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belabor one another on Mr, Harrigan’s s , the significance of action in the drama becomes overpowering. You should see the ‘ Picnic,” and, in fact, you should see all the Mulligan plays. They are full of certain pic- turesque American bypes—lypea at one is eager, all the same, to keep at adistance. They suggest Baxter Street and Catherine Market. Now, must not be supposed that life in Baxter Street is without its own peculiar charm, Believe me, your Dan Mulligan, or your Mrs. Allup is—in fiction —a highly interesting and instructive character, Here is the melancholy tale ‘‘ The Romanoff": A very passionate Hun- arian Princess whose name is full of consonants, is engaged to marry a onde fellow, who, after the Russian fashion, carries his hat—and perhaps his heart—upon his sleeve. He has something to do with Nihilism and is shot by the police, He is brought into the presence of the Princess, with a large quantity of red paint upon his shirt. This is meant for gore. The Princess swears to avenge his death. She proceeds, therefore, to fall in love asecond time, Her second lover turns out to be the betrayer of her first lover. The dilemma is awkward. The Princess loves one whom she ought to hate. In her despair she kills herself, That is an casy way out ofahard problem. The characters in * The Romanoff,” like the characters in all plays which touch upon Russian life, have very disagreeable names. But it appears to be a theory among contemporary playwrights that a name with an itch to it must mean a great deal more than a name like Smith, ‘Therefore, these dramatists write Russian plays—which are, oddly enough, inevitably slow. But ‘‘ The Romanoff” is not much of a slow play. That is one of its merits. On the whole, it isnot a bad thing and reflects some credit upon Mr. Harry St. Maur, its author. Rose Eytinge and Aimée are tender reminiscences; yet both are still good actresses. But poor little Aimée should not try to sing ‘The Mas- cotte.” Mlle. Nixon is a very pretty woman, with a charming voice. French opera at the th Avenue Theatre, however, has been chiefly noticeable for a chorus of surprising ugliness. We are convinced that the season has begun when the patriarchal head of Wallack’s announces his intentions. Mr. Wallack set forth his announce- ment early last week. Mr. Wallack will, of course, contrive to offer for the edification of his patrons, that ‘legitimate entertainment which has hitherto marked his management. From this it might be inferred that Mr. Wallack will produce more plays like ‘Taken From Life,” ‘‘ The “La Belle Russe,” and other illustrious examples of ‘* legitimate entertainment.” Fortunately Mr, Wallack means well, though he has a conveniently bad memory, -LIFE: RENDER. YNTO $CISSOR$ THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SCISSORS > SUE, TTL FERUNS TV, 48 HER PICTURE, GUNLIGHT falls on her pictured face, Rimmed in a frame of gold; The selfsame pose of a careless grace, ‘That | remember of old. 'T was here we stood long years ago, She in that very dress ! And I heard this syllable—sweet and low From her rose-red mouth, 't was—' Yes!" So many years! And yet I'll swear— Now, standing in this place— I can smell the rose she hath in her hair, While I ook. ope. her face! I feel the clasp of her slender hand, Gentle, yet clinging fast, ‘And I almost feel I am young again, Though so many years have past. And yet, could I live over the space Of those Indian summer days, Bring back to my life this sweet, fair face, ‘The canvas here portrays, Were it wise to lose the peace that is mine, For the restless hopes that have fled ? Not so ; whatever is—is best. “* Let the dead past bury its dead!” WasttncTon was the father of his country, and blowing out the gas on retiring is one of its smothers. Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald, LawRENCEBURG, Indiana, has a turtle that catches rats and eats them. Now, we're not saying a ‘word against the fauna of Lawrenceburg, but we will admit, without a line of discussion, that they have either the fastest turtles or the slowest rats that can be found in all the vast, illimitable, fathomless, and eternal universe, and we ‘ve got money to put up on that entire statement.—ASurdette in S. F. ‘Argonaut. NEW PUBLICATIONS. HENRY HOLT & CO. HAVE READY: Mrs. ALEXANDER'S NEW NOVEL, | Pee “The Executor.” Spear, : . . e=picture 16mo. Leisure Hour Series, $1 ; Leisure Moment Series, 35 cents. HH SIX_POE: Symonds Italian By-Ways. N AND By Joun Appincton Symonps, author of ‘ Renaissance in Italy,’ 12mo, $1.75. the London Loftie, of B. Valentine. ‘Perhaps we shail best praise Mr, Simonds's latest scious of a keen desire to follow in a traveller's foot- steps as while turning over the pleasant pages of “Malian By-ways.'"—all Mall Gazette. THE MANHATTATTAN FOR OCTOBER CONTAINS: JOHN G. WHITTIER'S LATEST POEM, on “The tory of Ida.’ THE VALLEY OF THE HACKENSACK. By Janet Ruutz-Rees._ With thirteen illustrations, Z BEATRIX RANDOLPH. Three Chapters. By Julian Hawthorne, with illustration by Alfre STEAM-YACHT ATALANTA, By Charles Hull Botsford. With eight illustrations, drawn by Granville Perkins and Robert Blum. Et Rea and Schultz. music. WASHINGTON THROUGH EYE-GLASSES. A bril- fiane i ‘of the Capi THE IRISH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY, By Thomas P, Gill, An important and striking article on Par- nell and other members of Parliament. With thirteen engraved portraits, THE ‘SECOND-HAND SHOPS OF PARIS. By Lucy jooper. PS” Translations {rom the Spanish of Becquer. Richard Henry Stoddard. ba HE MUSE. A Prose Poem. By Edith M. Thomas. ART AND LITERATURE IN LONDON, By W. J. ‘mes, THE LOST TRAIN, An exciting short story. By B. POEMS. By Nora Perry. O. C.-Auringer, E. 1. Steven- SeiH » Faulkner, R. K. Munkittrick, and J. A. 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