Random Recollections. By Robert Ganthony. (H. J. Drane.)— Mr. Ganthony
gives us in this volume some of the experiences of an entertainer, and tells a variety of stories which will of them- selves more or less entertain. One is of a lady who, acting Juliet, demanded that a lime-light should be thrown on her as she stood in the balcony. A lime-light was not to be had, and the lady consented to a blue-light instead. A lad went to buy one, but unfortunately was supplied with a rocket instead. The result was " Rens°. He jests at scars who never felt a wound
(Juliet appears. Prompter lights the match), But soft ! what light through yonder window breaks?
(This was the match lighting the fuse) Arise, fair sun I "
And the sun did arise with much effect, knocking Juliet off the balcony and filling the house with smoke. In "Henry the Fifth" one of a row of " supers " in tin armour fell backward, and catch-
ing at his neighbour, dragged the whole row over with him. The reader will find plenty of good things in Mr. Ganthony's volume.
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