The times., 1898-11-21


twenty-one years after it had been pro-
duced, on November II, 1877. Sir Arthur
Sullivan and w. S. Gilbert witnessed Its
performance again. Sir Arthur Sullivan
conducted his own score, being cheered
as he took his place in the leaders chair,
and Mr.. Gilbert smiled down upon him
from a box. The audience was not salts
fed until the collaborators appeared be-
fore the curtain in response to repeated
calls.
The little trouble anent The Christ
ian," says The Stage, is nearing climax.
for it is understood that Hall
Caine has instructed his solicitor, Sir
George Lewis, to take action against Will
son Barrett, and that the latter gentle
man has in like manner told his legal ad-
wiser. the Hon. Charles Russell. to issue
a writ against Mr.. Caine and Charles
Frohman.
Sir Henry Irving better.
hear that Sir Henry Irving is making
! sure progress toward recovery. His ply
sicians are satisfied with his condition.
i but Sir Henry still Keeps to his room in
the Glasgow Hotel, gearing a relapse in
, this trying weafhertSThe queen sent a
! message of sympathy tossir Henry, and
. cence.
/ The Athenaeum says the Lyceum Thea
| ter, London, where Irving is to produce
the much-talked-of production of Richard
! ii, will not reopen at the date originally
! fixed presumably because of the stars
unpreparedness.
| The same paper notes that Mrs. Tree
/ has taken the part of Miiadi in THE
! Three Musketeers," which has been play
! ed by Mrs. Brown-Potter. who is now suf-
| fering from severe attack of pieurisy.
| Mrs. Trees role. Anne of Austria, is be-
ing played by Miss Lily Hanbury.
The next novelty at the Haymarket
| Theater, 1t is said, is likely to be an
4 adaptation by Sydney Grundy from Du-
mas. Most probably it will be from La
Tulipe Noire."
J Concerts On Sunday.
The London County council, which has
! let the theaters pretty much alone since
the crusade against the music halls has
made an astonishing decision about Sun
day concerts this week. 1t agrees to
grant licenses for such concerts on the
express condition that no profit will be
derived from them.
, It seems a pity that London, having
been provided with public Sunday con-
certs after years of opposition, should
now be deprived of them. The Sabbath
. observance duntrenlS. 90 IOl
object to the giving of the concerts. but
they resent the idea of the manager max
ing a living from his labor. 1t is this re-
markable feature of the licensing that
probably caused the general condemna-
ton OF the councils decision.
The Speaker, in a moderate article to-
day. points out to the managers that they
can readily avoid suffering from the ef-
fects of the councils provision by agree
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aries on that day on condition that they
furnish their services free on week days.
Vanity Fair is less temperate in its re-
marks. and sees in the decision the retire
ment to private life of the present MEM
bers of the city council. 1t asks: DO
they Che members of the counciD sup
pose for one instant that the British pub
lie is going to have its rights trampled
upon by an ungainly set of bigoted per-
sons who would assert the rights OF SOW
ereigns when they possess none but the
rights of subjects?'
Conversations With Gladstone.
Literature announces some interesting
conversations with Mr.. Gladstone on Sir
Robert Peel. to be published in its next
number. and also the forthcoming sale on
November 90 by Sotherly of the collection
of angling books of the late Edward
Snow. of Boston. the finest in the world.
Hutchinson will shortly publish Kings
of the Hunting Field by Thormanby. II
will contain biographies Of famous hunt
ers OF Ireland and Great Britain.
The Athenaeum announces the forth
coming "reminiscences of Sir Lambert
Playfair. brother of the late Lord Play
fair. Sir Lambert was formerly British
political agent in different parts of Africa
and most interesting volumes are ex
pected.
The veteran DR.. Smiles, who abs raj
lied from a serious attack of illness las
week, has just put the finishing touche:
to the narrative of his long career.
The Academy has instituted inquiries o
booksellers throughout the United King
dom asking which books are most in de
mand at the present moment. The re
! plies received place Steevenss witt
Kitchener TO Khartoum" first. Rudyar'
Kiplings The Days Work. second
Weyman's Castle Inn" third. and Watt
Dunstan's Alvin fourth. According t.
the same authority, the large sales whicl
the cheap edition of the Encyclopedia
Britannica. floated by the Times news
paper, has enjoyed have affected book
selling unfavorably. as many of the buy
ers have exhausted their funds on thi
work.
An Illustrated Holy Gospel.
The Academy announces that the Soci
ETY. for the Promoting of Christian Knowl
edge will begin to publish January 2 mex
the Holy Gospel, with illustrations from
the old masters of the fourteenth, fit
teenth, and sixteenth centuries. Thi
monumental work will consist of twenty
four fortnightly parts, each of which vii
1g r4 ,
two separate plates, printed in TIVE
colors. Notes on the pictures by Eugen
Mauty, of the French Institute. will be in
cluded.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Ma
tions" is the title of a new book for th'
early Autumn, by Prof. Sayce, in which
he embodies all the latest discoveries o
Assyriologists and other explorers. Th
publishers are Messrs- Service & Patton.
Mrs Humphrey Ward is is reported
received from Smith, the elder, abou
sii, 600 for the whole rights of her recen
novel. "Helbeck of Bannisdale," and ais
that he has done well over the bargain
. Lady Warwick has written a bool
Under the title "An Old English Garder
which will shortly be published by Hatch
, ard. Lady Warwick chats therein of tn
various features of her garden, one cor
/ ner of which. for instance, she calls he
garden of friendship"
Heinemann is bringing out monumen
tai work, Leonardo da Vinci, the Artist
Philosopher and Scholar which will con
tain over twenty colored plates and tw
hundred Illustrations. 1t is written b.
| Muntz, whose Life of Michael Angelo
is considered standard work.
Lord Warkworths notes from his diar
of the Asiatic Turkey country he visite
last Winter will appear next Monday.