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DRAMA

... as the cele- brated Anglo-Dutch comedian, which means, we pre- sume, merely that he makes the performance of Dutchmen who speak broken English a spicialite. Be that as it may, his acting in the part of Peter Spyk has an artis tic finish and withal a freshness ...

MUSIC

... Domtino Zoir, with Madame Pauline Luca for the first time as Angela-anuounecd for Friday, and deferred until last night-wo must speak hereadter, the other operas pro- ,nissd for this week heiiig I Puritrsi to-night (with Mdrne. .delintt Patti as331vira for ...

THE BIRMINGHAM TRIENNIAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... Lion was rehearsed under the direction of the coxoposer, of whose work, as of the other novelties, it would be improper to speak critically antil after fhe public performance. After a brief interval, Dr. Stewart's Wide to IS1akspere, (to be performed at ...

THE CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW

... when he was young, and which certainly made a deep impression on hsm. It is recorded in his life that an aged clergyman, speaking to him about his own religious life, said to himn, Young esan, you cannot go to heaven alone; you must take others with ...

DRAMA

... Sentember, 1825,was per. formed at this theatre on Mondayevening. Long asso- ciated with the humour of Liston, the creator, Bo to speak, of Mr. Poole's curious hero in the green tail coat, striped breeches, and Heesians, Paul Pry has survived that re- nowned ...

THE ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.*

... Lord Lytton's on public speak- i ng are very pithy: ofpublic speaking, Dr. said that Sir hc~ LyttonBulwer asked him (I think the anecdote was d s personal to himself) whether he felt his heart beat when ir, he was gesu to speak. Yes. Does your voice ...

DRAMA

... by an audience who were rather puzzled bht the intricacies of the play, cod the genrael slowness of its development, not to speak of the sapcrarldadce,'of 'tcfchical allusions, many of which can scardely be expected& to be intelligible to the generalptablfd ...

TRANSTLANTIC SKETCHES.*

... abortion of a meeting-house, and the veyls of these mouthing sectarians disturb the more reverent ser- vices upon either aide. Speaking of the possibility of a massacre of the whites in the West Indies, owing to the withdrawal of the English troops, and the ...

MUSIC

... (violoncello). A speoialty in the even- Ping'sperformauces was the first essay hereof the young pianist of whom we have had to speak on several Coca- siosIS in terms of praise, both as a player and a oomposer. Although the sonata of Beethoven is by no means ...

THE RUSSIAN EXHIBITION

... gleams ol red and purple upon them the mossy nooks are pretty enough. You ask for news of the musical 5 monster. Well, to speak plainly, you shall not be told. Perhaps it was a human hand that I saw, perhaps not. There is honour amongst sight. seers, ...

THE HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... lit up! and the great fountain jets, in fall play, being beautifully ilhluminated. A HAIZVEST Ps=A\N.-The S'ssex Advertiser, speaks with ecstasy of the weather and the harvest in the s0uth:- Nethimig, it says, s can have been more Inag- aiticcut nor more ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... Hullah has reprinted, under the title of The Cultivation of the Speaking Voice, two arti- cles contributed by him to the C'oetemporary i2evine, He remarks on the inferiority of the English speaking voice and mode of delivery to what is observed in many foreign ...