NEW PUBLICATIONS

... THE ReV. HoUGo PIGOT'S HISTORY OF HAI)LEIGKr. -There is no town in Suffolk which offers greater at- tractions to the antiquarian, historian, and archaeolo. gist than that of Hadleigh; and it is with great pleasure that we inform our readers that to whichever of these classes they may belong. their researches will be much aided by the perusal of Mr. Pigot's work on that town. Mr. Pigot has ...

LITERATURE

... ?? - THB ILLUSTRATED HORSE-DDOTORi2 Mr. Edward Mayhew has lo0g enjoyed a b;gh re. ,utation as a veterinary surgeon. As the editor of Blair's Veterinary Art, and as the author of The Horse's Mouth, and Dogs: their Management, hi name has long been pleasantly familiar to all who interest themselves in dogs and horses. A close and shrewd observer, a methodical compiler of the results of ...

Pickings from punch

... _tickUl front 4' l uncb, DARING FEATS OF EORBANSrHP. -The honourable member for Stroud has acquired considerable celebrity by putting his spoke in the wheel of the government. GivE IT 'EM.-Punch reads paragraphs stating that the savage Druses claim affinity with the Scetch. This is all bosh. But he is decidedly of opinion that the sooner the Druses are scotoh'd the better. A FAIR ATTEMPT. ...

RUABON

... ?? i N:. :1 . s i Rft-BpN I ! ;1 . i ! ! . li' ?? I' ,, :laRCIIERX *MEEi'JTG AT PnsN Y GARDDrie, NBA6 RuaBoN;.-On'Friday week an archery meetingwashikeld at .Pon y.gardden, the b'eautissfuil seat of LaduyFMarshall. Her ladyship gave a numb erlof ipripes forthe 6ecauom :amongst therm ' valuab]e gold bracelet 'Tbe!'6ontest coommenced at al 1 } -o'elock a:nd continued tillT3 a3inthe afternoon, ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... I PROVINOiAL THEA rRIGALB (3Fia att oul WS coulEtEBlOSD~ffT.) BRIG~HTON. TERAT~Ra ROYin.-fMeaaee, Mr Hl. Nye Chart.)-The Dow company, having Piayed togetber now for a fortnight, are getting into good warking order, and are on the whole equal to last year's corps. Mr Nye Chart ap- peare to have been partleelarly fortunate in his selection of ladies, and etthongh we mniso Mr W. Cooper, the ...

Published: Sunday 12 August 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6631 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

POETRY

... POETRY'. THE SNOWDROPS. Without the dry trees groan and shiver, The curtained sun in his cloud doth sleep, And through the chamber easement ever Murmuts the roll of the distant deep. By the maiden's sidle onl the couch were lying, Blending their delicate green and white suf Children of winter. half closed and dying. thf Flowers that are born ere spring is in sight. or Slowly she spake in a ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... I - T~lEQUEN AD-T EMEiRnOR o10 AUSTRIA. -Somue German journals state that there Is every probability thert tile EmoIneror of Austria will shortly lhare aisotbar.inlter vi lew witI piin Illustrious persosnage, ead ~tho Queen of Groat siltaie Is nonsned. as tehc soereigng Indicated.' The Emperor, it, is nald. will be temporarily residing In tile neighbourhood. of Cobnrg In the month of ...

LADIES' FASHIONS FOR AUGUST

... LE FOrLEr says, the unseasonable oharaoter of the weather has almost entirely prevented the adoption of those light and elegant toilettes prepared in anticipation of warmn days and sunny skies. Hence the fashion (which we hoped was but for a day) of large silk paletots, or burnous with a sleeves, is still almost universally followed, and we can scarcely wonder, under the circumstances, that ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... __ | GEOR)H THE FOURTH.bWant of taste ?? many other things painfully distinguished him. He at one time seri- ously proposed to dress all naval officers in red breeches and waistcoats I To the remonstranoe made against this barbarism, he replied with the old expletive tacked to a sweeping r em, dress 'em as you win, they'll never look lke gentlemen1 Such was the taste of the man who Would ...

Literary Extracts

... I 'L -? ?? cr,Ttraff5. I ? CuRtOUS MODE OF TnAVELINeG.-Garibaldi, is in his autobiography, narrates how he and a fel-tt low traveller made an expeditious journey in a droll ?? and I set out for Rio Grande. Our journey was to be performed sD TE horseback, to my great delight and pleasure. W el travelled, as it is called, a escotero, which for ra- pidity leaves the post far behind. Suppose ...

Literary Notices

... c I.-I - ., ' , Tits QUAtTEEtLY REVIEW. No, 1215. London: Murray. TJp is a very sup rior number of the Quam T L.v. It does t ot contain so many artictes as I it9 cotemporary the EBDINltUrGH, bat most of them have more skill and power, as well as cret r futloest. Two sra devoted to social s Sujee. TVi firiSt, which it will sirprise some p pc p e. anmost as much as gratify others, to find r' in ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Bunting in the Himalaya. With Notices of Customs and Countries from the Elepjhant Haunts of the Dehra Doon, to the Bunchowr Tracks in Eternal Snow. By R. H. W. Dunlop, C.B., ?? F.R.G.S. Illni Irated by J. Wolf. Bentley. A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas, with Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere. Edited by Mountaineer. Hurst and Blackett. Narrative of a Residence at the Court of Meer ...