15 AUGUST 1863, page 17

The Season At Her Majesty's Theatre. Mn. Mapleson's...

at Her Majesty's Theatre, brought to a close on Monday evening by a miscellaneous performance for his benefit, has unquestionably raised the prestige of the old Opera House to a......

Books.

THE HISTORY OF FRANCE.* Mn. CROWE'S name stands so modestly ou his title-page, and is so conspicuously free from the additions of initials and descrip- tions with which authors,......

In Arts.

THE ART UNION PRIZE-PICTURES. "THE Art Union of London," says the catalogue of that society, "was established to promote the knowledge and love of the Fine Arts, and their......