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Entertainment at the Cabinet

... . Eatertain-ent at the Cabinet, I r A, ''l ?? / _, , ?? I . . _- _ _ X lhel ooi fenleflfm was producecd at the little Northern Theatre Oil Fr'iday night, N1whec a dratnicatic plifurfeaitce toolk plice under the MenagenieIt, an'd for the benefit, of Mr. Jauies Miller. This gelcitinaal lii nicot appropriate to ahillself the best part, and, we julist add, hie did iwti alke the best that might ...

Published: Sunday 20 October 1867
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1016 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

OUR CARPET BAG

... Better than Gold. Better than gold is the sweet repose Of the sons of toil when their labours close; Better than gold is the poor man's sleep, And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep. Bring sleeping draughts to the downy bed, Where luxury pillows his aching head: His simple opiate labour deems A shorter road to thle land of dreams. Better than gold is a thinking mind, That in the realms ...

Published: Sunday 13 October 1867
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1718 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Mr. Levy's Benefit Concert

... Or. Levy's Benefit Concert. 1\ - I. On Monday evening last Mir. Levy, the lead cod chief of English cornet players, appealed to his fricnds and admirers for the first time. The concert was given in St. James's 1-JLilI and the names of Messrs. F. Kingsbury, G. B. Alien, and Guglieline, figured ie the programme as conductors. With the so-calleid ?? Mr. Levy is, perhaps. the most popular soloist ...

Published: Sunday 13 October 1867
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1126 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Literature

... Itterzature. l Louhl Crrib its Shor~es and slahnds, with NlotC6S WI of Coug Vash By Sir WILLIA -%ValDE . LoD. ViePresidenlt of the Royal Irish inc Academy, &ec. Illustrated with inumerouls wood ta engravingls. Dtiblin :MeGlashanl and Gill. rit Lodn Longmans land Co. bei Few portions of the BritishIse ar corntes atic beautiful or interesting than the westerncute r of Ireland. The beauty is ...

MUSIC

... 4RiUotc. ill~itlI I - COVENT.GARDEN CONCERTS. These concerts, whiob have *wll suetained4 their character and interest for the past twb months, are still attracting good audiences, and will doubtless continue to do Bo until their close, as announced for the 26th inst. Classical nights have been given on the Thursdays, with the first portion of the programme devoted exclu- sively to the works ...

Literature

... ILittraturt. ?? of vephy.3ieal, Sta- dl Dictionaryof Geography, DescriptiPica tistieal, and Historical By A. KEITH JOIHNSTON;,T LL.D, ?? ?? F.G.S. ,Geographer h at Edinblirg in Ordinary to her Majesty. New z edition. London: Longmans. t The name of Dr. Keith Johnston is a certificate of the excellence of every geographical work which p bears it. This volume is beyond comparison the 51 most ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... LITI3&RX' XXSCdELLANIMA. 'ATInMN Insipid ;blif aend play-clubs as seldom xi possible. In visits of ceremony be sparing. WOMEN are a great mysteryi' j.ccording to Hailer women bear hunger longer than men; according t Plutsroh, they can resist the effects of wine better; ac cording tto Unger, they grow/ oider anud never bald;* ao carding to Pliny, tbey are seldomr attacked by lions (ot the ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... -,PUBLICAMUStEMNS- Mr. D'ion'Bncicault's admrablaeIrishrmelodraama, Ar~rah.na.Pogue,wns reproduced at'this theatre on'! Mdonday evening, with scenery as splendid and deco- rations asbeautiful as when the play wask oiginally brdught ou~t here. in March, 1b. During the twe Cears hat' have' intervened, this drama has Deen played with marked.Iuceeessin AmErrca and AUstr- lia 'wbile its ...

OLD SIR DOUGLAS

... ` MRs. NORTON has been for too many years known to the public as a grace- ful and accomplished writer to require any introduction from the critics. Her pen, whether as that of an advocate or a novelist, has almost uniformly been employed in defence or in behalf of her own sex. In the first character the wrongs she so effectively portrayed carried to the minds of those who read her letters and ...

Music

... T'w ; - ?? me Tt, , '0114-11 ?i ? , ?? IIIN V?? I Thisd4060,! h lan ig ti!the first of a series of c eulof ItOW , with which Mr. Mapleson intendj i,1 up the few weeks previous to Christmas. The company comprises most of the principal artists of the regular seasonand new appearances are an- nounced, of Mdlle. Clara Doria (a daughter of Mr. John Barnett, the composer), and Mdlle. Kellogg, a ...

Literature

... xiter'Iturt. NEW BOOKS. Mlr. Murray has added to the admi'able series of Choice Travels, which he is publishing in volumes of convenient size, Mr. Layard's abridg- ments of his Nineveh and its Remains and Ni~nev.eh and? Babylon. The first of these volumes contains the narrative of the author's expedition to Assyria, during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847; the second records the results of his ...

CUTTINGS FROM THE COMIC JOURNALS

... (From Puinch.) BRADFORD BEREAVED.-liall has- lost the Bradford election. Bradford may indeed exclaim, I have lost My-all is-, Tssro IS}.YPE ATING ITSELF.- Take away that Bauble I said Sir Thomas Henry, giving his order to the police, and pointing to the Mace. COaING CHAmIps.-One result ofthe Reform bil some old women seem to fancy, will be that the East-end will be the fashionable quarter, ...