LITERATURE

... he has seased to take much interest in the Old Catholic move. neat, as he disapproves of some of their courses. Skin- ner speaks of Archdeacon Farrar's mischievous specu- lations, which he thinks have led that rather nafledged theologian into deeper ...

BOOKS OF THE SEASON

... observed to o leave white marks, and hence it was perceived . that he had been artificially whitened for the occasion. It speaks something for the forbear- anee of the people-at least, in the capital- That this ill-mannered jest at the expnse of an sbject ...

Reviews

... on former occasions, and the Poet is now before us, It is rendered specially attractive by a preface by the author, who, speaking of these volumes says:- As I redl these over for the first tine fo a number of yea 6s, I notice one character representing ...

PORTRAITS OF PLACES

... humour, without being a facetious traveller; he has very keen observations, and he is as much of a cosmopolite as any English-speaking man has a rght to be. He travels for the sake of travel, not for the sake of getting to some definite goal. What interests ...

THE MAN SHE CARED FOR: A NOVEL

... Mrs tiemmick a thing of vwonder and beauty and cost. Stiff as a turnpike post it was. There s Mir Overdown, mum, as I was speaking to ynu atonut,' said ?? Skemmirk, by way of introduction. This is the woman ie didn't want to se55 matterel Mr O erdown ...

FOREIGN NOTES ON ENGLISH TOPICS

... traditional innmunities formerly stipulated for the benefit of the Christian living in the Mussulman countries may, strictly speaking, still hold their ground, when they are destined to repress the abuses of the power of the functionaries and the native judges; ...

THE CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... element to others almost micro- t e scopically small. I may almost repeat this in speaking c of the stand of Nettlefold's screws, of Birmingham. I e Generally speaking, no one could have any idea that E 0screws were made in an many sizes and forms, and ...

OUT OF EDEN: A NOVEL

... disappointment in his own heart, for he thought of Mlary. At your service, answered Robert. with a laugh. Dr Arthur did not speak; his mind travelled back at that moment to his own vacillations about MIary; how he had decided against that love until ci ...

ON THE STAGE

... while addressing personages on the stage, keep their eyes fixed upon the audience in front, so that they are in reality speaking to the other characters of the play with their backs turned towards them. This old-fashioned guide to the stage has much ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1884
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1753 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

CLAUDIAN.—MR. WILSON BARRETT

... course, they do and should. What we contend is that neither want of knowledge of the time, nor unexpectedness, and, so to speak, unreasonableness in the action, nor loftiness in the motive, in the least repel an English audience if eonly in addition to ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1884
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1660 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MRS. SAKER'S PANTOMIME, ALEXANDRA THEATRE, LIVERPOOL

... standard favourite, awhile his surroundings are equally interesting. Of the transformation scene it is scarcely necessary to speak in detail. As on former occasiens, Mr Brunton avoids conventionality. There is no tinsel. Having conceived a poetic idea, be ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1884
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3253 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... prominent ornament of the lyric stage. Or Mdlle. Marsy's d6but at the Frangais in the ?? of Celimhne in Le ?? I am not disposed to speak so well. The young lady carried off the first prize ic Comedy at last summer's Conservatoire contests, after a stay of only ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1884
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2464 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture