CLIPPINGS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS

... (From Punch.) MISCHIEF I-P-rn-11 (cutting a strip marked 'Arona- ghan' from John Bull's coat): Bedad, I've bin an' spoiled his ' Ulster,' anyhow ! A Nnw TASTE IN MEN AND WOMEN.-She: What a flue-looking man Mr O'Brien is I-He : H'm-hah-rather rough-hewn, I think. Can't say I admire that loud. laughing, strong-voiced, robust hind of man. Now that's a fine-looking woman he's talking to !-She : ...

Extracts from New Books

... c,,6,xtvgdg fv# *-gav Lawto. GEORGE EaOT'S UNION AND ITS EFFECTS. In thus defying public opinion, and forming a connection in opposition to the laws of society, George Eliot must have undergone some trials and sufferings peculiarly painful to one so shrinkingly sensitive as herself. Conscious of no wrong-doing, enjoying the rare happiness of oompletest in- tellectual fellowship in the man sbe ...

HARLESTON HORTICULTURAL SHOW

... H~ARTJE:STOK HORTICULTURA L SHOW. On Friday the third show of the Harleston Horti- cultural and Cottagers' Society was held, and must be .described as a great success. The weather Was gloriously flue and warm, and the pleasant grounds appertaining to Ithe residence of W9. M. Hazard, Esq., on whzich the show was held, were paraded by a large and brilliant assembly; scarcely a family of note in ...

FORMARTINE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

... F O2MANE CIMTOULTURAL ASSOCTA'I-N. The anarta oshtteitof stock in onneTII~ion with tc , uit-ine Agieiila ssociutiott-Was held yes- jnrde~y within the, plolicies of liday Castle. near th of Udeazy. 'The show wras otun in having4 fs-ndl~au;2c~siei regoss to the weather. Althougii a in he nHYasOfliom tmt5tys sottuns 0. the nser were ΒΆ 3ear intheviehtyandat tunes there wvere slig~ht! .&trec flin, ...

AMATEURS AT CROYDON

... A dramatic performance, under the direction of Miss Kate Osborne, was given on Wednesday evening in the large public hail at Croydon. There was not a large audience, the hall being scarcely half filled; but a small number of faithful adherents cax, if so determined, get up a great deal of enthu- siasm, and there was evidently the disposition to accept the efforts of the performers with all ...

Published: Saturday 14 July 1883
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 823 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ORIGINAL POETRY

... TO THE GUILLOTINE I A TALE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (Sagested byl palssabe in ihe late Oharles Dfckeni'3 Tale of Two Cities.) Hand clasping hand, dauntless to death they ride, A woman and a man; lshe, tender thing, As innocent as snow. Her lambent eyes Are fastened on his face, which, nmeteor-like, Flashes the fortitude of his deep soul, And, her soul strengthens. Calm, as the sea ...

ROSE AND FRUIT SHOW AT SNEYD PARK

... MOSE AND FRUIT SHOW AT SNEYD PARK. Tbe third annual exhibitiort of the Stoke Bishop aui Sneyd park Rose and Fruit Society was held yesterday, and tlicugh the show. was the moet attractive and interesting the committee has yet organised, its financlel succeks was completely frustretod by the fansapicions character of the weather, The showers for the moat part were gentle rather than copious, ...

Dramatic and Musical

... 1111A pluNal. [SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED.] At Nottingham this week the attraction is The Age, amelodrama performed by Mr. Walter Searle and his company. It will be followed, on successive Mondays, by Billee Taylor (with an excellent com- pany), Miss Minnie Palmer (of whom more anon), Cast Adrift (the ncwv drama), Mr. F. J. Stimson (and the Paradise troupe), Miss Wallis, etc., etc. Speaking ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... LITEFA.RY NOTICES. BlaVs Guesi& to the Iso of Ma. Edinburgh: ds A. and 0. Rlack, 1883 laU In the compact little shifling volume befor ,it nseh a u- we heve a compendious and useful guide to -the beautiful island which so many of our readers arenow visiting. - Though neither so coraprehensiva nor so full of matter as are ssimiar wrorks produced in the island itself, ti the work is prepared with ...

THE LONDON THEATRES

... iniddle of July the rifle contest at Wimbledon takes Isa o many of the habitual frequenters of stalls and boxes thatwyis sot n surprising the commencement of the twenty-fourth thatlltlo meeting of the National Rifle Association should be simulnels with the closing of several of our metro- amiloSS tleazrs. The sveek's summary of dramatic doings can P 1e no novelty. The programme of the ROYAL ...

Published: Saturday 14 July 1883
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2632 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC

... Al USIC. IROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY. Le Propyhite was given, for the first time this season. on Saturday evening. This work-the third in order of production of the great ronantico-historical operas of Meyerbeer-w-as produced in 1849, havin r been preceded by itobert i le Viari in 1831, and les C iagyminoes in 1836. In its original shape, with the overture-which is now almost alwvays omritted ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... LITERIflY NOTICES. .1__ . All.: ?? _.L : ?? ?? . ?? :1 ,. 7/s Thatr tia ont isenichd wth woadmir- abl phtogapic ortais c Mis lle TeryandA Mr. HrmanaVecin and f thefarme ther inlot an much a bioraphical o criticalnotice as chronoloical ?? Natiyaly 'Iheatrn byvery Turner Mitaken upt matter of the Suec Ca111 naltmonoply anld the necesoity L for an extension of the proseut aerommodation. With ...