The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-14 00:00:00

Arssia at Me rinse of the Caroisahnis of Alexander
H. By JOHN MURPHY, iipesial Correspondent of
the Daily Nnoe.—Bradbury and Beane.
With the far greater part of the contents of this
esteem the readers of the .Erpress—and, we
might add, of the weekly andlrovincial newspaperman already familiar. In collecting hie letters into $
book, however. Mr. Murphy has challenged a more
soot and critical estimate of their value then could
be formed upon the cursory perusal, at considerable
//stern* of a aeries of newspaper articles.
Mr. Murphy has with sterling good sense eschewed
all attempts to record more than those external phases
of society which present themselves to a passing
visitor in an entirely new and strange lend; but he
has selected with a nice, intuitive tact, those salient
characteristic hater's which one., a lively and
truthful impression of events, and he has described
them in a style of felicitous playfulness. No attempt
is made to deers op" what pasted seder the eyes
of the writer; the incidents of the cotonstion, and
the aspect of that portion of Russian society which
ISM under his observation, are described with
downright earnestness and electrify. The play of
Jamey to which we have alluded is confined to thine
illustrative allusions which bring home accounts
of the remote and strange to the conception
of the veriest tarry.akhome reader. Not the lean
pining characteristic of the book is that kindly and
genial spirit which Wade the author to bring out in
Aron relief that "goal of good" which is diffassd
through all human society under the most adverse '
arenestances.
The coronation, from the earliest preliminary en-
trunumeniest to the final festal celebrating, is of course
the main theme of the book. But Mr. Murphy ham
aught with a quick eye much of the bye.play which
woe is progress on the scene of that gorgeous erecte-
d& He has added three or four letters es topies
st this kind, which be had suppressed' as sot beer-
kir entletently en the immediate basinw foe which
he visited Moscow, but which possess perhaps a more
lastbg Interest.
Theme collected Wen form a seat little volume—a
Sue epsilon of the beautiful typography of Brad-
bury and Evans—of the approved form and sire of I
ese sanest railway literature ; and we are convinced
Oat time travellers by railway who are addicted to '
Jading in their transit from place toping will find I
S at nee as instructive and sensing companion.

11188 P. HORTON'S POPULAR ILLUS•

TRAnONB.

Mr. and Mrs. derma. Reed ham restuned this ea
tortaisment at the Gallery of Illustration after an
Wiwi,' tour in the previa:re, daring which they
have given it with unbounded success. Last night
the room, as it used to be, was crowded, mid the
mtertainownt premises to remain io as great rage'
as me. Notwithelanding its numberless dons,
it seemed se fresh, and the audience a to eajoy
it as heartily, as ea the sad d
of its prodostios.
It would be quite samedooes to ilea any dsserip.
Ike of an entertainment which by this time is so
generally known, both is town and country, the
was emeeklly m we lime not only had omission to
speak elf it filly, but have ineleded the principal vocal
plasm wag by Mrs. Reed in our notices of musical
paldhuldoes. It is edgiest to say that this OW
mid aseemplished lady was as rich as ever is her
varied and dub, monis sketches; and in her singing
einattned, muss happily Visa same Wee that we
have Ward, a great deal of musical beauty
with the quint humour of hoe burlesques.
new of herprettis sootset am at cuss the mat laughable
mad tie th imaginahle. This is tho owe
with " Under a Hedgingse.' " Tho Faust of the Fair,"
red, above all, the Irish kitehenassiti's ballad, a
melody of extraordinary wilds's, sad beauty. Last
sight, in the character of the Italian Boy, the intro.
dotted the anameontio hom the Amish% whisk Pia
soleminl hes made so humus and stag it se &sem.
bey that it was encored with aosleastione.
"Robert, toi qua Nino; too, in the ebeetslee Ode
French prima donna, though MI mar lag eeriestinre,
was really a mageitisemt pimp if elaglog whisk he
prima donnas said wpm We think it, however.
rather a pity that all tits ia this eatertaimmat
me move or less tinged with lesysw It maid le
=we commies, to inbeiess esse shometies of a
east, which would net only praises variety
but would speed room for the power of pathetic ex-
Elwhich Mrs. Reed penises in as high a
Mr. Reed netained his part of the enter.
mist admirably ; not Doty acoronpsaying Mrs.
Bead's easing with masterly skill, bet taking part
k the comic dialogue with great spirit and effect.