... RANA, FOR POSE. That is Mr HEana's trade mark and standing adver- tisement- Hana, for Pose, and the profession are well acquainted with the quality of his works. But, though Mr Hana is ever studious of drama subjects, there is one department in which he stands almost unrivalled, and that is the difficult art of posing and photographing children, of whom be turns out quite the most natural ...

... MR. LESLIE STUART. MR LISLIE STUART, generally admitted to be one of the most popular song-writers of the day, his composi- tions being at the present time sung and played as the songs of the day, in every part of the world where English is spoken, was born in Southport just over thirty years ago. He has had a career most varied, a record of which could be made extremely interesting if ...

... THE RELIGION OF UIAKE~tP,.RE ?? I By HENRY SEBASTIAN BOWDEN, of the Oratory. Chiefly from the Writings of:the late Mr Richard Simpson. London: Burns and Oates, Limited. Price, 79. 6d. Father Bowden has managed in his examination of a the religion of Shakespeare to introduce much matter . for reflection with students of the Bard; and, though D the greater portion of his book is, as he ...

... By RODURT HlcHENS and WILSON BARREMr. London: John Macqueen, Hastings House, Norfolk-street, W.O. The Dalughters of Babylon, with its gorgeous repre- sentation of Eastern life, its clever character drawing, and its well thought-out plot, found a host of admirers on its production at the Lyric on Feb. 6th, 1897. The story now a ppears in book form, and in its production Mr Robert lichens has ...

... MR. W ALLACE REVILL'S ESTATE. In thb Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, on Saturday last, Mr Justice lvirue bad before him a motion, in which the plaintiffs were the three infant children of the late Mr Wallace Revill, suing by their next friend Mr Thomas Crooks, and the defendants Mr Charles Edwin Revill. bio-her of the late Mr Revill. and Mrs Ellen Roberts. the maternal ...

... -ANSIITERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. LEWI-cymo de Bergeeao seas produced at the Porte. SD C. Ftin Theatre, Paris, 0on Dee. sith. su9c, and the 5tJ~ Setsl the end of March. 189w It was produced p(a ~sdo> i71 the Lyceum on MISSy Cth Inst, soher t.t c lin opened his season t rre.b E ?? theatreS szts Theatre, Oco believe, eO- 5(ct~cred pl-ocicceie ones from~ a theatrieal manager's secct ltec FEt.T-W are ...

... (ILLUSTBRATED.) MISS AfA UD ELMORE. MISS MAUD ELMOBR commenced her professional career as Eaterina, in the last tour of Jack-in-the-Box, under the management of Miss Fannie Leslie. Miss Elmore continued through the tour, and afterwards the late UT J. B. Howard engaged her to play seconds to Miss Maud Milton in a stock season at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. During this season she appeared in ...

... ANSWERS F e (OPI'LEhj) ND\Nf . E. G. Dn MAtTOS ?? fleel L DIe '1-t!n 7th 1-- I thirty beven. fJ. CRUlRSHANSh.-Tey fIeWich, thratricq , ti~t Strand. eybh, W. J .- eon),) ?? t ia' he, a etU,,' F,,, ?? formrr died in 1 . I I t, latter 1, 8. T H-.A 'rdeoaf 'alt it tn The Last 'I u, in ,i n the eld Virt,,ia TI, ?? eaa., ?? p.r , DON 111R.o.- ?? r1',,qh _t ah at auithor otf T/e f.Z ,1 Is~ flff ...

... SOUTH LONDON. Most of its Whitsuntide attractions are still retained at the South London, which is pursuing a successful career under its able managing director, Mr Harry Lundy, whose current bill is brightened by comic sketches, droll songs, and eccentric business, and strengthened by a powerful dramatic excerpt, founded on the weird theme of The Corsican Brothers. This is presented under the ...

... (FROSI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND THEATRE.-Lessee and Manager, BMr E. H. Bull ; Acting-Manager, Air Arthur Garrett.-This week the enterprising lessee of the Grand is pre- senting his patrons vwith A Bracc of Partridyes, supplied, by Mr Cecil H. Thornbury, direct from the Garrick and Strand. Mr H. Lane Bayliff proves himself a clever actor in the dual rale of the lion. Arthur Partridge and ...

... Judging by the appearance of this handsome theatre of varieties on the evening of our latest visit the spell of hot weather which has set in has not seriously les- sened the nightly attendance. The current programme is, indeed, of a most attractive character, containing, as it does, so many well-known names. An important engagement is the one and only Dan Leno, a comedian who not only ...

... AN OLD AUSTRALIAN MANAspi1 Mr George Selth COPPin, who is a familiar flore theatrical, political, and philanthropic circle5 in toria was, according to the M,/Isourlnc Ar - c Stennimg, in Sussex. while his father and m 'te bo were Norwich people, were paying a vis oter. wht After a long life of many activities and .0 th place during which he has lost and made ?? eral forturl' Mr Coppin has come ...