... h - .4 SMALL MOUTHS are fashionable just now in New York, so Transatlantic belles are learning to whistle, in order to screw up their mouths to the orthodox size. FOREIGN TOURISTS IN SWITZERLAND yearl ...

... ?? WE may surely now look for sunshine and warmth, and, should they be delbyed for a week or so, it is nevertheless well to make due preparation for them. Although the Court mourning is over, and brig ...

... I f A Y ?? AIR. LAWRENCE BARRETT, the American actor, made his appearance on Monday at the LYCEUM in the part of Richelieu in Lord Lytton's celebrated historical drama. As far as the play is concern ...

... '1The Ne Dace of Death, a new three Volume F novel, by A. Egmont Rake and J. Gi. Lefebre, pub- Ililied by Remington and C o., Henlriemtt-srreet, Oovent Garden, London. contains rnot a single ...

... AMATEBUR G ONOERT -AT SAXMNDHAM. - JAn amateur concert of *a high character was success- fully given in the Mtarket-hall, Saxmundham, orThlrs- day evening. -The concert was promoted by the teachers of the district, who are to be heartily congaratulated upon Ithe manner in which the various items of their admirable programme were gone througb.. The soloists ?? H on. MrS. North, Mrs. Wilmer, ...

... LITER ATURI to sparkhP s--- -vg his entertaining events; v nan enduring interest. A NEW jiOVELI Theau1thorofi Abeifrk' ielkn an055iist'sstorytoariyrwi einn froimavery small orign selbydges, through all sot ftru sercy and torm channels, than widens out, and So changes, to the gratrele o iheas- gotar5i that whereas their business is tg rced, theiy clannot butyeanh ld tesb ed Fncyflots pona ...

... COENT GARPEl THEATRE. ie The Royal Italian Opera seasoal begarfo d- Tuesday to a full hoie 'with a most satiE )f factory performace . of La Giocoda,, th a chief operatic novelty of last season. Th id repetition of this work was .not., iarkq, 1- by any notable 'fresh fature' other tbhal If the ddilU of Madame 'Laterner;i r lady who proved to be fully 1qual to th d character of the false wife ...

... xEVIEWS G3_BOKS.. SoUTH ATEICA. A;SS/LireiEE$ Soi ~ ?aterssester-squaenre-Siuee Oetewayo became a person- ige of interest and importance a deluge -of books on South Africa has been poured into the reading world. Manyare espratey dul, ome oreinstructive than entetaiing an a ew ombne othinformation and ~ th of. cloe oygrvtieuandimpartie qjedg hesitate to rebuke the offensive manners of many. of ...

... AMATiUAS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. *i t, l tfp! Ijtre! V.,ssdeville arid Stanley Dramatic sici'ti-z; coi'.iiled tlicit forccs on tie eveuing of TuIesday last, Itie ;r1!1 sorb tI l'imoent ?? ail of the funds of the conl- Howl'lwr ?? at Weoodford, established under the auspices of 31I 'Lear'. AIsettlthe satisfactory result of the venture filxl a 1,,iiiart 'uiut of view there should notbermuch doubt, ...

... Marly an actor iu old days must have said bitt'siy, as the hour approached for the c'urtain to draw up, Dash my Wig ! and possibly he added an anathema against the wig- maker as well, for wigs in those days were not what they are now, and some of the greatest actors occasionally complained that the wigs did not make them look like the character they intended to impersonate. We live in times ...

... 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 ...

... THE IRRESPONSIBLES' PERFORMANCE. At St. George's Hall on Thursday evening last a young amateur dramatic society, who perform under the denomina- tion wx hich heads this notice of their doings, gave an entertain- ment in aid of the funds of the Girls' Home, Charlotte-street, Portland-place. The affair was doubtless a success pecuniarily, but dramatically it was weak, not to say inefficient. ...