Literature

... rittratuxt. The Poetklo o W-ks ef sirWdareC S-t4. Bart., Autdor's Editiou. O witA Life, and nurnerous Illustrations. i The Histfry of Palestine, fromn the Patriarchal Age. to the Present Time. By John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. i We class these books together, because they emanate from the same publishers, are printed in the same form, and distin- 0 guished by a ...

DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT. have to-day to record an event which recent newt has led the public of Europe to

... expect, and which, bad there been no forewarning, the great age of the deceased would have rendered no surprise. Marshal Soult, one of the most distinguished of French soldiers, died on the night of the 26th ult, at St. Armand. He was born in 1769. The years of his life have been those years in which France has seen many mighty revolutions—and the life, completing a circle, ends where it ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... - , _4 - ?, ? FROVINCIAL'THEAT? ? ? ?Izi ??,fl i ?? 115? ? ?? | CROM OUR OWN CO6Ri$FPONDEzqTj,) I I|, ., ?? I ' I . C .: _L . : ., BURY.-The building ottbie'new Theatre Royal pro- rFessesrapidly; and.will be entirely ?? of J anasry, tbe .dayfappointed fol opening'; Extensire pre p~atstions aire making for the approaching sason; tO ' CHE$?XLTEN~aH?:@| ...

Published: Sunday 21 December 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1233 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SPORTING LITERATURE

... TuRF CHARACTERS. THE OFFICIALS AND THE SUBALTERNS. By MARTINGALE BENTLEY, New Burlington-street. Under the above title, and as one of a series of works intended for perusal by travellers on rail or river, we have an admirable little work by Martingale, who has previously achieved no little celebrity as a writer of Sporting Magazine articles, which will be enhanced by his present contribution ...

Published: Sunday 07 December 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 552 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

OPENING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE

... OPEINING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE. On Saturday night, this Theatre, as remodelled and deco- v, Irated by the new lessee. Mr Wyadbam, was opened for the sea- he son ; and, of course, the attraction of the nee house-the new re company, and the feeliwg bf sympathy which is so generally Pt entertained, for Mr>lWyndbam, crested an excitement which may have been equalled; bht certainly was never ...

MUSIC

... - &ngs of FrantO. - Composed by CIHARLM3 GouroDU zE .The quality of th'ese 'ga, 'nd' ,theiir recoption i iboth in Paris and London, have settled the question started by some of our musical critics as to the young author's 1- e character as' a tobmaposer. The cold reception of 'his' Sappho at thQ Grand Opera, and (in its Italian drqqs) a . at Coveixt-gariednwa4' Lndeniably owiing to tbe, ...

THE DRAMA, MUSIC, &c

... THE DRAMA. EUsI , &e. D~ruE LANE. --Mr. Bunn has once ?? assumed the ,$seagerial reins of this magnificent theatre, which will re- open on Boxing night with the legitimate draa,. s Many a time and oft have the done of the professieon essayed to .hold the mirror up to Nature within its walls, and bank- rsptcy and ruin have ?? their reward of merit. Whether this will be the fate of Mr. ...

LIVERPOOL HORSE FAIR

... 1TYI-RPOOL - PAIR. LIVERPOOL ECORBSE AR DAITS D WRXOU ?UR5 U05* FAiR WILL t5 UmIOD 1 1851. ¶t. i Fb 'dab Apl.%May Ju. July AuglSep. Oct. NovlDec. ?? ?? ?? :: I .. .. .. .. 5:17 - ?? .. :: ?? ?? :: ~ .,_Si ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... A History of the Romans under the Empire. By Charles Merivale, B.D., late Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Vol. 3. Longman and Co. This third volume of Mr Merivale's excellent work carries the History in ten chapters from what our neighbours would call the coup d'etat of the death of Julius Caesar, through the succeeding crisis, to the period when young Octavius had absorbed within ...

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA

... The forces of Kohat advanced leagues westward to take possession of the recently-annexed district*. Their hi«t not yet found any opposition. Sir Colin Campbell ready march with men Peihawur, to chastise the refractory tribes of the Hills, and to support the forces if necessary. There was a serious riot in Bombay, occasioned by a religious quarrel with the Partees during the time of the Mohurum ...

NEW PAMPHLETS

... NEW PAMPHLETiS. A Lecture on the Early History and Academic Discipline of the Inns of Court and Chancery. By JOHN FRASER MIACQUEEN, Barrister-at-Law. S. Sweet.-Registries of Deeds. By JOHN EDWARD DInB, Deputy-Registrar for the West Riding. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. - Some Questions of the Day affecting Lawyers; conssdered in a Lecture delivered in the Hall o Gray's Inan. By WILLIAM ...

WHO FIRST SUGGESTED THE GREAT EXHIBITION?

... I It Inas transpired, and further proofs are daily coming to c ]ight, that many of thle compliments and rewards conferred upon v the Executive of the Great Exhibition, have been at the expense 3 of those with far superior pretensions, both as regards priority t in the field and substantial qualifications, hut who, backing op- t' portunity and craft, have been poohl-poohled. on one side, and I ...