... kltttb Toninicii-t!) By cMARMADUKE IN a few weeks from now it is almost certain that the position i Lord Roberts amongst the great generals of history will be discu at length both in the newspapers and in the periodicals* It is subject which is already providing conversation at dinners w^h,1 those who take an intelligent interest in interesting subjects gathered, and the discussions of the ...

... copyright, 1900, by IIARPER AND BROTHERS ill the United States of America] By H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON.. Illustrated by C. E. and H. M. BROCC Who Is tis?' says Gellibrand, and on: thrust alanthornbforfard' CHAPTER XX. THE LIGHTNING TuE wvind, indeed, was falling inch by inch, and the boat made very little progress in the bay. The heavier press of canvas carried by the revenue sloop would tell in ...

... IIi I ti mat 0 at aurtt CHRISTMAS at Court follows a very unvarying routine. For many years past it has been the custom for the Queen to spend the Christmas season at Osborne, and the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, each surrounded by an exclusively family party, and this year sees the usual gathering in the Isle of Wight and Norfolk. Of late, since a group of grandchildren have ...

... Paris lotting's FROM OUR OWNf CORRESPONDENT THE Exhibition is now complete. We have a strike of the Paris cabmen. Until that has come off every Parisian has an uneasy sense that some- thing is wanting. The lacuna has now been filled, and that mighty and independent individual, the cadher nefiacre, has hung up his whip and is going about shouting, Vive le grkve, and spending still more time ...

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... (ILLUSTRATED.) MISS ROSIE LOITUS LEYTON. Misss Rosi Locirurus LEYTON, one of our cleverest comediennes, has made wonderful progress in a short space of time. Success has always beent her reward in the various r~ies she has played. She comes of a theatrical family, and first made her bow upon the stage of life in the little market town of Keswick, boidering DErrwentwater, a short distance ...

... LONDON'S BUSINESS - MAN&GER.S A CHAT WITH J. W. BECXWITH. (BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.) Business at the Savoy Theatre goes on so easily and smoothly, and success almost invariably follows each new production, that one is apt to overlook the fact that at no house in London is there such a perfect system of orgadisation. Everything at the Savoy works on wheels, and every department, skilfully ...

... ?? II HENRY' IRVING AT MANCIIESTIE. Sir Henry Irving attended a reception given on Wed- nesday in the Memorial Hall by the Manchester Ladies' Literary Club. Alis Ellen Terry, who was expected, wag unable to be present, but Miss Maul Milton and Mliss Hackney attended. Mrs Leo Grindon, the president of the club, received the guests. among whom were Mr A. Hopkinson (Principal of the Owens Col- ...

... The seventeenth annual general meeting of the Royal College of Music was held on Tuesday at Marl- borough House, the Prince of WALES presiding. Among the members of the corporation and the council present were the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Northampton, Lord Harlech, Lord Herries, Lord Stratheona, Lord Windsor. Lord Thring, Sir T. Whittaker Ellis, Colonel the Hon. C. G. C. Eliot, Sir ...

... SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. The question of the retention or abolition I of the Censorship is one which is constantly I cropping up, and one with respect to which it is extremely difficult to come to any satis- factory conclusion. Ideas on the matter are as c various as the colours in Joseph's coat and the collection which has been recently made of the opinions of some of our most notable ...

... TIE little company of professionals, pressmen, one press lady, meinbers of the staff, and others, who assembled a' the Palace Theatre, on Wednesday even- ing, an hoar before the curtain rose, were delighted to find Mr Charles Morton so hate and hearty on the anniversary of his eighty-'rst birthday. The doyen of the music halls vas accompanied by Mrs Morton, who must have felt keenly gratified ...

... the I his (FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDSENT.) Rochdale Rushbearing still survives to connect the old order with the new. To the old showman the dying out of the picturesque features of many of the wakes and fairs must bring regret for thle days that are p~ast. Rocbdale Winake, however, still maintains its ancient traditions, and the whole town and district enlters into the annual Rushibearing and ...