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THE LYCEUM THEATRE: THE GRAND DUCHESS

... THE LYCEUM THEATRE. THE GRAND DUCHESS. THE taste and relish for opera-bouffe, now so universal among English audiences, may bo said to have received their initial impetus when Offenbach's masterpiece was first produced in London, in the original, with the unapproachable Schneider in her great impersonation of the eccentric and amorous 'Grace of Gerolstein.' They were fostered and increased by ...

THE GROUSE SEASON

... . La chasse est ouverte, but the accounts from the Scotch moors arc anything but satisfactory, for in several districts little more than a fair breeding-stock for next year has been seen on the wing, so that many sportsmen will either leave their grouse unmolested or postpone their shooting for a month. Throughout Perthshire grouse have not been so scarce for twenty-five years, and old birds ...