... A RATHER ambitious subject has been attempted in Mary Magdalene, and Other Poems, by Mrs. Richard Greenough (Chap- man and Hall, Limited), and the attempt has been crowned with a fair measure of success. The blank verse in which it is told is good of its kind-it reminds us rather of N. P. Willis at his best- but the author should beware of weak endings, and of a slight tendency to the use ...

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... i THE REAL LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. Cedric Errol ?? , Miss Lucy WEResINo The Earl of Dorincourt ?? Mr JOEN BEN. Mr Havisham ?? Mr WALTER RussELL Silas Hobbs ?? ?? Mr Hi. DE LANssE Higgins ?? ?? Mr ALsrFrD TATE Thomas ?? Mr CHLARLEs BROOKR Wilkins .Mr GEORGE TERRY Dick Tipton ?? .. Miss PEaGY WEEISON Mrs Errol ?? Miss ADA MeSa1M Minna Tipton ?? .. Miss GLADYS FEOLLIOTT Mary . Miss ARNIE ...

... DRAWN BY SYDNEY P. HALL Theodore thought she made a charming picture THAT UNFORTUNATE MARR IAGG B BY FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF AUNT MARGARET'S TROUBLE, LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA, AMONG ALIENS, &C,, &C. CHAPTER XV. GEORGE FREDERICK CHEFFINGTON, fifth Viscount Castlecombe, was, in many ways, a very clever old man. He was extremely ignorant of most things which can be taught by ...

... There is little to note in the dramatic chronicle of the past week. The GAIETY closed on Wednesday for rehearsals of the romantic play of She. The STRAND has closed for rehearsals of the farcical comedy of Klep- toraansia and a revival of the late H. J. Byron's bur- lesque of Aladdin. The last nights of Bootles' Baby are announced at the GLOBE. The Paper-Chase has been successfully transferred ...

... TO-NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENTS LYCEUNM THEATRE. (Sole Lessee, Mr. HENRY IRVING.) EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at 8.30, Mr RICHARD MANSFIELDas DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. MORNING PERFORMANCE EVERY SATURDAY, at 2. box-oifce (Mir. J. Hurst) open daily from so to 5. HAYMARKET THEATRE. (Lessee and Manager, Mr. II. BsERBOiOIM TREE.) TO-NIGHT, at 8.-o precisely, the new odiginal Drama, by ir. HADDON ...

... LITgRATVRE! wt accused,: Dr Abel Wynd, is charged with having ab poisoned hisfather-in-law. The evidence against C .him is so strong that his guilt is a moral .lu , certaiity, but there lacks just sufficient legal proof. to enablea him to escrspe the scaffold. th body of the- Court is thoroughly convinced- f . f hisguilt and filled with admiration for the taudacity, ?? wbhiclehasaccou. as ...

... id SEPTMEBER MAGAMZIN The one political article in the September Bkoktood is that on Mr. Porster and Ireland, suggested by Mr. Reid's book, which is commended at the outset as a very valuable contribution to a right understanding of the I Iriih problem and difficulties. 'Mr. Forster's numerous arrests, his failure to put down crime, and his miraculous escape from assassination are ...

... ?? ?? . BOATING (Longmans) is quite worthy of the other volumes of the excellent Badminton Library. The illustrations-either after Frank Dadd or from photographs-are clever; and several of them, e.g., the Oxford method of starting College Eights prior to i825, are of historic interest. Mr. Woodgate, who has the advantage of an introduction by Rev. Dr. Warre, and a chapter on Eton rowing ...

... THE DRAMA IN AMERIaA, f, - v . .. tFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUG. 13.-With the pro- duction, to-morrow night, at the Madison-square Theatre, of Mr William Gillette's new comedy-drama, A Legal Wreck, and the revival of The Queen's MTale at the Broadway Theatre this evening the fall season will have been fairly opened. The cast of The Queen's ilate will be slightly altered, ...

... EACH of the four reviews has one 'leading article this month. These four articles are of very different values; but they all agree in dealing with interesting subjects and in being by authors who have special knowledge of those subjects. Three of the four-namely, Lord Wolseley's on i; Military Genius (I ort)i:4,btly), Mr. Gladstone's on Forster the Politician (XineteenMh Centurv), and ;Mrs ...

... he CHAPTER XXXIV. hel n-I1 faut clans ce bas monde aimer beaucoup de bai ng choses. n ro savoir apres tout co qu'on aims I inieux; ch I faut fouler aux pieds des flcurs e peine beloses, in no faut bechuciup pleurer, dire beaucoup d'adieux, fro o Do ces biens passagers, que lion goate a dermie, Hi ?? neilleur qui nous reste est un ancien ami. bu ed AL.,FUCtrD DO MIUSSET. I g- It was the house ...