Science, Art, And The Drama.

most delicious morsel . If you require precedents , Reaumur tells us of a young lady , when she walked in her grounds , never saw a spider that she did not take it up and eat it . Another female , the celebrated Anna Maria Schurman , used to eat them like nuts , which she affirmed they much resembled in taste , excusing her propensity by saying that she was born under the sign Scorpio . If you wish for the authority of the learned , Lalande , the French astronomer , was equally fond of these delicacies . And , if not content with

them seriatim , you should feel desirous of eating them by handfuls , you may shelter yourself under the authority of the German , immortalised by Rosel , who used to spread them upon his bread like butter , observing that he found them very useful , " um sick ansgutaniren . " These edibles are sufficiently disgusting , but we feel our nausea quite turned into horror when we read in Humboldt that he has seen the Indian children drag out of the earth centipedes 18 inches long , and more than half inch broad , and devour them .

General Remarks On Art During The Reign Of James I.

GENERAL REMARKS ON ART DURING THE REIGN OF JAMES I .

From Gothic magnificence in domestic architecture , to interpolations of classical ornaments and members ; and lastly , to a style retaining no part of either in perfection , it is apparent that the great mansions which were erected during the reign of James I . were built upon plans which are discriminated from all by which they were preceded—a circumstance immediately obvious to the practised eye . The date of the completion of any great building will be adopted in preference to that of its first foundation ,

as both of them together will frequently include parts of two reigns , which might render any other classification indeterminate . The exclusion of angular or circular bay windows , and the introduction of very large square ones , unequally divided by a transom , and all placed in lengthened rows , in the several tiers or stories , form the leading distinction . The parapets were farther removed from an

appearance of battlements , and the general effect of the whole pile was that of massive solidity , broken generally by one square turret , more lofty than those at the angles . The houses of James the First ' s time are much less picturesque than those of his predecessors . Of the architects who are known lo have designed and completed principal buildings we have the names of John Thorpe , Gerard Christmas , and Bernard Jansens , with

Robert Smithson . Besides these were Huntingdon Smithson , Thomas Holte , Rodolph Symonds , and Moses Glover , architects of equal merit . Huntingdon Smithson built Bolsover , an immense pile , for the first Cavendish , Duke of Newcastle , and was buried there in 1648 . Thomas Holte was the architect of the quadrangle of the Schools at Oxford , that ol Merton College , and , by fair conjecture , of the whole of Wadham College ,

before 1613 . Rodolph Symonds superintended Sidney Sussex and Emmanuel Colleges at Cambridge ; and Moses Glover was associated with Gerard Christmas in building Northampton ( afterwards Northumberland ) House , and was much employed at Sion House by Henry , Earl of Northumberland , where he had expended £ 9000 , between the years 1604 and 1613 . A plan , dated 1615 , for rebuilding Petworth House , belonging

to the same nobleman , and probably drawn by Glover , is still preserved there . The inside of the square of the Public Schools at Oxford , built by Thomas Holte above mentioned , has an air of great grandeur , resulting from the large dimensions of the relative parts rather than accuracy of proportion . To the lofty tower is attached a series of double columns , which demonstrate the five orders , from the Tuscan at the base to the Composite at the top .

The Coronet Theatre,

THE CORONET THEATRE ,

NOTTING HILL , W . We paid a visit the other evening to the above theatre , and witnessed a revival of the great drama , " The Two Orphans , " which many years ago was presented to the public by Bro . Henry Neville , during his management of the Olympic . It was well received , and achieved a certain amount of success , but did not equal that which attended " The Ticket of Leave

Man , " which had a great run , and reversed for a while the bad luck which had previously attended the unfortunate theatre . The sunshine of good fortune did not last long , and was eventually overclouded , so that Bro . Neville was compelled to retire . We have already testified to the admirable way in which " The Ticket of Leave Man " was produced some time since

at the Coronet Theatre . Wilh the same completeness of detail , was produced '' The Two Orphans . " Mr . C . W . Somerset took the part of Jacques , the bully brother , while the lame one , Pierre , was rep-esented by Mr . Lewis Edgaid . The " Two Orphans , " Louise ( blind ) and Henrietta , were efficiently enacted by Miss Agnes Russell ard Miss Teresa Osborne .

The Coronet Theatre,

We have often had the pleasure of noticing the productions at the Coronet , and can only repeat what we have previously stated , that the Managing Director not only wisely affords constant variety , but ensures completeness in the staging of everything he offers to his appreciative patrons .

GENERAL NOTES . Mr . Gillette is personally conducting rehearsals of " Sherlock Holmes , " at the Lyceum , to be produced there on the 9 th prox ., after a preliminary performance at the Shakespeare Theatre , Liverpool . The play was acted no fewer than 442 times in America .

Bro . Sir Henry Irving' has been appointed by the Royal Institution of Great Britain to be their representative , at Manchester , in connection with the national commemoration of King Alfred , and , in response to an invitation from the Mayor , will , on the afternoon of 18 th September , give a reading from Tennyson ' s " Becket . "

Mrs . Patrick Campbell produced at Bristol , on Monday last , a new comedy by Mr . and Mrs . Downing , entitled " Lady Tetley's Divorce , " which , if successful in the country , will later on be seen in London—at the Royalty . * * * * The Princess's will open on 30 th September with "The Sin of a Life . " The cast will include Mr . Charles Warner and Miss Kate Rorke .

The Craft Abroad.

The Craft Abroad .

Hiram ( Mark ) Lodge , No . 272 ( E . G . ) . INSTALLATION OF BRO . VV . C . AIKEN , P . M ., P . Z . The installation of Bro . W . C . Aiken , P . M ., P . Z ., as W . M . of the above Mark lodge took place in the Fieemasons' Hall , Christchurch , New Zealand , on the 19 th ult . The installing officer was Bro . C . Dillworth FoxD . D . G . M . The following were

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