... . At the Jubilee Festival Concert given at the Crystal Palace last week, Mme. Albani and Mr. Lloyd co-operated with a choir of 3,000 voices in the production of a Special Ode, written for the occasion by Mr. Joseph Bennett, and composed by Mr. A. C. Mackenzie. To both these gentlemen it does credit. The soprano solo, More than crown of monarch precious, sung by Mme. Albani, was warmly ...

... RICHTF.R. OONOF.RTS At the eighth Richter Concert, on Monday last, Mr. C. V. Stanford's Irish Symphony was heard for the first time in London, and met with a highly favourable reception, the com poser being twice recalled after the second movement, and again at the end of the symphony. The public evidently enjoyed the work, which is largely made up of Irish melodies, more or less familiar. The ...

... The Rcian of Queen Victoria a Surra/ of Fiftv V,.„ ..r Prog ran. Edited by Thomas Humphrey Ward, M.A. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 15, Waterloo- nlace. 1887. THESE volumes are a fitting contribution to the literature of the Jubilee year, and Mr. Ward has performed his difficult duty with excellent judgment. He himself has undertaken and very efficiently carried out several of ...

... . Bv Sir W. G. Simpson. Bart. Edinburgh D .via Doue-las. 188 SEVERAL excellent books have lately been written about golf, a proof of the popularity of the royal and ancient game, but we have not come across a better than the present volume. That the author is an enthusiast goes without saying for two reasons: all golfers are enthusiasts, and one who writes a book about the game must be ...

... . We have this week had a surfeit of Italian opera in London, No other capital oity in the world has ever exhibited the re markable spectacle of three opera houses simultaneously occupied in the performance of Italian operas at the rate of seventeen per week. We are inclined to believe that this state of things is likely to prove injurious rather than beneficial to the best interests of ...

... . Mr. Mai'LESON resumed his operations at this theatre on Saturday last with a newly-engaged band of fifty performers, conducted by Signor Arditi, who was greeted with hearty cheering. The opera chosen for this occasion was Beethoven's Fidelia, and the title-character was admirably represented by Mile. Lillie Lehmann, whose fine impersonation of Isolde is remembered with pleasure by those who ...

... . THE distribution of prizes at the London Academy of Music Soirée at St. George's Hall, on the 21st of July, was rendered interesting by the presence of Miss Ella Russell, who kindly undertook to present the students with the gold, silver, and other medals, certificates, &c, awarded. There was also a concert, in which several of the more advanced students dis tinguished themselves and did the ...

... . THE last week of the interesting season of old comedy at the Strand Theatre was marked by the addition of a new member to Messrs. Conway and Farren's company. This was Miss Janet Achurch, a young lady who recently distinguished herself by her impersonation of the heroine in Devil Caresfoot at a trial matinee. Miss Achurch played Lady Teazle, a part to which, with all her promising ...

... THE LONDON MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY.-- A very pathetic song, written and composed by Gertrude F. Stuart and Lady Borton, is The Golden Gate.-- Good practice for the schoolroom will be found in Sket ...

... MESSRS. WEEKES AND CO.-- A pathetic song, which will please in the home circle, is In Dreams, written and composed by C. Swan and Norah St. Stephens.-- A good and long career maybe anticipated for ...

... . IN Olivia bas been presented the last of the series of revivals undertaken at the Lyceum prior to the departure of manager and company for their American tour. This is a production which had been discussed more recently than Eome of the others lately given here once more. It is only two years since Mr. Wills's refined, graceful, and touching adaptation was first handled here and playgoers ...

... . Mr. Poel put together a very slight and fragmentary pro gramme for his afternoon at the Vaudeville on Tuesday. The first item was a rather melancholy trifle, called Adtlaide, which shows how the Counteas whom Beethoven rendered musically immorlal came back to him in his old age, and told him the sad story of a wasted life. Her tale as related by Miss Mary Rorke makes some little bid for ...