... life uf mankind-the Catholic Church. To. wards Protestant believers in the Bible Professor Huxley is equally unfriendly. He speaks of the preposterous fable re- gard.inghe fabrication of woman, and charges those olei gymen wit on Sundays read out In ...

... important characters, come out of the adapter's hands greatly shorn, not only of their wickedness, but of their wit. Generally speaking, however, Mr. Hollingshead's modifications are justifiable on the assumption that Congreve's most celebrated comedy is to ...

... In point of finish and beauty of expression, no piciture in the gallery equals T. E. Saintin's Parisian Home, S7o. In speaking of the landscapes, perhaps we ought to begin with Mr. Pettie's Haunted Wood; 'it is a delicious bit of wcodland scenery ...

... Zoboli (Masetto), and Signor Foli (Commendatore), represented Mr. Mapleson's old cast; and of their exertions we need not speak at length. There is no such Donna Anna on the stage as Mdlle. Titieris, while Signor Zoboli is an unobtrusive Masetto; and ...

... The lectures before the Technological Museum which is formed on the principle of the Museum of Irish Industry in Dublin, speak for themselves, and in cleat- ness and accuracy are very favourable specimens of popular exposition of scientific truths. Literary ...

... Trebelli-Bettini ; while most of the other Patis were fairly well sustained. Respecting Mdlle. Titiens tlierc is little need to speak, her impersonation of the hapless ?? hiuing long been recognised as the finest now upon tie Ittic stge Enough if we say that ...

... an apart- ment on the first floor. The walls were ornamented with some weird-looking pictures, there were some paper-gilt speaking- trumpets on the table, there was a pianoforte in one corner of the room, and the windows were carefully closed. About fourteen ...

... Some incidents in the waxwork exhibition seen in the last act are of rather a farcical and boisterous kind; and, generally speaking, neither the characters themselves nor the acts in which they indulge can be said to bear any resemblance to real life. The ...

... perhaps of his feeling from his expressed apprecia- tion, than from his reference to the marble in personal terms, by his speaking of the work as she, and telling us how he goes to see her again and again. It is well perhaps that he saw the masterpiece ...

... might gratify managerial ambition for an entire season. Its deman Is upon orchest al, dramatic, and Stage resources, not to speak of high vocal powers, are unique, or equalled only by Meyerbcer's other great works; and it was absurd to expect that Mr. Mapleson ...

... y. In conclusion, we may remark that Mr. D'Orsey thinks there are' about forty mem. bers in the House of Commons -who can speak. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., who presided as chairman of the dis- cussion, wished that such was the case, thereby exciting ...

... concert announced to be given by the students of the Royal Academy of Music on Thursday did not take place; and, generally speaking, there is a disposition to be inactive while the Prince's fate remains undecided. The Royal Italian Opera closed on Saturday ...