LITERATURE

... LI ERA rURB. TuE PioTOntAL BIDLEI, PARTS 1, @, 8.-By Dr. XiUO.t; (W. and R. Chambers, E.dinburgls; J. Af Gelashan, luhtia.)-L This is a reissue of Kitto's celebrated bible, one of the mosta instructive and interesting works that ever issued from the British pres. The present reissue is published in weetlj numbers at aixpence, and in monthly parts two shilling price which will bring it within ...

PAIRS

... NAVAN.-The second fair for 18lo, held on Monday, would, no doubt, have been a great one, but for the inclemency of the weather. The supply of cattle, however, was large, as rasa also that of pigs; but horses and sheep were particularly scarce, and the quality, especially of the former, inferior. Prime beef sold at fally 60s per cwt; springers, of which there were but a few, brought as much as ...

SHAKSPEARE'S MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

... SHAXSPEARE'S MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. TO TIE EDITOR OP THr DAILY SNEWS [In comnmonl fairness we feel ourselves bound to X give a place to this letter. It appears to us, however, 'we must confess, to strengthen our ease. Mr. Phelps's Bottom Dwas the main attraction.] t Sit,-In a notice contained in your impression of Tue6- -day last, of a reading of the above play by Mrs. Fanny Koemble ...

NEW BOOKS AND PERIODICALS RECEIVED

... an'ilsar Fad lsiy Miss Corner. , Lon:do an: and ai Son. g These fables, with their appropriate applications, will I be found useful in directing young minds to the right v appreciation of great principles. The book is neatly got e up, and handsousely illustrated by Alfred Crow quill and n James Noitboote, Esqrs. t Aewosa; or, the T r'ials: a Iegi d. By C. M 3ttell Charles, v author of Hamau ...

THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION

... ?? r H e~ IT JQ'. (rnovar mtAQL COREU5PONDUNT).t ?? -> .~pe PARIS, FOB. 9. I hasten to announce to your readers the fact that WI the great Paris houses affected by the sale of the | 1 exclusive right to engrave the Palas de L'Indostrie, ap have combined- to oppose' thi most arbitrary, and, W7 they assert, unlawful proceeding. This' protest is la signedlby such men as Susse, &c., and is, ...

SONNETS FOR THE TIMES

... SONNE'FS FOR-THE TIMES. TO THE NATION. Beware of mere delusive eloquence,- Your back'.ey'd clever talkers, who can male Evil seem good for place and party sake, Well skill'd in dialectic thrust and fence; Let common honesty and common sense Come to thy council board; no longer take For statesmen some few scornful consulars The scions of great families,-for such Less love the People's ...

PARISIAN FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY

... (Froes C. 01eyer'sJfageasin FrancqI.) The attendance at the brilliant Ifeceptions Imperiales of Jan. at the Tuileries has been more than usually numerous, owing in a great measure to the very small number of private re- seasons which are taking place in the circles of the fashionable world. We have been favoured with a description of the most admired toilettes which, worn by ladies of ...

Literature

... lit i r at nrt. CflIqoN1CLE5 Or WoLreERT's RoosT, and other Papers. By Washington Irving. Edinburgh: Constable & Co. 1855. ΒΆ\A5I55tr0Ow IRVING is a name so endeared in the affections of the people of this country that they almost claim him as their oWfr, and rank him among British authors. Nor is this feeling ill to account for when we reflect on the homely geni- alitv and honest impartiality ...

AMUSEMENTS AT MANCHESTER

... )KV -,,1.WP*ESBTEA. , ONOUR OWN CO~xORRzs~qp*)T id *Tamuz~a ROYAL~,7,- .auldn te pawaa .prodoe~eef~h firs tie o Sau~d~K~~J' d~t, ad. ?? te Cava ry Randlflr *intended, Mle militiar Serginll .-Rd ?? zperoomsraries. It is ;8n'mOByfe1d0s&Ptnaltinek atshref yl s~ canedit'ab.loima pieicea'but. therely jb-'ueyo,~ei esitonj~wih h picp eggW-ffthe'.einbarkatiQn' or the~ troopsreirone0fihngwh ithe. ps, ...

Published: Sunday 11 February 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1124 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE AND FINE ARTS

... | CHARADES. Charades. By ANNE BOWMAN. London: G. Rout- ledge and Co. While we arc indebted to the Germans for our Christmas trees as a means of affording amusement at our most festive season of the year, we are equally under obligation to our more versatile neighbours, the French, for the introduction of that very popular class of juvenile entertainments known as charades. The object of the ...

LITERATURE

... LI'TERATrURE. ,*BOOKS FOR RtvEw.-Boolcs, Music, New Engravings, ?? intended for review, left at the establishment of Mr. C. MITCHISLL, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed 9 to the Editor of the Derby MeruIry,''will be forwarded and receive attention. Totr TRAVELL.EIa's LianAny, LXXIV. ard LXXV.- Corn- wall: Its AMines, Miners, and Scenery. London: Loyc- ?? and Co. This very ...

LITERATURE

... - . L. . E .. we . , 7 . ., I Hourts At Im ALTAR-From thee French of LW Abbe dd ta Boillerie. EdiWd by Edtaod Caswell, Priest of tie irotor#. (Dublin, J; Duly).-The beet accoudt which va could give of thO design of this extremely beautiful book of Cathblic devotion will be found in the following extract from the preface, explaining the devotional MOvemnot frorawhich it has sprung : -About ten ...