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A MUSICIAN'S CRITICISM

... us the same gigantic growth and variety that he did for the piano,and the immortal nine symphonies must considered the Yosemite Valley of his realm. Of these, the ninth appears to represent the entire gamut, from chaos to man, making tlie latter sing the ...

Published: Friday 20 April 1894
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 748 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LITERARY AND ARTISTIC NOTES

... Francisco papers announce a commission, by the same gentleman, to Mr. Key, for oil paintings representing scenes in the Yo-Semite Valley, California. The valuable collection of rare books and MSS., forming choice portion of the Libraire Trois, removed from ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1870
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 795 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE GREAT GLACIERS OF ALASKA

... and receiving numerous tributaries train the north, it enters the Omit Range, and sweeps across it to the sea through a Yosemite valley more than 100 miles long, and one to three miles wide at the bottom, and from 5000 to 8000 feet deep, marvellously beautiful ...

GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS

... Yelverton met with a serious misfor. tune on Sunday last,. in attempting to leave Yosemite Valley unattended. Mrs. Yelverton had been spending several months at the Valley, and on Sunday morning started alone on horseback from Hutchins's Hotel tocome out ...

Published: Wednesday 14 December 1870
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 685 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

LITERARY NOTICES

... nie .I nlerica this month has many excel- lent illustrations of scenery, iucluding a steel engraving of Mirror Lak?, Yosemite Valley, and wood engravings o , the Cliffs of Seneca,Falls of tbe Bluckwvater,Silver Cascade, Y Beaver Bay, &-.-Picturesque Eureope ...

REIGATE

... California!! scenery becomes blocked with snow towards the end of November, aud there is practically a close time in the Yosemite Valley for few mouths. Mr. Somerset will probably Duke of lieaufort sonicday, if all goes well, and it is probably on this assumption ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1891
Newspaper: Surrey Mirror
County: Surrey, England
Type: Article | Words: 749 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

REMARKABLE LAKES

... although its waters are not so deep as those of the Siberian wonder, also bears a unique distinction. It is located in the Yosemite Valley, and is called Mirror Lake. On account of the height and sheer descent of the surrounding mountains, the sun does not ...

Published: Saturday 13 December 1890
Newspaper: Croydon's Weekly Standard
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 613 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALL KINDS OF FANCY ARTICLES FOB

... of the article attributed by her counsel the inspiration of M. Gounod. stage while its way from Madera, California, to Yosemite Valley with tourists was attacked ano robbed by highwaymen, who took all the travellers’ money, jewellery, and valuables, and ...

LITERATURE

... Recollections. Miss C. Gordon-Curamirig contributes one her interesting travel papers recounting her experiences In the Yosemite Valley. She speaks with enthusiasm of the beauties of the scenery, and especially of the profusion of flowers— thickets of ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1883
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 781 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A WIFE AND A POLICEMAN SHOT

... at 3limairesi are but 100 ft., but the sum et water it a grandeur surpassing, it le mid. the sumestie Niagara. In the Yosemite Valley Ulm is said to be a fall of 2iisoft., but this is broken into laws, and the volume of water is not equal to that of the ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1891
Newspaper: Tonbridge Free Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 768 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

A BOY'S TRAVELS

... Puget Sound. His next step was at San Francisco, whence he went to Oakland, S•crativento, and Stockton. He visited the Yosemite Valley and the big trees at Marripo.a, the largest of which is 32ft. in diameter. Then he went to Los Angelos, Fort Yuma, Paso ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1886
Newspaper: West Surrey Times
County: Surrey, England
Type: | Words: 893 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ROYAL CONCERT HALL, S. LEONARDS ON-SEA. MDME. ANTOINETTE STERLING (The Renowned Contralto) WILL SING WITH OTHER ..

... d,! Italy, rEgypt, India, China, Japan, the Wonders of the Pacific, the Great American Continent, and the marvellous Yosemite Valley, 100 immense scenes. On Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons, at 3.15, PARIS AND THE EXHIBITION, as above. Admission to the ...