... @ -W R eK u s RuBINSTEI N. -It is five years since NIL Rubinstein w. a England. He has now returned to us to give his series of ?? Historical Recitals. He will also play twice in the lrovnlce. and may possibly attend a reception to be held in 1i. 1ainot- Otherwise we believe the great pianist will, during his bries-tnd, it is said, his farewell-sojourn here, spend his time in privacy If, ...

... l1 I |~ ?? . ?? WE have received a new volume of the series of English Worthies edited by Mr. Andrew Lang, Raleigh, by Mr. Edmund Gosse, M.A. (Longmans, Green, and Co.). The writer has brought to his task much and commendable judgment. He has also had at his disposal a great deal of new matter collected by the late Mr. Edward Edwards and the late Mr. James Augustus St. John, the more ...

... ?? TI E OPERA.-The Carl Rosa enterprise at Drury Lane will close to night after an unusually brief term of four weeks. During that short period, however, twenty-eight representatipns have been given, a new opera by an Englishman has been produced, and, as the music performed has for the most part , been far removed from the hackneyed repertory, the work actually done has been of far greater ...

... MESSRS. FORSYTH BROTHERS.-The Widow of Nain, a sacred cantata for female voices, Composed by Frank f Sawy-r Mus. Doc., Oxon., just comes in time for the heads of coi1ged anil their pupils to commence studying it for the Christmas holiday breakings-up ; the libretto is well chosen, and the music of more than ordinary merit. Both are well worthy the attention of refinol young amateurs.- ...

... I I THE opening of the juvenile fashion season was very pleasantly inaugurated by Madame C-, who invited her friends and clientle to an afternoon tea and private view of her new Paris models and artistic designs for children's dresses. From a host of dainty little garments for young folks, ran ng fr )m a few months' to some seven years old, we have selected a iew for description. There was a ...

... 50, i!l; WMIX, VE Zq %\N THEAT MR. TIIEYRE SMITU'S comedietta, produced at the PRINCESS'S on Saturday evening with the title of Mfy Lord in Livery, is a decided success ; yet is not the sort of success which his admirers expected. Hitherto he has mostly relied on the play of wit and fancy and subtle self-portraiture, entrusted to a couple or so ol artistic performers. In his latest trile he ...

... ,,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 ...