... 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 ...

... (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 ...

... 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 ...

... BALLADS ANI) OTH1.1t IC)EM1S. 'By G. HEDLEY. SCOtt, P. c,'esite-row.-A olunse of poetry eoutnissing rsuch that is ercellent, and very little indeed that does not soar above the level ef nicdincrity. Mr. Hedley's verse is fluent and- freslh, and y o- plefer him in the 1)a.tltie tjlatlhe those izi file lieroic vein. '-The BLhsiielasra Cliarge i's a fine. Specimlell of thle hltter, whilst A ...

... THrE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.' IN France, a well-known connoisseur has said, every shopkeeper is a artist: in England, every artist is -a shopkeeper. True, 'in part, as thi somewhat cynical observation undoubtedly-is, the spirit of it, wer it applied to a comparison. between the artists of the Middle Age and those of the present day, instead of between the two riva nations, would be more ...

... LIST OF SIR JOHN :MILLAIS'S PICTURES. AT THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. ale of the late Mr. William Graham's pictures, which begins to-morrow, completes the remarkable collection of Sir John Millais's pictures, which the c liC is this week having its last opportunity of seeing. The two most - ?? pictures absent from the Grosvenor Gallery exhibitions-the Vale If f est, and Apple Blossoms -are now ...

... A LTIR BAR Y PIlr GRIZ9 AXTIJQUARIA-N books, as a rule, are extremely dull reading. They give us facts without form, science without style, and learning without life. All exception however must be made for M. Gaston Boissier's Pro- mlenades Archdologiques. M. Boissier is a most pleasant and picturesque Writer, and is really able to give his readers useful information without ever boring ...

... -a; ?? MADAME SCHUMANN.-Even among the-crowd of great pianists who during the present season propose to bid for the shekels of this unmusical country, the unexpected visit of Clara Schumann is a notable event. Although no definite farewell was ever announced, it was understood that Madame Schumann's sojourn here two years ago would be her last. Advancing age and the natural decay of strength ...

... -- ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? - ?? - -- - II. Titis month's number of Hazper's is brighter than usual. There are more stories, including a well-opened serial, King Arthur, by the author of John Halifax, Gentleman, and a short tale, brimful- of healthy life and humour, Little Bel's Supplement, by Helen Hunt Jackson.-Mr. Phil Robinson was reminded of ancient naval architecture and of the amazing ...

... AURDENT LT.ERATURE. Letters to Dead Atuthors. By Andrew :ILang. (Longinans.) *We gather from the preface to Mr. L~ana's volume that the idea of writing a senes of letters to dead authors orig~inated with the editor of the ] Set. .Jares's Geazette, int which journal sixteenc our of these tweiity-tio chapters originallyc fappeared-the remainder being ?? pub-. l llished for the first timle. The ...

... | THE PALL 'MALL 'LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. AugutusHaris' PatommeALADIN. Last Five Nights and.Two Mornings. EEIG 7.20, nad SATURDAY and \VELtNESDAY NEXT at o.fo. ALADDIN is a m reairaio ofth faou Aabin ighs'stoy.It combines inone entertainmen the besf' and un f od-fslsinedpanomie, he goris o moernspectacle, the grace of French fb anldb the charmll of comic opera. ...

... THE SPRING PICTURE SIO WS. IN the department of English art, at least, the private exhibitions now thrown open to the public are hardly up to the mark, in spite of much good individual work. Sir John Millais is the principal attraction at both Messrs. Tooth's and McLean's, and Meissonier at the French Gallery, but for all that one cannot help feeling that the level, at the two former at least, ...