... THE PALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS, GAIETY THEATRE. Strand. (Sole Lessees and Managers, Messrs. Joats I1OLLINGSEIRAD and GGirmi;r EDWARIIES.1 THIS EVENING, Mr. HRNRY . ?? e atd Dixey's Burlesque Coimpanyiyl the burlesque ADONIS. Farce at S.. Burlesqlue at 9.45. zooth arin Farewell P'erformance, SeptOWl'er 3, SATURDAY MATINEE at 2.1,, for accoenaiodadion of suburban patron. La;t Nine Nights ...

... THE PALL MALL' LIST 0-F ENTERTAINMENTS. GAIETY THEATRE, Strand. (Sole Lessees and Managers, Messrs. JO ,N HOLLINGSHEAD and GEORGE EDWARDES.) THIS EVENING, Mr. HENRY E. DIXEY, supported by Riceand Dixeys Burlesque Company, in the burlesque ADONIS. Farce at 8. Burlesclue at 8.45. tooth and Farewell Performance, September 3. SATURDAY MATINEE at a.e5, for accommnodation of subirban patrons. Last ...

... SOMzIE MA TERIALS FOR HISTOR Y* LETTERS AND DESPATCHES OF NELSON. PROSEESSOR. LAUGHTON epitomizes in this volume Sir H. Nicolas's work. It is no slight service to the student to have the most valuable and serviceable contents of seven stout volumes com- pressed by the hand of an expert into one. He adds also a few fresh details of interest. The object of the book is twofold-to exhibit ...

... I GAIETY THEATRE, Strand. (Sole Lessees and Managers, Messrs. Joiix 1OLLINGSHFAD and GEORGEDNVAPImvS.) THIS EVENING, Mr. HENRY E. DIXEY, supported by Rice and Dixey's Burlesque Companv, iq, the burlesque ADONIS. Farce at 8. Burlesque at 8.45. tooth and Farewell Performancs, September 3, SATURDAY MATINEES at 0.15, for accommodation of suburban patrons. COURT THEATRE. (Lessees and Managers, Mr. ...

... The next play at the Lyceum will be Mr. WV. G: Wills's dramatization of the legend of King Arthur, which he prepared some time ago for Mr. Irving. We hear that Mr. Ouless is engaged in painting a portrait of Lord John Planners. t. The Holman Hunt Exhibition just closed has proved, almost without excep- tion, the most successful ever held by the Fine Art Society. During the few {weeks it was ...

... GAIETY THEATRE, Strand. (Sole Lessees and Managers, Messrs. JoiuX IHOLLINitSI1EAD and GEOROF. EDWARDFS.) THIS EVENING, Mr. HENRYE. DIXEY, supported by RicandI Diey',slurlesquo Company, in the burlesque AI)ONIS. Farce at S. ?? at s.14. Farewell Performance, September 3. SATURDAY MATINEES at 2.15. COURT THEATRE. (Lessees and Managers, Mr. JoHN CLAYTON and Mr. ARTIIUR CECIl,) THIS EVENING, at 8. ...

... ITHE PROPOSED COLON/AL AND INDIAN MUSEUM, V.-BY MR. C. H. LEPPER. OPINIONS AS TO THE BEST SITE. As it appears to be universally admitted that the success or failure of a Colonial and Indian Museum will depend upon. its situation, it is as well at this stage of the proceedings to produce from official documents the weighty opinions already expressed on the point. It is true, that the site ...

... GOSSE, ON RALEGIG.* IN this little volume Mr. Gosse has brought tocether all the imoortaat facts in the eventful life of Sir Walter Raleigh. His accounts of battles and State trials are dull, and not always distinct. I-Ic never makes ha readers feel the heat of fight, the hurry of the gale. lie might have made his book mnore thrilling, although less useful, had he not attempted, in his own ...

... GAIETY THEATRE, Strand. (SoleLesseesandManagers, Messrs. JOEIX HOLLINSI;tEADalid Gl,0oRGir EDrvALt)Es.) THtIS EVENING, Mr. HENRY E. DI XNe, suipported by Rice 3and !);iXCYS Burle que Co:eipcn.y, ir theburlesque ADON1S. Farce at 8. Burlesque at 8.45. Farewell i'erfiorna5Ice, Auu:st 13. COURT THEATRE. (Lessees and Managers, Mr. JoHN CLAYTON and Mr. AIrTIHUR CECIL,) THIS EVENING, at 8.30, THE ...

... NE TV BOOKS. THE I FUN DOCTOR. ^ Cole's Fun Doctor. (G. Routledge.) While agreeing with Mr. Cole that fun is better than physic, and admitting that a laugh is as good a flesh maker as butcher's meat, we confess that, after much indulgence in laughter we have never found it drive away indigestion, promote perspiration, or enliven the powers in every organ. However, Mr. Cole may be right. ...

... 110WF PLAYS ARE A.'1 BY MR. DIoN BOUCICAULT. SOSIE time ago our readers will ierember that we published a series of articles by the best known dramatic authors of the day. The chief exception was Mr. Doucicault, who at that lime was in Arritrica. I-le now kindly contributes his quota to the discussion:- - A drama is composed of a series of scenes, each leading to thei next, for continuity is ...

... ANOTHER NOV EL OF REA UISAL.* IN spite of the critics who know no fiction which is not romance, and the readers who complain that poverty and crime and all the horrible riddles of existence are present in life too much to be tolerable in fiction also, the novel of realism grows apace. A glance over the fiction of each passing year shows more distinctly the line of cleavage between the roman ...