The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-25 00:00:00

bourhood of the English lakes. But even then, while holi-
day-making, he found time to gather materials for the
amusement of his metropolitan patrons, and on his return
to London, some months ago, he unfolded his " Olio of
Oddities" in a miniature opera-house, which he bad fitted
up in conformity with his own taste, and altogether at his
own expense. So far, this entertainment, in point of popu-
larity, has exceeded that of the " Carpet Bag and Sketch-
Book." It abounds in pictorial illustrations of the Lake
district, and embraces no less than 50 instantaneous meta-
morphoses of voice, character, and costume. All these cha-
racters are admirably sustained ; but perhaps the most
remarkable of the whole is an imitation of Rachel as
Camille, in " Les Horaces." In voice, emphasis, and man-
ner, we have Rachel herself. The sketch is brief, it is
true, but such as it is, it is undoubtedly a master-piece of
impersonation. So clever a performer could hardly fail to
attract a crowded house on Easter Monday ; and it must
have been a source of much satisfaction to him to find that
his entertainment seems to afford as much amusement to
the mere holiday-maker as the more serious student of
character. Mr. Woodin is yet a young man, and it is to
be hoped that when the "Olio of Oddities" has been coin.
pletely exhausted, his fertile brain will not bo at a loss to
devise a new vehicle for the display of his peculiar and un-
doubted talents.
GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE.

Throughout the whole of yesterday this famous geogra-
phical exhibition was visited by hundreds of the more in-
quiring and practical holiday-makers, who, with the aid of
Mr. Wild's new dioramic tour " from Blackwall to Bala-
klava," made themselves masters of the various localities
which have become prominent in the progress of the war.
The diorama carries the imaginary traveller through most
of the principal continental cities, and lands him safely at
the Iron Gates of Constantinople. Here he is introduced
to the mysteries of Islamism, and having become fami-
liar with the principal features of the Turkish capital,
he is carried through the romantic scenery of the Boa-
phorus, and across the Black Sea to Balaklava harbour.
He next has au opportunity of witnessing mimic repre-
sentations of the situation and movements of the
allied armies. Returning by the Adriatic he is suddenly
transported to Rome, Venice, the Lago Maggiore, and
thence he is hurried across the Alps by Monte Rosa, visit,
ins, on the way, the galleries of Isalla and Gondo, pausing
only to admire the famous wonders of the Simplon. Ar,-;
rived at Interlachen ho again finds himself on board a
steamer careering through the beautiful Lake of Genova ;
and after leing introduced to the notabilities of the fa-
mous watchmaking city of Geneva, he is transferred to
the Rhine boat, from the deck of which he has au oppor-
tunity of witnessing the world-renowned scenery of that
great Prussian river, so truly described by Byron as " the
charm of this enchanted ground." Aided by the descrip-
tions of the lecturer, the spectator becomes almost as
much nsaster of the scenes and localities as if ho had
visited them in propria persona: while, to increase his
means of instruction and amusement, he stands, as it were,
in the very centre of a largo model of the earth, and has
by his side lesser models, representing the siege of Sebas-
topol, Cronstadt, the Baltic, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors.
No more agreeable or instructive entertainment for the
rising generation could be devised, and " Paterfamilias "
would do well to bear this in mind when the juveniles ars
debating the question of their Easter amusements.