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Books.

MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND.* The great success of Mr. Punch's History of the War indicated further publications on the same lines and from the same author. • Mr.......

The Theatre.

QUALITY STREET " AT TIM HAYMARKET THEATRE. BY. SIR JAMES BARRIE. I srrerose there is not one of us who has ever been ill, or perhaps even who can clearly recall the events of......

Music.

BRITISH MUSIC AT THE PROMENADE CONCERTS. 14118. Yonx Bower's second Pianoforte Concerto in D minor, which was played at the Promenade Concert on August 17th, is neither a good......

Some Plays Worth Seeing.

AMBASSADOR.9.—"If " .. • . 8.30-2.30 [Lord Dunsany's pleasantly fantastic play, well acted. The dicer is by the late Mr. Lovat Fraser.] COD - RT.—The Playboy of the Western......