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Literary Notices

... preached. As for Dissent, Mr Plumptre is more moderate and just in Ril views of it than many of his brethren, for he says, In speaking of the liberalitywhich character- ises the ministers of London as compared withthoso of country districts:- Even Dissent ...

Literature

... for- bear. Despite its many blentishes, the volume is above par. Without forestalling further, we shall make a few extracts. Speaking of Immortality as solitude, he says- In a colossal shape its form advanced, Begirt with suns whose years were withered ...

LITERATURE

... unquestionably the dif- icetv of holding cot tnrse with the inhabitants, composed as they are of so many nationalities, each speaking a different naaguarze: or some distinct idiorm of its own. In the sea- porfso Albania and Roumelie, the Italian language ...

THE LYONS WEAVERS AND THE NEW PARIS FASHIONS

... Lyon~q alk( eaver . rill findprofitableemployment. ?? are cal10(1 figured !silks are much less costly than these, so to speak, special tig.pt1 ?? ri thr4 list of tb 1e-aM~dieS'silk0as -il~and '8ap~oyer ?? ?? fatiido rtb, niajiriti'hriifl~tel idoreq ...

FAIRS

... blicndav nard finished on Tuesday. Tiheie was a large t intiber irt horses brought to the fatir, and the qua- lity, genierally speaking, was very gord. to&d horses weait iff well, rlnl there was a largze uleinatiri fir good cart colts, eteai ly all of which ...

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS

... vinegar aspect would smile in spite of | himself. The only ladly vocalist was MIrs M. F. Lindsay-of whose performances we might speak as if two distinct persons were. in question. Had this lady, in the cavatina fromu 'Lucia, assumed another dress from that ...

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY

... colour, but not the same shade, the lower one being rather deeper. The corubinatiin is at present too great a novelty for us to speak very decidedly as to its success; but we should not be surprised to see it very generally adopted,: as they are materials which ...

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS

... choice of so fine a concerto (one of the very greatest ?? for the violin ever s composed) for his first appearance here, also speaks well for his taste. Out of deference to the less re-f fined and intellectual appetite of the popular element I in the large ...

THE ITALIAN OPERA

... finely modelled face it undoubtedly is ! Mdlle. Piccolomini exercises a magic influence with her eyes; her mouth, however-we speak of it not so much as a medium of song as an exponent of character-has a play of wit, bumour, mirth, and passion about it which ...

MOSS OF BALLOCH FAIR

... course in a few instances even more money was obtained to-day for a horre than for the same class at Falkirk ; but, generally speaking, every sale was made at a reduction. This reduction would amount on a £40 horse to £7 or £8; on harness horses quite as much; ...

THE THEATRE

... Yet conscience bids me ask you to be blind To failings ;-yes, you wvill, you are so kind- And when, with faltering heart, I speak my last adieu, 'Twill beat with ceaseless. changeless gratitude to you. During the delivery of the address, Mr Murray was enthusi- ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... compositions are to elevate the mind, they must be something more than the mere trans- cripts of external form. They must speak to the soul in its own language, they must give expression to the divine ideal. If they have not this ethereal element, they ...