LITERATURE

... LITERAT REU 1 T13 LITFE OF DotTGLABS 3RROMD. The following is the conclution of the criticism on iel Life of Doualas Jerrold, from the XAthatum, for which we could Dct spare room last week. How Jerrold gets the tourists out of these quarters rmsy be teld in the words addressed to the same Soung gentlemall of ix:- * Sick with sUlphav, Mngs full of 0te5m, and poisoned with sour food, we escaped ...

FASHION

... THE COURT. qwINDSOR, TiUURSDAY.-His Royal Hiighness the prince of Wales dined with her Mlajesty yesterday, nttended by the fIon. Colonel Bruce nnd Captain Grey. The party included tlhe followin visitors, who arrived in the ?? Hon. Frederick Bruce, Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington, and Sir Charles Eastlake. The Hon. tirs. 1ilddulpi bad the honour to be invited. The Prince of ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... I PROVINCIAL THEATRICAL&S (FROM OUR1 OWN CORRBSPONDENTS.) AB1FRDEgy THEATRE ROYAc.-(Lesgee, Mrs. Polloeie.)-.The Pantomime of Conrad and Medora at tbis establishment is, without exception, Ithe mostbearstiful prailuction ever placed on the stage of this theatre. The dialogue, written by Mr. William Birough, is of coarse witty in the extreme, andi some additions to it, of a local character ty a ...

Published: Sunday 09 January 1859
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 14072 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC

... POPULAR CONCERTS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. The concert of last evening was of the same character as that of last week-hardly so good-and re- sembled it also in the disappointment caused by the absence of Mr. Sims Reeves, whose name had been announced as the principalattraction. This time, however, every pains had been taken to prepare the audience for this disappointment. Mr. Reeves's ...

A QUEER STORY FROM WALES

... A QUEER -TOR? FROM WALEmS. An amusing, but not a vejy pleasant, incident has oc- curred'to a respectable young man in Manchester, He had appointepi one evening to meet some friends in Liver- pool1 who were bent on pleasure, but, baing in trust in one of tle branchbanking etablishnents here, determined to go round by way of Manchester, and 'convey a large amount.of-pecie, of whichke had charge ...

MDLLE. ANNA KULL'S CONCERT

... Last night a concert was given at the Beethoven Rooms by Mdlle. Anna Kull, a young perforrneron the violoncello, assisted by some vocal and instrumental artihts-lIdile. Ma- thilde Rudersdorff, Miss Emily Gresham, Herr Mengis, Herr Kleine, and Herr Wilhelm Ganz. The following is the programme:- PAUT L. Trio in F. piano, violon et violoncelle ?? A. Festa. Herr Wilhelm Ganz, Herr Pollitzer, and ...

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS

... M. JULLIENYS CONCERTS. The first of a series of three concerts was gi7en in the Music Hall, on Saturday evening, to a large audience. Tile orchestra consisted of about thirty- two instrumenltalists, of whi'h number half were per- formers on wind instruments. From this cause there was a great deficiency in the body of the tole pro- diaced by the strings, and fil the best orches- tral ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... THEA TlE ROYAL. It would appear by the sucoession of crowded audiences whilh have graced ' the Royal since the first preceita- tlion of the pantomime, that Phe Seqephig Beauty in the ?? Is likely to l e one of the most sucoessful of the nou tnerous family of the pantomimes which have from time immemorial been cent out annually to do for themselves. Its gorgeous ve.nery, dressec, and ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TUBE. 1 Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics. By the late Rev. FREDERICK W. RO- BERTSON, M.A. London: Smith, Elder, and Co. I To the many who knew the author of these ad- I dresses, their publication will be welcomed with joy. l The Rev. Mr. Robertson, of Brighton, was no corm- mon man. He was a clergyman who had steadfastly resolved to learn Christianity from Christ, ...

Poetry

... TnE SANDS f)F DRE.i-BY R;V. C. KiThSLEsY. OMARY, go and sail theosatle home, And call the oattle home, And call the eattle home Across the sands of Dee; The western wind was wild and dank wlth foam, -And all aloue w~ent obe, The western tide crept up along the sand, Aind o'er and o'er the sand, Aind roond and round the sand, As far as eye oould eee Ihe rolling mist came down and bid the ...

LITERATURE

... LITERATURE ?? OF FRE;NCH HISTORY DURING.- ffg: Co?StL-sTTE AND THE FIRBT of fremll IIistory durifng fA Cosodate ti e ?? Efpire, By Miss PARDON, acthor n71 o Life of Marie de Medicis, &c. Lon- ° ifrst and Blackett. ceslliar species of narrative commonlyknown The P.~t L suited to French history in foreign: rl DIV *i, hands. The enorsuous number of si, s s narso teristic a feature in ; ...

LITERATURE

... * - iITERATURE. WINTER EVENINGS. £aeuemin2ss By LIcss HRITCHJEC. In 2 Dt1tP London : Hurst and Blackett. 3rRitclie has already, by his stories of The 1lns e The Maagcian, and in many 1;Irary n poci s; f obtained the reputation Atl able and agreeable writer, and the and contributions which have appeared t o t im e from his pe n in. Chambers witliwhichche has been for some years ;?rr ctd ...