

... HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA.- us is a thoroughly business-like hunter who has written a L I l~; business-like book. He went to Africa not for sport, but for i ad he tells us in a clear, simple, straightforward way what he saw 'a!i :t he did there. In his preface he apologizes for his literary style; l 1-: d it is far better than that of many more pretentious writers ve themselves high airs and ...