* * * * * Ralph Waldo Emerson will deliver a lecture at Exeter Hall on "Domestic Life." * * * * * Review of the last new Transatlantic poem, "Evangeline," by Longfellow. * * * * * Macaulay's 'History of England.' Volumes one and two. Just published. * * * * * "NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE," by the Author of 'Rienzi.' Now ready at all libraries. In three volumes. 'HAROLD.' _The Last of the Saxon Kings._ By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. Of the Stage we get a strange glimpse from the advertisements in the papers of July 1848. Three things are specially noticeable in them. Practically all the theatres boast "a regal air," a large proportion are managed by ladies, and the bill of fare laid before the voracious public is, to put it mildly, somewhat of an embarras de richesse. Opera seasons are, of course, running at Her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Leaving these and other musical matters of 1848 for the moment, let us reproduce some of the advertisements from the papers of that July, for we shall obtain in this way the best insight into the places of amusement of that time. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. BENEFIT OF Mr MACREADy. His last appearance previous to his departure for America. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr B. WEBSTER (_Sole Lessee_). "THE WIFE'S SECRET." _Sir Walter_ Mr Charles Kean. _Jabez_ Mr Webster. _Neville_ Miss Reynolds. _Lady Eveline_ Mrs Charles Kean. _Maude_ Mrs Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Mme. VESTRIS. "The Captain of the Watch," after which "The Beggar's Opera," to conclude with "Anything for a Change." THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S WELLS. Under the Direction of Miss RAINFORTH. Rossini's opera of "Cinderella," after which "No Song, no Supper." THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Management of Mme. CELESTE. "The Harvest Home," after which "Going to the Derby," to conclude with "The Married Bachelor." THEATRE ROYAL, MARYLEBONE. Under the Management of Mrs WARNER. _Macbeth_ Mr Macready. _Lady Macbeth_ Mrs Warner. After which "The Spoiled Child." ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Shakspere's original version of "The Life and Death of King Richard Third," after which "A Grand Ballet," to conclude with Boz's "Oliver Twist." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr H. Spicer's new play, "The Lords of Ellingham," to conclude with the Drama, "The Miller and His Men." ST JAMES'S THEATRE. (French Plays.) "L'Almanach des 25,000 Addresses," concluding with "L'Enfant de Quelqu'un," with M. Grassot, M. Sainville, and M. Ravel.