WAGNER, RICHARD, severe and critical. Waldteufel, waltz-master, at the piano. War clouds rising; a distressing dinner; war declared; false news of victories. War play and a Virginia reel with the Emperor. War scenes in Paris and its environs; the Commune proclaimed; murder of the peacemakers; shooting of Generals Thomas and Lecomte; Madame ministers in the hospitals; two pathetic German patients; an American victim; through the mob to Worth's _atelier_; bearding the Communard prefect Rigault; seizure of the Moulton carriage; fall of the Column Vendôme; slaughter of the hostages; MacMahon captures the city. Washburn, American minister; "only a post-office,"; in the Assembly; getting passports. Worth's _atelier_ during the Commune. THE END