PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... The pantomfime hereis the old well-recerded story of St. George and the Dragon. The title of the piece is :St. George and the Dragon; or, Harlequin and the Seven Champions of Christendom. Though the story is wellknown-noneperhaps better-the manner ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... belongeto the TmAamsu RoymL. Hera Mr Copeland baa brought out The Sieeping Beoasy, which a short timne dnee attracted Metropolitan crowds to the lisymarket, A fasoiarting story, charmingly taeated by the anthor, and aplandidly embeliehed bye aserice of magnificent ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1865
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 24687 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES

... It would be difficult to find a story better adapted for the pro- logue or introduction of a Christmas Pantomime than that selected by the Management of the Victoria for the purpose, namely, ?? Baron Mciuchausen, a story which, under the skilful pens of ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1865
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 23132 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... It to write in a hurry, will find it useful to have it on A their table. Who does not know the annoyance of being stopped short to find a synonymous word for some term good enough in itself, but necessary to be avoided in order to prevent an unpleasant ...

LITERATURE

... contempt of D law, whether human or divine, are all exemplified e for the thousandth time in this story. Studies for Stories (Straban) are a series of short tales which we presume the author regards as t materials which may be expanded to larger dimen- ...

LITERATURE

... It is as a military story- teller that Colonel Walrasley now addresses the public. His volume consists of two narratives, for the I Other Tales of the title-page resolve them- selves into one other tale, in fact. The first story of the book is entitled ...

POETRY

... Time ! thou moek'st my prayer With stern Ding doeg l One quarter left I Old Year prepare To fill thy bier: Thy broath is short. And hither comes The young Now Year. Give out the hour. Let midwifo Night Bring in the Moni. oass Death c some Life ! The ...

LITERATURE

... the conscious fair oneno lynx-eyed mamma or chaperone to watch the pro- ceedings on behalf of self andfaiily. Some of our story-tellers could hardly get on without this min- chinery, reinforced by the Opera, and archery meetings. Lady Campbell does without ...

LITERATURE

... gives his young readers a feast of stirring adven- ture, including many a wreck and rescue, and a fire at sea. The tone of the story, like that of most of Mr. Ballautyne's series, is sound and manly, and it may be safely recommended for young readers as likely ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... schooner, famous in Arctic annals as the Rescue, the two vessels carrying twenty.nine. persons in officers and men. After a short stay in Holsteinborg harbour, on the coast of Greenland, the voyagers crossed Davis's Straits. On the other side they fell ...

Literary Notices

... and exhibits the highest apprecia.' tion of the noble and generous. It is the conchl- sion of a story entitled A Christian Hero.', The hero of the story is Charles Frobisher, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who find- iing hinelf without employment at ...

Our Library Table

... Life in - an Island is an agreeable narrative of a brief residence at Capri. The Man and the Monkey is an amriusing story. In the article on Nile Basins and Nile Ex- - plorers, Captain Barton-who never did justice to his former comrade, the late ...