... MR. MAPLESON began his autumnal season at the Royal Italian Opera on Monday evening with Semiramide; following up Rossini's work by La Sonnambula on Tuesday; Lucrezta Borgia on Thursday; and La ...

... LAKEVILLE, or Substance and Shadow, by Mary Healy, 3 vols (Hurst and Blackett), carries us away from accus tomed scenes-- on to American soil-- and the dram ills persona being natives of ...

... IN Fair to See (3 vols., Blackwood and Sons) Major Lockhart has produced a work well worthy the author of Double and Quits. The story is cleverly con ceived and artistically carried out ...

... ON Saturday last a soprano appeared at the Royal Italian Opera who added a touch of novelty to the familiar interest of the sea son. Mdlle. Jeanne Devries comes of a musical family, and has a si ...

... M.M. ERCKMANN and Chatrian's drama, entitled Le fuif Polonnais, produced about two years ago at the Théâtre de Cluny in Paris, has just been taken in hand by two English dramatists with a ...

... REPETITION performances have been the rule lately at Covent Garden Theatre; and we have only to notice the exception pre sented on Monday, when Don Giovanni was given. A large audience assembled ...

... A NEW comedy, from the pen of Mr. H. T. Craven, author of Milky White and The Postboy, has been introduced at the Royal COURT Theatre, the author, according to his custom, sustaining the ...

... THE Adventures of Harry Richmond (3 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co.) Mr. Mereaith's novel reminds us some what of Turner's famous picture, The Fighting Témeraire. Both display much genius a ...

... PROMINENT among the musical gift-books of the coming season will be Christmas Carols, New and Old, published by Messrs. Novello, Ewer, and Co. Nativity hymns enjoy their full share of the ...

... Les Huguenots was played, for the first time this season, at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday last. Those who best know the exacting nature of Meyerbeer's great work will most easily under st ...

... THE author, of Mine Own Familiar Friend, the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Montgomery (3 vols. Hurst and Blackett), sums up the introductory account of her heroine by saying: Such was the home and su ...

... MR. MAPLESON reserved for the last days of his season the production of two works, which are fair types of their respective classes; one-- Robert le Diable-- representing the most elaborate and ...