... Pertdshire Advertiser, of a vener- the able lady who flourished about the time when Lady Lonisa. vas was born. Horace Walpole speaks of an old lady whom he en visited, a Mrs. Godfrey, who was one of six generations all ,en alive at the same time. She had ...

... Rottentubber, is also a very ecceitric a person, who is always shouting the most oonfidential I things he has to say through a speaking trumpet and taking observations of the nearest objects through a i wonderful telescope constructed like the Irishman's musket ...

... who attracted the atten- tion of the wits in Button's coffee-house by stalking in and striding through the floor without speaking a word to anybody till at last one day he broke silence with an irreverent remark about the weather. Mr. Forster is not ...

... up his wrath likely to die of effusion on the brain ? Mrs. Partingeon says that Ike, who lns just returned from France, speaks Frenuh like a Parishioner. Why are broken beads in an Irish row like Madame Tussaud's Exhibition ?I-Because they are whacks'-work ...

... this orthodox form of Clhristmas entertainment is in full vigour at all the suburban houses. Among the houses of which report speaks most highly in this way are the BRITANNIA, the NATIONAL. STANDARD, and the S utRRlY. Wehaveoften pointed out that neitherin ...

... STIGAND'S RlEINE.') MR, STIGAND'S Life of Heine would certainly not suffer if it were to be judged-as books, generally speaking, ought not to be judged-by its materials rather than by its structure and form. The stones of the edifice, and even considerable ...

... reaches a highly satisfactory phase. To bring all this about without sacrificing a single innocent person's life would, to speak from a tolerably long experience, be contrary to the rules and regulations observed by novelists; and, consequently, an old ...

... So now lie looked at the crumpet-boy, to receive and absorb his excitement, and then he turned to young Esther, and let her speak first, as she alwsavs liked to (0o. - Oh, please to go back quite as fast as you can, said Esther to the Crunspy, and ...

... that it was somle minutes before he could recover hirself and speak. He put his hand oul my arm and said painfully between his exhaustion- Will you oblige me with an opportunity of speaking to -yen ?? P',I i1 ow, if yen like,' I said 'fBut I can see this ...

... appreciative, and the culiosity excited by the representation of the work was about as ; keen as any shown for a long time. Speaking .generally of the opera, It i only right to say that it does not. show any great; origina~lity of ideas, little skill In ...

... Brothers Tabra. Ahlthough but a, blief Outline has been here given of the Pantomime, I lisile space remains fur cutnrinent but, speaking generally, Pssms its Boots has been veirv cieditably produced. The scenery, is remarkably I fine, aiid no doubt practice ...

... of talk which on the first performaiin Wuin in- sufferably monotonous and wearisome. Having thus, as wl were, figuratively speaking, thrown overboard the ionab of the Christmas entertainment, It is rendered x really pleasant and enjoyable performance. Never ...