... m7usla M. PLANQUETTE'S ' CAPTAIN TNDUM* It may be taken for granted tlat M, Plean quette's Captain ThErise, as it will be Witnessed A week or so Ienee, will in maiy respects be a vastly superior work to that prested for the first time at tW Prince of VWale*' Theatre last night. Situations s44 songs which at present sin out the dfrst -two acts tW nearly eleven o'clock wil doubtless disappear ...

... By F. W. ROBINSON, lethor qf Grandmother's Money, 11Lazars fi teI London, ,The Courting of Mary Smith,' The Youngest &Iriss Green, No. Church, &c., &c. [ALL RiGHTs RsESERVED.] For him she waszpurity, charity, the Keeper of ,the Keysof whatsoever is held precious by men.F GEORiGE I ?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _m at kee BOOK ]V.-ON THE TRACK. qi CHAPTER IV. ja AT Bow STREET. 0loii ...

... MAGAZLNES AND -REVIEWS. The Reviw ?? the current month havii.g ce~rtain seatsoniable fe-stores comes out Once agaiin as a summner number. An attempt is m~ade by the edit-or to get a~ Consensus of opinio as to -Is ?? are the six most beauti~ful places in 1 IEurope. This is, if anythinig, a more vague and1 profitless inquiry tb-an. That concerning the besti Ibooks, aiad many readers wvill, agree ...

... LITE RATURE. -9-- MAGAZINES rOR AUG1UST. t In the Century (Midsummer Holiday 1 Number), the Autobiography of Joseph s Jefferson' is continued, and includes in- a teresting reminiscences of Joins Broug- a ham, Toes Robertson, Arteiurus Ward, t and others. Gustav lIobb6 writes a fas. : cinating article on the ' Perils and a liomaneo of Whaling, asrindustry which, in America, has nowv dwindled ...

... i MUSI There is to be an autumn season of Italian cpera in the mctropolis-anevent that has not occurred for many years. Covent Garden theatre has been granted for a term of six weeks to Signior Lago, who intends to give an operaperformance nighily, exclusively in ital an, at popu- lar prices for all parts of the house, commencing on Saturday, October 18. It is officially stated that ...

... IMR. GLADSTONE ADVISES FRUIT I I CULTURE, - The annual show of flowers, fruits and vegetables, under the auspices o0 3 the Hawarden Cottage Gardens socievt, took place on Thursday afternoon in the grounds:of the Hawarden castle. The old castle and grounds were also thrown open to visitors, many of whom came from Manchester, Liverpool, and other towns. Rain fell heavily nearly all day, but ...

... GAr1DENING. WORK FOR THE MONTH. is rather a harvest than a croppingg month.. re- tlere are spaces available for the reception ,has kale, envoy, and ordinary ef rmntsr Polewosrts &c., these plnuts sbould be got cabbagesspeeedily as possible'. Some purple sprouting ?? also v'et be planted for late spring cutting. bro 5 noaf turnip seed of any good white kinds may tone. and again about the middle ...

... 'rO.NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENTS LYCEUM THEATRt TO.NIGHT, at 8.15 (last time but three) Augustin Dalv's Company in CASTING THE1 pGo.ERANG Farewell appearances of Miss Ada Rehan, Mrs. Gilbert, James Lewis, John Drew. FAREWENvLL MATINEE, SATURDAY, at 5. CRITERION THEATRE. (Lesseeand Manager, Mr. CHARLES WVNI)HAM.) At Ninc, WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER. Preceded by, at Eight, JILTED. Doors DP= at 7.4i. ...

... It has been stated that Sir Richard Wallace wivas never painted. He cer- tainly entertained a great objection to having his handsome features reproduced on canvas, but he was persuaded to overcome it in the case of Paul Baudry, whose work was subsequently engraved in a superb manner by Jacquemart. This portrait, originally published in the Paris Gaae/te des Beaur Alres, was afterwards copied ...

... ITHE LA tEST TO YNBEE HALL.x' AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. STANTOn COIT ON THE NEIGjC;I,1j GuILD. THE cry is, Still they come. A day or two ago we gave the PTOgran Mrs. Humphry Ward's Toynbee Hall. Yesterday we noted the work ENTRANCE 10 LEIGHTON HALL. Hall. Now it is the tub of Dr. Stanton Cthe tu Coit is no onger stranger within our gates but it is little more th a two years since he accepted ...

... HAVELOCK AND NELSOIV. rffrH latest volume of the Men of Action Series (Macmillan and Co.) is ?? of Havelock, by Mr. Archibald Forbes. In many ways it would be dificult to find a better man to describe Havelock's eventful career than the famous diarist of the Franco-German and Russo-Turkish wars. Mr. Forbes describes war as one who not only knows it, bmut loves it-who is experienced in its ...

... STRA Y NOTES OF PARIS 7IIEA TRES THE VARIgTtS IN 1844, or thereabouts, I first saw Vernet, the last survivor of a famous trio of actors who for a long series of years had mainly contributed to the prosperity of the theatre originally founded by Mdlle. Montansier. Potier and Brunet were before my time, and as therefore I could only speak of them from hearsay, I prefer re- cording the opinion of ...