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MEMOIRS OF PRINCE METTERNICH

... newspapers--among others, in ?? Beige. One most interesting letter in particular we can call to mind, in which the late Chancellor speaks of the events of 1848, at which momentous epoch he, to use his own words, retired from the political stage, and has since ...

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... taken from familiar stores, in which he makes no acknowledgment whatever to his chief instructors, and in which, practically speaking, the only exact citations to be detected are from Acts of Parliament and the long and magnificent series of Shakspeare's ...

ANOTHER SHAH'S DIARY

... time, he writes! until our departure . . .. I do not intend noting down everything that happened every day, but shall only speak of the more important events. The manners and customs of one class of the community are, however, considered fit subject for ...

MOROCCO: ITS PEOPLE AND PLACES

... W r wonderful evolutions of the military escorts. His stories oft iQ il. governed and depressed condition of the people, speaking of it, ort accord, asitwere, in the saddened stillness of their manners, of their poverty, and superstition, are touching ...

The Wonders of Sound.—Last the first of two lectures for children was given Mr. W. 11. Ireece, under auspices of

... Shepstone, whose name was a household word in South Africa, whence had just returned, was present; and asked that gentleman to speak Zulu into the phonograph. Amid cheers Sir I*heophilus complied, whereupon the instrument repeated the strange sounds exactly ...

New Novels

... work of art. Of the plot or story itself which we are here asked to study and follow, we have left ourselves no room to speak. Any brief account we might try to give of it would simply take up space to no good purpose. It is likely enough that on a ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... the frontispiece. No greater compliment could probatly be paid to the author than thus to assume frankly that every English-speaking child knows who wrote In Memoriam. We have no wish to be cap- tious, but yet we venture to hint that the bookbinder has ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICA

... Ballet, Miss Louie Vivian, as premiere danseuse, appearing to great advantage. Prince now appears in scene six, hypothetically speaking a century after the foregoing has talcen place. He ison his road to imprint the kiss upon the lips of the Princess which ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 39011 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... toselve provinces of India, ad to superietetid a survey of their pooulation and re- soeeces. The Ildian Governmnent has, so to speak, or- dered cue to conlduct for it a great stock-taking after a cestury of British rule. I have often armused myself, dloriag ...

EXHIBITION ZULUS

... Zulus, who were parties to a contract to serve him, but now refused to carry it out. Counsel stated that as they could not speak English he would explain the circumstances (already reported) under which they were present, and if the Magistrate should like ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1576 | Page: 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMATIC YEAR 1879

... Theatre and its professors worthy of a place in the discussions of a Social Science Congress. Bishops have condescended to speak of the Stage and to recognise its powers for good ; and some, at least, amsong the clergy have thought it not unworthy of their ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3332 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... the Palais Royal company. bdille. Charlotte Raynard, a young actress of whose promising performance in drama I have bad to speak more than once, is pleasing as the wife; she is a clever little artist, ?? will make her way. The play will soldl the bills ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1779 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture