... IF Mrs. Riddell requires change of air from the City of London, her readers ought not to grudge it to her. She is, however, so identified with the City that Berna Boyle, a Love Story of the County Down (3 vols.: Bentley and Son), appeals to an entirely new range of interests and sympathies. For our own part, we do not think her change of air and scene well advised. London she has made her ...

... NOVELLO, EWER, AND CO.-- Part 63, Vol. VIII., of The Organist's Quarterly Journal keeps up its reputation as the best publication of its kind extant. We have here the finale to, or con tinuation of, ...

... ykj MAT 0|W c? EYRE'S ACQUITTAL, by Helen Mathers (3 vols.: Bentley and Son), is a continuation of that popular romance, The Story of a Sin. There is something in the circumstances of this relatio ...

... . Glad Tidings, the sensational drama by Messrs. Willing and Stainforth, originally produced at the Standard Theatre, was last Monday revived at the Surrey Theatre, under the direction of Mr. John Douglass, with a strong cast, including Miss Amy Steinberg (Isabel Morton), Miss B. Newton (Margaret), Miss B. Knight (Mrs. Chingwell), Mr. H. Dundas (Arthur Pierce), and Messrs. Gilmore (Willie ...

... MUSIC. COYENT GARDEN CONCERTS. THESE entertainments continue to attract large audiences, especially on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but, with few excep tions, have presented no occasion for critical comment. The novelties produced at the opening concern, and referred lo in cur last week's impression, have beon repeated, and in addition to further appearances made by MM. Maas and Santley, Mines. ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. AMONG THE CRICKETERS. THAT was the all-important question at the beginning of last week. It met one everywhere, and at all times and seasons. Politics were no where. Getting Gordon out of Khartoum was a trivial matter compared to get ting Murdoch out at Kennington, and the failure of the Egyptian Conference was n aught when com pared to that of the English howling. The ...

... The American comedy Casting the Boomerang, in which the Augustiu Daly company first appeared iu this country a short time back at Toole's Theatre, was withdrawn last week, and another A merican novelty was provided in Dollars and Sense, adapted from the German ny Mr. Augustin Daly, and originally performed last October at Da'y'a Theatre, New York. The plot if so it may he entitled-- is of the ...

... GAIETY THEATRE. Miss Kate Vatjohan, who seems resolved to establish herself in favour as the heroine of light and elegant pieces of the class formerly associated with the name of Mile. Dejazet, on Saturday last appeared at a Gaiety matinee in one of that famous actress's most popular characters, the Vicomte de Letorrieree, in Bay art's comedy so entitled. The dramatic construction is simple ...

... . THE spacious and handsome Grand Theatre, at Islington (now under the sole management of Mr. Charles Wilmot), was well filled on Monday last, when the Beatrice Company began a short series of performances. From long practice together, the members of this popular company have learnt how to work har moniously together for the general good, and all their perform ances show the carefulness of ...

... . A pull house assembled at the Lyceum on Saturday night, when The Fells commenced the very brief series of revivals with which Mr. Irving has brought his season to a close. There is no need to describe again the manner in which tho actor here playB upon the imagination of his audience, how he chains the attention and sends a delightful thrill of horror through the sympathetic spectator. But ...

... PROMENADE CONCERTS.-- The 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 ...

... GIVEN a pair of twin brothers strongly resembling each other in outward appearance, yet in their avocations so wide apart that one has become a learned Bishop, while another has sunk into the con diti ...