... THE STEAM YACHT CHRISTABEL. Steaming is undoubtedly a great convenience when arrivals and departures have to coincide with dates, but it is only recently that owners of steam yachts have been inclined to pass their vessels over into other hands for a time. As the German Emperor is going to stay at Abazzia, whence he will probably visit Pola, the Austrian centre of yachting, his great love of ...

... . . a!it4: NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF XMAS PRESENTS s„^. F s T P- R.EE. THE orient PEARLS. gapL Moonstone and Diamond Marie Stuart Brooch. Price £1 8s. 6d. Diamond and Pearl Brooch. Price £4 4s. Diamond Coronet Necklet. Set 4 jour, '-e £9 9S Set 4 jour. wn T jg 04 q REfifHI STRFF1 W. 43, B> *RfiflI)F W ...

... THE QUEEN'S HALL, LANC.HAM PLACE. This new concert room, which is decidedly an acquisition to London, was opened to the public on Saturday night. Of suitable size, with admirable acoustic qualities, the building is handsome to look at, and at the same time is very conveniently arranged. The position is at least musically central, occupying 21,000 square feet adjoining St. George's Hall, with ...

... . THIS gentleman, who when he is at home, which is not often, lives in Melbourne, is the most travelled impresario in the world. For more than thirty years into almost every country where English is the dominant tongue he has made it his business to introduce some high-class enter tainment. Until about twenty years ago he was a concert-manager; but it is not only in England that concerts have ...

... TRADE MARK. HMttiiillll' jiti tiillh. HUNTING. HAMMOND CO. (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY), BREECHES AND TROUSERS MAKERS, MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS, 8Y SPECIAL APPOINTMENT 465, OXFORD STREET, W. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS AT H.A.M, THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. PARIS 8, PLACE VENDOME. HM THE KING OF SPAIN &C BRUSSELS 41, BOULEVARD DE V^ATERLOO. ...

... MOVE liTJES MOVE LTIES GODWIN SON, 304, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. (eds SS. H-> ...

... . Mit. Wilfred Edwin Shine, as his surname indicates, is of Hibernian extraction, a circumstance which accounts for the perfection of his brogue in Arrah Na-Poguc, which has been so successfully revived at the Princess's Theatre, under the management of Mr. S. H. Basing. Mr. Shine has served nearly two apprenticeships on the stage, and was only just in his teens when he first faced the ...

... . ONCE again has history repeated itself, and diligent toil for years has suddenly found itself rewarded with unbounded popularity. Miss Louie Freear has been working hard at her profession almost since she could toddle alone, and her name, so far as London is concerned, was unknown. She secures an engagement at a leading theatre, her original personality is brought prominently forward, she ...

... NOTES FEOM SCOTLAND. AULD REEKIE goes on holiday on the last week of July with the most consistent regularity, and this it must be said in a most great reekie fashion. Passengers who arrived at Waverley station on Saturday night last, and did not know of Edinburgh working folks and their ways, must have been considerably astonished at the nature and demeanour of the crowd. It looked somewhat ...

... . THE OSBORNE, ALBERTA ALONGSIDE, DURING LI IIUNG CHANG'S VISIT TO THE PRINCE OF WALES. WAITING FOR THE PRINCE'S ARRIVAL-- R.Y.S. ...

... NOTWITHSTANDING that the Court is in mourning a good deal of quiet gaiety has been going on at Cowes. The absence of the German Emperor was, however, distinctly felt, and the members of the Embassy were much missed at the Castle. But if there were no state banquets at Osborne and the Queen did not drive through the town as is her wont, there were a number of little dinner parties, and the ...

... A CYCLING TOUR IN IRELAND. No. I.-- COUNTY WICKLOW. ...