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THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Euphrianor, a Dialogue on Youth. Pickering. The author of this little book is a new acquaintance; and a very agreeable and valuable one. His subject is full of modern and practical interest (which is more than would be inferred from the title), and the composition is an excellent specimen of a kind in which English writers have rarely succeeded. How the youth should be treated in order that ...

Reviews

... Ug)lemo. Is Magazmine. February. Simpkin, Mar- shall and Co. ho Commission to inquire into the Working the English Universities has been made Io ppropriate occasion for an admirable ar- ,,en tihe constitution and existing condition these institutions in Scotland, The writer pialtially sets forth both their advantages .i their defects, and making all due allow- iec for the latter, it is easy to ...

Poetry

... ;2909tri). W- fIlE TOILERWS DREAM. reokbelin~es are from a volumo of .0D n~lain srr~, and are the production of a 'he by 1.81 They are indeed beautiful, ad under i'll; 1, thoroughly anrd thoughtfull; nppro. es hau5gbing bowers, in by ,,reon twining elms, a plcasant shade, WIWIr'e - noon is made, At SI wift-footed hours At'1,rih()ch breath of the enamoured flowers, r: I i,11 whero the ...

REVIEWS

... - E-VIE . R E'IEVS. . . r .7 1s - * Th~e P,'Oiical S't'es of the S'sosof 18-50. By to ii E. IV. Cox and W. PatersOon, Esqr3. London: pi John Crockford, Loar Tb.'os-offiec- he. A work which mulst be highly prized by the list, professional. -was ,'Meh'c Eaqgehis sri By E. Hughes, hfead was 1 MVister Of the Rtoyal Naval oe N chool, tI Greenwvich Hospital. spe( Oile of the best ?? extant for the ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... THEl GREAT EXHIBITION. We have stated, upon previous occasions, that the arrangellielet of the agrioultural implements in the Great Exhibition would be under the management of a committee of gentlemene appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society. It is most important, there- fore, that intending exhibitors of agricultural im- plements should bear in mind that, according to the regulations of ...

THEATRES, &c

... THEATRES, &c, IgAYWA:E-ET T1EATRRE. Last Night of Mr. MSacready. Had the Haymarket Theatre been twice its present size, it could not have held those who applied for ad. rcion on Monday night, when Mr. Macready performed there for the last time. A crowd besieged the doors at an early hour, the whole neighbourhood was alive with people, and every place in the boxes was let long before tle night ...

Published: Sunday 09 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3297 | Page: Page 11 | 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 

Public Amusements

... ?? anillocaullto. t ~~~PRINCESS'S.] The cast of As You Like It comprises a large c 1 amount of histrionic force. The Rosalind of Mrs. I H Kean is one of those finished characters, arch with- a out coarseness, and modulated into pathos where need requires, that wholly belong to her own mode t of rendering poetical comedy. The speeches of t r Jaques are effectively declaimed by Mr. Kean, who a 3 ...

THE FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY

... THIE FASrIONS FOR FE:BRUARY. ysOU TiHE FRENCHi. The prettiest dresses for ball. that have appeared for the past week are the following:- - A plain white net, with five flounces, beginning from the waist; each flounce edged will a narrow wreath of hearts'-ease leaves, auede of green velvet shaded: the flounces are looped up on one side with five bouquets of white velvet hearts'-ease, encircled ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... BENTLEY'S MISOELLANY.-R. Bentley, Butrlington- ?? Miscellany, for February, opens with a memoir of Robert Southey, prefaced with a very beautiful engraving of the late poet. A paper, from which we purpose extracting, entitled, Eccentric Biography,' 5: curious andi entertaining. Recollec- tions of Archangel, A Ti'ip to Fuentarabia, Saint Philomile, and several others are rather ...

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA AT Manchester

... ?? AN3XD 13 DRKAMA AT Manchester. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE THEATRE RoYAL.-Douglas Jerrold's comedy of The Prisoner of War has been produced with consi- derable eclat. Captain Channel' found a racy representa- tive in Mr. H. Cooke, though wher he was describing the glory .of former days to 'ieut. Firebracie:(Mr. A. Beverly) he hit the Lieutenant'rylheIr too hard in the ribs for a stage ...

Published: Sunday 09 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1309 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERARY NOTICES

... WAnD'S NORTH op ENGLAND DIRECTORY, 18al (R. Ward, St. Nicholas' Church :Yard, Newcastle: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., London.)-At one time a work of this description was only required for the me- tropolis; now there are numerous towns in the kingdow in which^ it has become requisite; and the necessity for such compilations and for their being increussinglv copious and complete is augmented by ...