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YESTERDAY'S AMUSEMENTS

... could not always stem the tide of ridicule which began during the third act. Of the remainder of the cast it is kinder not to speak. With the Saturday after. noonjhioeusas who expect to derive food for laughter from these dramatic experiments, Chlandes; or ...

LITERATURE,

... saying a great deal to say that Mr. Thornton has been able to give new interest to ?? life so well known, so hackneyed, so to speak, as that of Lord Palmerston. Our space has only allowed us to toech upon one or two points of a book which, however mulch wve ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... very long period the gipsy will be placed in the same category as the dodo and other almost-forgotten creatures. Mr. Loland speaks in kindly terms of his friends, and believes that in many respects they are misrepresented. We all know that the approach ...

THE THEATRES

... s iltk at ?? a espeeted. ?? oro isdvtdo foreign missionar ok tapbi ra!nteea ICrding ministers, ncoaeadmmeso ala ment will speak; and 'Me. A. BBI. Banes the society's secretary, wI il subit seine impdrtant inormation from Africa. Thei mayor Will presde ...

DR. ROBERTSON SMITH'S PROPHETS OF ISRAEL.*

... suggestiveness, of the admirable way in which they combine freedom of thought with genuine reverence, it is impossible to speak too highly. The mention of Elisha sug~eats an instance in which Dr.. Smith's simple and candid treatment of his subject contrasts ...

DEJAZET

... who bad been charmedl with her performance, persoenehly coln- plimerlted the actrfess in a tew gracef(ul woedo, and, after speak- itg with regret of the scarce tattesidauce, asked Dijezet if he could in ainy way advance her interests; whereupon she recpiied ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1724 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

KIT—A MEMORY

... to me) for that very reason; but I am acting under orders, and have no choice. It was your mother herself who asked me to speak with you. My mother! Mark exclaimed with uncontrollable excitement. Gracious Heavens I you don't mean to say my mother ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4312 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Magazines

... the wonderment of the Chief of the Police, whoi declined for a long time to believe that it was possible to make the ' box speak Arabic.-In the Ala/tic Mr. Cushing gives us another chapter on the IIa-va-su-pai, ' The Nation of the Willows, as seen in ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1471 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRES

... be confessed that they are somewhat wanting in the simplicity of design and unity of action which the stage demands, not to speak of their decided tendency to exaggerated types of character and to exuberance of dialogue and incident which in an acted play ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1095 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... of energy as the Conite, and as 1361engt-e DIdlle. Marie Laure, from the Ch\teau ?? whose rising talent I have often had to speak svarmly-meakss a promising de/dt. This young lady has a future before her. Cywsxasr2.-A little one-act comedy by Al. Edmonl ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3530 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... Whatever the teacher may have been, there was, it seems to us, a fatal flaw in the character of the ruler which forbids us to speak of him as an enthusiast. The ' fble Talk' contains not a few notable things. Here is an Oriental form of the c hoc habui ...

THE DRAMA IN AMERICA

... ration, having notified his manager here that he should eol return to America. THE English correspondents of American papers speak of Mr Wyndham's tour with his company here as being likely to faill through. MISS HELEN BARRY is in New York, but is keopieg ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1882
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1621 | Page: 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture