_Thursday_.--_Carmen_. Disappointed with JULIA RAVOGLI in this, though there are some fine bits of acting in it. Didn't care much about Sister SOFIA as _Mickie the Maiden_, M. LUBERT's _Don José_ good but not great; and M. CELLI, who, in default of M. DEVOYOD's not being able to appear, took the part of _Escamillo_, was great, but not very good. He was, however, well supported by Signor RANDEGGER and the Orchestra, and considering the difficulties he had to struggle with, including an apology in the bills, he came out of it safely. _Saturday_.--Re-appearance of the great DE RESZKE Brothers, JOHN and NED (what's JOHN without an 'ed?) in _Lohengrin_. Admirable. JULIA RAVOGLI excellent as _Ortruda_, and M. MAUREL equally so as _Freddy_. But why did he "feather his skull," like the Jolly Young Waterman, in so remarkable a style? However, his _Freddy_ is a feather in his cap with which he ought to be satisfied. Miss EAMES as _Elsa_ even better than as _Marguerite_. Crammed house. "Friends in front" more than satisfied. Good start. * * * * * SONGS OF THE UN-SENTIMENTALIST. THE EARLY GREEN PEA. Oh, the early green pea! the early green pea! Is the dish of all dishes to set before me! You may tell me of salmon caught fresh from the Tay, The beauties of plump white spring chicken display, The strawberry ripened three months before date-- All these and much else you may set on my plate! But of them, no not one, stirs such rapture in me As the sweet, mellow taste of the Early Green Pea! Oh, the early green pea, the pea of my taste, Must be gently assisted, not forced in hot haste, Lest the flavour it yield prove delusive and flat, In no way suggesting the young Marrowfat! But if it do this, oh what more could I wish, Than to see a young duckling form part of the dish! So with such a banquet spread out before me, Can you ask why I worship the Early Green Pea! * * * * * IN MEMORIAM.--As a tribute expressive of the high estimation in which the late Mr. P.T. BARNUM was held in England, why not endow a "Barnum Exhibition" at one of the Colleges of either University? We have "Smith's Prizeman," why not "Barnum Exhibitioner"? * * * * * "THE PRODIGY SON."--The three-act pantomime play at the Prince of Wales's has "caught on," as we predicted it would. Manager SEDGER thinks of temporarily adopting as his motto for this theatre, "Speech is silvern, silence is golden." * * * * * [Illustration: THE RAIKES' PROGRESS.] * * * * * SWORD VERSUS LANCET! (_AN INCIDENT IN THE NEXT WAR._)