... I17[L _ _L1 LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. - THEATRE ROYAL DkCUX:Y ?? 0 T g V LN ri is a magifent realization of tile famous Arabial Nights ?? iS reired atigtly with deafening applauise and lauhiter by avelitsriog . th o ?? Lbe best features and full of ?? panltomnime, I. c ) ,) s titti , tle grace. of French ?? e, and trh charnt of comic . . 'si atl Iyoig, andi is unianimously pronnetced to be the ...

... OUIDA'S LA TEST NO VEL.* OTHMAR is a sequel to Princess Napraxine. Good alx> tflon for all who have not had enough of that gifted lady. And rae,. one considers Nadine Napraxine's celestial beauty, the I o dO extent of her reading, her exquisite taste in painting, h found and scientific knowledge of the tone art,' 1Lie speech adorned with choice expressions culled from the French ,Qllfel her ...

... MR. JOHN COLEMAN'S lively little book, containing numberless anecdotes of Phelps, has just been published by the Messrs. Remington. We give here a few extracts:- HOW PHELPS AND MACREADY FOUGHT. As to Macduff, says Mr. Phelps, 1 I don't know how often I plaved him; I think every Monday night during the season. Of course you've heard of the row during the fight. 'Mac' (Macready) let fly at me ...

... is one point in connection with the arrangement of the pictures at ,svenor Gallery on which all the critics are agreed, their opinions ,xpressed with unusual unanimity and spontaneity. Why should pictures, they join us in asking, be hung chronologically ? The students would be immense, for it would show exactly how Sir illais gained his present power and breadth, as well as when; it how in ...

... 2,1. LEWT IS CARROLL'S NE T BOOK.* ' ne book by Lewvis Carroll is likely, we are afraid, to be voted inl somie quarters as rather a take in. Outside it is uniform with the two ?i 2iice's the illustrations by Mr. Frost (the illustrator of The Snark ) are not so very far behind Mr. Tenniel's (whom, by the way, the (xJ'.sq, in noticing our Dick Doyle Extra,' so unnecessarily killed ...

... SOM1E POETS AND A POETESS.* THE Glasgow Ballad Club seems to be somewhat misnamed. One expects it to be a society for the collection and study of the old ballad literature, of which Scotland is so justly proud; whereas it is in reality a company of original versifiers (original in the sense in which we are all original sinners), incorporated with the object of aiding and abetting each other ...

... S YL VAH AT WiTiER. EVERY department of nature, however small, is practically i,?tP The more a man works at it the more does he find how m1uch1- still left to work at. Mr. Heath's own chosen department is very narrow one; and yet what a wealth of varied interest he ' extract from it and to impress upon his readers HI is PlarLictI1at 1-i consists just of our dozen or so of English forest trees ...

... A BOOKSELLER OF THE LAST CE.,'1TTUR T. PUBLISTIERS, like other mortals, illustrate the scientifi lawv of progress. In; the middle of the eighteenth century John Newbery wrote, published, and sold books, had a haid in thne production of sevcrai 2suapers, and was the sole aent ?? the sale of Dr. fames's 1evecder By the selparato-n of iu!CtiouS which maiks the course of evolution his successors ...

... OLD uASTERS AT THE ACADEN1ZY. LONDON is decidedly lucky in the matter of picture shows this season. No more interesting collection from contemporary materials could have been made than the Mrillais exhibition at the Grosvenor; and as for old masters and deceased masters of the British school, until it becomes the thing to do the National Gallery, nobody can do better than go to see ...

... THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. ALADDIN as realiid C zt tltzation of the fatioss Arabias Nighlts' story, and is received ?? : vith, denfrenhsg Tpplauise aod lato ehter by ovetnisvisg atlietes. Ct. isr ine isse eoeerrtainsment the best features na d fee, of old-lr.shioned pantomime, tilc cairiei of iiodeso spectacte thte grace of French feer e. :nd the chlarics of comic opera. I: pleases aliie old ...

... -THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. ALADDIN is a magnificent realization of the famous Arabian Nights story, and is received nightly with deafening applause and laughter by overflowing audiences. It combines in one entertainment the best features and fun of old-fashioned pantomime, the glories of moderm spectacle, the grace of French feer:e, and the charm of comic opera. It pleases alike old and ...

... SMALL TALK FOR SCOTCH HIVS TOPIn1 THE LAIRD OF LAG. * .a . SIR ROBERT GRIERSOTNT. of Lag, was one of those zealoS t order who ale always ready to serve a Government th work in hantd. He helped Claverhouse to stamP the of Galloway in the last years of the Stuart dynasty. U e hi h)use, he was not above his work, which he see bt thoroughly enjoyed.. He was the chief of the tribual Fer Tese * ...