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... 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 ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... Jerusalem. If this be duly constidered, we9 may1 .t~hink that the Dean of: Wesbtminstter ?? ratherr sttrontg Xlanguage 'when he speaks, the absurd obstacles thrown in the way of work by that sin -. gular union of craft, ignorance, and stupidity which can ...

DRAMA

... audience are all along in possession of the secret, which is in itself obvious enough, this thrice repeated process, not to speak of a tedious letter rend out yiecemeal by several of the characters, proved too much ortheendurance of the audience, and the ...

CURRENT LLITERATURE

... diction is forcible and hod suitable,. -e kows' Hoiner well enou gh, and ned wants 'but the power of musical utteranicato speak ~eetp for Home with an English tongue. ,IT6MeMta-~ fili- nieorpoes of Publius Ovidius Waso CW. Black- )wd .wood, aud Sons) ...

DRAMA

... general rule, the fault lies rather in the method of treat- ment than in the nature of the subject presented. Vedta, strictly speaking, is far from being a classical bur- lesque. Nothing in Ovid, or Hesiod, or Loempriare's Dictionary, with the exception ...

MUSIC

... ollections of the incomparable Lablaahe) procured another success for Signor Borella, of whom we have previously had occasion to speak in terms of praise as a capital buffo singer and actor. In the present inistance he has appeared to even greater advantage ...

MUSIC

... Siguqr Borella, as.a the buffo Oinger end ator! of exceptional mesit, we. h%*6 few had more frequent aud recent occasion to speak. Both Ad ' were agai asuccessful in tha essays now referred to, an'd ?? ?? awlauidod. ip: aseveral instanoes, the lady's wer ...

MUSIC

... Amemica early iu May, and Mr. Mepleson announces that arrangements are in progress for her appearance. Definite engagements-to speak first I of the ladies-arc those of Meedlles. Titiens, -llma di Murska, and Bausermeister; MeEdanes Sinico and Tre- 1 !blli ...

THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... expense of the French Government. The men arrived in London will, it is said, embark for the States at Southampton. Generally speaking, they are strong-built, muscular men. - DrsEsTABTTsnwcEr.-The supporters of the Liberation Society have been holding a series ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... with Mr. Forsyth's conclusion as Uto the relative moral responsibilities of the early n and the later novelists, He says, speaking of some le contemporary works of fiction: I Now a thin veil 6 of decency is thrown over incidents which in them- ,eselves ...

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BRIGHTON

... to meet friends, and officers stern of purpose waited to see that the troops marched into town in applepie order. We must speak a word of well-deserved praise of the regulations, which were so perfect that the officials landed all 'the men prompt to time ...

MUSIC

... concluded the con. cert. Of pieces so well known, and performers so often identified with them, it is auite unnecessary to speak in further detail. Sir Michael Costa conducted. The second concert, to take place next Wednesday, is to Include, according' ...