... 'I'ZissfJudi/h sat ner-vouzsly a ?? her outd} orhuzity, with the lellel fromce Switzerland held be/weene thzumlb andifnger, and Wiliaam, froln bekincda soot/kingclozed oftobacco smoke, wua/c/edhis niece's quiet, gracefln move//tents wi/h an artist's speculation. THAT WILD W H E E L C IYhRT(TlT i89T, rOI, TIM UNITED STATES BY: FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE, AND CANADA B3Y IIAXITEN AND ...

... Qt Ogtra 5rnon As the two opera houses now have a seating accommodation of upwards of 5,ooo persons per night, it is hardly surprising that people are drawn less to the hackneyed than to the newer and more interesting items of the repertory. Donizetti and early Verdi have indeed been found impotent to attract, while, on the other hand, a somewhat perfunctory performance cf Lohengrsn at the ...

... 'A ttiotic (falluric (7) BD i. II. SPIELMANN THIE rlmour has been abroad that a Peerage is to be offered to Sir Frederic Leighton. If it be not true, it ought to be, for none in the world of art has more richly or more gracefully deserved it. Literature and Science, in the persons of Lord Tennyson and Lord Kelvin, have but lately shed an additional lustre upon the House of Lords by their ...

... ,A it A?, tticitic cralvinic By M. II. SPIELMANN IT has been -a blow to many people that the discussion over the Columbus celebrations has revealed the fact that there is practically no authentic portrait of the great explorer, although so many reputed likenesses of him are in existence. One daily paper declares that, inasmuch as nearly all of his companions and contemporaries were ...

... veinl - obCI5 MA ISIE DERRICK MIRS.I IACQuOIt) ?? (2 vols.: A. D. Innes and Co.) iA Story' buL it is something more than that if the term story is conveniently and useullv confined to an account of what people did, or what happened to them, with- out reference to their inner lives. In the present case, as in all Mrs. Macquoid's work, the people themselves are interesting quite ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessee and Manager, Mr Walter Hatton; Acting-Manager, Mr W. Hollister.-The pan- s tomime here is played with increased effect. One of g the most prominent parts in the opening is that of the 0 Baron, represented with striking originality and humour by Mr J. W. Handley. The comic resources of this skilful actor are ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONI)ENT.) GAIETY THEATitr-Proprietor, MIr Mfichael Gunn; Business-Manager. Mr Charles Hvland.-The second edition of TIhe BabCes in UC Weeoo( is drawing crowded audiences here. Everything goes smoothly, and Mr Bertie Shelton deserves great praise for his excellent stage-management. LLINSTER HALL-Patentee, MIr Michael Gunn ; Act- ing-Manalger, AIr Albert Browne.-Bir William ...

... THEl LONDON TEiEATRES. PRINCESS'S. COa Thursday, June 9th, an Entirely New and Original Modern Irish Drania, by Charles Overton and Hugh Moss, entitled STRATHLOGAN. John, Earl of Strathlogan *M H W Kenneth Kyrle ?? HRETWRN 'The Hon. Fred. Thistleton .. Mr J. R. CRAIUFORD Colonel Desinond ?? Mr JonY BEAUCHIAMP Cornelius Roach ?? 5r T. P. HAYNES Dr. Grieg . ?? MIr LEWIs WARNER Maurice O Mara ? ...

... | COUNTY COUNCILr AND AMUSEMENTS. | 01(1 The weekly meeting of the london County Council De was held last Tuesday at Spring (Gardens, Mr JOHN S esi- HUTTON presiding. H DCi- GARRICIK IIALL OF VARIETIES. C( aid Mr R. M. EIEAeC1IiOFT, Vice - Chairman of the tl vaas Theatres and, Music Halls Committee, piesented the el ion report of that committee, who stated that they- had l its received anl ...

... (FRoM OUR OWN coRnEsPONDE-NT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessee and Manager, Mr T. Ramsay; Acting-Manager, Mt J. H. Core.-The panto- mime of Cinderclla, which is still the attraction here, has had an extraordinarily successful run, and this is not surprising considering its enjoyable character. PRINCE's THEATRE.-Manager, Mr Thos. W. Charles; Acting-Manager, Mr T. Manchester.-The successful pantomime of ...

... I nt Miss Clarice Mylford haed a matin~e at the Vaudeville Theatre. on Tuesday, firstly, we take it, to exlploit the o amatur atingabilit ?? MvIford, and, o secondy, tointrouce toher fiendsandl patrons a v tripl bill mad up, ike tat whch has elsewhere C attractd so mch attntionof thre one-act pieces. x% The fist ofthese by HrbertBurnet, is eistitled is OUT OF THE WORLD. II Colonel Staunton ...

... On Fridav Afternoon, Feb. 26th, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, A SCRAP OF PAPER. Prosper Couraniont ?? O r YORKE STEPHENS Baron de la Glacire ?? r HERBERT WARING Brisainouche ?? Mir LIONEL Baoun Anatole ?? ?? Mr SIDNEY BROUGII Baptiste ?? Mr ALFRED MArrTEws Franqois ?? ?? Sr BFINNErr Louise,BarollessdelaGlacirre Miss GERTRI'DX WARDEN Mathilde ?? Bliss EVA MOORE Zenobie ?? Miss KATE HoDsoN ...