Entertainments

"Tlie World," liere some weeks sinee, playa a return engagement at the opera house nezt Monday érenlos;. Ve clip the following from a presa report: - As t'ar as the eye couUl rench there was the sky and water, while tlie ships were not only perfect u appearance, but in every roovetnent. To see the deck of the oce;m steamer with its passengen and crew, raoriug and talking ; tlien the storm over tlu-ir tieads, tlie thrilling ery, "the ship's spruu; a leik;" coiisteruation of crew and pa.vaengeis; the rush for the boata, tlie uufortuuate ludies lelt upon a sinking wreek, whicli áctually Koes to piecea and siuks beneath the watera while we look at i', leaving only a frail raft, where a few minutes before we frazed upon au oceun steamer and its living fraight. Theo tlie raft, with its f'aint and dying oooupanU rislnjC and falling upoii the waves, the dUtant sliip answerlng the cry of diapair, cbangliig her course and saiüng down to rescue them. To see all tliis done witli a perfectlon of detail which malies us forget we are In a theatre, and for the time being are au actual witness of the reality, causes such thrills of emotiou as will not be forgotten. The plot of the play is natural, full of interest un.d beauty. Kev. David Swing, of Chicago, will lecture Thursday evening, Miy ], in University Hall, on "The Uaeful and the Beautiful.1' TI1Í3 lecture will be tinder the auspices of the Lecturo Assojiation, and Prof. öwlng will take the place of Mr. Watterson on tlie recular course. Prof. Swing is noted as a wltty, profound and tkoroDghly original tbinker. He presents his thonghts in plaill and Imple laníiiaíre, yet with a power and forcé whicli aro peouliarly his own. Iür lecture on "The Uaefu] and the BfiHUtlful" Is hlfrhly spuken of by the Chiclnnatl papers, where it was recently delivered.