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... The War,'iors of our Wooden Watts, and their Victories. London: Aylott and Co. Now that the public mind is excited on the subject of war, we anticipate a rapid sale for this cheap record of the deeds of valour, and victories gained by men who have rendered the wooden walls of England famous throughout the world. Davidson's Illustrated Oratorios A series of works under this title are in course ...

Pickings from Punch

... l?iCItflig:5 frallf 'lj?lAtttrTj.ll ANYTHING BrT AS ALDIAnr is Morro.- D)inner forget. WHAT IS TlHE WoItLI, LI oN ?-WVIV. the world is likeastubble. field-in whieh the greatest geesc g6-eaerally pick up most of the goldell grains. A Tuoorni- rl'CIED orr or rTH Co ?? are like coals-thc morc the! ::rc screened, the more the larger ones show. VERY UNHrAsoNALr.E INrm.LioiX:Nc.._One of Ourown ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... l _ _ _ ?? A JOXF TO THE LAST._ The Yankee, though ' in the midst of life he is in death.' as long as lie is not actually dead, will have his Joke. A felloxv who had gone down in the cats, luckily rose to the surface, and alighting upon a rafter, ho was seen feeling in bis pockets, and at length pulling out three gold dollar pieces, he was heard to exclaim, while pitting out mouthfuls of mud ...

CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS

... THsATRE-ROYAL.-In noticing the preparations made and making for the amusement of the holiday youngsters, the efforts of Mr. Copeland, the spirited lessee of the Theatre-Royal, deserve the first position. As we have before announced, the grand Christmas pantomime to be brought out at the Theatre-Royal is from the pen of Mr. Buckstone, and is entitled The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's ...

MR. CHARLES HALLE'S CLASSICAL CONCERTS

... I ARLES HALLE'S CLASSICAL; CONCERTS. r Pa OGBAWME.-PA=R FIRsT. - t ~ne -- (~ E Minor, Op. 11 ?? . Spohr. e ?? 3ta-Piano Forte..o(In E llat, Op. 29; No. 3). .?eoeia. .PAnT SECOND. *: (In t Flat, Op. 97) ,. , Bee.ve. *ON d~3ids. ?? I.I..Bthv. ottlV ,Sd ?? ioloncello!e B. Bombery. e i t,_plgno Forte and Violin ?? .(In A) . osart to S ags a very full room on evening lat, the ift ThNere Vs .c~ Mr. ...

FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER

... 0 :, 0 ., - . I V 77 r..l PA 1l) v I r (Fronm Le TelWei.)su If the endeavour to revive sbort-waisted bodies, called par r corsage a la Mlarie Louise, has been unsucceiisful, perse- less a verance has at length, by degrees, succeeded in introducin wer amodification, which, avoiding either extreme, enables the frig skilful artiste to display her talent in producing a graceful afte ? and becoming ...

ROMANISM AND THE FINE ARTS

... 1 I A lecture was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Vaughani'et the f Corn Exchange, on Tuesday evening, upon the subject of The use and Patronage of the Fine Arts by the ?? a' (Ihurob.. The lecture was one. of a, course arranged by the 'Young Men's Christian Adsociatioti, and there wee a. god audience. The proceedings were begun with *eyer; andd the Rev. Canon STOW ELL, the chairman, tben observed, ...

A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE

... 1,17 -a - I ?? ?? - - (Prom a Correspondent.) In a secluded valley in South Lancashire, where the river R- winds its circuitous course from east to west, may be seen the homestead of a small farmer. It is shel- tered on the west by some lofty trees of elm and beech, of rather unusual dimensions for that locality, and on the north and cast by a well-stocked orchard, which, during the last ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... FRASER'S MAi5OZtsE.-The first paper in this month's number of Fraser is an elaborate detail of the splendours of the new Crystal Palace at Sydenharn-a description that will elicit from every reader a desire, if not a resolution, to see a structure that will in every way surpass, in its adaptation to the teaching of the 3nillion, Its well-renmemnbered predecessor of Hyde Park. This article Is ...

Literary Extracts

... lUe.Asltt ? at?k?? ? GttNTLItStAii ire Eoaown?ueitl This Wa Brooks, Lockhart's. L. mentioned Chitnirey's description of a of tears.' morniog in the king's befichamber at the cottage. His be tailok, Wyatville, Chautrey, and somchody else in attc?d- The Lit ke tines, and the ?ing id boil in a dirty Ilennel waistcoat end fond wet. lie cotton nightcap. A servant announces bat die Duke of agitation ...

REVIEWS

... Tait's Edibslcngh .ilfaprs~ine.I T'Ie ` Tait of Decambor boasts one article, which, taken sing-ly, would be checaply purclased at the pr-ice of thle seXmbe16r, ikn icsly, that entitled ?? British Agriculture, .ts Faults and Prospsets. Dentleg's Xiscsllaaso'. The editors of this peopular serial, wisely judging thatI opportune inlstructionl presents the most. tempting of lures to public ...

EXTRACTS FROM THE SECOND VOLUME OF MR. PRENTICE'S HISTORY OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE.—(Just Published.)

... EXTRACTS FRO?X THE SECOND VQLU MR. PRENTICE'S HISTORY OF THE ANT?u?{? LAW LEAG UE.-(J?st Pablished.) ?11It £100,000 LEAGUIS PUS1' -ltOVEttnttst 1816, Mr. Tames Chadwick1 of E?clcs, lied told me before o1? meeting that he would give £1,000. I begged that he not, because we wanted twenty subscribers of £203 ? and could not e?peer to have so many if he began , large a sum. Well, well,' ho said, ...