... lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing; Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the Old Year lies a-dying. He was fuh of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the ...

... THE THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL EXAMINER. HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT. We speak this week of the holiday entertainments in the holiday spirit of those wise people who are determined to be pleased. Two or three sentences, however, are due to a lament for the decline ...

... have sllos elapseld, the improvement hoe been moat marked, snd now the vanicos changes and transformations are, generally speaking, acconp~lisied with. on ease andl ra- ptillis pidity which leave little to be desired. A few hltaliss after cow end thlen ...

... respects itself too much not to se render fitting respect to all oth rs, especially to age and ) s to woman. It Mwould blush to speak a hasty word to a parent, however much that parent bad done to deserve or it. It is a stranger to idleness, and too brave to ...

... of the Egyptians. Og, King of Bashan, is Mr Cyril Graham's hero, and the hero of Mr Stigant is Sir Philip Sidney. We cannot speak in a few paragraphs of all these papers, but we must not fail to ex- press the pleasure with which we read Mr Stigant's article ...

... W~sndhanm deserve the vociferous call whish her labour hers produnces. Of thea acting of the Opening part, we shall again speak, but meantime must refer to that of Mr. Irving in the part ot Venomso, which eviuces a decided advancement, and in a new path ...

... rhymes, Fas marked en Opening Night. Time quiokly dies, While Stanfield's magio pencil charms one's eyes. Now Christmas bells speak out with gladdening chime, And every thought is fixed on pantomime- Permit me, while this vail our pietura screens, Two words ...

... appere ciate Mr. Lee's modesty, but from whatever source came the idea, it Is oneeof the moat original-PactlOm1111teally' speaking-and at the same time one of the most briltiant that be has ever produced, which is no little compliment. There ia one blot ...

... and a-half the reputation of Freemasons' Hall is a safe guarantee. MAAReRAsE OF JE;NNy BAuRR.-It always gives us pleasure to speak of the respectable position of the meribers of the theatrical Profession, for there are so many persons fond of traducing their ...

... first-named is an original drama in five acts, by Mr. J. B. Howe, who takes the leading character. SOmE one, writing from Havana, speaks of Max Maretzek's season in the following favourable manner:- We have opened the season with three operas, each two nights ...

... from the pan of Dr. Henry Slight, entitled the Weir Wolf, which had a great success at the Portsmouth Theatre; again, not to speak of other provincial appearances, Little Red Biding Hood formed the subject of the AdelphiChristmas piece in 1851, written by ...

... hie birthplace. Catauia. Int te prest uriar.. 61asl plightof Sioily, euch a homage spproache2 faI'm. DM. Berlicz,In his ?? speaks emphallsl:yis praise of Madarne Barbot, the newv 8'prauo, Wi:, Iai.. appeared at the grand opera of Paris. Afndame Viardot ...