... HISTORY OF RIP VAN WINK:LE. Plays on this marvellous legend, as set forth by Washington Irving, are as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, and though in some small points they may differ in essentials they are all very much alike. The history of Rip ...

... assembled. was essentially a holiday one, and the new Juliet was accorded a most hearty reception. Juliets are as plentiful as blackberries, bat very few of the young ladies who essay that exceedingly difficult role succeed in making their impersonation even ...

... a o better place Mr.:Stillman's Fiordi Granate, t delightful in colour and freshnes of rende.'og; Mr. David Carr's Blackberries, graceful and efined; and Miss Flora Reid's Trnants, t ,Atrong in colour, full of coloar, a little violent t in its ...

... Ekustraliau weeds thence to their antino-is our London docks. You bramble bus, d'ec'.;ked with its luscious freight of blackberries, each berry studded with a h- nilred seeds, is a cunning, lire to the birds, wbho~e wingis are borrowed while dis-estion ...

... the ballad, is bare softened dosvn to a mere temporary indisposi- tion arising from a too heartily-enjoyed banquet upon blackberries. A little of the fairy element is introduceed by the transformation of the corps de ballet into a flock of fairy-birds ...

... is a member of the paragraph on the intensity of the alliance between France and Sweden, blunders lie almost as thick as blackberries-uno avulso, non deficit aller. Between i631 and 1648 some half-dozen treaties relating to the German war were indeed made ...

... also t~ook lhe silver medal i in the mniers class. The best hitch oser 3ilb. was Mri iu ;imVoowliviss s foiu-year-ulld i Blackberry 892:?10, volned nt ?? Tilo sil cir ramedals for tile best broo(I hitch al'I the best breeder were also ob- t'iued by this ...

... the Immaculate Conception. Accord- ing to Cardinal Wiseman's own showing, immacu- late persons were as plentiful as blackberries in the later times of Pagan Rome. But to make up for the superhuman excellences of his Christians we have their persecutors ...

... Shall meet, and take thee by the handI But serve him not as who obeys: He is thy slave if thou command: And blossoms on the blackberry-stalks He shall enchant as thou dost pass, Till they drop gold upon thy walks, And diamonds in the dewy grass. Such largess ...

... transcriber of serene skies, gentle seas, fresh award, and' traillnil iookh. These features characterise 'A Turzlinthel~sas: Blackberries (58),full of lovely green; Idlers 470), boy and girl by the sea, and other pieces quite on ame lines. Mr. PeterGraham ...

... given to the fourth and fifth scenes, which mechanically change from a lovely summer landscape to a bright wintry scene. The Blackberry Wood scene and the Village Green are both conceived with a high degree of taste. Among the dramatis persorre are some clever ...

... expressed with admirable truth and refinement. Among other flower pieces maybe mentioned (r59) by Miss Marrable, and a study of blackberries (88) by Miss Hopkinson. ...