... ITER AT TUR E. THE ART OF VENTRILOQUISM. Ily FREDERICK MAwCCBE. Frederick Warne and Co.-If any man has a special right to speak about the art of ventriloquism it should be that grand master of the mystery Mr Frederick Maccabh, who has collected in the ...

... premised our remarks on Verdi's Requiem in this generalising manner because we feel under considerable difficulty how to speak about it with fair appr~ecia tion without descending from the base of high cr1tical demand on which our remarks in these colunns ...

... truthfulness, speak of Chaucer as his master. The end of Dudman in Paradise is so exquisite that we are disposed to forgive the episode of the Saints-only we put it to the poet whether it is not doubtful art to make SS. Peter, Paul, and Thomas speak and act ...

... ideas in practice. The Newu Fork Mercury thus speaks of Mr. Barry Sullivan :- The mode of which the advent of Barry Sullivan is announced in 'Hamnlet' is neither truthful nor tasteful. The sbow-bills speak of Ihis gentleman (an Irish actor with British ...

... gleaming of a sudden smile Or sudden tear, The warmer pressure of the hand, The tons of cbeer, The hush that means I cannot speak But I have heard ; The note that only bears a verse From lod's own word: Such tiny things we hardly count As minstrelsy. The ...

... last-named opeia was performed, with, perhaps, greater success than any other yet given by the company. The Cape journals speak in most enthusiastic terms of Mr Turner and the company. Every seat in the Albany Hall was taken several days in advance of ...

... my cherished first-born, who hath lain Forty long years beneath the Atlantic wave, From those red ashes smiles at me again, Speaks to his father's heart fiom out his grave. Fourscore and five ! The scene is closing fast; Lonely I muse, for time hath o'er ...

... night when he first performed in London. On that occasion we felt justified in according tim warm praise, and if we cannot speak quite so highly of his Macbeth there are reasons which will easily explain' the cause with- out any detriment to his ability ...

... extant), will long linger in the memory of those present. There was perfect precision, harmony, sympathy, and, if we may so speak, soal, displayed by the choir throughout, and it may be said fairly and justly that in its way the part singing was perfect ...

... street door open. EONEonRGrAMstrARsANs.-Mamma: Oh; Alfie, you must not speak such bad grammarlI-Alis: Why not ? Manmna: Because incorrect grammar grates on the ear of those who speak it well.-Alie: Senve ther -right for learning it I IT used to be believed ...

... a new and improved edition of his useful and interesting little work upon bees and their management. He has every claim to speak with authority on the subject he has taken in hand, for he has been studying it all his life, and his life has not been a short ...

... Doctor Mangle was impersonated by Mr A. Young in a manner that would tempt us, were we not deterred by the punning allusion, to speak of it as a mangled delineation; and Mr F. Birch as Captain Fickleton left much to be desired. He, like many more of the amateur ...