... LITERAT URE. NIAY IdAGAZINES. Literary topics are prominent in this mnonth's periodicals, while politics seem at a discount. Lord Dunraven's views on Tery Dolmocraey, which occupy the first place in the rfatiorraf Review(, are far IBss interesting than papers on Victor Hugo, Lothair and ,Endymion, and Poetry and the Finle Arts!' Besisies countirising tlhe great historic bio- grraphy ...

... ANTIMALS OF THE BIBLE. An attractive theme has been handled in a -iet interesting way in two handsome 0o1umes, 3ust published by Messrs. Long- mans, Green and Co. They deal respectively with the Domestic Anuimals and the Wild ima3s of the Bible, and no more com- ,Atent authority could be found than the ?? J.G. Wood. He brings historical re- 5erch and a wide range of experience to boar uponthe ...

... LITEI',,ATU'f THE INDUSTRIAL SELF.INeSTR.UCTOTt.5 Wol. III. ofthis excellent pub!cirtionl fur- ishes grraphic illustrations, by text anud en- ravings. of the sunny valuable branches of ; .eehaIcal science aenI ndrasriid arts and pro- cesesS to wisicit thu thoughtful student may I address hiinself. The range of this worl; is so svide tihat it vould not be easy to classify ' the subaects of ...

... ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Don Giovanni was played on Tuesday vith a satisfactory cast, headed by Signor Padilla, an experienced artist, as the amatory hero, and, both as singer and actor, justifiedhisap- portionment to such a responsible part. Mille. Lilian Nordica made new friends by her vocal efficiency and sympathetic acting as the ill-treated Donna Elvira; lildile. Marie Engle was a bright and ...

... -- -- --0 DRURY LANE. AUnOSTFS HAuRos. LEssim AND MiANAGEE. {VrtRY evoniui, at. 745. PlUESURE. ?? of laughter. i ' The atsdioliceeonoulsed Brimmiln *with merriment. Tho inst hilarilous Pl00o in I tl0on. Side-spliettng laugihter at Harry Airlmlls The OIlftrtl ?? erfect ?? of Oxtfrd lil. Theo Monte Carlo so0nes ionarody Broloall otia h1svao cthoeorl to be ,lostptricotrepro. *otatl.is of 4lfoltO ...

... RUDDYGORE AT THE SAVOY THEATRE. Of the success of Ruddygore, the Supernatural opera that is the latest product of the Gilbert- Sullivan partnership, there could be little doubt when, half-an-hour after the opera had commenced, Mr. Durward Lely, who was the Japanese lover of The ,lfikrado, appeared as a dashing man-of-war's man of the beginning of the century, and after being encored in a ...

... LAST NIGHT'S THEATRICALS, STZRAND. Devil Caresfoot, an adaptation, by Messrs. C. Hlad. S den Chambers and Stanley Little, of Mr. Rider D Haggard's novel ?? Dawn, with which this house last night reopened, has some scenes of strong X human interest that would be theatrically more effec- f tive were they developed in a manner less crude and t abrupt. A young lady (who, on being assured of e the ...

... PUBLIC AMIUSEMENTS. ?? - DnannY LANE. AtTrsITtS, DM1515, Noor sAN DANAGR, iRVERY evenl :1 at 7.45. PLEASISt. iears at laughter. ?? aurlieueotoflvilOjsd. Erimmoiot with eoerrimsflt. Thet moat fhilarioius plaits in Loidoln. Slele-oplittiflc lauaghter at Harry Nitcholl, The (oxford scones Pronounced by (Ixonixas perfect Grpurr.sntatlafls ci Oxford life. The MonteCarlo sces pro- ration EN xis of ...

... DRURY LANE THEATRE. The two female parts in Verdi's Aida are so prominent that a change of cast in these respects often causes the work( to assume a different complexion to that of preceding performances at the same house. This was the case on Monday, when Madame Lillian Nordica took the title 9O1 and Mdlle. Jeaine Dora was the proud Egyptian Princess Amneris. The success of the first-named ...

... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Glinka's opera, Gisseem cir C.reec, other- I wise known as Life for the Czar, though ex- tremely popular in Russia for many years past, was not heard in this country until Tuesday, when it was produced by Signor Lago as the one novelty of his Italian sea- son. It was promised at this house when the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the daughter of the late Czar was ...

... LITERATURE MEN OF THE TIME. Messrs. George Routledgo and Sons have ruitle this book of current biography indis-' gensable for reference purposes. If a cele- brity dies or figures in some new phaso of actioin. M en of the Time is the first work euened in order to trace his past career. Eleveni editions have enjoyed an increasing circulation, and the twelith (jUst issued) will ?? increase the ...

... LITERATU 1E. MIAQAZINFS AND SERIALS FOR JUNE. The impress of the Jubilee month will be found upon the great majority of m3gazines, and many and various are the forms of retro- spect indulged in by different writers. Save for a couple of articles on current polities, the Fortnsghf ~o is given up to sketches of the past 50 years ; Professor Douden dealing withliterature. Mr. Grant Allen with ...