... MESSRS. MARRIOTT AND WILLIAMS.-- One of the cleverest of the rising ballad writers of the day is Gerald B. Lane, from whom we have four remarkably good examples of that school, for which he has suppli ...

... IN A Real Queen (3 vols.: Chatto and Windus), Mr. R. E. Francillon has given his readers another of those highly idealised studies in fiction which are to real life what the imaginings of a poet who ...

... AUDIENCES at the ST. JAMES'S Theatre may be said to have confirmed the verdict of the Parisian public upon Le Maitre de Forges, for the applause which was bestowed upon the first perform ance of Mr. P ...

... . THE lamented death of the Duke of Albany has for a time put an almost complete stop to musical entertainments in London, but with the return of Easter we may expect a more than aver age supply. On Saturday next the Alhamhra Theatre re-modelled and re-decorated will be re-opened with Mr. Kingston's English adaption of Millbcker's successful German opera, Her Bcttel Student (The Beggar Student ...

... . Cbameb Co., 201, Regent-street, W. The following com positions, by James J. Monk, are published by Cramer Co., at their London address, and also at 35, Church -street, Liver pool: Home Recollections, 4s., words by S. Jones. The verses are of average merit. The melody in F minor, with a modulation into E flat major, is flowing and simple. Snow- flakes, 4s., words by J. L. Hill, who tells ...

... THE OPERA.-- The prospectus of the Royal Italian Opera was issued on Wednesday, but the chief details have already been announced. It will, therefore, suffice to say that the principal artists are Mes ...

... THOUGH Easter has been heralded by dull times, the holiday season is by no means barren of theatrical novelties; on the con trary, this Easter presents a spectacle of very active rivalry among manager ...

... The War Game. --A correspondent writes: I have just seen your account of the war game in yours of the 8th ult., giving the credit of the invention to Prussia about sixty years since. I had been readi ...

... wwtww vJwr'-'.r- Pr j;| eMuSIC) THE DUKE OF ALBANY AS A IAN.-- Although the state of his health did not permit the Duke of Albany to take to any great extent a practical part in musical performan ...

... DRAMA. PRINCE'S THEATRE. THE new farcical comedy which took the place of Breaking a Butterfly at the Prince's Theatre last week, afforded a good example of the way in which a bad piece may sometimes be saved-- at any rate from instant and utter condemnation-- by good acting. We do not suppose that any efforts on the part of Mr. Bruce's company will be able to make a success of The Private ...

... . Riviebe and Hawkes, 28, Leicester-square. Tutor for the Violin, 4s. selected, arranged, and composed hy O. Langey. This little work of 100 pages contains all that it is really necessary a student of the violin should know. Of course it is less exhaustive than the great work of Spohr, but it leaves no branch of violin study neglected, and contains such clearly- writteu instructions for self ...

... . THE English opera season at Drury Lane has thus far been highly successful, and several operas have been successfully added to the repertory. Mr. Mackenzie's Colomba was produced last week under the direction of the composer. Mme. Marie Roze essayed with considerable success the part of Colomba, in which Mme. Valleria achieved a dramatic and vocal success not likely to be soon forgotten. Mme ...