... sometimes meet in the public offices men who are quite polite. When the Government clerk or any one else you happen to be speaking to is civil, you, on your side, must be well behaved. Do not, while the conversation is going on, look at your watch as though ...

... Engagement, &c. (Richard Bentley and Son.) This story is told in old letters written by the heroine, Mary St. Felix, in which she speaks of herself as a horrid girl. The only fault to be found with this title is that it is not sufficiently comprehen- sive; ...

... evident unacquaintance with the import of the incident he describes. As we leave the neighbourhood of the port - he is speaking of Genoa- the whole aspect of the town is altered; it has a different physiognomy and a different expression. Instead- of ...

... am ready, soul, to grant it. .rAnd Mr. Chatfield as follows:- O soul of mine, repining, What wouldst have done for thee ? Speak, great or small defining, Granted thy wvish shall be. Of all bright things, prized highest Beneath the rolling sun, Tell that ...

... as a general principle that the dialogue of a musical drama ought not to be delivered partly in the singing, partly in the speaking voice. The case of Fidelio, however, like that of Der Freischiitz, is peculiar; and, Fidelio being the opera of an ...

... this impersonation. Alone it entitles her to a very high place among our few actresses of whose art it is possible to speak with any other meaning than that of con- ventional courtesy. As Mr. and Mrs. Bunter, Mr. Anson and Mrs. Stephens fully realized ...

... Tumnirg to Germany, the author explains Prince Bismarck's patriotic anxieties as to the future of Austria. Strategically speaking, lhe says, Gemany is more open to an attack from Russia than from any other Powrer; for her frontier on the side of ...

... politically between Austro-Hungary, Servia, and Turkey. But under different Governments the Servians inhabit one territory, speak dialects of the same language, and profess, nearly all, the same Orthodox religion. South- Slavonianism is opposed to Pans ...

... still something more to add before the reader is allowed to pass the beau- ties of foreign lands. The introduction to the work speaks eloquently of the advantages of its general plan. It has been undertaken, we are assured, not in the spirit of one who makes ...

... adagio, This is mere talk, I must sing. Of the execution of the symphony at Saturday's concert it is scarcely necessary to speak. It was in all respects admirable. The first part of the present series of Crystal Palace Concerts is now at an end. The first ...

... absolutely unclothed but for the two tiny shoulder-straps, which alone hinder her garment from entirely taking French leav ' Speaking of Wolferstan's old affection, she says, I shall have more difficulty than I thought in warming up the old brothi. With ...

... that he said is, Perish the inte- rests of England, perish our dominion in India, rather than we should strike one blow or speak one word on behalf of the wrong against the right. The one saying is merely a paraphrase of the other, for to support the ...