... STRAND THEATR? An Englieb version, by M~r. C. M. Rae, of t'ne late31C. Edxuond A~bout's comcodiettn,- ~shetti, W5x produced as an introductory piece last eve ang at thi Strand lheatre under the title of Tbe; Sunni Side. The work of adaptation bee been perfernief judiciously andwith care, but, un~fortusnately, we aM compelled to add that the w ork w.as hardly worth the paine which have been ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, MAY 4, 1885.-ACAnDE3Y OF MUsIC.-As we anticipated, the return visit of The Private Secretary was suecisafulfrom a financial point of view, asagreat many people again went to see the troubles of the pale young curate; but the acting was, on the whole, decidedly inferior to that of the troupe which first brought the farce lo Montreal. In fact, the only ...

... On Wednesday last this popular functionary took his benefit -at a matin6e at the Gaiety. The performance commenced with WHO SPEAKS FIRST. Captain Charles ?? ir WALRER JOYCE Mr Millington ?? Mr RANDOLPH Potter ?? Mr FRDsERaxcs Mrs Millington ?? Miss EDIru Bauce Snact ?? Miss CLARA Jarss In this Mr Walter Joyce distinguished himself greatly by his easy touch-and-go style of acting as ...

... It T T B 3 A T t B Betio sjr 1jOO A.ND NEW EDITIONS,. n nghearn haa done a more immediately prue- a lrit in the cud, also a greater, service by the n I1 if DO.h iB vcn to his oss5&Y On Po , as aiW .yre bl) ?? it he had devoted himself, with all h rlsgcs $ dligence ho has here put forth, to the ,P smey ne manual of Political HElconmy. o 1 ;lu¢rla boas to spply the test of what he conceives b ...

... ;CAAMBRIDGETOCAVEXAMINATIOAN - PRESENTATION OF AWARDS. The ansual distribution of prizes gained by Birmingham girl candidates at the Cambridge local examinations was made on Saturday at the Grammar School, New Street, by Mrs. William Kenrick, president oftbe Ladies' Association for Useful Work, under whose auspices the examinations are held. In addition to Mrs. Kenrick, who presided, there ...

... MR. NORWOOD AND THE CENTRAL it] DIVISION. Be The usual monthly meeting of the Park Ward Con ps servative Association was held on Tuesday night in the in Caie.street School.room. Mr C. S. Eccles presided.- Y( Letters of apology for non-attendance ware read from ve Mr T. Farrell (president), Mr G. H, Garbutt, and Mr w F. Blackburn.-Mr F. B. Grotrian, J.P., and Alder- me ax man H. S. Atkinson, J ...

... I LRD SHMBROOKE'S POEAMS.* I The little volume of poems by vord Sher- brooke appears to us to merit more serious treatment as poetry than the critics have yet shown a disposition to give it. Some of the many haort poems are imitative in form, sub- stance, and title. Of this kind we the ballad, 1 Chevy Chase, and the lyric, The Coscsack to his Steed. Others, again, axe pitched in a too ...

... XMCAL IGTSM- - A - - - is d = A S e | * ? F - ?? e It WM be hes with pisure W it i the detennmation of the Manig Committee of the> Phflharmonic Obral so- twlh is . blessed ?? an energetic preidsnt, a careflE treasnred, an a vigilant secrel~ytomaintaia the organisaion intsct. We may o for-. Ftadt fore to a ?? neeaon ;oof teexcellent series of performances of oratorio dtablished by thasociety at ...

... MUSICAL ll?CLi'AU AT THE CONSTI. IUTIO>AL CLUB. AN inlteresting mnusical recital was given last nli2ht in the iarve 1aiLI of th'J Cou~sriitutinnal Club by the pup ils of Mer. .iohri Hr. Caerroll. Thle enter- tainnsc-iit wvas one altogether abhove rtbe average of SulChl ettorts, and relleeutid groat credit on those conoet ned. '[he instrumentatl portion of the pro)-I gn~nlezas cajpittalle ...

... IFASHT'KA- Y'D T-A BIEIlS. THi COURT. Ia Wind-asur CLstle, Tuesilay. 2, ,ye .: I FPrnco?ss Beatrice dr- (e (lut ye-terday I . ., c ia i,- the Cuin teni 02 Erre. y -as, antende I by the Hon kady Bid- : -. :a 1,1 ..iven by Prince and Priln&ss v; u4-i i i ullo.tein at Cuaibet;aud Lodge ni -t-Th 1,an' Prince Henry of Battenberg was i -L, -: seat. a: imeutt~itg, accomp~aiedl by V ?? ; i,1 Pai .a ...

... THE UNDERGRAD'8 VOWit (From Punch.) llfondcgy M'oreiepy-Cnn't imagine why the Mnter was so unu- sually polite to mejast now. Dide'tsayaword about my nunerous absececs irom chapel l Leaked en, quite pleased, while Cr-ib (my terrier) was rootiug up the grass in the Quadrangle. This urbanity suspicisue. Is ho going to rueticato ine, I wonder. 10 ?? g paper. Every th ing explained! There's to be ...

... THE SCHOOL A-ND HOIIE 1ONNG BOOK. A Cob- # ;lection Of SOTngS £or e~se In. Iris schtels. Selected and arraned by P Uoeihr.an, Professor of 3Music Cetaul Training and Model Schools. Marlboroug- th strcot, and St P3$rd;'s Tranng Co~lege, Drorcondra, Dabln. Dublin: Jamnes Duffv and Soa, fWeliingtOn- ar u!ayl, md Psermwoster-row, I ondee. Few books deserve a wider or a 'warmer xelcome -,IN ...