POETRY

... eoccentric Laird of Skehe. Aimongst the ural popi-dation of Abberdeonshirc, lie is held in as great repute is the celebrated Michael Scott was in his district. It is un- derstood that the present Laird ?? delight in collecting acnd recounting the wonderful sayings ...

LITERATURE

... the tale ill question abundantly show, however, that there is yet in the land of the living a lott unwortty successor of Michael Scott. The last article British Agriculture and Foreign Competition, No. II. is a contistuation of the able article under ...

THE DWARF AND THE OAK TREE

... Tamworth town a hermit dwells, Who rlddles strange Can read; A wizard ncie of dreadedp'ower,: And versed in many, acreed. Of Michael Scott no wilder tales ?? ever yethbeen told: Men aay he kew the wond'rous art Of multiplying gold. I But now his magic wand is ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... entering. Probably one of the most rewarkable of these, as evincing power, learning, and artistic talent, is No. 255, Michael Scott, by James Drummond. To appreciate this thoughtful and extraordinary production, we Must revert in imagination to the 12th ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... artists of undoubted promise Mr Wim. Douglasscontinues to maintain a position ofpre-eminence. His Dean Swift, and Michael Scott at Padun, must still live in the memories of those whbo inspected carefully the last Exhibition, as displaying extraordinary ...

LITERATURE

... Zritess for freedom by the very we act-of self-emancipation. Such a scheme, you may remember, the was long ago skietched by Michael Scott in ' Tom Cringle'sn enl- Log.'' bersf eby Again, Mr. Stirling says :-.n Inn- 1When I first entered the Slave States I ...

THE THEATRES IN EASTER WEEK

... Tihe Ice Witch; or, The Frozen HYand, The Magic Car; or, The Thrree Days' Trial, The Maid of Lashmere, Anster Fair; or, Michael Scott, the Wizarld, The Note Forger, and Thie King of the Mist, at Drury- lane, will bring us down to the year 1840, when bur- ...

Published: Sunday 01 May 1859
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 13690 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

GIFT BOOKS

... time. Toni Cringle was enjoyed by Coleridge, as much as I by every boy or youth with a taste for salt-water adventure. I Michael Scott, the author-who wrote nothing except this book-from residence in the West Indies had experience of life on the Spanish ...

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... Sons.) VERSE.-' Horace at the University of Athens.' (Cambridge: Jo- nathan Palmer.) FICTION.-' Tom Cringle's Log.' By Michael Scott. A new Edition, with Illustrations. (Blackwood and Sons.)-' White and Black: a Story of the Southern States.' In Three ...

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... Revolutionary Princi- ples.' By Edmund Sheridan Purcell. (8vo, pp. 36.) Richardson and Son.-' On Projectiles and Guns.' By Michael Scott, Civil Engi- neer. (Svo, pp.31.) Clowes and Sons.-' A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, K.G., ?? ?? M ...

FINE ARTS

... agst Lord Clifden (off) 10 to 1 - Saccharometer (off) 12 to 1 - Hospodar (off) 1000 to 45 - Carnival (t) 1000 to 20 - Michael Scott (t) 1500 to 30 - Early Purl (t) 2000 to 30 - Glenochty colt (t) 1000 to 20 - any of John Scott's lot (off) WATERLOO (COURSING) ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Sydney Smith's celebrated and not very witty saying. Then he proceeds to adduce the names of Smollett, Burns, Walter Scott, Michael Scott, Thomas Carlyle, and others, in proof that Scotsmen have a wonderful faculty of humour. As well prove to us-and become ...