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AMERICAN THEATRICALS

... AMENICAN 'THEATRICALS. (Prom Peabody's American Chronicle of January 1st.) BROADWAY THEATRE.-The dehu46f Madame Alboni in Ceaerentola, at the Broadway Theatre on Monday evening, was a triumph. A crowded house anxiously awaited the appearance of the debutante, and when the curtain rose, exhibiting the great artist to the audience, the theatre from pit to dome echoed with the deafening applause. ...

Published: Sunday 23 January 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1452 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... LIT)ERA TUBE. Civil Wiars and Mfonarchs, in Francee irs *iho Sizteeatl and atventeentbsh ACenturiecs. By LEDOPOLD B~E; XI.Z A current liter 'mithorir lis i~ef rkte~dthat the perfecat hi stori an would rtu lt from a 9oembjnatio~ a f Germnan and of Fr'ench genius; the''Geriinar' to' el-. leet the mnaterials, and to suggrest.'to~ theories, and the Frenchman to describ, to systematise, and to ...

A SHAKE OF THE HAND

... A SSHAKE OP TE.} HAND. When my hand thus I proffer, your own, 0 deny not, ,Nor offer it cold, nor a linger extend - It freezes my blood when I liid o man Ehy on't, Tin delightful when shook with the Nvarmth of a friend. For the hand of the heart is the index, declaring If well er if ill, how its master will stand: I hqed not the tongue of its friendship that's swearing- I judge of a friend by ...

LORD MAHON'S HISTORY of ENGLAND.*

... LORD N IIONAS HI I The re.issne, in a very convenient form, of Lord _qahou's careful and spirited history of the period betweein the Peace of Utrecht and that of Versailles, .s matter of congratulation to the reader rather than material for criticism on the work. The book before the world, and since 1836-the date of the oriinal preface--it has been amplyjudged, and, despite certain objections ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... . EVIEws OF 300S. TEm OLD Foxas'T RANGERm. dA^oJR CAMPESDML. HaU, 'Virtue, asd Jo, ernoster'.soso -The third edition'- of the Indian adiventures of an old forest rangerthas jjn'ti made its appearance, ai 'will 4e heartily welsed that portion-oflthe readrg publre which delights in th recital of 8augui gary encounters betwiixt man affdibeast, hair-:breadth eibapegs by land and flood, and, in ...

REVIEWS

... REVTIEW'WS. fligillbers's ?? Jolurnal. some It is thu forte of this imiscellany3 to r'educae to a pleasing camp: form, and conmprise wjithlin at liarrow coffiPus9, LI great Tu amount of solid and useful infosrmation. tinatt Tlic romecompaio',.. CZ ?? f MCparoc A mulsing anid Useful. beon Ths publication is one Of thle cheapes repertoiesofth illustrated romuanco and biography ado heifre workI ...

THEATRES

... TIEATRES. On Saturday, at the PnISCE4ss's, Wr. Douglas Jer- rald's now comedy of St. Cupid; or, Dorothy's For- tWLe, originally acted before the Queen at Windsor Cftle on the previous evenitng, wea produced to a crowded house. It is obvious that,; in these columns, we cain do nto -ptore than register the fact of the production. facc beth is about to he produeed at the sense theatre, on a scale ...

LITERATURE

... LIT E It A T UBRE. THE DORP AND THE VELD; OR, SIX MONTHS IN NATAL. By CHARLES BARTER, Esq., B.C.L. Orr and Co., Amen-corner. Notwithstanding the present rush to Australia, there are many Englishmen who will take a lively interest in this book, for the information which it unfolds relative .to South Africa, Independently of the claimsi it has upon the general reader, for it abounds with ...

Published: Sunday 09 January 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3331 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ROYAL ENTERTAINMENTS

... The second dramatic performance took place at Windsor Castle, on Friday evening. Tile pieces selected on this occasion were a farce, in one act, by J. B. Planeh6, entitled The Cap. tain of the Watch, and a farce, in one act, by Edward Morton, entitled The Windmill ; add the parts Were filled according to the following programme:- THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Viscount de Ligny { CQPtain Of ...

Published: Sunday 16 January 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1715 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... ,. I .s .1:LIM TU SIX IMONTHiS IN NATAL ' -let all men proposing or determined to got Natal, fist consult this little book. It has all the simplicity of dawiright, outspoken truth. No diffiilties re exagge. rated pothinigisipabited in roie-c4our. - The aiathorla an edocated, practical man. Of himself hesys, I have farmed and lumbered in New:Brunewiekc end teavehsd Cmnadr from cast to west : ...

THE GARDEN.—By Mr. Glenny

... = ?? GAW~IE. M. GZLJ. It is scarelybe Or e A Idw sMlU rain oomes with it, asd opeiatldasiO 0 e be doneWA ld only laborious bat ineffective. Nathing 7e do work WO& doors one day in three; and, eves whelk w ndo osaerk Wb as much bun as good. We have beet' amm lg usatiwng d S twecn the showers by pr min ad nailrig tre5es d ^b few limbo and the sma ?? from apple- ap-, scd jph trees in-the orebard ...

JOHN EVELYN.*

... JOHN E VEL yy* - ?? ?? as to the history or cha- 0 Tof Evely, the English gentleman, will be 5eeptable to the admirers of that high- :sdad Dti plritded, and accomplished man. In ?? the C0cludiig volumes of Mr. Colburn's ?? of the Diary and Correspondence, te uod a groat number of letters to and i I c Il} ich are published for the first time' ?? they are, perhaps, less amusing ! Ime ...