... I THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CITY. A correspondent of the Daily Ncws relates briefly the surprising story of Chicago:- In 1830 the po. pulation of Chicago was about 100 personS, of whom a small proportion was white, the majority being black men and balf ...

... the inner structure and worki of mind in a character which he could other- wise never have arrived at in that form of ift short of intuition.” composition by any i What is deepest and of most rare value in Shakspere is best enjoyed by the pa- thetic student ...

... of the eienidu1 bteifding, a snore piqisant subject could be selected for gdoh a Hspeotacle, and we do not know that the story dould he more beautifully illustrated than .ti is by the clever' and well-trained joveniles who] ais lfla the fairy revels ...

... the smallest evidence for Tropman,'s aesertlon that he had accomplices. This, said the Proonrcure'General, Is an impudent story, invented as a last hope, Tropmann, and Tropmann alone, had been guilty of the acnt of which he had been accused. Gectlemen ...

... said by the Rev. David Barrie, and as eloquent and appropriate address wat given by the Rev. G. 8. Burns of the Cathedral. Short addresses were also given by Wm. Raa. Lord Deas of G and the directors, number of but of the were present, and seemed to take ...

... Edith Wynne from Elijah,” Hear ye Israel.” Great praise, it may be added, is due to Miss Baxter for having taken* on extremely short notice, the part for which Mi*a An* g?de was advertised. This she did under trying circum■tances—the music being written in ...

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... poetic story- telling till now, and we pay a high but well- deserved tribute to Mr Morris when we acknowledge him not unworthy to wear the mantle bequeathed by the father of English woetry. After Chaucer (and Boccaccio) Mr urns is the prince of story-tellers ...

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