which took place last week was the coming of age of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful opera, The Sorcerer. Rarely has a birthday party gone off with greater success. Sir Arthur conducted in person: in one box Mr. Gilbert was the central attraction and other Mr. D'Oyley Carte did the honours. All went merrily as a. marriage bell and at the end of the performance the audience were presented with a souvenir, in the shape of a book containing portraita of, the principal performers who have taken part in the three productions of The Sorcerer in London in 1877, 1884, and 1898.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.