THE HANDEL FESTIVAL

... TIHE IANDEL FESTIVAL. The isle is Lill -of noises-sounids !and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Let us, therefore, abaudon for a space the wrangling halls of polities, and forget for awhile the perplexing' intrioacies -of thei Tichberne case, in a few minuteW' contem- plation of thosenpurer pleasures Which many thousands of 'our fellow conutrymen are enjoying among the flowers and ...

THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT

... THSEOUTrCAsTs OF POKER F!L.AT*. ?? take the following from The Luck of Roaring Camp and other Sketches, by Beet Harte. 'Ibis 'work, which has gained an amactug popularity on the other side of the Atlantic, conslats of a series of papers descriptive of Call. fornian life in its earlier stages, and is nierked by humour, V athos, and graphic vlgour to an extent ?? fully noceunts or the ...

LITERATURE

... L I TBR AT UR E. JOSHUA MARVEL. By B. L. FAnJEON, Author of Grif. Tinsley Brothers, Catherine-street. Joshua Marvel is a pleasant and lifelike story, which has a freshness in the narration by no means common among novels of the present day. The plot is not very intricate, but this must not be accounted a fault, since the story is one of adventure and cha- racter rather than a series of ...

Published: Sunday 25 June 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2482 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... |-FASIOON is~ Vil ETI ' ICEREGAL ,ISJltO CORK. i ,SPECL4TELEGRAM. i1~' (Pram our CorTespondent) * Cork, Tuesday. ,The Lord Lieutenant is expectd in the: city-byspeie train on Thursday ?? then review- the Clrk and Kerry Militis Regimentsin the Parkl. ItiseBstej that ?? milnotsojournin thadlty.hutw-ll retineach.eveiing after the riew to Malow. wrhert apartbentebave been engaged at tre Royal HtL. ...

CATTLE SHOWS

... CA TTLJ SHO tS, * KILSYTH 'CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of cattle, &c., in connection. with the Kilsyth ?? Society took place yesterday on the usual field adjoining the Dun- treath Arms' Inn. The' weather was exceedingly fine, and there was an ?? large, turn-out of ΒΆ ipectitor' ' Amongst those present were Rear- e Admniral 'Sir' Wiliam Edmonstone, Fatron of the I society; Mr Thomas Frew of ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AXUSEXENTS. 1TWEEDIE'S RIGHTS.' AT THE VAUDE- VILLE. Mr. James Albe-y, auth.:ir of the ,Two Rose; fi likewise the parent of the twvo-act comedy which hae just been prodne-d at the Vaudavilloe the plot of -which is ?? Tweedie (Mr. David James) is a maeter stonemason, whn has chpated his brother's Eon, Richsard Tweedie (Ur, Wyke Mooro) of his property-nameit. the stonemason business. ...

NORTH WOOLWICH GARDENS

... NORTTH WOOLWICH GARDENs. A Theatrical Fete. Tfie liberal and spirited ?? in which Mr. W. Hollaund has rfr the public reached a climax on Thursday last. A dis- ested compliment was paid by that gentleman to the whole of tile nlibers of the metropolitan theatrical companies, who were aleited to a special morning entertainment at the beautiful grounds I the North Woolwich Gardens. A fleet of ...

Published: Sunday 18 June 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1742 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE TRIENNIAL HANDEL FESTIVAL

... T HiE TRIENNIAL HANDEL FESTIVAL. BECOND DAY. Yesterday's programme, according to past usage, was devoted to a selection from various works, sacred and secular, well calculated to exemplify the versatility of Handel's powers, and to prove-what is not sufficiently known to the general public--that his genius was many-sided, and could lend a grace and charm to the lightest as well as impart ...

Literature

... (FWtraturt. MAGAZINES FOR JUNE. I SECOsD NOTICE. I The Art Joaurnaf. No. CXIV., New Series, June. Lon- don, VIRTUE and Co., 294, City-road. The Art Journal is chiefly filled with notices of the l various art exhibitions of the toetropolis There is also a pleasant notice of the Studios of Rome; and the second art of the Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhi-] bition. The pictures ...

THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW

... THE HORTICULTURAL SHIO-W. Committee of Management.-The Wmorshi7pfil the AI'oi, North-EnlcZ louse; Mr. Alderman Sheppardl, As- I ford House; M~r. .Adous, St. .ud-e'w's, Southsea;c Mr. Taptn, Eastern Villa, Havant; Mr. Young, Leigh Porks; Mfr. I'An~5on, Idsoorth House; Mr. I Rogers, RosaBank, Waterloo. Eon. Secret ao-Mr. J. Taplin, Eastern Villa, Havant. I It was the boast of Theodore Parker ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... The June numbers of Dress and Fashion and the do ie Milliner and Dressmaker, published by Adolpi e Gouband nii and Son3, London and Paris, contain several coloured a I fashion plates, patterns for dar.ing, net lace, styles of be - new bonnets, hats, bodices, jackets, presesit styles, fand to comaing fashions, the fashionable world, phases of fashion, tb &c,, &c. T1he illustrations in both ...

LITERATURE

... LITER TBURE. MY EXPERTENCES OV THE Wen ?? FRA=.ME AlND GrRNIANY. By Archibald Forbes, one' of the Special Correspondents of ?? News. In Two Volumes. London: Hurst& Blackett, 13 Great Marlborough Street. URTIN-G the months which witnessed'the -out- break, proress ] German war, and more atel* of. the Fiench, civilwar, 'tihe special warloorrespopdent',' made himself very- familiar nto' iwspap'er' ...