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MR. N. VERT'S CONCERT

... back to the Savoy-so glad. Mr Grossmith also gave a clever parody of the kind of pianoforte piece in vogue when Good Queen Victoria came to the throne. He described it as Throwing Pearls to Swine, the pearls being at the top of the treble and the swine ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1896
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

TRINITY COLLEGE CONCERTS

... himself e played the solo with finish and neatness, and his recep- to tion was most complimentary. Mr Ketelbey is the Queen Victoria scholar, and a very promising student, indeed. The concert began with Bizet's Children's Suite for le orchestra and ...

Published: Saturday 09 April 1892
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 646 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

The Story of Gladstone's Life*

... think I may take it for granted that Mr. Gladstone is the greatest English statesman who has appeared during the reign of Queen Victoria. This, indeed, seems to me a statement of fact and not a subject of criticism. So does he begin with this as a text, ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1898
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1633 | Page: 25 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

RECENT POETRY AND VERSE

... the twelve thousand trawlers in the North Sea. Anew ?? Victoria. is to be added toserve asa floating hospital, and funds will be gratefully received by the Director. Mr. E. J. Mather t8t Queen Victoria Street, E. .-Yet another sea-charity also needs help- ...

Published: Saturday 28 January 1888
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1543 | Page: 22 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC

... Mithoell, London, 1850. If the legitimate drama be not flourishing in Eng- land, no sinaic of the blame can certainly fall to Queen Victoria. She has been ever forward with attention and with patronage, and the work before us will exist as a splendid and beautiful ...

An Artist in Morocco

... ESTIMATES SUBMITTED FREE OF COST. SELECTIONS SENT ON APPROVAL TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 4 ONLY LONDON ADDRESSES:- 2 QUEEN VICTORIA ST., (Facing the Mansion House). E.C., & 158 TO I620 . , ?? OXFORD ST., LONDON, W. --MANUFACTORIES: SHEFFIELD and LONDON ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1894
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 708 | Page: 30 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

New Novels

... Mrassive Sterling Sil InM Fluted and Chas-c , LL1l Cut Glass }eser-it; all I Safety Burner, £12 12s. 1, e p ?? : ?? ., : I' QUEEN VICTORIA ST. ( HOUSE ) Em0vj & 158TO 162, OXFORD ST., LONDON, ONLY A LONDON s ADDRESSES: Z. ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1895
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 679 | Page: 26 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE READER

... and decay, real and imagined. . As a child carried on the shoulder of his six-foot father, Mr. Wall saw the little girl, Queen Victoria, on her way to Kensing- ton Palace, and boldly attracted her smilingnotice. In the morning after her coronation he was ...

Published: Saturday 11 September 1886
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1774 | Page: 29 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

In the [ill]

... now? he asked. I professed n'y ?? to guess. 'About an hour ago he and Queen Victoria were walking in the garden, when, with true French politeness, lie offered her a Peach. The Queen seemed rather embarrassed how to skin it, when Louis Philippe took a ...

Published: Saturday 10 September 1892
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1634 | Page: 21 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COVENT-GARDEN CONCERTS

... Blendelssohn, and began with the grandest of his orehco. tral compositions-the Symphony in A Minor, dedicated to her Majesty Queen Victoria. An effective performance of this superb symphony might reasonably be expected, seeing that the prineipal members of the ...

Published: Sunday 29 September 1867
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL REMINISCENCES

... THEATRICAL REMINISCENCES. Do I remember what was doing at the theatres when Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne? (says Mr E. L. Blanchard), Ali ! me; though the event is to be dated back nearly half a century, everything connected with it is as fresh ...

Published: Saturday 10 July 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... functions of Government-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial-are lucidly explained. This is followed by the genealogy of Queen Victoria, a chronolo- gical table of the great events recorded in the his- tory, and a list (accompanied by a marked map) of the ...