... THE LITTLE GENIUS, AT THE SIIAETESBUEY. For a thousand reasons, a good deal of expectation centred itself upon the production of The Little Genius, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, on Thursday night. It was known that the late Sir Augustus Harris had lavished a world of trouble and expense to ensure its success; he had brought from Vienna Miss Annie Dirkens. Postponements had one by one been ...

... MISS MARGUERITE CORNILLE, AT THE PALACE THEATRE. from a photograph by hana, strand. c ...

... . Burns died on July 21, 1796. The centenary of his death-day is to be celebrated by public meetings in Glasgow and Dumfries, in which the Earl of Rosebery, Honorary President of the Burns Federation, will take the leading part. But more truly commemorative of one who was no public man, yet, on the other hand, touched and appreciated with the sympathy of genius every side of the life of his ...

... . So much has already been written about Paderewski that it is very difficult to find a subject which has some aspect of novelty; hence a representative of The Sketch got the following facts about his manner of travelling when he is on an extensive tour in an interview with Mr. Hugo Görlitz, his private secretary, to whom we are indebted for the photograph of the private car in which he ...

... . ADMIRAL THE EARL OF CLANW1LLIAM. ADMIRAL SIR M. CULME-SEYMOU li. ADMIRAL RICHARD WELLS. ADMIRAL LORD WALTER KERR. Photographs by Gregory Strand. ...

... . It is very vexing that one is rarely able to see either of the three great actresses who honour London with yearly visits in plays that are attractive in themselves. Madame Bernhardt is, perhaps, the worst sinner, and this season her fortnight of stale plays has attracted little attention. No doubt Miss Rehan is not so much to be blamed, since she is not her own mistress. It is, however, ...

... . STRAWBERRY BANK, DALHOUSIE. Photographs hg Gillmore Carter, Dalhousie. ...

... . To my surprise I lately heard it asserted without contradiction that the French get all their bicycles from us. It was a curious case of insular assumption that we are the world's manufacturers. No doubt, since we took the lead at one time-- until, in fact, biking became the rage in France, we had almost all the market. However, in 1 890, when the Dunlop tyre was first introduced to the ...

... . There is much of interest in the exhibition of national products which is now being held in Geneva. This exhibition was first thought of and projected in 1866, but there have been various difficulties in the way, and it has at last taken place in 1896, a year to be long remembered by the cantons of Switzerland, which have subscribed between them a total sum of 562,000 francs for this purpose ...

... . CRICKET. For the second time this season the full strength of Australia will be pitted against the presumably full strength of England at Manchester to-morrow. The selection of our international teams is not satisfactory. For the match played at Lord's the Committee of the M.C.C. chose the England eleven, for the Manchester fixture the Lancashire executive select the team, while for the Oval ...

... MISS LIN A. CARR AS LISA IN THE GRAND DUKE, ON TOUR FROM A rilOTOGRAril BY WEST AN1) SON, SOUTIISEA. ...

... . When I say at home (writes a representative of The Sketch), I wish to raise no visions of a comfortably cushioned room, with its array of photographs, its pet poodle, its cheval glasses, and all the various furniture so commonly dear to the daily interviewer; for, after a hunt compared to which coursing is a trifle and flea-catching a cool employment, I ran Miss Annie Dirkens to earth in ...