A HAND TO TAKE

... (er CHARLES MACKAY.) You're rich, and yet you are not proud You are not selfish, hard, or vain You look upon the common crowd With sympathy, and not disdain You'd travel far to share your gold With humble sorrow unconsoled; You'd raise the orphan from the dust, And help the sad and widowved mother Give me your hand-you shall-you must- I love you as a brother. You're poor, and yet you do not ...

THE GREAT PALACE OF GLASS FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

... TU1Lj GREAT PALACE OF GLASS FOR THEIS GREAT EXHI1BITION OF 1851. i - I We present our rcader3 to-day with an authentic sketch . of this resnarlinbie building. As affording an excellent id:a of the probable appearance of the structure when t c :ipleted, we doubt not the engraving will be gladly and eC vrly w(lcomed by thc e mmumity. The following par- tiulma- will be perused with irtercst :- ...

POETRY

... . I: 1 THE SEASONS. A blue-eyed child that sits amid the noon, OP'rhung with a laburnum's drooping sprays, Sidging her littlo sons, while softly round Along the grass the chequered sunshine plays. All beiaaty that is tlronod in wonanliondh Pacing a snmmer garden's fountaolnd walks, That stoops to smooth a glossy spaniel down, .To-hide her flushing chock from one who talks. A happy mother with ...

LITERATURE

... LITER AT RE, I The Modern, HousetWif, or Menagere: comprising nearly One Thousanad Receipts for the ?? aind Judicious Prepara- tion of every oeoal of the Day, and thase for the Nursery and the Sick Room; with Huintte Directionsfor Pamily Manage- meaC fin att itd Branichteg Illutrhatedl wyith Engravings, includ- fty the Modern Houseie'Jos Unique Kitchen, and Maygic Stove. By ALEXIS SOYER, ...

THE TEATRE

... THE THEATRE. Mir Rang-er ?? an ?? for twelve nights on Mortday evening, and .wes most xvarrnli wvelcomed bV an ex- tremely well attended house. Tue character chnsen for Iris delzta on the present occeasion, was the Marquis St Croix in the two r.ct comedy nf the Romantic Widov. A produc- tion, we believr. of his own pen. We do not know an actor at prcsent on the stage more oasft to all the ...

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS—JETTY TREFFZ

... JULLIEN'S CONCERTS-JETTY TREFFZ. Our readers wvill see by the announcement in another sy column that 3,. Jullien intends togive one ?? popu-hI lar concerts at the Lecture Hall, in this town, on Satirdly nI evening next. We take the following notices from two Dub. 1 lin papers, at which city Jetty Treffz has just made her ap. wv pearance :- di (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) ci The first ...

SUMMER MATIN SONG

... SUMMER IMAMN SONG. OUMllAM1, MAii2. Zt_;AkTT How brightly beams the sui, How sweetly shines the morn, How swift the shadows run Along the waving corn- As borne across the leas, The snow clouds' white array Suspended on the breeze In distance melts away. The lark in sunshine floats, And, bathed in ambient air She breathes to heaven the notes Which heaven first taught her there. The tiny ...

THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATE

... THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATF. SU*ORSTUD BY A SWISS TRADI5TION GIVEN IN THE 'DERBY a 3ERCUREy OF MlAY THE 8TH, 1850. S 'Tis said 'neath Pilate's rocky heights, Where gloomy storm-clouds keep Their shadowv watch, a spirit walks, r O'er waves that never sleep. a Darkly the mirror'd waters shine, v And rending tempests sigh, Where round the deep blue mountain lake a Dread portents meet the eye. i ...

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AT WINDSOR CASTLE

... [The f1llowing appearedin our TowwFEdition of last week. 'EATRiOAL PE ORMARGES ' I a aWINDSOP. CASTLE. Plase first of the two Royal performances took ple on Friday, the let inst., and consistedof Shak- spere's historical tragedy of hliu C'nsar, the cast of which was as follows:- ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT. Bly CORISANGD HIIer maesty's servants will perform at Windsor Castle, on FriayFeb 1,l85, ...

Published: Sunday 10 February 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1809 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SUDDEN TERMINATION TO THE Wednesday Concerts

... SUDDEN TERMWINATION TO TEE I Wedniesday Concerts. The WVernesday Concerts have terminated suddenly, and in a manner that reflects anything but credit ?? those musicians and vocalists wvhlo ' ore engaged for last WFednesday's entertainment, and this we shall attempt to show. Wedtne-sday last was to have given the eleventh con- cert of the springg series, with the second, appearance of Mdlie. ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1322 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... (setoil o1n OWEN Co]LgSPONDXNTZ.) BELIGHTOw. Theatre Royal. - (Lessee, Mr. G. B~lcour.)nLst k Tha aMr. Wilson made his first ap- pearance on any stage, at the above theatre, as Julian St. Pierre, in Knowles's play of The wife. He has a fine voice and figure, good stage walk, and had a thorough kcowledge' of the part. I-le was loudly applauded throughout, and called for after the piece. Mliss ...

Published: Sunday 01 December 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4032 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FOREIGN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC

... PORLEIGN MUSICAL AND D>RAMATIO. RtOGER, the great French tenor, was obliged to forego his engagement at the Opera House, in Hamburgh, in consequence of the premature opening of the Acadernie in Paris. ADMIRAL Tom TFsubiu and Mdllie. Rachel are playing on alternate evenings at the Thjali Theatre, in Ham- burgh. A MOVING panorama of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers has been lately exhibiting in ...

Published: Sunday 18 August 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 933 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture