Volume 150 — LITERARY REPRISALS.

Nearly three years ago Mr. E. C. Bentley wrote an excellent detective story called Trent's Last Case. We now see amongst the latest literary announcements, Bentley's Conscience, by Paul Trent.

This retaliation prepares us for a whole series of recriminatory works of fiction. Among those shortly to be expected are the following:—

The Delusions of Doyle, by Anthony Hope, and Hope's Hallucinations, by Conan Doyle.

Hewlett's Downfall, by G. K. Chesterton, and Chesterton's Catastrophe, by Maurice Hewlett.

The Curse of Cain, by Marie Corelli, and Marie the Malevolent, by Hall Caine.

Dexter Street, by Compton MacKenzie, and The Meanderings of MacKenzie, by G. S. Street.

AN OLD-FASHIONED PLAYGOER VISITS A MODERN REVUE.

"Aha! Best seat in the house. Third row of stalls—next to gangway. I'm going to enjoy myself."

Act I. Scene I.

Scene II.

Scene III.

Act II. Scene I.

"I say—do you think you could change my stall for a quiet chair on the stage?"

First Clubwoman. "I noticed you talking to that old bore. Did she get on to her ailments?"

Second Clubwoman. "Yes. You might almost call it an organ recital."