... THE relations of the various personages in Mr. Jones's new comic drama at the VAUDEVILLE unquestionably do violence to ordinary standards of probability, and we fear it is not possible to acquit the a ...

... IT is more particularly in the case of a novel like Sarah Tytler's Logie Town (3 vols.: Ward and Downey) that the fate of a reviewer is hard. For this is a novel that invites, or rather demands, lei ...

... . A CHARGE of felony brought against a young lady staying in a country house and engaged to marry its future master does not, at first sight, look a very promising subject for a play. Such a girl could have no conceivable object in stealing her future mother-in law's bracelet, which, on account of its famous ruby, known as Heart of Hearts, is re garded in the family as a precious heirloom. ...

... . Comparisons, we know, are odious, but we also know that M. Coquelin, in coming before the London public in Le Juif Polonais, courted comparison with Mr. Irving in The Hells. Without, therefore, going very deeply into the subject, which would lead us into a disquisition upon the schools of realistic and imaginative acting too lengthy to be attempted here, we may note that M. Coquelin's ...

... . AT the fourth Saturday Concert of the current series M. Manns conducted a creditable performance of copious selec tions from Mozart's masterpiece, II Don Giovanni, in honour of the first production of that opera, at Prague, October 29th, 1887. The cast on Saturday last was as follows: and it will be observed that only one of the artists (Mlle. Gambogi) had ever been on the operatic stage. ...

... . No 1 was admirably played, and a special welcome was given to Signor Piatti, whose performance of No. 4 was a genuine treat. Miss Lena Little sang her solos with unfailing taste, and was skilfully accompanied by M. Frantzen. Master Josef Hofmann was again the cynosure of neighbouring eyes, and struggled bravely with the digital difficulties of No. 3, which he played with remarkable skill, ...

... . Editha s Burglar, the little piece which now precedes Shadows of a Great Cilg at the Princess's, is pretty enough and louehing enough in its idea, but rather tedious and foolish in its execu tion. Editha is a girl of seven years old, whose mother is dead, and who has been adopted by a kind lady, who at the time of the action is lying ill upstairs. Into the room where Editha is left by ...

... . In Danger, the new play tried at the Vaudeville on Tuesday morning, possesses elements of considerable strength, but the story unfolded in its three acts is far from being a pleasant ones. The action commences in a continental gambling hell, where a couple of English girls, having lost their father suddenly, are forcibly detained to act as decoys or something worse. Their anxiety to leave is ...

... Bin. Charles Du Val lias returned to town, having com pleted a professional tour of .Ireland. His appearances in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork have been completely successful, and during Ms provincial tour lie lias visited almost every part of tlic country. He contemplates a tour of the East to include China and Japan, and will probably return by the now Canadian Pacific route from the latter ...

... . THOUGH the little theatre in Dean-street was well filled on Monday night for the commencement of Mine. Chaumont's season, neither attendance nor entertainment was equal to those which accompanied M. Coquelin's appearances. This, however, was not to be expected, for the actress, clever as she undoubtedly is, belongs to a school of art wholly inferior to that of the great comedian. What is ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS AT THE GLOBE THEATRE. THERE is a great deal of fuss being made just now as to what we may or may not do; also as to what we ought to do under the circumstances. On one side we are assured that as loyal subjects to the Crown and peaceful upholders of the Constitu tion it behoves us to occupy ourselves with our own affairs, and not to meddle in what does ...

... LITTLE JOSEF HOFMANN.-- The pianoforte recital given by little Josef Hofmann at St. James's Hall on Monday was to have been his last. He was to have sailed for New York after a recital given at Liverp ...