... easier, and certainly ifiar pleasarnter, to have written in a itore complimentary fashion, but wo have felt it our duty to speak plainly. W1re can believe thrat three years ago DIL. Irving would have pleased us [Ls Othello, but for the sake of itemlet ...

... singularly distinguish the tones and effectiveness of the greatest living exponent of her special music. We shall preseatly speak more in de- tail of her effortA on the occasion under notice'; but we cannot omit to give this great artiste the principal ...

... H. Murhisoni, YaRa.G.a, Of Austin, Friarps, ?? to -~apparently its'poublishier as well as author. To let Mr. pu Murchison speake for himself is all that can be expected fi m us in noticing a. publication of this description,. The author vp avow tht h ...

... enthusiastic way called him on one occasion an angel of a musician. He cer- tainly was dubbed a knight and an R.A., to speak with IMr Browning, but the number of his works which have any chance of immortality is, we are afraid, comparatively small ...

... appropriate figures, face, costume; they are perfect in their orgaus, attitude, manners: moreover, they speak after their own characters, not ours-they speak to us and we listen with surprise to what they say. Indeed, I doubt if the best poet has yet written ...

... strong sense of humour, should allow himself to cut so absurdly grotesque a figure as he does in Othello. We wish we could speak as favourably of his acting as we can of the results of that personal superintendence which he has given to the pro- duction ...

... THE INDIAN ALPS. + {GENERALLY speaking, the announcement that the author of a book, in consenting to publish, has yielded to the earnest solicitation of friends is a warning to throw the volume aside. But the Lady Pioneer who has come back from adventurous ...

... when called upon ; and having all made up their minds outside, they were shivering to declare them. I speak now, from what I heard afterwards. You speak the bare truth, Mrs. Fermitage. You have the best authority. The foreman is your chimney-sweep. ...

... charging a jury in an important suit, such as the celebrated marriage case which was heard before him a few years since, he speaks as an educated gentleman, and with scarcely a trace of the brogue ; but if annoyed by nnnecessary.interruptions, or otherwise ...

... Irving. To approve such aL performance would be tacitly to coudenin the great English representatives of the character. To speak favourvably of such acting would be to express ignoranllc of aL mass of past criticism. To coun- tenance the admission of fatal ...

... common to ama- ilto -they may get run down ; or, failing these disasters, i'tdi a crab i'nstead of a trout. Generally speaking we :i, tiie Olyuqtiian Club last Saturday rowing in Comparatively 'ii iiwter. There was never a very high tide of passion ...

... lack of physical power. Thought, sturly, and intellectual subtlety are no sufficient substitutes for what Fanny RCemble, speaking of Keorn, called those rare gifts of nature, without which art is as a dead body. These reflections are called forth by ...