... who is drawn to Paris by Numa's empty promises, and there ruined in money, genius, and character, is but half cut, so to speak. The lines are weak, there are no incisive touches. The love affair between this vagrant artist and Numa's sister-in-law, the ...

... absent. Nor in the other poems is there anything to fr~igh1ten the precisia~ns who weres eandalised by Jenny. PBoughly speaking, the volume COII- sists of three narts, the first composed of three long bailtas, the second of 'The House of if e, the ...

... to be wforth ViSiting. We have scarcely ever seen a more disappointing and unworthy collection. It is an unpleasant duty to speak harshly of works of art, for we 'know how dlifficult it is, as Turner said thait his am~ateulr critic did not. But one could ...

... health than when arrested. He is cheerful, and although he does not often refer to the crime with which he is charged, be speaks occasionally of the certainty that he will be acquitted. His rest has been in no way dis- turbed, and he displayed4 no excitement ...

... state occasions could get up his Court ceremonial with surprising magnificence. As his Highness spoke English, while Mr. Bock speaks (inter aia) both that and Malay, they had no difficulty in conversing together. Indeed, the Sultan's first inquiry was, Vat ...

... absurd example of his countryman, Salvini, is now playing in the United States in Italian, supported by a company who all speak in English. Thus they have performed Othello, Lear, and R'omeo and Juliet before the refined audiences of Boston.-A poetical ...

... responsible-she sent off the sheets without his knowledge, and so made remonstrance ineffectual. He would probably shrink from speaking of that incarnation of organised hypocrisy and injustice, of brute force and cruelty, the Russian Government and people; ...

... remark of Foodle- Her Majesty the Queen is in a passion ! whilst the IKing goes off to prepare the bride, leaving Tom Thumb to speak of throwing aside the bloody garment of War, while he likens himself to a chimney sweeper, who All the day bath through dark ...

... How do eou manage this? WVell, Garrick replied, you see, Archbisho), we actors speak of things imaginary just as if they were real, while too many in the pulpit speak of things real just as if they were imaginary. You hear the story of the Cross in ...

... hiltrateiu' or dramatist, or when a popular faction holds unopposed sway, it is ill for art. The independent man disdains to speak, or is refused a hearing; and the servile author who writes to order, writes nothing worth preserving. The corrupting influences ...

... even greater, danger from fire than in the Theatres of the present day. In his famous novel La Nouvelle Heloise Rousseau thus speaks of the Stage. Julie's lover writes to her- Imagine an enclosure 15ft. broad and long in proportion. (Evidently Rousseau ...

... by GEORGE R. SIMS. At 7, A IBO'ICGRAPHIC IRIGHT. Mr. G. Barrett; Alesdaniies Waters and Vincent. A\les-rs. Wilson Barrett, Speak-man, Willard, Beauchamp, Peach, Doone, Evans, C. Cathcart, Manniog, Grainger, C. Coote, B. Culleit, Layard, &c., and George ...