... crowds of eager pleasure seekers braving the rain in the endeavour to snatch some little enjoyment out of their scant time of Easter holiday. On the Miles Platting fair ground were the two powerful combinations, the John Whitingcombine and Edmund Holland's ...

... of the million people who have traversed the turnstiles since April 14. If each of them should return home discontented the rising tide of visitors would at once begin to ebb. I have, therefore, on my various visits to the Exhibition regarded the attitude ...

... seasons ago was drawing all Paris to the VAUDEVILLE Theatre. Her successor in the American version of this piece, brought out on Easter Monday, for the first time in this country, at the GARtICK, is Mrs. Leslie Carter, the American actress, whom we all remember ...

... depressing a play to have a long run in London. THE STANDARD. On Easter Monday, April 16th, the Drama, in Five Acts, by Mart) n siidd and Arthur Shirley, entitled H HOW LONDON LIVES. On Easter Monday there was a matinee as well as an evening performance ...

... same yeas. CYCLIN G. THE CENTURY CUP CONTEST. The contestants in the first heat of the Century Cup race, which will be run on Easter Monday at the Crystal Palace, are the well-known pro- fessional riders, T. Linton, the speedy Welshman, and J. Platt-Betts ...

... vlanhaCress. FASTER HOLIDAYS on the ISLE OF WIGHT. The Finest Spring Climate ii England. jbCEAN HOTEL, SandOWn, 1. ofW. Rooms for Easter holidays nowbooked. Theluxury of a lrefinedioile.-DAILY TELEGRAPH. Apply MANAGER. ,LONDON.-IHOTEL WINDSOR, Victorna-street ...

... marvellous nineteenth SrILL has passed before her eyes, and unrolled itself wvith all its cen Sfl developments the shattering and rising of Empires, develop- tneisof Republics, and the steady onward march of England's greatness, jdeed by the vast strides of science ...

... time when duke's son and cook's son 'are literally fighting side by side for the reversal of the policy to which they gave rise, we cannot but think their reassertion very ill-timed. Herbert Spencer: Thle Man and His Work. ' By Hector -Macphersonm (London: ...

... making arrangements for his EngLish opera season, which will take place in New York from October 1st till Christmas. and from Easter onwards. It is said that among his recent engagements are Madame Lucille Hill. -Mr. Moor, an American baritone who has been ...

... THE TATRES. THE 1ATE IR. EVERILL TIIE SHORT HAMLET MAD THE LONG. p UNAUTHO.RISED ADAPTATIONS. NEW PLAYS. The funeral of Mr. Fred Everill, ?? death was announced in our columns on Saturdav, will take place at Norwood Cernetery at o'lc o'clock this ...

... to the frowsy variety resort that so long cumbered the ground between Arlington-road and the High-street. The week before Easter i- the dullest of the year, and one does not expect to find large audi- ences anywhere. On the night to which we are now referring ...

... terrible one, Mr Clark has engaged a smart and clever American soubrette, and the act will Ibc presented again in its entirety at Easter. Tlis Tivoli will celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the true spirit of loyalty, and The W~earing o' the Green, a new version ...