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LITERATURE

... LITE RA TUBE. 1.¼c 0,hies tf the ilea-se~ of flapshcrg aogicictt its oct01 I ILinie Surrecs, By F. W. -NinILK~AV 'Chapmnal. Mr. Newacan, wvhile acktiowlcdginlg that iallt 1-c-at cmpires have been born in crime,2 and grant- ong~ 'hat thle Housec of Bourbon preceded the House of Ileupsburg in personal wickedness; that the House of Boiioparto seems anxious not to ho behind it that tlce 1-ouse ...

MUSIC

... MUSiC. !nt CONCERT FOR THE ITALIAN REFUGEES. to The concert in aid of the Italian Relief Fund took W place at St. Martin's-hall last evening. It was a a well got up and agreeable entertainment; and, from .er the appearance of the roomn, which was quite fall, it must have been satisfactory in its result. -A number Me of eminent performers gave their assistance. Signor uBottesini, we understand, ...

THE PICTURES SELECTED BY THE PRIZEHOLDERS OF THE ART-UNION FOR 1853

... THE PICTURES SELECTED BY THE PRIZEHOLDERS-OF THE A RT- USION FOR 1853. This exhibition-the last of the year-was opened to private view on SLturday, iu the Suffolk-street Gallery. The number of works in oil exhibited is 140. The water-colour room contains thirty-eight specimens. There are besides, placed in the prin- cipal room, several engravings and statuettes, the subscribers' plate being ...

EVENING

... (prom the Dablie Univereity Magazine.) See the shadows now are stealing Slowly down the mountain'a breast- Hark the turret belle are pealing Cheerily the hour of rest. Now the mellow daylight closes, All the world from toil reposes; Every breeze has sunk' and died- 'Tis the peaceful eventide. O'er the vale the mists are creeping Chanting hive-ward wends the bee; Ono by one the stars are ...

LITERATURE

... , Boors FOR REviEw.-Books, Music, New Engravings, as &C., intended for review, left at the establishment of Mr. lar C. MITCHELL, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, bu addressed t to the Editor of the Derby Mercury, Will be co forwarded and receive attention. COt Pill Moa's Isle, and other Poems. By T. J. OUSELEY. London: trit WOODFALL and Kintsoxr, Angel-court, Skinner-street. ?? Many of ...

HOW VON WEBER WAS AVENGED!

... You all know me, all Europe knows me, [we quote from the last number of Aspen Court by Shirley Brooks] all the world knows the name of Maximilien St. Croix d'Or; therefore, I would Rot lie to you. Attend. With this modest logic, M. Maximilien took a chair in the centre of the admiring circle. You all know, he said, that grand and glorified opera of the heavenly Carl Maria Von Weber, I ...

MECHANICS AND MECHANISM.*

... MECHAPNICS AND MECHANIS.,V.* This little treatise on an important subject, mechanics and mechanism, is one of a very useful class of books published in considerable abundance in the present day, evidently on the diffusion of useful knowledge principle, for, commencing as it does with the most elementary rules or axioms in mechanics, it advances step. by step to some of the most important and ...

THE SOLDIER'S DREAM

... d IAnd, X f-.ena>. . D.:n. I -- . (,1fie, T. CAMn'-.eLL. 1BV A CA1P-tBAt. Wle vere wet as the denco; for like blaze it poured, And the senttinel' threoats wero the only thic d-y And urnder their tent., Chobham's hrores hod eowtree The weory to seore and the wiakeful to sigh. WIhile dozing that nilght in my camp-bed so snall With a alckintosh over tD keep not th mrn-' After one gloss of gr0% ...

REVIEWS

... - - - - Progress of Russia in the Vest, North, and SoutA. Second edition. By David Urqubart. London: Turner and Co., 12, Paternoster-row. 1853. It appears from this book that the author, Mr. David Urquhart, the well known ex-einuber of'parliamentdoes not entertain a favourable opinion of thelords Aberdeen, J. Russell, and Palmeraton. Of this fact there van be no doubt. A multitude of other ...

FAHIONS FOR AUGUST

... FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. I ?? r L E I 0o (Fron5 Le Follet.) 6, Among the numerous elegant toilettes now worn, we ed have remarked many skirts of rich yet lightooloured materials, with caliezous of embroidered muslin, trimmed w 9 with lace. These canezous are nmade with basques, which be n are beautifully embroidered; a double row of lace is m, id pacd around them, the bottom row being twice the o' ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... PROVINCIAL THEATRIQALS. (not 015 OwEr COBBEsP00DE1T.) BnADnOmD.-Colosseemm.-The departure of the American Brothers has furnished an opening for the engagement, fropm last Monday, for twelve nights, of Herr Chantrill and his Son, in their classical acrobatic drawingrooom entertainment. Mr. Pedley, sentimental vocalist anl concertina player, is. an excel lent member of the company, and,, along ...

Published: Sunday 07 August 1853
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2122 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Literary Extracts

... I Ritzrarp Extracto+ , ? It I POULTRY SHOWS.-ILI January, 1863, a large poultry show was held at Baker-street Bazaar, in London, at which were exhibited upwards of 600 pens of fowls, eleven pens of LIgeese, thirty-three pens of ducks, ten pens of turkeys, two e hundred and forty-ninie pens of pigeons, and forty-eight pens ff of rabbits. These detatils will show the enortouos prepon- derance in ...