... THE latest novel by that prolific writer of fiction for readers of all ages, Mr. George Manville Fenn, aims at, and reaches, a higher level than is usual with its author. The Master of the Cere monie ...

... MESSRS. CHAPPELL AND CO.-- Of a very ordinary type is Had You Only Known, written and composed by G. Clifton Bingham and Allred Moul.-- Love Ties, words by H. B. Farnie, music by F. P. Tosti, is w ...

... A MARKED development is noticeable in the works of Mrs. Mac quoid. Like many workers in other fields of art, she has her earlier and her later manner; and, charming as was the first, there is much ful ...

... . Lohengrin was last Saturday produced at the Court Theatre, Liverpool, under the management of Mr. Carl Rosa, with great success. The mise en scène was admirable; the choruses were sung with the precision of attack and homogeneity of expression eminently characteristic of the Carl Rosa choir; the orchestra tion was well interpreted by the excellent band, and the prin cipal parts were ...

... MUSIO. LAST YEAR'S MUSIC. DURING this week there has been a complete cessation of public musical entertainments, and an opportunity presents itself for a glance at the musical history of the year which has just closed. In January last the season opened with a performance of The Messiah by the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society. We may take this occasion to observe that this society has during ...

... MU8I0. SAVOY THEATRE.-- RUDDYGORE. EXCEPTING perhaps in the extensive collaboration of Scribe and Auber, no parallel can be found in musical history to the literary and musical collaboration of Mr. W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. For more than a dozen years they have worked together so zealously and ably that the mere con junction of their names, as joint authors of comic opera, has ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC THE LODGERS AT THE GLOBE THEATRE. I AM looking forward to the day when some capable critic of the profound or Ger man school shall favour us with an exhaustive essay on ''The Judicious Blending of the Probable, the Possible, and the Inexpressibly Absurd in Farcical Comedy. He snouid, i opine, empnasise the important part played by these divergent, yet at the same time ...

... MTJSIO. ROYAL COLLEGE OF .-- At the recent competition for prizes, held at this institution, the gold medal for pianoforte playing was won by Mr. M. Barton, whose performances-- both as regards technical merit and intellectuality-- proved how much he had profited from the teachings of his instructor, Mr. John Francis Barnett. Mil Charles Harper. This celebrated hirn-player, a member of the ...

... MTJSIO. ROYAL COLLEGE OF . ̶ At the recent competition for prizes, held at this institution, the gold medal for pianoforte playing was won by Mr. M. Barton, whose performances ̶ both as regards technical merit and intellectuality ̶ proved how much he had profited from the teachings of his instructor, Mr. J ohn Francis Barnett. lvilt. Charles Harper. This celebrated hirn -player, a member of ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. THE NOBLE VAGABOND. SOME months-- or it may be years-- back, a curious para graph went the rounds of the metropolitan and provincial press. It was to the effect that some enterprising manager-- American, if my memory rightly serves me-- was about to effect a wonderful improvement in the matter of scene-setting. His plan was that of two stages, one at a certain distance ...

... MESSRS. NOVELLO, EWER, AND CO.-- Well adapted for a concert where the first part is sacred is I Will Magnify Thee, O God (Psalm cxlv.), composed by J. Maude Crament, Mus. Bac., Oxon., a work which d ...

... ft&kSk slf MAXWELL GRAY'S The Silence of Dean Maitland (3 vols.: Kegan Paul and Co.) is distinctly above the average of everyday fiction. It is really and legitimately interesting as a story, and ha ...