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THE BRITISH MUSEUM

... -TUe instititon shoa be made either a inu;nxnmorationallibrary. Bothitcannotparm,,.t,, - andthesoonerachoice betreenthetwoismadeb th i have the power to make it, the better itwill be T., ocehi antiquities, and literature. If the miscellaneous eoe now, by the admission of the heads olf d leou ae eriet- selves, scarcely available for serious study-vere pem them. etheir contents, we should have a ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TURE. an Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses. an By AGNES STRICKLAND. Vol, III. Blackwood and Di Sons. w This laborious and careful compilation has now an reached its third volume, -which commences the his- De tory of 'Mary Stuart, the most celebrated as well as sa the most unfortunate of the Scottish queens. Of ce Miss Strickland's merits as an historian it is now Qi ...

THE GUILD OF LITERATURE AT MANCHESTER

... THE GUILD OF lITERATURE AT MAN- .-I STER. CMr. Charles Dickens and Wii friends having been soieited to visit Manchester a second time, fori the purpose of repeating their amateur theatrical representations in aid of the fund designed to establish a 'uild of Literature and Art, the owners of the Free Trado Hall very liberally placed that building again gratuitously at their service' for last ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBE. * Money and Mlorals, a Book for the Times. By JoHn! LALOU. J. Chapman. Mr. Lalor states in his preface, that his work is an attempt to overthrow one of the fundamental prin- ciples of the reigning system of political economy. After explaining his views on capital, currency, and trade, he goes on to vindicate the title of his book by -showing the connexion between morals and money. ...

SURREY GARDENS.—FLOWER SHOW OF THE SOUTH LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... SURREY GARDPVS,-FLOWER SHOW OFI THE 8OUTI1 LONDON HORTICULTURAL SO- ICIETY. the The fourth Swver show of this society 'ws e4. ii )W esera at ?? Gardens, and the specimiens: exlhi. S thbited bad '4li the brillia~ncy which might be expected from 'I to the fine weather, and the advanced period of the season. t be The ?? and Carnations were mucha admired, and the the ri wa bnat, and of fine ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBB. L B1teleatioas of Siberia. By A BANISHED LADY. B'ited t by Col. LAcsc SZYRsAk. Two vole. Colburn. I The authoress of these volumes, as her editor tells 1 us in his preface, was a Polish lady of q.jjty, who,E having incurred the displeasure of the -TuJgian go- i vernment for a political offence, was exi',ed for a term to Siberia. The place of her exile wisr Berezof, the most ...

BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... t I BIRMINIGHAX MUSICAL FESTIVAL. LeBiB1NomAx, -TV3'8DAY EVZNIXG. e The festival commenced tbis- morning most un- e favoUrably, so far as the elements were concerned, for the morning, with gatheringand rolling clouds, which presently poured forth heavy showers, which gave to the streets a dirt' appearance, gave to everything a dull leaden Qspect, an-d east a chilling influence over what is ...

JURY REPORTS ON THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... WINDOW GLASS. It has been observed-before, that some degree of funcertainty prevails respecting the period when this de- scription of glass came into general use. It was at first regarded as an article of luxury and splendour, and appears to have been introduced into the churches of Fraace about the sixth century. Fortunatus of Poitiers, who was contemporary with Gregory of Tours, mentions it ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBB. The Lifc of Bernard Palissy, of Saitdes. By HENRiY MORLEY. Chapman and Hall. Palissy, the Potter, was born about the begin- ningof the sixteenth century. It is mostprobable that his father was a worker in glass, and that the young Bernard was brought up as a glass painter, in order to assist in the paternal occupation. It would appear, however, that the demand for glass ware ...

LITERATURE

... LITEBA TUBE. Notes Go Public Subjeets, made duringa Tour in the United States and in Canada. By HUGi SFin OJIo IREMaE1. EERaE. Murray. Mr. Tremenheere tells us that 'when he started on his four months' tour through the United States and Canada, he had no intention of writing a book, but hoped,- indeed, to bring home some useful ideas on matters to which his time had been for some years ...

MUSIC

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LITERATURE

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