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THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION

... I THE PARIS UNTrSAL EXHIBItION, (FPON OUR SrPcTAL coaazsromni,.) PARIS, Fnb. 16. The commercial spirit of the French CrystalPalace Company appears to develop itself space, in ipite of the serious opposition of Parisian art-manufacturers. This week it has been publicly announced that the directors have appointed then, photographers. I presume that this appointment is in the apirit 6f that which ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Sketches, Legal and Political, by the late Eight Hon. ERichard Lalor Sheil. Edited, with Notes, by M. W. Savage, Esq. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett, for Colburn. We ought to be grateful to the rascally pirates who have compelled this authentic publicaionds ad ?? the knaves for our 1 very good frieds. no witheira edition was brought together quiteas bured and blotted by vwritten by Sheil, and ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... *P, OJAL JTHE TRICALSA 9asutisqeAineeti hs ed picii ?? Cbes XLi .2is 9 c q-uus atiisiortime andtr. Bffliogtno tonetheir v*;enet,'thecatftctoni being T/le ootfisr S&aaihel, and JLcksA;Uppdf lhr~d a*dib2golo~hieand~the pa~ts dl L;,# dy Teaale, and the renowvned ETsc^ter .isistaidedi y13yyS MD,9rteme~ sin ameost , Pilted ranner,..ana ;lnew 4osi 4 lafbi fe the ?? aith e punchnsion of each' iede x, ...

Published: Sunday 25 February 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2010 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE SCRAP-BOOK COLUMN

... I THE SCRAP.BOOK COLUMN. IRVIzG'S RjsjrDaEcE.-The house at Sunnyside, in which Washington Irving resides; is one he bult some lhree years ago. It is about two and ahalf miles below Tarrytown, directly on the banks of the lHudson. It is built on the site of the 'Van Tassel house, In fact, the new, structure includes a por. tion of the old walls. At an earlier day it was called Wolfert's ...

DRURY-LANE THEATRE

... DR UR Y-LANE THEA TRE. The Etode du Nord-MEYERBsEn's last work, and in our optaisr his beat-was produced at the Opera Comique of Paris, about a year since. After having been played for a period, the length of which cannot be termed extra. ordinary, simply because the opera was by MEYBSS^BER, the loile de d Nord was laid aside, but it was revived in the autumn, and its representation continued ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... TEA, t S LLIEA ov WosgAcc -The uittersujchtion Of Womaan ,to the arbitrary will of maA is eharacteristic;of comntries -steeped in igneranceybarbarsma aud'tyrany. - The eleva- tion'of womani to the intellectual dignity of man is 'charac- teristic of coiutries blessed with kniwledge, civilization land' liberty. Let the despotic nations of thd East regard the tender sex as slaves-only--to ...

LITERATURE

... -I L I- -, ?? - I . ;:RtAT R E t i ,; -l I MINING, 11W ,-as, ,D PrunEXS- Di FaiGGnq.. Dy a SHAXEHOLDER W. Kent and CO;J SPaternoster-rowS ;. . ; ?? This is-a very sharp pamphlet in~eed, written 'withwit and pakclngig irony., It might hav come m Mathews hinogelf; , at.srit 1dlpi-d;- A a iad, mirable comedian read these cutting pages,- sihich, in the cIiarger, p, of Me;Tom Tiddler, the getter-up ...

Published: Sunday 25 February 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1259 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL MATTERS in BIRMINGHAM.— Contemplated Presentation to Mr. Tonks

... 1 --7, ?? ?? -- I - - I ?? ?? dlifiw~biutbas httbt bate UItimatelyi!&on thlienoti6n ef ir Grorn, beeoadedbyg *,ryap, i$nj, drio~iye d sabji~hmknsti !f ,aeeamliat s mpera y Drn= aes, a3o ar6t~ott~iirn~to ?? casrmsnthe hr f BIAt'' ' NU~k ?? iihi. wndef'u1 iboy'5:i~nisis' nd*7iisin 'w 60' hear his ?? itt KzoUe *e,1&. Hbxiaax~sNrc 52*ga~ve3 isykeek tw~obiigh1yeu~t~$ansidg 4rampti9ctenopgsat ?? ...

Published: Sunday 25 February 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMA, MUSIC &c

... To B e ' -RR Dmxk, K I U Vrs. Seymour has re-opened the St. Jamies's m but as he company is materihlly redneed, and somoe of its most prominent talent withdrawn; we can scarcely antici- pate a successful result to'her bold, but, we muspect, rather rash enterprise A new piece, by Mr. C. Read1 called Art, give Mrs. Seymour a fair opportunity of, displaying n the character of the ...

THE FINE ARTS

... BRITISH INSTITUTION. The Exhibition of the works of British Artists now open at this Institution is below par, and weakest where we should most desire it to be strong. Its strong point is the beauty of manipulation which distinguishes a large number of its pictures. All the skill of Mr Lance is spent, and we must own with wonderful effect, in reproducing the metallic brilliance of a peacock's ...

AMUSEMENTS AT MANCHESTER

... 4MU EKT_ A A ., _ _I_ . . ..A . I T I . (vOMVIR OWN co3RISQNyN!jj.. -Tiaza~a -Rwia.-T~e B4fle.'of 14e Aln. clospd ita eareer. -last nighti (Saturday),.; -The Pan oqeime of Jock adtviddlean-etalafttr an~unprcF cedented run ofunpwarils of nine eeks, will be performed for thelqsttie 4#LWednesdas~ynext. M.Pc~oe h lwtkshsbn~oiIi, daywhen Mt. H.L J.,.Wallack,. the stage-manager. willl~aper fci, ...

Published: Sunday 25 February 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 564 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... SOCIAL STATICS. Social Statics; or, the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of themk Daveloped. By HEanEaRT SPExcER, Lon- don: Chapman and (Jo. Amongst the ever-increasing number of books now sent forth in such profusion by the press, one turns with real satisfaction to the masterly work now under consideration; its vigorous and sus- tained logic evinces a ...