... TE MOODY..MAXIERS OPERA UOOP;AY. I PERFORMgNCE OF TANNHAUSER. Undoubtedly Wagners operas exercise a strong hold on the Pssical public in this city, and no better tests- many as to their popularity can be xiven than the enormously crowded house that witnessed at the Theatre Royal, last nieht, the magnificii. performance of Tannhlieser.' Of all Wageers works the wonderful legend upon which ...

... * Mr. Winston Spencer Churcill's novel, which has already been published serially in one of the maga- zines, appears at the psychological moment, for the name of this brilliant young soldier, author,, and war correspondent is very niuch to the fore just r now. Mr. Churchill tells us that he, submits it co with considerable trepidation to the judgment or a clemency of the public. Clemency, ...

... The first of ten musical noatindes in connection with the Royal Society of Artists' spring exhibition was given on Saturday, before a large and critical audience. The arranigernents have again been entrusted to Mr. Oscar Pollack, and under his direction an excellent concert was given. It is some time since Madame Pollack has bee heard in public, and her reapoearance on this occsion proved a ...

... PRINCE OF WALES THEUTRE. The pantomime of Sinbad the Sailor is ronnmug very smoothly and briskly at the Prince of Wales Theatre, but it can scarcely be said to have achieved that popular sueness which was anticipated. The fact is it cveirs more of the go-as-yon-please musical play, with which we have been made so familiar of late years, than of the customary pantomime, and this, no doubt, is ...

... I BItMPGEAM PHOTOGRAPHIC ' SOCIETY. 0 : Once again the Royal Society of Artists hazs wlcomed tbe Biigham Photographic Society to its rooms, and the photographers this time present tothe public a collec- tin onf pictures which more than ever justifies their a claimn to artistic kinship. The shiow is not quite so - imposing this year as was last year's, a little less space eL teinytaken -up ...

... TWE POLICE ONCINRT. The annual concert in Ponnection with the City Police Forpe, which took place in the Town Hall, last evening, attracted an exceedingly great, though not a crowded, audience, and was in every way at- tended with success. The Lord Mayor honoured the occasion by his presence. This year's concert was somewhat of a new departure, for in addition to its being arranged for the ...

... P1JINCE OF WALES THEATRE. ?? Mr. Hall aaa romances, r in due time trans- ferred from the circulating library, to tho stage. in a view of his succiesses wish such ?? play's as The ti Manxman and The flea M.ry Chree that is in- is esia l, and, ledeed, playgoers could ill spare his itl thoughtful, interesting, and high-toned work. The 'E adaptation of ~'The Christian, however, presented far ...

... - It is a long time since Miss Fanny Davies gave a pianoforte recital in Birminugham. From 1890 onward her annual visits to us have alwavs been in association with the great violinuis.t, Dr. Joachim. the famous vicloncellist, Signor Piatti, and others, the artistic out- I comre being a series vf fine chlamber eoacerts. In revert-. ing to earlier usage, anad limitin- the performance to a recitl ...

... MUSIO AMD TBE DRAMA- Mr. George Aexanlder has engaged MFiss Margaret Halstan for his next season at the St. James's. According to 'Le Guide Musical the first forty performances of Ml. Charpontier's Louise brought to the treasury the sum of 267,467 francs, an average of about 3650 a performance. It is announoed that Mie. Ellis Palmay, the, Hun- garian singer, who appeared for soene time at ...

... . ] The PaIl Mail publishes the following typical I insfance of War Office methbds: The methods of the War Office, it says, are past firidiug out. Wrhet her Majesty, in March last, caused en appeal to old soldiers to he promulgated, as-kiag theol to coine up sor service for one year in reserve regiments. the ordinary person and, indeed, some of thae moreo enthusiastic military mon-said, lWhet ...

... AN UJNKNOWN QUALTITY.* ! It is hard to know exactly what to say of tfs~ book. The first, impression left is that it is always needlessly revolting, often irritatingly obscure, while Imany of the characters are preposterously stagey. The next is that it is written with a daring disregard for style, the writer labouring heavily in the wake of IoGetrze Meredith, but lacking Meredith's masterly ...

... . The frequent references to and quotations from M. Houssaye's book by Sir Herbert Maxwell in his Life of Wellington have already familiarised such students of the Waterloo campaign Es did not read the book in the original French with some of its lsalient points. These references and quotationsbave at the same time served to whet the appetite, and the present translation-whicb, by the way, ...