LITERARY EXTRACTS

... li (gir's E ssion to China andt Japan. DISPOSING OF SEPOYS.-I went into one of the tents to-day, where I heard a man tell a story which astonished . me-not the tale so much, for I had heard many of them, as the way he told it-a very worthy man, no doubt ...

LITERATURE

... our minids to it, and would go on very well without him. You will easily imagine what degree of credit I give to this absurd story; but, strange as it is, it is very capable of making an impression on his mind, The chief thing I wish is, that you would recollect ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... on a previous occasio epoken in warm terms cof probse. Me W. H. Walters is extremely accusing and choracteristic as Hickory Short; Mr J. B. Johnstone is inlimitable no old Captain Holyetoas; and Mr. Bargoyne made an eteelloot Neb; in no other cloaracter ...

Published: Sunday 29 January 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 11951 | Page: 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... the author's name attached to ' The Wood Rangers, no novel reader could mistake its paternity. The chief personages in the story are Mexican desperadoes, cut-throats who slay a man waith as little remorse as a buffalo, gold-seekers, scalping Indians, and ...

LYCEUM THIEATRE

... was produced, for the first time at this theatre, A Tale of Two Cities, a drama by Mr. Tom Taylor, based on the well-known story by Mr. Charles Dickens. It was a performance of special interest, as resulting from the labours of two distinguished men who ...

MUSIC

... she Eoi-d dentally discovers the truth, a discovery of whih she tlike the advantage by ?? her loovr ves Pleasantly; and the story has the ordinary oonclualon-0 artrl51 The plot is greatly oullvoed by the fntroductlon of the Mayor of Tork (In which city ...

POETRY

... about my throat (No laughing stock be pleased to note) Miuch stiffer than the padded coat? My Tailor. Who cut 'lmy coat so short behind, I feedl sy outline quite defined, And blush at meeting womankind? My Tailor. Wh'oso trousers fitted like my skin, Aind ...

LITERATURE

... advanced towards Sebastopol. They passed the strong position on tle Katcha withouit Opposition, alnd took up their position at a short distasice from the head of Sebastopolharbour. The Russians evidently anticipated an attack on the I north side, and iniade ...

LITERATURE

... or 11 Unless ye see signs and wonders ye will not be- C 1- lhove. Ye shall have no signil &c. And yet this 'I ve wretched story of a child INhin hail a fit wehen going,, h , to school at eighlt years of age, Isptfradsar iat iiistlunc of Qo' wsigto show ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... worth of a friedsilip commonlyso called-mneanling of a le thereby a sentinment founded onl the good dinner-s, gootn sni a, stories, opei-a stalls andi days' shooting you have gotten Ilighl Pir or hope to get out of a man, the snug ihinge in his gift, lowir ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... sketch of Becket's life. His judgment is based on a right study of history and fair appreciation of the place held in the story of the British Constitution by Henry II, who with all his unkempt habits and his purple glows of passion, had the soundest ...

THEATRES, &c

... THIIWALEL. Patty Pryle ?? .. Miss WOODWALD. Lady Araminta Arabesque ?? Miss LouIsA PYrTB. Thes story or plot of the operetta is founded on an episode in the story of the life of the renowned highwayman, Dick Turpin, and is founded on the slightest possible ...

Published: Sunday 05 February 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5300 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture