... WATKIN (iN A?t1ERICA.? Written by a gentleman whose habitual avo~ca-! tionls are those of active business life, and who; speaks with obvious and creditable sincerity of the blessing of daily work, these letters par~take strongly of the shrewd, practical ...

... iron style of construction-not, indeed, after the model of the Crystal Palace, which wvas not architecture at all, properly speaking-but as an element of architectural design. Of this kind is a drawing by Mr. Edmeston (No. 93) which represents a cottage ...

... ROYtab MARIONETTE' THEA.. l E. It is, we believe, about twventy-five years since Mario- nettes, or speaking and acting puppets, were exhibited in London, the last performance of any note of the kind having taken place in the old Argyll-rooms, shortly ...

... enchantment. Andersen presses lall things into his service, and herein shows himself qu Lthe true magician. Nothing refuses to speak at tb the sound of his conjuration-a spoon, or a darning- as! needle, or an old log, has a voice at his command, and vi 3 talks ...

... his voice are injured by a want of fire and energy in bringing thsei out. Colourless as was his performance, dramatically speaking, it wras, however, a very satisfactory piece of vocali. sation. Mr. r lexi DR.tYTON possesses a bass of considera- bie Ipower ...

... allowed to talk to each Y other during their work, but this rule does not seem to be very stristly enforced, and they may speak to their master, n awho is often one of themselves, and they may ask each ?? a a for tools, or anything requisite for their ...

... of his exhaustive pamphlets. His provocation to come forward was pa2l)lv suffinient to calUA a PQe. - . l i comitted, Ao to speaks to the vlnd Iatlofl o the faith than he is-viz., an appeal to him from ni about 120 of ?? of ?? Totnes, | arising out of a ...

... impetuosity; while his passion, though strong, is coarse and unelevated. Besides, he conveys no idea of youth or hot blood. He speaks his speeches as solemnly as if they were sermons, and he stalks about the stage with that abo- minable conventional strut ...

... confess to a small ti quarrel with the author. He is too fond of caress- w ing himself with pet names like a pretty child-he In speaks of himself in the third person as Der Wan- k derude Vogel, with a kind of spectator-like admira- ir tion that is not pleasant; ...

... assume that he I. ever held the doctrines of Mr. G. F. Young, or n used the same arguments as Mr. Newdegate. e When did lee speak of checks on international barter as being the source of national wealth-or f promise to protect everybody against everybody- ...

... him but briefly, the rather ; that the defences made by the volunteer advocates of the Neapolitas Government come, generally speak- ; iig, from sources somewhat less trustworthy even I than the Government itself. Mr. Macfarlnue's I bold assertion that ...

... nakedness. ,But we have a writer who will be found, perhaps, as readable as any modern historian. Mr. Roebuck writes as he speaks, except that in f his book he keeps what in his speeches he often 1 loses-his temper. Otherwise, the work before us I is an ...