... LAST EVENINGGS CONCERTS. WAKEFIELD CLORAL SOCIETY. The members of the above society submitted what might be termned a Lenten programmo at their concert itl the W'akeaeld Corn Exchange last night. Beet- hoven's Mass in C, which first claimed attention, is not a !ong or exacting work, so that it was rather singular to find it deprived of the Benedictus and Agnus Dei, the more particularly as the ...

... THE $. MRS. SUE DERLAND l MUrSICAL COM's.APETITIO)NS. | II CONTESTS AT ITUDDEIISFIELP. Tiara is aiwava a eertccn tetlititit ehaite a musical (scm- potitian. tram brass baitd to eotnte-Siitig't'tg contests, acid lhiciiceclti caere may hi' a charm anti mis attraction in ''0 1. IC> I ? ittiate h,'r'etcci loss enaphatic' cad somewhat tic a t.t'c'r the 'ital it cc basic negotiated time afar ...

... MR AND MRS. KENDAL AT THE GRAND. What is enteranment? It looks as if the bulk of Leeds playroers scarcely knew. or at any rate had their doubts about ihe matter. IHere are Mr. and 'Mrs. IKendal in the cirty, with a play as fragrant and fresh as the veriest. snowdrop that ever greeted a. farewell to winter, and vet on the opening night of their visit the Grand Theatre held an audicee tlej ...

... PRAMA1ATIC & MlUSICAI NOTES. A ghc-t ll ut ageo te had something to Fay in thisl ri(Nluirn abour '- (p'rcl ies Engl-ish. which a. write-r in liThe New Airs i(ioiies approving1y. 'This trilter hleU -atfla the oa-:rpOstl~ti Of ontit, ort the .c-tting of iiiiii to wxerci, far-ms rho hcat d1~otplins thiat 'he young ta 0 am under:>'. Anrparently lie thinks there is >'reat doinser that ihi. wriste ...

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... Mr. Luther Gaunt's las-t concert of the season was given in the Victoria, flai1, Pudsey. geseerdty.r- Tho principals were Miss Lillie Wormald, soprano, Mlanl- (hester; Mr. Stanley Cookson, bas', Matnchester; 3Mr. John W alton, Halie.'s erche-,tra, violoncello; Mr. Lutlier Gaunt, ilolin; and MAr. Ernest Gaunt, pianist. The vocalist-s were both a great success. Miss Wcrmaid earned a hearty round ...

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... LITERAPLY ApPI A L S. e It is :En Literature as in Finance--much Paper andl Imuch Pvverty may co-rcemst. Yer' D, how ma.-i- wc, 5czencl the to 'llink, TDr. Xnapp. a r'tnz-ad _Aue,(asica sic 1st.ar who h;as via-vad fIns 'verslmns of Cia i:-go an-i S alte conk the wolor at, t!s 'rhI'eIN-IIIi roiner I- ci t, itntIa It6 CC-irnCe Ii a-jr.:' ;iantpiii~ tJirut Ikwe: a'Borrow.' TIile Of'at1 et t ...

... l I T Ey R A T I T R E. ACROSS ASIA. `FProna Pektn to Pezt-rsburg, by -Arnot Reid, shows 'rie, author to be a clever journalist, a, man of tac, O~erttiaexperience as a traveller, and chapable if, -toting, down stat he r-bse-cvea- in a Tend-aleo and iinforrming fajslion. in thai journey from Pekian to Pet-rclrgiu he nrl: only saw many 'things of interest, To the it-at-oller, 'out, leant: ...

... LITERARBY AND Art.ET GOSSIP. 1'fae Arena will in future be published by Messrrs. Gay and Bird. M1r. Kipling has just joined the movement for a memorial to William Black. Messrs. Sands and Co. are bringing out a book of travel by Dr. Neve, entitled' Picturesque Kashmir. Mr. George Allen has re'prited from 'The Stones of Venice the chapter on * The Nature of Gothic, wvith the preface by ...

... 3i 2 ! R) it Ui ) t pi1o- roldur- * ',\ ' f ;r-neier'- rAVATS'iN. * I.--' - ,A 3rd ave lave eist Isi e '.V I -:, T- - ' IN . - vlln ' aE 'E- Qu est - ' pIii -Ecar i han~ zi EI' 1-ivk-ir.' T Io'r * -rk nef Ii ill ii-, - J-n M- iS Xi nU . liE' t iL W- r' it T, V' - El !' a - ETrr \'T'ilet - -- aR'i ts '(aci ' 'i'EX ti'-! lE Eitt the kttu - - II-.E-: tiiiJ'.s o I i i T'' 't ijZ1:i , u a-I ...

... LEEDS PhfILH. PONIC AND SUBSCRIPTIONT CONCERTS. Be who found naught to gratify him in the pro- gramme presented at last evening's concert in the Town Hall must needs have been hard tn please. Without going any farther hack than Beethoven, the music heard ranged over a remarkably varied field, and em- braced some highly interesting novelties, one of which w-as from the pen if the Philharmonic ...