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LITERATURE

... LITERATUXE. WHiTEFnRARS; or, the Days of Charles the Second, An Historical Romance. By the Author of 'Caesar Boigia, &c. Routedge and Co., Soho-square.- The ?? period of the Second Charles is a fruitful one for the rnovelist and the author of i hitefrira, who has a lively imagination, and who knows how cleverly to work up die various circumstances that were cyowded into the time during ...

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

... .Fi8ALoM S rot ALUCH. * (From, Le FOklef, Jnrnedx Grand Afossde.3 The.ball last week at the Klysee called forth a ,aore then usual di-play of taste and elegance, affording us an apportunity ot selecting a number of beautiful toileltes for the benefit of our' readers. First 'we would notice a robe of chambord green brocade, covered with small broches bouquets of lilies, the foliage of gold; ...

MUSIC

... HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The opening of the Italian Opera is new year's day, in fashionable chronology. Then begins the London Ad season; the brief period into which, in the great world, the gaiety, dissipation, and amuse- ment of the whole year are crowded, and during which the metropolis resounds with music and blazes with splendour. The whirl and excitement among the brilliant crowds who ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBE. History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and aie War of the North Anerica Tribes against the Engiish Colonies, after the uon quest of Canada. By FRANCIS PAnaMtN, jin., 2 vols. Bentley. Hos powerful the effect of manner in determin- ng the estimation in which races, as well -as indivi- dual men, are held by the world, is strikingly ex- emplified in the history of the American Indians. ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... 1E TE E-,'EXH-IBITION.| The appearance of Ithe.rytal Palace on Saturday sesned to indicate' thab, that most fashionable of days will soonu be' le$mis~na to the 4isk'ttholders. For some hours after the opening the interior was almost, solitude, che. quered ?? the invalids that moved slowly to and fro with the most perfect freedom of way. Ig the'aftbriroon the fashionable loungers mustered in ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... .THE GREAT EXHIBITION, The attendance at the Crystal Palace yesterday,! between sixty and seventy thousand, showed that the public interest in its contents has in no wise abated, and that the wager about 100,000 is very likely to be decided in the! affirmative before the l1th October next. The company, was considerably better dressed than on the previous day, ? and were.so various in ...

MUSIC

... JULLIEN'S CONCgRTS. M. Yullien last night began his usual series Of promenade concerts in Drury-lane Theatre. These performances have lost nothing of their popularity; they seem, on the contrary, to be in greater vogue than ever. Every part of the theatre was as full as it could possibly be. The dress-boxes were filled with elegant company, consisting chiefly of ladies in l full evening ...

FINE ARTS

... - INE, ART1S. .. Photography. 'Iy RI. .HumT. J. J. Grimai and.Co.- i5I. the Mr;. Hunt's present contribution to the Encyclo- ti pedia Metropolitana; is marked with his liabitnsal by t scientific acumen, his well-known .ardoiri in ?? mental investigations 'and epyroe nit't taini impart to the public every phase 'of his fievourit' pose pursuit. In a certain branch of science, we know of cn no ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... TU GREAT EXHIBITION. As : if t belio the. prognostics of those seers who haye been foretelling the rapid decline of its attractiveness the Crystal Palaco yesterday received upwards of 58,000 visitors, an unusualy great number for Thursday,. which is usually put down as one of the empty days of the week. The harvesters are now pouring in to spend some of their high wages, the operatives are ...

LITERATURE

... L I T :S E A T U R E. A CHILI'S 1FIR.S House With Suggestions for some Alteration in the Management of Newly Born Infants. Addressed to Young Motbers. fjy a PHYSICIAN. Ackermann and Co., Strand. The title of this little book is not striking, neither does it imply anything like the importance which we attach to the contents. The reader is requested to regard with attention the whole ot the ...

Published: Sunday 11 May 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2787 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... ?? REcEIPT OF GOODS-FINAL NOTICE. 1. On Wednesday evening, the 2d of April, tihe tempo- rnry entrance into the building for carts, waggons, and of every description will be closed, to enable .rIe flooring of Ile building to be completed ; and no ar ticles %ill be admitted into th e building which cannot be brought in by hand, and without the aid of machinery ifr 11fling, &c. Even such articles ...

Published: Sunday 30 March 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2450 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LOW THEATRES OF LONDON

... 'The normal schools of vice and profligacy in London are the low theatres, where abandoned actors dance the most disgusting ballets, vitiate the loveof music by comic songs of the worst tendency, and perform dramas, farces, and tragedies, wlhich convey to the audience infamous lessons in all the crimes that afflict and impoverish society. The persons that attend these penny theatres are, for ...

Published: Sunday 09 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1244 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture