Refine Search

Countries

Counties

Midlothian, Scotland

Access Type

27

Type

27

Public Tags

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... EXHIBITIONOF +Tii I ROYAL zSCOTTLSH' !;pi ' ,'i, iAOADflMV. l ''-a ,The thirty-fifth nsfinarhib1{ dfothegoyaP'1 Scottish Academy, to be opened this morning, will I not, we believe, he found to differ much in its gene- I vol character from that of last season. It has be- 1 cdnie eftetIary t3 ' p' ik of one Exhibition as I -being more attractive than another; bat judging from the number of ...

HIGHLAND & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... I EXIIIBITiON OF erniM: SEEDS. Ar n exhibition of spring seeds was ]illd yester- t day, in the Corn Exchange, for prizes offered by the Highlalud and Agricnltural Soeiety. There wvas a large attendance of farmers and others in- . terested in the exhibition , and the show wIas in the highlest degree successful. The following gentlemen acted as juldges L 1 et.-Johl Dudgeon, Spylaw, Kokeo; Andrew ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH | ACADEMY., . 1 i[THU NOTICE., Our. last notice all~but exhausted that depart- : ient of the Exhibitiion which includes pictures of tthe historical or romantic class-a class which we never rememberto have seen so poorly repre- sented as it is this>season. Without going so far back as to recall the time when the Exhibition was annually enriched by important ...

EXHIBITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND

... [THIRD NOTICE]. In our last notice. we om3ited to mention,. understhe special headof In idscapes, thatth Mr T. Bi.s iJoston, exhibits four 'pictures, three of whichi are wantiag in middl.e-tint, 'the lights being of a dull yellow,'; the remainilg one, No. 148, 'Cambuskenneth Abbey? (wax 'papse-), is coutribution isblgtl ath fault 'in hs f of average merit, butth subject islfar from being ...

Literary Notices

... 1ita-tull 'autitts. Z! (il) FIT TO IRE A D'ciuss ; with other Stories of Cour- age acid Principle. By Mrs GILLESPIR SMITI. Illustrated by E). HL Corbould and J. Absoloi. Loicdon : James Hlogg and Somis. are disposed to (o anol;e justice to the talented authoress of this volhune, but we must not overlook her ghariig faults of style and com- position. Her ssntedees are occasionally so in- ...

QUEEN'S THEATRE

... Last night, Miss Faucit took her farewell for the present of Edinburgh in the character of Rosa- lind-one of the most admired, vivid, and truthful of her impersonations. Juliet links herself to a story of sad love; Lady Macbeth is the promptress to dark deeds; Julia is the loving and sorrow- slain affectionate woman-and we might run on through a series of the varied characters which ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH . ACADEMY.: ,[FOURTL NOTICE.] Sir Joshua Reynolds, in one of his essays on g the comparative value of various styles of paint- d ing, remarks that I 'a little more enthusiasm may be safely recommended to the modern painters, d for too much of it is certainly not the vice of the d present age. The recommendation is undoubtedly as applicable now as it was in the ...

Literature, Science, and Art

... dow, alf? ?rt. It is s'ssnsonreid tiat the authores, of Admr Bolde has another novel ready. AMr Bentley anlOlnces a new volume of gossip by Dr Dorari, on Queen Adelaide. ElBsie Voenier; n, Romallne of Dettiny, is thle title of a new tsle by O. Wendell llolme3. 3.r Davidill Roberts is actively engaged lipon bis large picture of the Interior St Peters, at Rome. Mrs S. C. Hall is hbont to ...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

... EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ; ACADEMY. :- ' - (FIFTH NOTICEMJ L Painting, says the quotation printed on the I titlispage of the catalogue of the present Exhibi- tion, is a mental reflection of nature. The , motto is much better, because more intelligible; s than most of those selected in previous years. It e states a truth very imperfectly understood, even , by professed connoisseurs ...

DUMFRIES CANDLEMAS HORSE FAIR

... DVMFUIIs CANI)LEMAS HORSE FAIR. '['lie (clndlenias fair coISinienced ou Tuesday, 1,2th inst. The excessive wvet weather in October a.,d beginning of Dleecinliergreatly retarded field labour, and the severe weather diuriug the end of l)eenitber and greater part of January has still further thionrvn ploughittg into arrear, and the recuirrence of severe frost in the middle of Febru- ary has again ...

MUSICAL ASSOCIATION

... . The sixth and last concert of the season took aplace yesterday evening. The attendance, we regret to say, was very meagre. The vocalists f twere Mdlle. Vaneri, Miss Snsannah Cole, Miss tPoole, Mr Allan Irving, and the members of the Choral Union. Mr F. Chatterton officiated as harpist, and Herr Bohrer as piano soloist and ac- companist. . The performances opened with Beethoven's Leonora ...

Literary Notices

... fitum .10fitts. L.,n'r ELuxoiMMORDAUNT; or, SUNBMAS IN TMD CASTLE:. ByMARGAnRETMAmRIAGoRDoN. Author of Work; or, Plenty to do and' how to do it. Edinburgh': Edmonston & Douglas. TIeE principal design of this, volume, we find Mrs Gordon stating in her preface, is to pour- tray the progress of a mini] educated in exclusive- ness and ignorance, and the many influences which awaken it to a ...