The Press.
London, England, 1858-01-09 00:00:00

heavy. A review in January '5B of the life of Ste-
phenson the engineer, a biography which appeared
in July '56, is rather after date in a monthly maga-
zine. The other papers exhibit talent, and the
article on fisheries shows at least commendable
research. _ _ _

The Irish Metropolitan; the Quarterly Journal of
Dental Science, the National Magazine, Mr. Rout-
ledge's monthly number of his illustrated edition of
Russell's War in the Crimea, as well as his .January
part of the Illustrated Shakspeare—an Edition whi"b
ICI coarse of time will deserve more extended notice
—all continue to exhibit that amount of ability in
their matter and management which originally won
for them their well-deserved popularity. Le Follet,
also, with its brilliant delineations of fashionable
follies, must not be forgotten.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.-JANUARY 4.
BOOKS.

&fusions of a Wandering Pen. Thomas Gregory.
Partridge and Co.
Ugo Bassi. Speranza. Saunders and Co.
Dawn and Twilight. J. H. and J. Parker
The Doctrine aft he Holy Eucharist Investigated. Rev. John
Duff Sohomberg, B.A. Hope and Co.
Sohengrin. From the German of Richard Wagner.
Hope and Co.
Scenes of Clerical Life. George Eliot. Blackwoods
A Handy Book on Property Law, in a Series of Letters. Lord
St. Leonard's. Blackwoode

Fifty lean' Recollections, Lite tart" and Personal. Cyrus
Redding. C. J. Skeet
An Historical Connection of the Old and New Testaments._

Tegg anti Co.
Forty:live Guardsmen. Alexander Dumas Hodgson
The Pursuit of Knoiokdge under Difficulties. George L.
Clarke. Murray
The Rise of our Indian Empire. Lord Mahon. Ditto
Dauntless. fly the Author of " Haab, not Hearts," Ste.
J. W. Parker and Son

The Angel in the House. Coventry Patwore.

Mount Gars, or Marie's

J. H. and J.

P.►rker—L'lmdwtrie de to Suisse.—The Church of the People.
Kent and Co.—Governeteni Hajtholiday. J. R. Taylor.
Weaterton—The Prophecy of Khatrii. J. F. Hope—The
Post Magazine Almanack and Insurance Directory 41858.
Paternan—lntroductory Review of Prideauz's Connection of
the Old and New Testaments. Tegg and Co.—Portrait of
General Nicholson. Lithographed by Baagneit. (lambert
and Co.

Life anti ddveninive of Mervyn e li iheroe. Routledge.

DRAWING.

Inlet Tower, with a portion of the Principal Dam of the
Behar Reserroir of the Bombay Water-works. Yonge and
Crighton.

gtt Nrama.

LYCEUM THEATRE.-THE PANTOMIME.

Now that the first rush of holiday folks has some-
what subsided, we may take the opportunity, which
has Lot hitherto presented itself, of saying a few
words about the Christmas pieces for the benefit of
those steady persons who wait to know what a play
is like before embarking with their wives and families
for histrionic latitudes. Such of them as were young
in 1817 may remember a poem called " Lalla Rookh,"
by one Thomas Moore, which created some sensa-
tion when first published, and besides being trans-
lated into various languages was, at the Court of
Berlin, made the foundation of a sort of " ballet
divertissement," in which figured several royal and
noble personages. The poem itself, though not quite
metaphysical enough for the present age of earnest-
ness, and consequently for the most part abandoned
to sentimental young ladies and gentlemen, is cer-
tainly the very thing for the basis of a modern
burlesque ; and Mr. William Brough, who has
brought it out at the Lyceum, may deem himself
fortunate in having hit upon so happy an idea, sug-
gesting as it instantly does the " pleasant gardens of
Cashmere," the " shining turrets of Amberabad," and
all sorts of other Eastern splendours, for the repro-
duction of which the scenic arrangements of this
theatre have long been famous.
We do not on the whole recommend visitors to the
Lyceum to refresh their memories by reading over
the original work, for they would find their ideas
rather confused by the " shuffling " which it has
undergone. The story is introduced by that of
" Paradise and the Peri." The Peri, Natrunine (Miss
E. Webb), has lost Paradise for having loved a
mortal, Feramorz (Mrs. A. Mellon, nee Woolgar).
She is promised readmittance on performing three
tasks. In this version they are (1) to enable Lalla
Rookh to marry as she likes ; (2) to " put down" the
Gliebers, who molest the Pen race ; (3) to give up
Feramorz. Lalla Rookh (Mrs. Charles Dillon),
daughter of Aurungzebe (Mr. Barrett), has already
three suitors—the Emperor of China, represented
by his ambassador Nogo (Mr. Poynter), the King of
Cashmere, represented by Trybac (Miss S. Lewis),