LITERARY AND THEATRICAL NOTES. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT,) London, June 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 400, 7 September 1889, Page 3

LITERARY AND THEATRICAL NOTES. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT,) London, June 27.

Pkndint; the production of Goo. R. Sims'a new piece, "The Shaugraun " has been revived afc the Ade-lphi, and really goes ex tremely well. Terriss, the irresistible (lookjng not a day older than when he created the part at Drury Lane in 1875), plays Captain Molyneux as spiritedly as ever, and Miss Millward is a delightfully arch Claire. Little Johnny Shine, the low comedian of the theatre, has a great opportunity in Boucy's own particular part of •'Conn, the Shaugraun," and makes the moat of it, though his brosrue struck me as ft trifle "off" occasionally. The scenery, etc. , are what one expects at this house, and altogether the programme should draw well for the few weeks it is wanted Miss Marie Tempest, who has been living in since the Leslie divorce eiclandre, assumed the role of Doris in Mr Collier's comic opera at the Lyric on Saturday evening for the tirsttime. There was an immense house, and when Miss Tempest, tiembling \isibly, made her appearance some stern moralists in the pit began to hiss. They were, however, quickly clapped down, and later the lady, who proved to be in beautiful voice, was recalled twice. Leonora Braham, who has not been very fortunate since her Australian tour, takes what Amy Moore calls a " begabit" at the Savoy this afternoon. Scenes from Gilbert's comic operas form the programme. The private performance at the Empire Theatre, which Mr Reuben Sasson has taken for the night of July 4th, will be graced by the Shah and numerous royalties. There are to be two ballets, various variety "turns" of the best class, and a grand supper. About 1,000 invitations have been issued. The long-promised new edition of Mr Geo. Bernard Shaw's " Cashel Byron's Profession " made its appearance on Monday last in Walter Scott's " Novocastrian " series. I recommended this whimsical work to you when it first appeared some years back, but people wrote me they couldn't tind the publisher. The fact was Mr Shaw insisted on his book being brought out under the auspices of a society tor distributing socialist tracts, and a^ most folks mistook it for one of these, ifc fell flat. "Now I shan't be a bit surprised it Labbey or some equally omniscient person discovers " Cashel Byron's Profession " and makes it the fashion. Another cheap edition I can commend is W. E. Norris "The Rogue," which was most successful in three volumes, and will be found particularly easy reading. Grant Allen calls Norris " Thackerayan," and so he is in some respects, but without the cynicism of the greater man. Grant Allen, by the way, boasts he finished " The Tents of Shem "in six weeks,. Well, it rather gives one that impression. Such a man can't write a bad novel, but the story of the " Tents of Shem " is old, trivial, and slip-slop to a degree. The pictures in the " Graphic "' were far the best part of it. A usually well-informed flaneur declares that the Queen, and the Queen alone, stands in the way of the publication of Lord Kowton's "Life of Lord Beaconsfield. " The work, he avers, was submitted to Her Majesty in a forward state six months or moie ago, when she promptly (of course, after reading it) vetoed publication during her lifetime. The first edition of Rider Haggard's "Cleopatra," published on Monday last, 1 numbered 10,000, and was sold out by Wednesday, which shows that the lucky young man's popularity is by no means '■ worn out yet. Another very interesting book of reminiscences about the great Duke of Wellington has just been published by Sir William | Fraser, of Saltown. It is called " Words About Wellington," and contains a number of new stories, some ot them distinctly good. One cannot, however, quite swallow Sir William's yarn about General Grant and the late (I mean the second) Duke of Wellington. Tis alleged that when the exPresident of the United States first viaited England some years back, he was asked to dine at Apsley House. During a pause in the middle of dinner, the General addressing the DuUe at the head of^ the table said : " My Lord, I have heard somewhere that your father was a military man like myself. Was that the case ?" I understand that the plot only of " Wild Dame " must be attributed to Mr Christie Murray. Mr Herman wrote it out, and monopolises the lion's share of the payment. George Meredith's " The Journalists " will be published by Chapman and Hall in October nexti.

The Pi incess Imperial of Brazil has organised a corps of negro troops whose office it is to act as an Imperial guard. At a trial the other day a quotation was mado by the counsel for the prisoner from "Steel's Criminal haw." Opposing counpel said, " Steol should be an authority on thotV