... orelling of Qt 3e6 gusifal 5cicsolt THE new season at the Albert Hall opened on Monday, when a lyerrormance of The AMessi ,h was given in somewhat similar fashion to that organised by Sir Frederick Bridge a year ego. It was supposed to be Handel unadulterated, and although in a huge build- ing like the Albert lhall, and with an organ of proportions which Handel himself never could have ...

... .A MUJSEHM-NTNS 1I 2 ?? ;N. TAEATER Worwwic?-. --Ne ?? A. Cue botrds i! o);A tl?cstr;? at pro?;Ofil:, Louses -Ite, rw,? V, :,)FA ''ll P v ?? I v'istteal (r11-r3a III loutr 4.As its. ! ! ;i,/ilS .Lirri ll! remj lio II Vae ?? l al ?? Ic0 i,. ?? ; .-f 4lle g priie .Ask u an Ill) J); vill ?? fiji hl :c *~ . ,id.l. i II, 17 ohs ; net rf *in S 'i ',ttani-' cy b. >I.t. ' P ill I. Bi'm i4''itu~l'o ...

... :ASItONS, RILLS AND FURB-ELOWS. I 'Ot4houghts have necessarily been inter- mininglM wvith sadness of late, even at this ?? time when vith the commencement of tbe year all should be orthodoxly bright and gay. But the dark shadow of. War has fallen on us, and there are many sad blanks in Britisl hearts and homes, the aching pain of 'Wlhielh seems only to be intensified by the incoming of the New ...

... ' f~cpyr~,qg: HEALTH ??N1YHOME. BY W. GORDON STABLES, ALD.,R.f, Author of Sickness and Health, The People's A. .C. Guide to health, The Wife's Guide to Health and Happiness, &c., &c. FLESH, FISH, AND FOWL. I omitted to say in my recent article on the choice of meat that if nood it has a pleasant odour, and that if the fat of meat is of a yellowish tinge, it is. best avoide l. 1)o not ...

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... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND rHEATER, LiMITED.-General Manager, Mr Otto C. Culling ; Acting-Manager. Mr Norman Al. Robinson.-Alessrs Dottridge and Longden's Aladdin is proving one of their most successful pantomimes. bliss Amy Elvira is very popular, and assumes the title- role with infinite credit to herself. Miss Hettis Lund as the principal girl is equally efficient, and has made ...

... vl? Wflllstfro at QC WOU 6allerg VANDYCK at the Royal Academy, the founders of the Flemish School at the New Gallery (with a dash of English masters supposed to have been influenced by the tradition of Vandyck), and Rubens, Sir Anthony's great predecessor, and we have in London this season as complete a public display of the art of Flanders as ever was seen in a single city at one and the same ...

... - ?? REMINISCENCES OF 'SIR JOHN-MOWBRAY. liiie, Sir John Mowbray, it appears, left Certa in notes'; rush and rough MSS. behind him relative to~ the con- immli cluding chapters of his parliamentary remainis- pqrf cences, and from these, edited by his daughter, the the story of his parliamentary life is brought to Oft] a conclusion in the January number of BizacS- med WOOn'S MAOAZI)VE. The ...

... SAUGY § SONGE Special to the POLICE NEWS. By .-the Original GUlLOV XLVIII. qsgAU REVOIR. . ?? WELL! It.is.-over; don't repine, .Nor* seek to bring to life again The past which both of us resign, I TheA sometimes-pleasure,. often painI You see, y -dear, it's time that we Saw things in different lights by far I'll kiss: good-bye, and you kiss me, And murmur just an Au Revoir I Yes. It is ...

... (FinnT Nonies.) nn 7- ?? The North American Review (London nuns publisher, Mr William Heinemann) has no I fewer than six articles on or concerning the war of I~ ;in South Africa. The first, by MSr Bryce, has Frof¶ already been referred to in our columns. Mr fn Karl Blind gives his opinion of European Ken opinion a~bout the -wax. M.L Francis C'narmsue sell plon presents tin 'impassioned ...

... MFSIC HiALL GOSSIP. THE vexed question of barring clauses in con- tracts has again come to the front. It appears that Mlr Chas. Lauri, who has already fulfilled several suc- cessful engagements at the Canterbury and Paragon, in Tire Sioux, On tihe Roofs, A Nice Old Woman, and other pieces, has signed a contract to appear at both those halls on April 16th next. Early in December Mr Lauri ...