Not that Augustus Harris left a stone unturned to direct to a successful issue the policy and the task bequeathed him by Carl Rosa.  He signalized the very first year after his old partner's death by arranging for the company to renew its Easter visit to Drury Lane. Rosa had  commissioned Frederic Cowen after his return  from Australia to write an opera expressly for  him. The libretto was supplied by Mr. Joseph  Bennett, who, knowing the composer's fondness  for Scandinavian color, founded his plot upon an   episode in the ancient Icelandic tale of “Viglund the Fair." Cowen's “Thorgrim" was duly produced at Drury Lane on April 22,— some thirteen  and a half years after Carl Rosa had brought out  his “Pauline" at the Lyceum,— with Zelie de Lussan, Barton McGuckin, and Frank Celli in the principal parts. The Prince of Wales, to whom  the work was dedicated, attended the first performance with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh; and the composer conducted an admirable rendering of his opera. Yet, despite a cordial reception, ”Thorgrim" failed quite to hit the mark, and the effect of its many beauties was lost because of a story too unattractive and too undramatic to appeal to the popular taste.