... He drew the bow over the Strings, and began a lively air. Plcased at his commendation, and eager to oblige, and flndiay his command cononant with her inclination, she at once tripped on to tie red kerchief that still lay on the floor, and moved her feet, and clapped her hands, balanced herself now on one Ose then on the other, responsive to the mtsic By S. BARING-GOULD. Illustrated by ...

... CQIhe -,o9r anb thcir *Szctailn A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TRANSVAAL PART 1. IT may surprise some readers to be told that the story of the Transvaal Boers is covered by the life, and even by the reign, of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. We have heard so much of the patriarchal Boer, and of the Land of Ophir, that we have almost come to think of the Cape Dutch as trekking and farming and ...

... i t c THE SHEFFIELD FESTIVAL THE Sheffield al Festival, which took place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week, was chiefly remarkable for the surpassing beauty of the choir, picked voices from Sheffield and the district who, contrary to the custom in Yorkshire, were all amateurs and unpaid volunteers. They had been admirably trained by Dr. Coward, to whom, indeed, the success of the ...

... got excabatiolls ill ,fonle Tilg excavations in the Forum l'omafnmln have resulted in many interstin discveriS, among them atn ha fte obo Romulus.' Writing Of this tomb, the writped with blackfstoned itwans in, theorumb and that its interior was paved with lack toes (l ais inithe Frbt' it peise situation was unknown. Its discovery, even now, is due entirely' to accident. The oira ?? THIE ...

... I 0 III C ?? IV NOAS 5 I NINE YEARS AT TIHE GOLD COAST, by the Rev. Dennis Kemp (Macmillan), is an interesting book both as regards the general information it contains and the progress it shows made by the Wesleyan Missionary Society, of which the author was the general superintendent. The writer tells us that there are three necessary stages through which a worker must pass; the first is ...

... ?? lit 'Qhr at rc o BY F. MOY THOMAS MRp. TIHORNE'S RLEAPPEAR, ANCE THERE was a good audience at TERRY's Theatre on Monday evening to welcome back an old London favourite. Mir. Thomas Thorne has not been seen much in the metropolis since the close of his career of management a few years ago, but he is not forgotten. AM[any there were doubtless among those who gave him so cordial a greeting on ...

... The witch scanned the crystal with increased intensity By EDEN PHILLPOTTS. Illustrated by R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A. II.-(conbzaued) GAMMIER GURNEY dwelt quite alone, and none had seen the alleged mariner, her son, the occasion of his visits being hidden in nocturnal mystery. Upon one point at least there was no doubt: the dame vended choicest cognac to a favoured few at a shilling a pint, and ...

... Al it 1?, i -C at - (Itlivirtinardibe Music in London at Christmastide is almost as scarce as snakes il Iceland. IFor, so far at any rate as public concerts are concerned, musical people are holiday making, the vacation being broken only ly anl Orchestral Concert at Queen's Hall on Christmas Day for the benefit of those unfortunate bachelors and others who have no friends in the metropolis, ...

... ?? zhratuo BY W. MOY THOMAS FACING THE MUSIC THE limits Of the farce writer's privileges have not bedn authoritatively defined ; but it is perhaps safe to say that the pro- ceedings of his personages, if not exactly rational, ought at least to be conceivable. I cannot help feeling that Mr. J. H. Darnley, the author of the new farce in three acts at the Srl1AND Theatre, has been a little ...

... da U Ci i ,411 Attilmlit By Al. 1I. SPIELMANN THE exhibitions periodically held at the Guildhall have hitherto, thanks to the energy, as well as the knowledge, of Mr. A. G. Temple, achieved success so great as to surprise even those who had foretold the appreciation of the humble citizens of London ; but I doubt if any have merited artistic success more complete than that which awaits the ...

... Few 3gbdt1 HAGAR OF HOMERTON IT may seem much to say, but we have no hesita- tion in saying it, that had the name of Charles Dickens been on the title-page of Hagar of Homerton (C. Arthur Pearson) instead of that of Mrs. Henry E. Dudeney, some of its characters would have been celebrated among his best crea- tions. Not that there is any reproduction of his method or manner about such ...

... .5 1.1 a t it r a t F i s t o v ?? N, 0 3 it ALI, Londoners owe Mr. D. II. II.udson a debt of gratitude for a very delightful book entitled - Birds in London (Longmnans), in which he brings forward a wealth of information in most attractive form about metropolitan birds. It may safely be said that this book will be a revelation to many, but it is not written with a view to demjonstrating how ...