... L IT E RARY Y A.iR ITAL S. 'it is in Literatuvre as in Finance-amuc'a Paper and Cnuch Poverty may coexist. Lord Augustus Loftus began his career as a servant Or the Crown-by his appointmest as an Attache at Berlin-on the very day of the Queen's accession, and during the long interval which has since elapsed he has hal official relations of a more or less intima.te and responsible kind with ...

... M'cTSlO. MR. ANNS' HiINEPif. ygsateadienos a~anhbiiI at UIGa Cryutsl Place on Strday, when an attpsctive, though lengthy, pro- gramme wia offered for the anuatl beneflt of Mr. August Matnna, The piopular conductor, who hers no0w completed 3d yeanr of service as director of the Satur- day Concrts, wmas accordedl a very headty reception. The programme contained two worke isbeolutcly pew to ...

... THE MASQUERADERS AT THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is fortunate for the playgoer that The Second Mrs. Tanqueray has been succeeded by The Masqueraders. it was scarcely to be hoped, it was certainly not to be lightly assumed, that Mr. Pinero's play would find a worthy successor. But, all things considered, it can be admitted, cheer- fully and thankfully admitted, that The Masqueraders is ...

... THE LOWER AND MID THAMES. The Lower and Mid Thames: Where and How to Fish It. By F. H. Amphlett (Tempo ). Price Is. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street, E.C.)-Since the publication of Rod and Rail was brought to a close by the death of the late MD. Greville Fennell, who is perhaps better remembered under his pseudonym, ...

... RFVI FWs HOURS, WAGES, AND P)RODU'CTION.* 'T'ius translation of Mr. Brentano's essay, has appeared at an oppor- tune moment, thanks to the industry of Mrs. William Arnold. Therc is hardly any practical question so prominently before nien's minds as that of the daily limit of the hours of labour. It is reitecated that the shortening of the working day must hopelessly crush the future of English ...

... IMIR. H. A, JONES'S NEW PLAY. TEE MASQUERA2DERS AT TEE ST. JAMES'S. Our London correspondent writes It is so obvious a commonplace of criticism that Mr Henry Arthur Jones had an abnormally difficult task in providing for the St. James's Theatre a play to followv The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, that one would have been tempted to ignore it as a truism if it had not been 1 so palpably in the mind ...

... POi3MS FO1R THE MASSES. PODt OLrD JOE. Tune: Love Wias Once a Little Boy. Joe Chamberlain is growing old, Heigho, heigho! Joe Chamber.ain is growing cold, So, so, so! Joe no more will Hampden quote, Joe 'gainst Tories will not vote, Joe, alas! has turned his coat, Oh, oh, oh, oh! Joe who liberty adored, Heigho, heigho! Joe, alas! will die a lord, Oh, oh, oh, oh! Joe, whose breast with ...

... (FIRST NOTICE.) of The directors of the N-ew- Gallery have a somewhat nt difficult task in their endeavour to conciliate old pre- er indices wvith newl, aspiratio:3s. When managing the Grosvenlor Gallery, Mr. Comyns-Carr a3.d Mr. Halle. at earned the gratitude of picture lovert of all classes by .IS their determination to give to every school of art which of shotwed promise of talent a fair ...

... DRATNA, NUSIC, AND ART. ARMS AND THE MAN, AT THE AVENUE. Mr. G. Bernard Shavr presented a romantic comedy-wbatever that phrase may mean-at the Avenue Theatre recently. The scene is laid in Bul- garia, and the action passes in the house of Major Petl off, situated in a small country town. The battle of Slivnitza has been fought, and the Servians lave bsen defeated. A Servian officer ...

... THE F]i?NOH GAI?Tj]?ThLt M. Walatce agnin prosldeo goodtfrfi for theewo' tviritxhie gallery iu Pnll MlLai The pictures aro neverti *too numerous to enljoy without ftigu, for lismted dn wall-apse in these days of ?? exhibitions di rcnults bern in good selectio and a generally ldgh pt wer The ocentrel sttzaeton on twvo long wal di sroutbo ?? oomdohl prod~fetitnflX of a erey oppo di site charactr ...

... IviliSIC 0' TOTE DAY. 'Axer~sr B'W MOR2,s;Y AN ...

... THlE MASQUERADERS AT THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. de It is fortunate for the playgoer that The Second Mrs. Tanqueray has r been succeeded by The Masqueraders. it was scarcely to be hoped, it at wvas certainly not to be lightly assnmed, that Mr. Pinero's play would find P is a worthy successor. But, all things considered, it can be admitted, cheer- r : full;', and thankfully admitted, ...