... ORIGINAL BARITA IN MR BARNES OF NEW YORK. The piece owed much yesterday to the acting of Miss [Florence Westin the part of Marita, this young actress I showing herself to be possessed of great tragic intensity and power. If the ?? had dose no more than dis- cover the unsuspected merits of Mliss West in a leading emotional part it would have been ?? Times, March 24th, 1888. All credit should ...

... MR. WILLIAM GREET'S MATINER On May 9th, for the First Time, a New and Original Comedietta by Mrs William Greet, entitled ELSIE'S RIVAL. Charlie Grant . ?? Mr B. WsBssRm Jack Chester ?? Mr MATylaw BRODIU Railway Porter ?? Mr C. E. STSVN8S Elsie Grant ?? Mss EVA WILSON Mr William Greet's annual benefit matinee was given at the Strand Theatre on Wednesday, by permission of Mr Willie Edouin. ...

... A New and Original Society Farcical Drama, in Three Acts, by Mark Melford, First played at the Portland Hall, Southsea, on Mondav, April 30th, 1888. Major General Blair ?? Mr MARK MELoRnD Professor Andrew Smalley M.. r J. E. DoDsox Superintendent Barber ?? Mr JAMES NEVILLE Dr. Edward Watley ?? Mr COVENTRY DAVIS Mayton ?? M Mr H. E. RUSSELL RAE Lady Blair ?? Miss HELEN KINNAIRD ?? Mis ETHeL, ...

... A meeting of shareholders in the Metropolitan Music Hall Company, Limited, was held on Saturday after- noon, at the ball, Edgware-road, the circular convening the meeting stating that the directors regretted to inform the shareholders that in consequence of the failure of the company's bankers it had been found essential, for the protection of the assets of the com- pany, that a provisional ...

... i I BELNAEBffO~ It- b OBABiXuunaT. xuwr. {t | e.firat iinpreesson'whiehseeo r 0Q.s foreigner, oven- on- a r Sltuxndafr- sypla of gre4!tivity',%witia sad tetb and promenades. Trnmwvai and vehiclis of all kindsn, ?? D to the ras or taking struigzsrto, the Y wibiedE hich will not be oom- - ~j: rsoae time yet, though the Queen opens - S unday. Tho great attraction forthe - n of ?? who have already ...

... 'THE LOTHIANS ORCH RERAL CONOERTS. Thanil to the kinduess of his fellow country-. d mDan, the well-known artit, Mr. John 'Pettle, B.A., the young Scottish museanw, Mr. Hasnish Maclunn was enabled togivo at The Lothsna'! lst night the e lot of a sesieo of orchestral oncerts. The Lothians, as everybody knows, is ono of the largest b studios in the artistio colony which is clustered n ...

... D3ITIY LANE. ., A RN or LVCX. A~ thI'lTEN by Henry Fettittand AnttStust EaITIs. WS T Last nIghts. X5 . Forlescee, MarAIIYSA, .dith Brnes, Bloneha Mmsa and ?? Williams. tli1 l Maud 3M11ton. ,,_7 ftard X16olls, lt w Gard ~~ ?? ~~~ArliI~ IItes A. plng, 5 t1 fierbert Standing IS LESsEE 53rD M IscAG~rsari5 ut5r~orntS'g~ A RINNwrgrt ?? yony (J. A O La . s rery Lane T bestta, W .O. EtkYtN¢T ...

... THE great gift of healing has ever been the one science above all other s which has attracted and interested most followers and devotees, and to trace the slow progress of the science of medicine through the ages since the ancients first practised it would be a most interesting and instructive study. To a certain extent Mr. G. Everitt does this in his entertaining new book, Doctors and ...

... SA TURDA Y, SUNDAY, AND. MONDA F. : SATURDAY. Royal Botanic Society-Election of Fellows, 3. SundaySSchool Association-Breakfastand Meeting, Essex Hall, 9. National Health Society-Ambulance Lecture, 27, Coilingbhaingardens. Sweating System-Street Parade, .,3o; Meeting Mile-end Waste, 6. to. C. Armrlnuser on Wagner,- Royal Institution, Professore Ayrton and Perry on Electromotors, Physical ...

... 71liE LIFE OF BIShIOP WORDS WORUTHI.* -I I - , - - . A Ii cannot be doubted that we owe much of the completeness of this picture of Bishop Wordsworth to the collaboration which has produced it. No one could be more competent to speak of the Bishop in his home than his eldcst daughter ; Canon Overtorn, on the other hand, as a Lin- colrishire incniilhcrt and a prebendary of the cathedral, saw ...

... TI1E ITALIAN ?? OF A PRIVATE VIEW. A PRESS view of so much of the Exposizione Italiana in Londra as was to be seen immediately before opening was given yesterday. The show was by no means perfect ; but, judging from what one could see, it seems to embrace all the elements of popularity-namely, interesting exhibits, well-arranged grounds, and plenty of refreshment bars. The Exhibition may ...

... WHAT IS KNOWNV A BO UT SHAKESPEARE (Continuedfrom page 492) absolutely hostile to such a supposition, and his name does not appear on that slab at all. De Quincey came to the conclusion that they were the work of the sexton or parish clerk, who either placed the stone there as a warning while the tomb and bust were being finished, or for the purpose of solemnly adjuring future possible ...