11 FEBRUARY 1860, page 21

Literary News.

It is rumoured that a new work from the pen of Lord Brougham is in course of preparation ; nothing less than a " History of the British Con- stitution." Mr. Murray announces as......

N Sir .

Mr. Leslie's new operetta, Romance, continues, with the pantomine, to fill Covent Garden Theatre every evening. Our readers, who have al- -ready enjoyed this pretty music on the......

Tor Threrrs.

At the present day, we cannot afford to be too severe on the deficien- cies of a little comedy, called Caught in a Trap, which has been written by Mr. Hell, formerly principal......

Parisian Theatricals.

A work of the thoroughly , French school, called Le Roman d'Elvire, has been produced at the Opera Comique. The music is by M. Ambroise Thomas ; and, in the composition of the......