20 OCTOBER 1888, page 17

Recollections Of An Impresario.*

"THERE is something mysterious about opera. In other branches of music men may make their way fairly, and a good work is often willingly accepted, even when there are real • The......

Snakes And Their Uses.*

THAT snakes should be dreaded is not unnatural—they crawl on their bellies and carry poison in their heads—but that snakes should be generally bated and held up to opprobrium as......