... one of the ablest of our painters, prevented him from readily giving to the world his essays in a new and, comparatively speaking, untried art. All con- troversy concerning his merits, however, is now set at rest. In almost every page of the volume before ...

... despair are so vividly exhibited, that the keenest interest is aroused ; and the audience becomes personally concerned, so to speak, in Marguerite's un- happy fortunes. We need not say a word about the charm of Mdlle. Nilsson's singing. She sings as Marguerite ...

... reader. I have not said one word about novels, yet there are two good ones out, and two good novels in a month are something to speak of. The first is, of course, Lothair, of which Mr. Mudie has taken two thousand copies, and the sale of which has reached ...

... is called Breaking the Sfiell, a little trifle thoroughly adapted for drawing-room use. The plot of the piece lies, so to speak, in a nutshell. Here it is: Peter has been driven by the coquetry of Jenny to take the Queen's shilling ; he is sorry for it ...

... power and the results of patient work and studious thought. It is, however, rather as a decorative artist that we would now speak of Mr. Poynter. As such he belongs to a comparatively new school in England, for it is not so very long since the simplest ...

... quarter of a century, has flourished by assuring the world in fervid and highly florid language that he was once a drunkard. In speaking about the autobiographer's early career we wish it to be understood that we merely repeat what he says about that career ...

... retrievers were not a very good class, but most of the spaniels were above the average, and of all the sporting dogs we may speak in the highest terms. The entire show was a success, and well deserved the praises which the press in general has bestowed ...

... attitudes. The scenery, on the contrary, and some of the tableaux vivans, taken from the Old Testament (of which we shall speak in detail next week) are far less artistic and satisfactory than the rest of the play, and cannot be judged by the same critical ...

... the Cross, and immediately after Christ sees his mother approaching, accompanied by Mary Magdalene and St. John; he stops to speak with them, and then follows the touching appeal to the daugh. ters of Jerusalem. This scene was one of the most impres- sive ...

... the great sage of Cheyne Walk displays much critical acumen. But Mr. Morley strays into rhetorical exagge- ration when he speaks of England o s a paradise for the well-to-do, a purgatory for the able, and a hell for the poor. This is not true of England ...

... will accept the new Elvira, or whethe7 the character has appeared only to disappear. Of the series of benefits we shall speak in due tied b Lut I is worth noticing, now, that the ananouncement of Leoncra (Les Huguenots by Mclle. Titieis, anti also by ...

... very like a a vulgar country damsel of decided romping tendencies. We will not in- sist upon the fact that Zerlina, properly speaking, is as innocent as she is pretty; but admitting that she may be otherwise represented, there is a point beyond which no artist ...