... MISS JULIA KENT. 1) J.I#- ...

... MISS LILY HANBURY AS MADAME DE MAUBAN. ...

... MISS EVELYN MILLARD AS PRINCESS FLAVIA, WITH HER MAIDS-OP-HONOUR. ...

... . I am following the progress of the new sleeve behind the footlights with considerable interest, and I am bound to record the fact that the new plays of the week have given it a helping push in its somewhat difficult career-- as far, at least, as familiarising us with its aspect. In the Henley scene at the Avenue, for instance, nearly all the boating-dresses had tight, plain sleeves, relieved ...

... . Miss Ethel Turner is, perhaps, the youngest living successful author. Though she is little more than a girl, she achieved an unqualified success with her delightful story of child-life, Seven Little Australians. The book has created quite a furore in Australia, and lias won in England the warm admiration of several distinguished men and women of letters. She has spent most of her life in ...

... xyw I ri A No. 161.-- Yol. XIII. WEDNESDAY, FEBEUAEY 26, 1896. S^JE- ...

... . When Lord Leighton died, many names were mentioned as his possible successor; but, in his heart, everybody knew that there lived but one heir to our dear president, our admirable Leighton. Sir John Millais' career stretches back through the century like the tail of some refulgent comet in a cloudy sky. He has ranged through pictorial art, and succeeded in every destiny he cared to shape ...

... ij . J I BY EMILY SOLDENE. On Aug. 13 last, strolling down Market Street, San Francisco, looking into the curio- and other shops under the Palace Hotel, my attention was attracted by a crowd of people round one particular store-window. Now, a crowd in San Francisco (except on political occasions) is an uncommon sight. Naturally, with the curiosity of my sex and the perseverance of the Anglo ...

... THE FORTUNE-TELLER. ...

... OFF THE GOODWINS. ies, Miss, it 's bin a wery 'ard winter. I dunno what a poor man would 'ave done for 'is livin', if a steamer or two 'adn't run 011 to the sands, by (he hlessiri of Providence -y- i ...

... OUR LADIES' PAGES. THE GOWNS IN GOSSIP. Gowns and Gossip, both beloved by the feminine heart, and forming indeed, an inevitable and inseparable combination, are now to be seen at the Comedy, and lessons in the latest Parisian fashions-- the teacher, Mrs. Langtry-- can be taken every evening. First, tlie fail instiucticss appears before us 111 a dress of mauve silk veiled with mauve chiffon ...

... . The extremely sad death of Lord Leighton at his London residence on Saturday, Jan. 25, has taken the world by surprise. It was known, indeed, that during recent months the President had suffered somewhat severely from affection of the heart; hut since his return to England he has been seen so frequently at various public functions, looking so well and full of life, that all hoped the worst ...