... ?? ?? I., ' ?? ' ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? THE publication of Professor J. R. Sceley's new book, A Short History of Napoleon I. (Seeley and Co.), is not an event of the first importance in contemporary literature, like the publication of Ecce Homo, Natural Religion, or the Expansion of Eng- land. It would seem from the Professor's preface that he has written the book chiefly ...

... E. DONAJowSIxI.-To judge from his work, D. R. Munro must have enjoyed a pleasant holiday in Scotland. The B~oniie Woods o' Craigielee, a plaintive Scotch air, has been prettily transcribed for the pianoforte by him. Ile has also composed 'Dance of the Pirates and March of the Forest Elves two good after-dinner pieces of medium difficulty, and Among the Heather, four easy little pieces ...

... I WE suppose that, until an author places his name on his title pages, his anonymity must be respected, however open his secret may be. It is still under the title of the Author of 'Mehala,' 'John Herring,' &c., that the author of Court Royal ; a Story of Cross Currents (3 vols: Smith, Elder, and Co.), must be congratulated on having produced a work which gives scarcely qualified pleasure ...

... R - -eYsSil LISZT'S ST. EuIZAnE1tt. -The splen(lid reception ?? to Dr. Franz Liszt at St. James's Hall on Tuesday gllh1t ?? llot lead us to exaggerate the merits, nor blind us to the defect. of lii music. Portions of his oratorio SL. Elizabeah (which w-as gicli on Tuesday for the first time in England in its complete fii)ii are among the best efforts of the imaster. Other parts, ?? lci t.le ...

... ,,MY COURIER. A Romantic Comedy, in Four Acts, adapted by Miss Jennie Le Terrier, produced at the Comedv Theatre, Manchester, Monday, August 23d, 1896. Mrs Pauline Aroin Bruce ?? Mdlle. Drn GARMO Wilton Stuarts ?? Mr LAURENCE GREY T. Winder Ferrett ?? Mr F. M. STANsLY Herbert Tollemache ?? Mr LIONEL MARSON Tristran Bonisace ?? Mr HARRY CAVE Adolphe ?? ?? Mr HAROLD BaOweise Karl Friedland ?? ...

... A3MUSEMIENTS IN CANADA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, OCTOBER 8.-ACADRMY OF MUSIC.- Old comedy in any way adequately performed is a very rare bird on this continent, and Miss Rose Coghlan, being presumably unable to* find a new play suited to her requirements, has very wisely conceived the idea of starring through the country with a repertoire drawn from the works of such master ...

... WE hear by telegraph that the sale of seats in advance for Mr Wilson Barrett's performance in New York for the benefit of the Actors' Fund was enormous. The Princess's company have been playing nightly to splendid business and the booking is almost without parallel. The theatre is filled nightly with audiences drawn from the most cultured classes in New York, and it is not nausual for Mr ...

... MMi7-. Paul Ferrier and Fabrice Carrels New Comic Opera, English Version by C. M. Rae, Music by Victor Roger. Montosol ?? Ar FRANK CELLI Abdatlah . ?? Mr HENRY BEAUMONT Mourzouf ?? Mr LFanv 'ibe Postman .. .. Mr HENDON Alfred Pasha ?? Mr FRAuK WYATT Mladame Dubois ?? . Madame AMADI ?? Miss Eerie1 CLEMSENTS lifine ?? iss MINNIE MARSHALL Adele . ?? Miss F. MELvILLE. Jeannette . ?? Miss ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 28.-LYcEsiu THEATRE.- A very fair burlesque has held the boards at this place of amusement during the week. Mr W. H. Fuller is about the only native dramatic author Canada possesses; and, although his claims to celebrity rest principally on a political parody, H.M.S. Parliament, which, owing to its local hits, obtained considerable success ...

... A suburban playgoer has just been making complaint concerning the hours at which the performances at some London theatres begin and terminate. These perform- ances, he holds, are given in the interest, mainly, of the late diners-the occupants, for the most part, of the stalls and boxes and drees circle-and to the detriment and annoyance of the less well-to-do patrons of the theatre who occupy ...

... (FROM OUR BRUSSELS CORRESPONDRNT.) Under the auspices of the Dramatic Authors' Federa- tion for the production of Belgian plays, the time has again come round for the appearance of the Union Dra- matique et Philanthropique, which body gave last week at the Alcazar an admirable representation of M. Van Laethem's unpublished comedy, in four acts, entitled LES BATISSEURS. Though this is a ?? d ...

... I_ -1 OrAt . I The members of this society have reason to be proud of the patronage they can command. Of some of it, that is. When, on the evening of Thursday last, they undertook to entertain their friends, the said friends came ap in such tremendous force that there was hardly a seat vacant either in stalls, area, or balcony. We have qualified our first remark because there was one young ...