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THE DRAMA

... with the revival of that now almost forgotten piece of ingenuity the shadow pantomime, or sene ien which there is no speaking, and the vanoous person- agee are only beheld in shadows projected on a white transparent curtain. The grotesque effect of ...

MUSIC

... members may have been removed by death or other causes, but their successors give full proof of the wisdom of the old saw which speaks of the good fish still remaining in the sa It will, of course,- be wholly unnes- uary to compame or contrst the sWd Band with ...

THE THEATRES

... balcony stalls. The prices to other pirts are generally speaking proportionate to these, and iu many instaupes ar less than one- half the prices of our- theatres of equal rank. The following lote speaks for itself : Sir,-Baing engaged ulaon an account of ...

MUSIC

... Sauday Eillool Uniom. O.f tile prolbunulniy juvenills couccrt, hold at oale o'rlock iul tllo tiftern~oom, thero is rzo need to speak iul acetail. IFor thi4 leluor the trobles andl ultos consisted exclusively of Sau'lav-school sebolars undaer fourteen enars ...

THE DRAMA

... sailed in the ill-cmened ship, unquestionably shows groater dramatic power than anything in the same author's Doll's Rouse. Speaking generally, however, the action, with its mul- D titudinous array of personages, is diffuse, and the i motives of those concerned ...

LORD TENNYSON'S NEW VOLUME

... Architect ..Youl thst dtpe ibr Eterity ]Tak6 it regally gorgeoua, osme Impeial Institute, Nicb in symboi, in ornaeimt, Which may speak to the a Al the centuriesafter us, Of this great Ceremonial, And this year f her ITuiles. The lines 'To the Marqi~s of Dufferin ...

THE ARTISTS' FUND

... her Majesty's pictures; Mr. Coli Hunter, ?? Mr. H. B. Poland, QX., and Sir John Millais, who, to everybody's regret, did not speak. At the further end of the room, Mr. Burgess was sun- ported by a large company, that included dr. Frederick Goodall, Mr. Sebag ...

A HOME FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

... and Mr. Aird will ask if the Government contemplate the erection of a suitable building for the National Portrait Gallery.- Speaking at the Royal Academy dinner on Saturday night, the Marquis of Salisbury said: There is one narticular coilsotion of art which ...

THE EXHIBITION

... were srmprised by the storm : after they had left was not enviable. Cafes and r omnibus stations afforded no accommodation to speak of in proportion, to the size of the i drenched croisd. The downpour lasted for about an Tbour. Teleframs from Marseilles, ...

THE DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON

... time was a I-. memberof Dr. Peters' Eipedition. But he did uot as remain on good terms with his leader long, and 1. he now speaks oflDr. Peters with scant courtesy. He declares him to be totally unqualified for is the task he has iumdertalcen, and firmly ...

Lord Granville on Art

... where nothing had grown b dore. Lord Gt.ssvmILLE, however, could not continue iu this con- ] iident strain when ho bad to speak of our position in high art. He could I only remind us that great authorities were urrayed on one side and on the other, and ...

MUSIC

... dramatic power which the composer displays when needed, are distinctly in its I favour. Of the artists it is necessary first to speak of I Madame FLemmenz Sherrington, -who after a long absence has~now returned to the concert platform. Her voice is still in ...