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PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS

... Sixth Concert, Mfornday, May 30. PART I, Selection from the Works of MI. Hector Berlioz, performed under his direction:- Harold in Italy; Symphony in Four Parts (with Viola principale M1. Sainton). Part I. Harold in the Mountains: Scenes of Melancholy, Happiness, and Joy. Part 2. March of Pilgrims, singing the Evening Hymn. Part Z. Serenade of a Mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his Mistress. Part ...

GENUINE GOSSIP

... BY AlT OLD ACTRESS. CHAPTER XIII.-IRS. BAKER AND IIHER PEOPLE. Mrs. Baker was surrounded by many persons remarkable either for eccentricity of conduct or peculiarity of circmtnstances. Her changeling, surly son, I have already mentioned. She lad two ?? Baker, the elder, inherited her mother's curious traits of character. She had for several years played first tragedy with much cleverness ...

Published: Sunday 19 June 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1930 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PRINCESS'S THEATRE

... PRINCESS'S fTREA TmE. SARDANAPALUS-SECOND -NOTICE. I A second view of any great object or work of art, ai': apt to be more critical, is pretty sure to be snore prositc to the spectator than the first. He osurveys mors eslo he is not surprised-he sees details be did rot resr, before, and lie notices ciharacteristics which had prei l escaped bin in the eager pursuit, by eye and ear, ofslrjel, ...

LETERATURE

... A dEEATu= I MEMOIRS OF A STOMACH.* Every ma'as stomach is his own private affaIr. Never- theless, however peculiar may be that haran sae- (with some folks, aldermen for isstance, it is not so much a sae as a carpet-bag,)-to the human aai:.nal of which it is a mnost important portion, there are general rules applicable to the human stomach at large; certain comprehensive laws not to be broken ...

Poetry

... II t t THE SLAVE's DREAMI.-BY LONGELIOw. BESIDE the ungathered rice helay, tils sickle in tils hand: Bit brenst Nvas bnre-1t19 matted hair Wes burled In the sand. Again, hn the miSL and shadow o' steeP, lie saw his native land. Wide througil the landscape of hii dreams 't'hc terdty 'Igor flowed; Beiieatie the palm-trees on the plain Once ures a hein: he strode: Anid heard the tinklhing ...

Poetry

... Uttrll. THE ECHO. Tfou Nhaveon, that haunt'st these hanging rocks, ttusen, Oft have I in this grotto heard thy voice. It~s unnd wvse ?? my dear one spke And thou didst steai her words and spoke, a Oh I hadst thou. menory, Echo, could st thou bring That long-lost music back-this cave should be Thy temple, and myself thy worshipper. Alas I thy life i8 in the fleeting hour, Thou hast no heart to ...

IRELAND

... ThEE Ga EA.T EXIBITIeo.-The much-desired. c n ie point of arrangement has been effected during the past week with very happy results for the pleasure and convenieiee ii! visitors. The old pictures have been placed' in iu apartment entirely separate from that known as the Fine Ars't Court; and aow we ptse tough chiC gsllery, devoted to the ancient masfers, to the Irish Archaeological Court. ...

Published: Sunday 26 June 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1285 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

CONFERENCE AT THE SOCIETY OF ARTS

... |CONBRENXCI AT :ZW SEXISM Or AS| 1. Tbe conference of the council of -the Society-of Arts with the represeptaties of -the mechanies' literary and 'scientfic insdtitutilons iiOD took place on Thursday at tlie house of thesociety- in John street. AdelphiL Mr. Cole, as chiran of-,.council, presidedlon the occasion. Tbe institufion in uwolisent ta the conference no less itian 160 xepresesti'ves. ...

FINE ARTS

... MR. MARTIN'S PICTURE Of THE LAST JUDGMENT. We hardly know in what terms to characterise this ex- traordinary production, and at the same time combine the language of courtesy with that of truth, Of all modern, irreverences in art, we take this exhibition to be about the most remarkable. Had we not beei well convinced that the veteran painter worked in perfect liosd Jide, and that he had no ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... REvIEwS O..F 'BOOKS'# PEACE, WAR, AND ADVn th9 ?? Oi C as TERTON. - Longman, Patkrq ;r'bt~ -ow. ?? is an, autobiography by Colonel Chesterton, the present go. vernor' of'Coldbath-fields-prison, and certainly-one of' the most entertaining works that has for a long time fallen under our notice_ The colonul's career bastJu- deed, been an adventurous one; he has seen service under the Duke of ...

POETRY

... _ ?? rAINEEST WORDS MAY LEAST DECEIVE. (WaRIMTEN FoR MjUsic BY ELIZA CooK.) My speech is frank, my vows are few, I do not woo with courtly smile; Blt all I say is warmly true, And all I promise bears no guile. I cannot breathe false tones of love, Which gentle hearts too oft believe; But take me, Mary, and thon'lt prove That plainest words may least deceive. There'll be some shadow in our lot, ...

REVIEWS

... ?? VttI~EWSt ! 'he Practarizne 'an the Prapri'Iiook;- o F' What 'ad .is aii u i& . 'e the CkuircA V of h EkqZk 'h The 's Rev. Edward' ElaHi , ?? of St1.John's 1;- dn lege; Cambridge; ?? of St. Mary's Chapel, attaohed to the School for the Blind, at Liverpool; .Author of The Institution and he Abuse ofA Ecclesiastical Propert * ; apd'of a a. .Letter to the Archbishop ?? on Le the Evil of ...