... MESSRS. PATERSON AND SONS.-- A series of very useful special publications issued by this firm consists of The Waverley Collection of Vocal Trios for Ladies' Voices, of which No. 1, Mid the Lilies, ...

... There is much very pleasant matter in Fasciculus a Song- Bundle, by H. Hailstone, M.A. (Cambridge J. Palmer). The author has improved greatly technically, whilst retaining his ...

... . IF it was necessary for some occult reason to revive The Wife's Secret with all the reverential care due to a classic drama, then are Messrs. Hare and Kendal to be heartily congratulated upon the successful accomplishment of their last joint under taking. Their company, reinforced by Miss Fanny Brough, is of course fully equal to the histrionic demands of such a play as this. Their stage ...

... STKAND THEATRE. MR. BURNAND'S Airey Annie, at the Strand, is a genuine burlesque; or, in other words, it makes fun of a definite subject and caricatures a readily recognisable original. In one sense it is of course easy enough to rouse laughter at the expense of so exaggerated a picture of domestic iniquity as that unfolded in the painful story of Mrs. Campbell Praed's Ariane. But it was ...

... An Angler's Sketches of Home Snnri nnri Life. Fear and Far By William Senior Bed Sninner V T,nnrlnn ?ooo^S011 k°w' Marston, Searle, and Itivington (Limited). 1888. Mr. Senior's sketches are for the most part reprinted (with extensions) from our own and other columns, in wliich they have appealed from time to time. They were thoroughly well worth bringing together, and readers in general, ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. AT THE NOVELTY THEATRE. I SHOULD like the new management of the Novelty to suc ceed, if only because it has the grace to he satisfied with a fair charge for admission without mulcting the public in all sorts of ridiculous extras after wards. The practice of mak ing people pay sixpence for a programme, which must al ready have been more than paid for by the mass of ad ...

... . We very much doubt whether in any case the late Mr. Justice Tnlfourd's tragedy, Ion, would prove worth reviving for its merits are literary rather than dramatic, and it belongs to an exploded school of theatrical production. At any rate its only chance would nowadays be in treatment and illustra tion much more elaborate than could be reasonably expected for it at a casual and experimental ...

... . One would be inclined to doubt whether Messrs. Giddens and Warren will find it to have been worth their while to take the Novelty Theatre for the revival of Nita's First, a farcical comedy which seemed to have received all the attention it deserved on its original production here. We believe, how ever, that Mr. Warren, the author of Nita's First, is ready to follow it up at an early date ...

... . On Easter Monday two changes were made in the cast of The Old Guard Miss Violet Cameron succeeding Miss Edg- cumbe (Miss Marion Mackenzie) in the part of Fraisette, and Miss Annie Halford replacing Miss Wentworth in that of Murielle. Miss Cameron was heartily welcomed, and acted as fascinatingly as ever. It would scarcely be fair to compare her srngmg with that of the young contralto whose ...

... PRINCE OF WALES'S THEATRE. BEFORE starting for America, Miss Helen Barry gave on Tuesday last the now customary matinée for the introduction of a now play, which she presumably means to take with her on tour. This proved to be a domestic drama, not without domestic interest, from the pen of Mr. Malcolm Watson, who, however, lacks the experience needed for the elaboration of a comparatively ...

... . Written by Them- selves, m l wo vols. London Kiclinrd Bentley and Son. 1888. MR. AND MRS. BANCROFT retired from the stage when they were in the very prime of life (though there is reason to hope that the retirement is not final), but they have to sonic extent com pensated their admirers for their premature withdrawal by the publication of this book. Among the pleasantest recollections of ...

... Theatres It is announced that Mr. Charles Wyndham has purchased o Mr. Samuel French the rights over the principal comedies of the late Mr. Robertson, and that he contemplates reviving them from and af ...