The Theatres, &C.

THE THEATRES , & c .

On Saturday evening Mr . Henry Irving , with the immensely successful" Becket , " brought his season at the Lyceum to a close , and took leave of his London friends until the beginning of April next . For this , their fourth tour , Mr . Irving , Miss Ellen Terry , and the company will carry to America ten piny ? . After some

considertion it has been decided to leave King Lear behind , so that the Shakespearean catalogue is reduced to three works , namely , " King Henry VIII ., " " Tho Merchant of Venice , " and " Much Ado about Nothing . " Among the miscellaneous plays of course there is " Becket , " with which , by the way , the official list is headed . The

repertoire also contains " Louis XL , " " Olivia , " "Charles I ., " "Tho Lyons Mail , " "Nance Oldfield , " and "The Bells . " The tcur commences on 4 th September , and ends on 17 th March , and between this period the opportunities for rest will be exceedingly limited . All playgoers both in the metropolis and the provinces will be

interested to learn the progress of the patty , which has been settled as follows : —4 th Sept . to 16 th Sept ., San Francisco ; 18 th and 19 th Sept ., Portland ; 20 th Sept ., Taooma ; 21 st September , Seattle j 25 th to 27 th September , Minneapolis , where the company will be reminded < f home by playing in the Lyceum Theatre ; 28 th to 30 th

September , St . Paul ; 2 nd October to 4 th November , Chicago ; 6 th November to 30 th December , New York ; 1 st to 27 th January , Boston ; 29 th Jannary to 17 th February , Philadelphia ; 19 th to 24 th February , Washington , 25 th February to 3 rd March , Bostonj and 15 th to 17 th March , a return trip to New York . A sojourn of ten

weeks in all in New York will enable the whole of the repertoire to be gone through . As will be perceived , it is intended to spend an unbroken five weeks in Chicago ; the same time allotted to Boston , bnt this means two visits ; and the next longest stay will be at Philadelphia , the company remaining there three weeks .

We understand that Mr . Oswald Yorke , who so successfully took the part of the old marquis in " Cigarette , " has been engaged to support Mr . Edward Terry on his return from Australia . " Mam'zelle Nitouche " waa performed for the 75 th time at the

Trafalgar Square Theatre , on the 20 th inst ., and still continues to meet with great success . Miss Sylvia Gerrish , tho well-known American actress , is now rehearsing for the par .: of Nitoocbe , and will undertake that character in the c * ureo of a day or two . This will be Miss Gerrish ' s first appearance in England .

Another flowor show was opened at Earl ' s Court Exhibition on Wednesday last . The exhibit- * includes collection of carnations and piootees and many other hardy flowers . These flower shows are becoming very popular at South Kensington , New portrait models of the Duke and Duchess of York have now been added to Madame Tussaud's Exhibition .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for "Review should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N . "The Freemasons' ! Calendar and Directory for the Province of Leicestershire and Rutland , 1893 . "

BED . B . A . SMITH , M . A ., LL . D ., is to be congratulated on the way in which he has published the twenty . first issue of this interesting calendar . The present issue is well to the front , comprising as it does a calendar for the year ( March 1893 to March 1894 ) , the meetings of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , the Anniversary Festivals ,

and the meetings of the several Masonic Bodies in the Province , lists of Officers for the year , lists of members of the several Lodge , & c , in the Province , besides other interesting Masonio matter . There is also a capital portrait of the late Bro . Samuel Cleaver P . M . 279 P . P . G . S . W ., whioh is from a photo taken by Bro . W . Perry , of Folkestone .

"The Freemasons' Calendar and Directory for the Province of Oxfordshire and neighbourhood , 1893-94 . " THE Province of Oxfordshire must indeed feel indebted to Bro . W . R . Bowden for the care he has taken in compiling the Calendar for the year . As usual , the work is fall of interesting matter , containing as

it does tbe lists of Officers of the different bodies in the Province , besides tho Grand Officers of England . There is also a brief outline of local incidents in Freemasonry during the past

year . This calendar is published under the direct patronage of the Provincial Grand Master for Oxfordshire , the Eight Hon . the Earl of Jersey , and of the Provincial Grand Mark Master of Berks and Oxen the Right Hon . Viscount Valentia .

The Masonic Guide of New Zealand for 1893 " Auckland : AKTHUR CLEAVE & C <\ AIL the way from New Zealand we receive a copy of this the second issue of the Masonic Guide to that part . There are many interesting

items in this little work , and the compiler , Bro . T . G . De Renzy , the Editor of The New Zealand Craftsman , U to bo heartil y congratulated on his work , which shonld not only prove of interest to the biethren of New Zealand , but of benefit to thoso who are paying that part of the world a visit .

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