... T H h M I I 1 i Lbarmaic AN UNFORTUNATE LOCATION. ...

... Oh, drat the smoke I really must lay in some o' that antichrist coal they talk about [JJrawn by Bernard Partridge. ...

... She The possession of rank or wealth always shows itself in a man's appearance Nonsense, Mr. Johnson! Now, look at this old man honestly, does he look like a baronet with five thousand a-year He Well, do you know, I think he 's a very good ease in point. lie 's an ordinary-looking old chap; but, still, the practised eye can see a certain indefinable something about him that-- She Now, don't ...

... DKESSES AT THE PLAY. The Little Genius, who will finally and positively make his, or rather, her, delayed appearance to-morrow, Thursday, will, when she is not wearing her boy's costume, display the charms of a skirt of cau-de-Nil poult de soic, striped alternately with bands of shot pink and yellow satin, and particularly beautiful lace, the corsage being in this same satin, but almost ...

... r-- 1 No. 178.-- Vol. XIV. WEDNESDviY, JUNE 24, 1896. SI*£;SE' ...

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... . The Compleat Angler of Walton and Cotton is being issued in parts from the Bodley Head, under the editorship of Mr. Le Gallienne, and with illustrations of the Birmingham School by Mr. E. H. New. These latter fit the type very well, but otherwise are not very pleasing representations of such spots sacred to the lovers of Walton as Tottenham and Madeley. It will be a handsome edition, all ...

... . Le Ravissement d'Androméde, by E M. Stevens, a work exhibited at the New Gallery, is reproduced this week on this page. It is a work which deals vigorously enough with the old legend, in a manner very different, say, from that of the late President of the Royal Academy or that of the rejected Mr. Harry Tuke. Andromeda is released; Perseus, upon his horse, is in the act of flight from the ...

... THE WORLD OF SPORT. CRICKET. The tendency to get ahead of the times, the general rush of the present age, is responsible for the developed antipathy of spectators to slow cricket. One who has closely watched the trend of affairs must easily note the difference between the sleepy resignation of the past and the indignant remonstrance of the present. To cricketers of the old-fashioned school, ...

... THE SCHOOL EOE SCANDAL, AT THE LYCEUM. To be frank, I may confess that it is with distrust I speak of the Lyceum revival of The School for Scandal. While admitting the brilliance of the famous comedy, I venture to say that I have already had too much of it. To some people it may seem heresy to urge that one's pleasure in the theatre lies first in the play, and second in the playing-- that ...

... MERCURY INSTRUCTING CUPID IN THE PRESENCE OF VENUS. After the Picture hj Antonio da Correggio Allegri. REPRODUCED It Y KIND PERMISSION OF FRANZ HANFSTAENGL, MUNICH. ...

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