... ture rather than bad, and we are very sorry to be forced to call his present volume a worse than poor performance. We only speak plainly now, in order to deter him if possible from some day or other cutting all Shak- speare's plays down from five acts ...

... to include them in their schemes. It is also here that Dr von BUlow has achieved his greatest triumphs. We are not so much speak- ing of the astonishing skill with which the enormous technical difficulties are overcome, as of the faithful and at the same ...

... three engravings are Feeding the Sacred Ibis in the Halls of Karnac, by Poynter; the Toy Rattle, by Anker; and Watts's speaking likeness of the Poet Laureate, engraved by Mr Stephenson. The letterpress is above the average, a remark which may be applied ...

... the new comer with a glad surprise, For all of good or evil may betidebhim ; The new king reigneth though the old king dies. Speak, fateful presence, for the unknown burden Of all the future lies within thy ken; Will thy new gift be evil, or a guerdon More ...

... ARCTIC REGIONS Memories of a more recent past-and the past, indeed, of our own early days-are evoked by this book, whose title speaks for itself. Gallery of Distinguished Literary Characters, draw- ings by Maclise, letterpress by Maginn, and edited by W ...

... matter Miss Palliser explained to you that she was engaged when first you spoke to her. You are speaking of young Gerard Maule. Of course I am speaking of Mr. Maule. But she has quarrelled with him, Lady Chiltern. Don't you know what such quarrels ...

... feet, ciii e preaschiceg Mletheothist icc cii inlircavicet mlicupt ait thee ie it. ie t11ii tent to snake ?? ilsese dolls speak at once. Lieutenant lde 11I1I5 to the ciisartette oisc Old friend whiore voice cosnes tile, I or.,el is 11Isears, as inl thisi ...

... sang out, 'Damnyou-strike her if you dare ?? He was cheered for an encore, but failed to appear.. A New York paper thus speaks of the production of English pantomimes there:- At Niblo's Garden, on the 8th, the 'Children in the Wood,' iecently imported ...

... Agransiont is repressitted by fir Henry HC. Visicetit, wvio possesses nil the iltalilieatitiuis for burlesqite, slugrs siceely, speaks clearly, dances admirably, and has a vinst of Isusnour ruinisit through sll he does. Mr Foobrooke, the old Bristol favourite ...

... veeing a pretty milliner's assiteant hangin' bonnets 4n a shop-window, falls in love wvith her, contrives to eet her and speak to her, makes appointments with 'ber day after day, and finally,'afler much displeasure 1 a'his nmeher's part, and much rejoicing ...

... to. French, now to German memoirs; and it could only be in a Frenchi memoir that Peter the Great would be represented as speaking French on his death-bed. The book, however, is (to use a French expression) all- of a piece; and, but that well-known ...

... subordinate monarch. At the time of his visit, the first king was absent on a tour in our Indian dominions, but his colleague, who speaks English fairly, received the traveller with the utmost condescension. Like the neighbouring kingdoms, Siam is in a state of ...