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CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS

... very stately and measured in her movements She is a woman of strong practical good sense and great natural abilities. She speaks fluently most of the European languages, is extremely fond of music, and Is a liberal patron of the arts. Although she appears ...

CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS

... Master Green made a first-rate comical acrobatic Cat. Ars. Lancelot was a bright and pleasing Dick Whittington. Her clear speaking and brisk manner made her performance a most agreeable and effective one. Miss Harriott Clifton was a particu- larly handsome ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 21704 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... nglyfuuny; they speak nonsense, but it is good; they talk riddles, but they are inge- nions; they siog and do so well. Let Managers look to their-laurels and secure them. There isa boxingscenabetweenthem, whichthonghdumb show, speaks volumes. Mr James ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 11108 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICA

... therec arc always theso defects of hiuried 'epmaution llerceptible, and therefore it wvould bo unfair if we were'C; yet to speak in too general terms of disapprobation. Certainl it is thuat Mr. Chart has taken great pains in setting The Babes bit the ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 35937 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMERICAN THEATRICALS

... faithfully as the demands of the public far favourite characters weuld admit. It would be unjust in parting with Mr Clarke not to speak of his performance of Bob Tyke in Thle Sr/suulef Refure, This isean meceptiaral and remarkable personatino, jtie ScrtostO Vsnjn ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2994 | Page: 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... answer, he covered her with his cloak, and conducted her to his house. Here the nobleman made every effort to induce her to speak, but in vain;-suppressed sighs, tender im- ploring glances, and a, pressure of the hands, were the only tanswers she made to ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... and complete. d While England has always been able to h boast of her great judges, she has been able ti in recent times to speak with equal pride M of her great engineers. The late Mr. Brunei ranks among the latter. Yet he was not a man tl whom the public ...

MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS ALEXANDRA.*

... hoped, in spite of his advanced age, yet to hear this intelligence. The Greek nation expressed their hopes and wishes both in speaking and writing, and one sign from young Constantine would have sufficed to transfer the throne of the Osmanlis from Europe to ...

FINE ART

... some personal investigation) with an unsystematic rechauff6 of third-rate authorities. To speak of Payne Knight as an authority on archaeology is like speaking of Goldsmith as an authority on natural history. It is to English writers, mnanY of them i ...

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... the 'Dic- tionary of Science,' which Mr Rodwell has edited for 'The Haydn Series.' Of its precise merits we are unable to speak from cursory inspection; but the names of its ?? Guthrie, Messrs Bot- tomley, Crookes, Proctor, Tomlinson, and Wormell- are ...

LESLIE'S HAND-BOOK FOR PAINTERS

... has at least a knowledge of the practical details of his art which is not possessed by the literary critic. If the painter speaks, it is because he has something to say, but with the critic the reason is too often only that he has to say something. Some ...

Miss NEILSON as Juliet at Drury-lane Theatre

... ef Wales gave ftheir icmmediate pctirottage Cu MissNoilson. Society of Amateur Xusicianus We regret that we cannot honestly speak of the fifth concert of the above Society, given at St. James's Hall on Tuesday last, in terms so flattering as those we made ...

Published: Sunday 08 January 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2097 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture