... RAILWAY SERVANTS' ORPHANAGE | CONCERT., -. I ' The concert in aid of the Railway Servants' Orphan- age, given In the Drill Hall, Derby, last Tuesday, r was in every respect a great success. The hall, to begim with, was crowded-a fact which in itself is i highly satisfactory. The promoters of the concert (excellently managed throughout by railway men) 1 l had. secured very distinguished ...

... 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 ...

... THE announcement that Mr. Cohen's orchestrfl concert will take place next Friday evening in the Ulster Hall will be received with pleasure by all lovers of music in Belfast. That a high-class programme will be carried out on the occasion goes without saying, but we doubt if any previous concert under the conductorship of Mr. Cohen possessed so ?? attractive features as that which will be held ...

... ROYALTY THEATRE THtE PRIycESSs IDA. n~iohbt a he ,Roalt' anwdt ino' prsence r large anddelighted audience. P or rsoc ,cf knowvn to himnself AIr Gilbeut hcas5 2 opened up fresh ground. Thus, his ?? contribution to the njarticular ciass of -e -. !art which includes Pinafore ts r~> and other popular works is siunszly a ^ce ,up editionu of The Prinlcess,' Dro ?? Royal Olymlpic Theratre ...

... ECOENT NOVELS lt was cm American who raised the ireof follow-novelists by dclariu that all the s stories were told, and it is the American a novelists who prove bow well the storiesoan be Di made to bear re-telling. It anty be the weak- NX s nesssge h hr yo~hb bt it is certainly a ti, ,pleasnt chuan to turt afro the0 iotion, or a ai s large pert of t e fictioo, of te Old World to U the fresh ...

... FEM.AL scCooL OF ART. - -4 The esnual distribution of prizes to students a i the Female School of .krt was made yesterdayafter- hi oo ia lrine's Hlall, PhecAillk, by the Countess emville, %Vho Vrtided in the unavoidable absence of Y of ?? report of the corn- cnt lated tbe iend and students Of the :bl o3 the acqision of asother natiounl gold medal, T wonationl silver and fie natoal bronze ...

... THE COURT. Osborne. Thursday. The Queen drove out yesterday a ternoon, accoes. paied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Edin- burgh and Princess Beatrice. Her Majesty's dinner party included the Duchess of Edinburgb, Princess Beatrice, Lady Southampton, the Dowager Marchioness of Ely, the Hon Lady Biddulph. Lieutenant Colonel StockLwell, C B; and Captain the Elan R Drummond, Seaforth ...

... Jth~l SIIOAD VAkIE TIES.- I .,Ho~ --n , - . . - - I I TEE COURT. 'WindeorCastle, Thursdy. 7 The Qaedn and lrincess Beatrioe drove out yester- .. ilay Afternoon, atteaded by dy Churcthill. 31er Majesty went out this morsningwith the Fria- ?? coss. The Ron Evelyn Paget and the Eon V lta Pawiie have succeeded the HQo Erelyn 311o0re aud the Hon Preedes ?? as Maids of Honor InWaiting to the do ...

... GEORGE ELIOT'S ESSA YS.* THIS volume consists of seven essays, republished from the TIesmz. ster Review and other magazines, together with a few short extracts from a note-book. Five of the seven essays are reviews-that is to say critical articles on specified works. But they are much more than ordi. nary criticisms. In each case the particular work or series of works examined is taken as a ...

... - The Influence of the Mind upon the Body. By Daniel Hack Tuke, M.D. Second Edition. Two Vols. (J. and A. Churchill.) Since Dr. Tuke first published his interesting and valuable work upon this obscure but fascinating department of physiology and psychology, there has been, as he justly observes, a remarkable increase of intelligent interest in the subtle relations of mind and body. The ...

... utu iu X go. Mountl Etra is now in a state of eruption. Lord 1t. Churchill 4vill probably visit Belfast at Easter. Trains can now run direct from bSunendria, on the Danube, to Nisch. The Queen is expected to visit the Continent in about six week;s. The Philadelphia cricketers will sail for England on the 17th of May. The Sultan of Turkey has sent the Chefkat Order to the Queen of Spain. The ...

... RIEWS 0r OOKS TIME Kelly, GMoreat see- tetsTe- number has a capital portai f he1.t Mr. Leigh, and au amusing memoir of a clever man, whose4 talents were more or less hidden under a bushel. NighmareJackon, by . 8.Dunam, is an enter-I tamig soryin ?? Toer of London is brught o a oneluion. rom.it. we.- extract-. the followng'inidentgth~-~t~j~'its bloods6taiued -. A WILY BISHOP. During the ...