7 MAY 1859, page 18

It41 Trlfatrtr.

The representation of Marie, la Perle de Savoie, with which the series of French performances commenced. at the St. James's Theatre on Mon- day last, made no great impression,......

Parisian Theatricals.

The subject of petticoat government is treated in a very amiable man- ner by Madame George Sand. In a comedy entitled Marguerite de Saint Gemme, lately produced at the Gymnase,......

The Man Of Fortune. * The Author Of That Useful Little

work, " How we are Governed," has achieved a fresh success, and in a new field, for " The Man of Fortune " is, we believe, Mr. Fonblanque's first venture in literary fiction. We......

Literary News.

We are authorized to state that Mr. Tennyson's new poem "Idylls of the Kung" is in the printer's hands, and will shortly be published. by Masers. E. Moxon and Co. geveral not......

Publications Received.

• The publications of the week are still less numerous and less notable than those of the preceding week. Mr. Duffy of Dublin sends us the Sermons, Lectures, and Speeches of......