... LITERARY-NOTICES. th WAUGHWS LIFE OF LORD %th TENYSON.*Th - in I believe iwprogress, -and I would cosrve the hopes of man -such is the keynote of gr Tennyson's poetry; and from the standpoint of of ...

... A writer in twood gives the following interestimp story:.- To-day we bave no cause for gloomy thoughts, as lighting our cberuots we scramble on to the pad elephants and give the signal for a start. Our road took us for a couple of miles along the foot of the hilly mroamd. into-which we then turned, and, making a circuit round the base of a~ long low hill, took up our stations at the far ride ...

... GRA. TEMAJRY. . BBO1N IELODY. The Broken Melody, which is being given this week'at the Grand Theatre is a musical play, specially written to provide a c or r Au gte Van Bieue, whose ?? as musician,' atot r anld orgue of tbeatrical companie tsie to the exceedingly versatile chbaracter of his taet It is, howvever, inn superior to. th2e majorty of singlech ter pieces. It hs a sonehs im- pro ...

... 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 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 ...

... x1t4raflulf. Considering the activity which prevails in town and acountry, MesqrB. Bamrosa's new ' tecbnical seriem of relementary works on variqus popular subjects, issued a at a shilling, ought to be found very usefal to both Yteachers axd taught. Four of these compact little works have just been issued. Cheese and Butter. aMaking is dealt with by Mr. John Oliver and Mis3 Margaret Barron ...

... Counter attractions Interfered with the attendance at Mr Alfred Capper's entertainment, given at the St. James's ball, Cumbeuland Stre3t. last night but the fact that the audience only half filled the hall In no way detracted from the ?? of the gatherin from an artistic point of view, The reputation Mr Capper ban gained by his thought-reading experi- ments and others of a kindred character was ...

... AMIUSETHENTS IN EDINBURGH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessee and Manager, Mr Walter Hatton; Acting-Manager, Mr W. Hollister. -Lord Anerlcy has been performed here this week by Messrs Milton Bode and Alwyn Lewis's company. There was a good house on Monday, and the several characters were sustained in a clever and painstaking manner. Mr F. Herbert Fenton was an admirable Rupert ...

... gi Sin Ar; i75TUS ITARlili has again most generouslY Of offered the us~e of Drur-Y-lane l'icatre for the annuali di benefit of that excellent institution thle HoYal Goneral fa Theatr ical Fund,. The event is fixed for the morning of to Tbursdav, _Nov. 24thI, and t lie cominittee imitenil to Ilse si all possible1 effort- to piresent at highly attractive pro- grammle. Membler's of the profession ...

... New Farcical Play, in Three Acts, by George R. Sims and Cecil Raleigh, Produced, for the First Time, at the Court Thare, on Thursday, Oct. 20th. Sir James Bramston . Mr ARMOUR CHCIn Capt. Sir Eustace Bramston Mr ELLIOT Archibald Clinton ?? Mr WuIFRED DRAYacov Genejral Kenneth Blazer ?? Mr C. P. LITTLE Hanbury Rakes ?? r WenoiDN GaOSSMIT Martin .Mr CoMPTON COeTrs Miles ?? ?? Mr B. NAINBY Downes ...

... LONDON PAVILION. Mr Edward Swanborough, who carries out the mana- gerial duties at this establishment with unvarying courtesy and discretion, is able to report that business is in an exceedingly flourishing condition at the Pav., and is even considerably better than it was at the corresponding period of last year. The salary list is undoubtedly a heavy one, but the steady increase in the ...

... /- ?? MSAD ?? I its (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONT)ENT.) I SYDNEY, AUG. 21.-After a week of Dr. Bill at 1 the Imperial Opera House, unsler Mr George Forbes' i lesseesiiip, Miss Myra Kemble changed the bill last ve night to The Judge. The cast ?? Judge, Mr f .y Edwin Kelly ; Daphne, Mrs Molyneux ; Chloe, Miss x, Myra Kemrdile; Mowle, Mr George Leopold ; and Mrs ii L- Shlnttleworth, Miss Annie Taylor. ...