... NETW MUT-OR PICST1RE SEOwSS I EN LONDON. i (FR0S1 OUr ?? COTaSrOYnENr,.) London, Thursday. Of the several minor art shows which open I this week-end, there is, with one exception, the Tooth Gcllcry, none of exceptional interest, though at three at least there may be seen sorae good ex-amples of the older British and recently deceased artists, as -well as some good contema- ponrry work. The ...

... I I The first of the four volumes of Mr Andrew Lang's history of Scotland from, the Roman occu- pation, of which Messrs Blackwood are to be the publishers, will not, we understand, be issued before October. The chief cause of the delay has been, it seems, the unaccountable disappear- ance of one of the completed chapters and the consequent necessity for re-writing that portion of the work. A ...

... MUOPI ZPO AB-OUT NOTi INTG 3seiA2.r2gI- AT PA RIS PER A COMIQE. ?? t. ?? :!t.A-tttM 7) SSTANDT DAR OF TO-DAY.) i Paris, Mlarchb 24. ; ,w nev- 0-ri p P t1) T irmei at a tli, OPra cirlique .t n eirtg is foinded on Ti ;e-, P- may Ia reonarlcod that 'l g~e. t 1 : i-- ore iii the rresent cen- oc Vagtr-ir, who was his. Own ?? -; -i m i dramas in ticcar] with pe i: tt. ax li s 'e(rwiiv rinspiration ...

... THET~monL- HEBROKEN AXthIli Taiearec-Roval this week 'Mr Aunlsatei Van Biene is. flaing a retusin tVj~ to th fYI the piec ?? Dri-ca'C the dit.,-iih Whit-ti hr ?? t'eru aszomat:ed for a, nOlnibtIC Of an.Last rilzti it wa-s perforcedc for tbn 1RG9th turne -I, big- fii,'nZe' cvc's amoncg rimn; of -plbsnn- Itna inratioll. lnntsn ikc- foursoar have pa'sc-d roseit~ wam~s [aS.rt- n 'Is inliasgow-. ...

... I -- ?? 010OM orn OWN CORRESrOYDUNT. London, Sunday Night. Our leading opera house and cur principal hands. tarctr yesterday formally changed, had.This being Lady flay. Sir Henrcy Irving~ rclinquishedl officially the leeseeship cf the Lyceum to th~e new Lyceum Company (Limited), although lie will, as has been alreadiy arranged3 talke part in at lenat 100 representations anmnualy in the house ...

... I EXTERTAMIMSS. ROYALTrTBA.TRF- THE Lljs- Mr Henry Arthura Jones's comedy -TheaLi.3ti was presented last night at the Royaltyin,:.s by Miss Emma Huathbinsons company, whi, includes Mr Reriy Neville- Mr Jones's cmee swas produced by Mr Charles Wvadhar at *;t Criterion Theatre, London, so long ago as autumn of 1894-, and was admired 31iL-e for i. sparkling dialogue and interesting plot. -hw ...

... INE W BOOKS OF THE WEEK., HISTORY. ARCHELOY, M)ND J BIOGRAPHk. Notes ?? Kept' Chiel. y ?? India, 1881 - 1886. By the Right Hon. Sir Mountstnart B. Grant Doff, G.C.SJI. Two- Vols. (London: John Murray.) ?? Campaign,.1S98 or, The- Re-, conquest of the-Soudan. By BennetiBurleigh.. With Maps, Plans of Battle, and Numerous, Illnstrations. (London: Chapman & Halt) A ]iTtorgof Egypt nader Roamann ...

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... LITERA-TURE. NEW B00KS OF SATUVDAY. I Aserts of Belizgious and Scenitfic l.1mc7ghe. I Bythelate~ichard oltHutton. Selectedfrom ?? Spectator, and Edited by his Niece, Eliza-' |beth Al Roscoe.-TheTremsuery Qlcers Wooing. I By CeciLwis.-2se Triumnph of thePlshistines, 1 a Comedy in Three Acts. By Henry Arthurl Jones. (London: Mdacmillan &Co.) ysore, a Ga zetteer Compiled for Government. 'Revised ...

... HE OUIN1iNGHAH OPERA COMPlEiMY. TH3E TEME:E 31TSREETEERS. The Theatre-Ro1yal held last evening the largest audience of the weei;. This may be ascribed to the fact that a novelty, in the forin of yet another adaptation of Dn:na,' Three MI I'keteors, vas produced eor the first time hero. It is described as an entirely nue' operatic drarma, coposed by Reginald Somerville, the libretto by ...

... THIE ART OF THE PASTRY COOK. Mr George Skinner presided last night at the 12th annual festival of the Glasgow Pastry Ccoks' Society, which was held in the City Hem He said lhe was glad to see from the annual state- ment that the society was still making progress, the last year showing a considerable addition to the funds, and although the numbers were then a little down, he was informed that ...

... LITERATUREL J~, OFSir- 01 YESIEXRDA Y. __ IT A -iipinf*t of r/h India. By Sir Williarnh c tu'cau Hunlte.r, K.C. S-I., ThAd., LLD. Vol.1 , i Tc' thc Overthrow of' the English in the Spice j 1 Arr~intelagO. (London: Los.ginaus, Green & Co.) C 'fr -i ns~ctie of the Jliqhldad and Agricnlret Sf scoIlasel. Fifth SeCies. VoL xi. (tE'ttohrgh: Wi!liamr ?? Ic SOns.) I'rc ½/ierrar Borrs of Sertnce. Third ...