24 AUGUST 1861, page 19

Books.

MADAME DE POMPADOUR.* THE reasons offered by Dr. Challice for writing this book are nearly as eccentric as the book itself, the object for which it was compiled, and the means......

Sint Grt5.

Tile Fine Arts are out of town for the season. No amplitude of silken skirts disturbs the dust on the scorching stairs of the Royal Academy portico, and solitude sits brooding......

New Play At The Lyceum.

THE new play of Mr. Falconer's, Woman; or, Love against the World, was produced at this theatre on Monday last—a drama of ingenious and complicated plot, in which sentimental......