... / Wfl1E 'REA)) ' TIIE Battlerields of Germany, from the Outbreak of the Thirty Years' *Var to the Battle of Blenheim, by Colonel G. B. Malleson wNV. 11. Allen and Co.), is meritorious work. It is well that the ninor strui,'cs of the great religious war should be rescried from the temi-oblivion which has fallen ('II them, for of many of these battles no account exists ill the English language ...

... CAPTAIN DoUCE, of the P'einisular and Oriental Company's steamship Eleplhanta, was an admirable sailor, hut one of the shyest and most reserved of men, lie had saved several lives lay jumlping over the side into heavy seas, and he had often encountered typhoons in the China and cyclones in the Indian Seas with a coohlnss that commanded the confidence of his passengers and crew. Neverthe- less, ...

... alux bleus vont aux Cicl-; Yeux nzoirs all Purgatoire; I'e x g ris au Paradis; Ye tx verts 1 P'Enfeiz. FOUR little candles all afloat, Red and green and blue and white, Fach in a little walnut boat, By the fire on Christmas night. Four little heads together bent, Four little hands each lighting one, Whose the candle soonest spent, Her life shall be soonest done. Christmas candles all alight, ...

... DRAWN BY CHARLES GREEN She saluted me with great politeness, and Frank (whom she kissed) with peculiar tenderness. By WALTER BESANT, AUTHOR OF 'ALL SORTa AND CONDITIONS OF MEN, THE CAPTAIN'S ROOM, THE REVOLT OF MAN, &C., &O., &C. CHAPTER XXXV. JENNY'S SCHEME Tas project of jenny's contrivance was so simple, and seemed so easy, that it completely took possession of my mind, and for a ...

... I PROMENADE CONCERTS.-Tha Promenade Concert Season will begin at Covent Garden to-night, when the new plan of transferable season tickets to all parts of the house will come into operation. Perhaps in order to counteract the attractions of the Health Exhibition, the musical arrangements have been made on an even more than usually elaborate scale. Mr. Carrodus will lead the orchestra, which ...

... X2Zoloo > W~ooM~o MUR4U& s )ziomgogNT XS~Xu I ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.-An opera new to London, though frequently performed in the provinces, entitled Victorian, was pro- duced at Covent Garden on Saturday night before a somewhat thin audience. Its composer, Mr. Julian Edwards, is one of the con- ductors of the company, and an overture from his pen was heard at one of the orchestral concerts given ...

... XUSI MADAME SCttUxMANN.--It seems strange that a work like Schumann's early Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. ix, should not have been heard at the Popular Concerts before Monday last. It is a favourite ?? among pianists, and indeed it is toler- ably familiar to the musical public. It is a pity that some particulars of the history of this composition were not given in the analytical programme ...

... JusIl TILE OrERA.-The Carl Rosa rehearsals are practically ended and the English season at Drury Lane will commence on Easter Monday with the Bohemnian Girl, Madame Georgina Burns and Mr. Maas playing the chief parts. Mer. Alaas, who last Sunday made a highly-successful debzt at M. Pascieloup's concert in Paris, seems inclined to adopt the older repertory, for his appearances are for the ...

... : TlE I)flMA IN AMERICA. ?? - nTVR OwN CORRESPONDENT.) m OM t 0 11 - ?? 5eFI'EiiTERB 4.-The change of temperature N~rjj l kt'+c~ has had an inspiriting effect upon actors, tin e 'I g ceneral public. Old Sol has again asserted z11111r3' ' such a relentless manner that the golden era, 1i ?? 0ll dawned anspiciously, is just now under a i Yelatcetly d, and the shekels are again rattling beiteig o ...

... On Thursday, May est, a New Play, in Four Acts, by Dion Boucicault, jun., entitled DEVOTION. Due de Ohevreuse ?? Mr JollN CLAYTON Comte de Chalais ?? Mr H. B. CONWAY Abb6 de Gondi ?? M Mr D. BOucecAuljr, Jin. Due de Isonbazon ?? Mr EDMUND MAURICE Aubry ?? GesecER. TREST De Flesque ?? . Mr G. F. BLAcKiBOURNE De Sluze ?? Mr F. M. PAGEr Balagnir.M r TREsAHAR Seuhise ?? ?? -Mr WASrER RUssELL ...

... TffH LONDON THEATRES. As usual at this period, several of the pantomimes are now closing their season. With this week ends the run of Lttle lied Briding Hood at HEn MAJESTY'S THEATRE, the final performance being given this evening for the benefit of Mr F. 0. Leader, when the Vokes family appear in their popular extravaganza The Belles of the Kitchen, with the original cast. On Thursday night ...

... THEATRIOAL GOSSIP. Tine Irving company left Boston at ten o'clock one morning, and did not arrive at their next stopping-place until one the next day-a journey that should have been mnade in about ten hours. They were snowed up between Jersey city and Phlla- dueljphi, and had sonic lively incidents of travel, which MIr Joseph Hlatton will no doubt relate in his department of the book of ...