... . BOOTLES' BABY. DiAR Sir, -In your la*t week's notice or Mr. Mil.lngton'a Booties' Baby company at Crojdon, you mentioned that Mis* May Ostlero vm prevented from playing through illnes*, in stead of which it chouid have been. Yours sincerely, Edith Ostlere, 1, Belmont-villas, Southend -on-Sea, Sept. 5. ...

... . Dsar Sia,-May I encroacn upon, h,vo of explanation In the course pwiish actors a arrange the ocean passages of a A.nerio actresses who have to Join theatrical 00 P uenoe 0f p about this time. In many ,or on sccount of the sages not having been ordered in t me lo ndo n), great strike in the case of those who were to sa a great many professionals have not be blame 'h the time they wished, ar.d ...

... . Sir,-- Your Stratford correHpondent, in your isaue of the th inatant, notices the new act-dropfct the Theatre Royal as neing painted by Mr. Fredericks, Jun., assisted by Mr. Hill- yard. 1 may mention that the act-drop in question was de signed and painted by myself, and Mr. Fredericks was only my assistant, which puta a very different complexion on the matter. Apologising for intruding upon ...

... MR. EDWIN DKKIV'S ENTERTAINMENT. Sia,-- I note in Mr. row's letter In your last issue he denies hiving worn a black or brown mousWobe as Sir Peter Teazle but admits he used a whited one. If Mr. Drew knows any thing to qualify him ai a profesior of the stage, he must know that to Wear any momtache for Sir Peter is an anachronism and as a teacher he should know als3 that mumnln iu Iwitt,.!. ...

... . To the Editor oj I he Illdstbated Spoktixg and Dp.am.vttc News. Dear Sir, Y'our valued contributor's article, Shooting on the Alurray River, Australia, was much appreciated. Jliglit I, through you, venture to correct one statement. Y'our con tributor somewhat loosely, i.e., sportsmanlike, makes the slip that all Australian snakes are poisonous. As a matter of fact, I am glad to say, ...

... Si*,-- Referring to this iction, bro^ht y B,rnnni, tor Montague Roby, against Mr B. Moore [r()in usin([ in a perpetual injunction, restrainmg^ tho _ Minstrel, his playbills and programmes tho phras>. £n(| whi(,h the and the only children's troupe in the orI jn| ...

... Dear Sir.-- May I ask you to insert in your next issue an account of a very perilous little adventure which occurred to Mr. Ilarrv Tebbiitt (our Tom Strutt) and myself on Saturday last, at Matlock, whero we were playing at the time a report of which seems to be going the round of the Midland papers, a cutting from one of which I encloso? Tebbutt and myself hired a light boat out for a pull on ...