... flotcs from tjje HUpgintB THE candid friend of the Liberal party has been much in evidence of late, and has been giving the sorry remnant that has survived the deluge a piece of his mind. He crops u ...

... Hcfo Mo&els 1 4 LADY KILPATRICK JUDGING entirely from internal evidence, Mr. Robert Buchanan seems to have sketched out a scheme for a play of sensation and villainy, and at last, finding his final s ...

... Iffolis of flic Reason FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHANNEL YOUNG people in France are not nearly so rich in juvenile literature as their English contemporaries. Still their libraries are always repleni ...

... linval Hotcs THE SEASON AUGUST has not been the bad month it threatened to be at one period of its career. Probably an average amount of corn has been secured, and often in very fair condition. The no ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. GERMAN REED'S REDIVIVUS. ALTHOUGH our spiritual pastors and masters may themselves without offence go to the variety houses, where there are ballets, and the theatres proper-- or improper-- where there are ladies with a past-- those of their congregations who still look upon the playhouse with old-fashioned horror are nevertheless numerous enough to he considered from the ...

... .' These services are held at St. Anne's, Soho, every Friday during Lent at 8 o'clock p.m., the master's Passion after St. John being chosen for performance. The work is not given, of course, in its entirety, nor with the original instruments, such as viol di gamba or lute, for example, an enterprise of these dimensions taxing even pro fessional forces to their utmost on the other side, the ...

... MDLLE. ILONA EIBENSCHUTZ'S PIANOFORTE RECITAL. If concert gtvers only knew how to arrange their pro grammes Hero is a very gifted young lady with everything in her favour, and who spoils her chance of all-round success by a programme of such length that the audience is tired out before the concert is half through. At least, by the time Brahms' Sonata in F minor was over one's powers of ...

... . In spite of tho fiendish weather tho public mustered well at Mr. Hcnschel's sixth concert (Queen's Hall, 31st January) and whoever stayed away missed a genuine treat. Air. Hen- schel himself was in excellent form, lie had his fine Scottish orchestra, and tho prom-am me was again devised with taste amp tact. The Obcron V ture, Haydn's Symphony in B flat, the Siegfried Idyll, and a selection ...

... . WE are requested to bring to the general notice two com petitions announced, the first in Leipsic, the second at Huy in Belgium. The Leipsic competition originates with a recently formed society (October 1st, 1894), Verein der Musikfreunde --Society of Friends of Music-- under the direction of Messrs. A. Ruthardt, H. Sitt, and G. Schreck, and offers two prizes of two hundred marks each for ...

... STRWI) THEATRE. IT is over ten years since Mr. Harry Paulton's burlesque The Babes was originally produced in Birmingham and then trans ferred to the theatre now known as Toole's in King William- street. It is over nine years since tho piece was revived, this time at the Novelty Theatre, but with Mr Edonin, Miss Alice Atherten, and Mr. Lionel Brough all in their former röles. A decade is a ...

... . IT was some five years ago that Ma Cousine of M. Henri Meilhac enjoyed its marked success at the Varietés, and some surprise may well have been felt that the comedy has not yet made its way over here in the form of an adaptation, especially as the English rights were said to have been secured at the time of the original production. Any such surprise must have been dis pelled on Monday ...

... Tllli CO VENT GARDEN SEASON. SIR AUGUSTUS HARRIS is indeed a man of infinite resources but a short time ago clôture was writ large across the doings of his operatic campaign, only to be effaced, however, by the in- conquered energy of our unique impresario, and to-day per formances until the 29th of July are announced. Departures, non-arrivals, illness, changes of cast, or many dangerous falls ...