... 7ItIE DRAMA IN PARIS. (FROMt OURs OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22.-By veering and- ,lealy from grave to gay, from the old-fashioned high fdlitnl of leos 11:-'es Repenties to the essenbially modern persiflage of MM131. Ferrier and Bocage's new coieilY, the Gymnase loss effected a particularly. wlcome evolution. For on the stage, as elsewhlere, mietl appears to be at a discount in Panes ...

... TEm BRISTOL !USICAL F OgrVAe The opening day of the Fifth Triennial Bristol Muscal Festival has bon inaugurated witan, amount of success which it is hoped anger well ei h compiete sutccss of the meeting. The yesterday- Belshear -was probably a novty to, most of its hearers. It Was with mx. Ralw, thecm. adoctor of the Festival, the idea of prodncing tlis-Utt1. knowis work originated the ...

... THE, BADMINTON LIbRARY OF; SPORTS AND PASTII1MES*, , I 0 IT- was a happy thought on the part of the founders of this series of * sporting volumes (of which the one- before us is the text book on hunting) to propound from the pens of various undeniable authorities standard bodks of reference upon each of our leading British sports and pastimes. There are already divers independent works, manyof ...

... I ];AsJ.IX I.s ,i m To the majority of the youthful members of families i.l London and its suburbs the holidays are over, and they have only to look forward to three months of study and hard work at colleges, Art schools, and boarding-schools, great and small. The first thing a careful mother should look to on the return of her young flock from the seaside is their stockings and boots. She ...

... ICTIONR Y- OF NA TIONAL BIOGRA41PJry., - As punctually as the revolving, moons-more punctually than our English seasons-the portly volumes, of Mr.. Leslie Stephen's dictionary mnake, their quatterly appearance, as though the presswere self-supply. ing, and regulated- by an electric connection with Greenwich Observa- tory:.' Under. the. circumstances this clock-like precision is not only' ...

... THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (AUGusTrus 11ARIS, Lessee and Marnager.) HUMAN NATURE. I EVERY EVENING at 7.45 TILL CHRISIMXS. COMPLETE THiE BEST OF CONSENSUS MiODERN OF MELODRAMAS, COMPLIMIENTARY CRWE OS..Vxtj CRUIICISMS. CROWDED EIOUSES. 'PUNCII. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Haymarket, (Under the Manragemnent of Mr. C. I1. HIAWrTEVh TMIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock ...

... PUBLIO AMUSEMENTS. pRZHCESS'S ME WILSON BARRETT. ji.UERSE ANDI MANAGER. ltiJOINING PERFORH}ANtCE OF P;OODMAN BLIND. E VERY SATURDAY. at 2.0. Doors opena.30. ANr BLIND.-EV~ltY EVEN INEG. a8 ?? ?? be seenert zzn Mmer>. W. fialiand T E. Blyan. Inceilental music aid c Ae N BLINb -_yi, Firlodnaett under the h0s0 adir'eelotorefl Wii. o a ot FliCes: Privazte Boxo9, one50 f~oe srom0.10e o es o ny dt ...

... LETEBATJURE 'EC(tNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDITOA- The number of important technical works now issued may be accepted as evidence of an increasing desire to cope with the indus- trial problems of the time in the most thorouah and complete manner. It goes without saying that neither lectures nor books will alone suffice to Loake good work- men, but they are valuable fordirecting their minds into ...

... WE are informed that the postponement of the pro- daction of Alone in London at the Olympic on Wednes- day last was chiefly due to the absence from the dress rehearsal on Tuesday night of an actor playing a sub- ordinate but important part, who refused at the last moment to act because his name was not starred in the advertisements. There was not time for a substi- tute to study the words, ...

... STRANGE STORY. : ?? .: A fasb'enably-dressed woman named Beatrice A&llen, of Beaonsfield-badldng~ York-road, was yee- terday brouh up onremaudat theMasylebonelf'olces- court by Jjetective-strgeaiit Record,' charged with stealing agold bracelet value 61., alsoaphototgph; 'the poety ?? EzykielbMichael'of 149,31dgware- . ati The videncae was that th sonr andr wit- olne l went t the Ishop ef'Mrs. ...

... THE AQ Q' A;RIUt The variety enter ain n ide at thi plaoyment :of amnusement is a most attract d tre by the of the apprecistive visitor beng Onl arrd the s apathetic attitude of.Ithee audiencetowadsr thetert of-the performers on the great cen ?? feat after the'excitementproduced hb' themv human artist of the performing leas, the efforts o the ahillinest pall upon the jaded appdtite, or whe r c ...

... THE GREAT PINK PEARL. It seems to be now generally recognised that a far- cical play, to afford its fullest meed of enjoyment, should be played with as much care and finish as a cup-and-saucer comedy. We heartily welcome this improvement in the public taste and in the traditions of humorous acting. The old notion of appealing to the perceptions of the audience in the broadest way, of ...