... . To the Editor of The I lixstbated Sronnxc a>t> Diiamatic News. J Sib, It is just possible that criticism of the present time may be considered by authors, actors, and managers to be inimical rather than conciliatory that is, if it is to be con sidered in the light of criticism at aU. But there is such a thing as friendly criticism, viz.-- that kind -which, whilst serving the useful purpose ...

... . To the Editor of Tan Illustrated Sportixs ax-d Dramatic News. Who friendship with a knave hath made Is deemed a partner in the trade. Gat. Sin, Probably, in the days of Spartan sternness and Athenian erudition, no sueli thing as Cliquism existed, but it would be hard to say. If we go longer back in the world's history, we read of the Egyptian priesthood, that mighty and mystic combination ...

... ACTRESSES'- HUSBANDS. To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting axd Dramatic News. Sir, I am quite at a loss to imagine what could have induced you iu your paper of the ISth inst. to unearth and publish an article under the above title which appeared in the Athenaeum some weeks ago above the signature of Q. AA'as it in admiration of the said article, or from a feeling that it was a ...

... . To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Tricks to sliow the stretch of human tram. Pope. Sir, This is a field so extensive that I fear to tread upon it. The name i3 legion of those who have, unknowingly, their mannerisms, whilst others knowingly practise certain tricks of which, to gull an audience and shake the house with loud applause. How dear is, that sound It means ...

... ffionxsponticncc. [Thk fact of tho insortion of any letter in those columns does not neces sarily imply our concurrence in tho views of the writers, nor can wo hold ourselves responsible for any opinions that may be expressed therein.] To the Editor of Tub Illustrated Spoiiiixo axd Diiauatic News. Sir,- 1 have rend with interest many of your leaders devoted to promoting the production of good ...

... Jorctcpt fflnrrcsponticncc. Pakis, Thursday, Aug. 20. THE brilliantly attended Trouville-Deauville réunion came to a close last Sunday, the struggle for the principal prize of the meeting-- the Grand Prix de Deauville, to which the Due de Morny, and subsequently Napoleon III., used to add a cup-- culminating in one of the most astonishing surprises we have had on the French Turf this year. The ...

... . The following letter lias appeared in tlie New York Daily Graphic, of July 27th. We may say, however, that, so far as Great Britain and Ireland are concerned, there is already a facility for selecting crews afforded at Henley Regatta, where there are races confined exclusively to members of colleges and universities. AN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REGATTA. To the Editor of The New York Daily ...

... . An incident exceedingly annoj'ing and humiliating to two- of the individuals concerned in it, and affording a somewhat singular instance of the fallibility of judgment on the part of a civic functionary supposed to be gifted with an almost unerring instinct occurred on the Race Ground on Tuesday afternoon. It appeal's that on that day a couple of the members of the company now performing at ...

... (Correspntrnrce. [The fact of the insertion of any letter in these columns does not neces sarily imply our concurrence in the views of the writers, nor can we hold ourselves responsible for any opinions that may be expressed therein.] THE LATE MR. W. H. W. BETTY. To the Editor of The Illustrated Spoetihg ahd Dramatic News. Sje, On the 1st September, 1874, the remains of the late Mr. William ...

... JorricpT (Corrcspcmtiencc. Paris, Thursday, October 8. The last day of the Autumn Meeting in the Bois de Boulogne passed off on Sunday amid torrents of rain, and the attendance on the course was consequently very thin in fact, with the exception of a score or two of sporting exquisites assembled under what Parisians style the Champignon in the Enceinte du Pesage, there was hardly a soul to be ...

... . To the Editor of The Illustrated SrORTiNG and Dramatic News. Our stage-play has a moral, and no doubt You all have sense enough to find it out.-- Gay. Sin, -A great deal has been said and written respecting the stage its elevating versus its deteriorating effects upon the morals of mankind. Preachers, essayists of all descriptions, platform perambulators, old ladies, and others, have ...

... Jomcm (Corvcsuonticncc. Pajiis, Thursday, November 26. TitE racing meetings at tliis season of the year bear some resemblance to the first and after pieces at the theatre, when the players perform to almost empty houses. The meeting at Vdsinet on Sunday, notwithstanding the fine weather, was no exception to the rule. There was a very poor attendance, and very few horses presented themselves at ...