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THE COLOSSEUM FANCY FAIR

... Mr Wilson hs stored his warehoune it | is impossible to speak in detail 'They are of all ; sorts and sizes, and vary in character from a! purple monkey climbing- ou a yellow stick to a speaking doll resplendent in silk and satin robes. ! Fairy fouutains ...

THE BOOK OF SINDIBAD

... Heinforms the prince of this, and advises him to appear before his father, but at the same time to take good heed that he speaks not a single word till the period of danger is over; as for himself, he cannot face the king with such inauspicious news, ...

LITERATURE

... Ingoldsby. Its quaint letterpress is a goodc 1. in itself, to use a political catch-phrase ; but it c al is difficult to speak too highly of the illustra- tions that embellish every page. Occasionally Mr E rnest M. Jessop falls short of the high standard ...

THE THEATRES

... utters |we should imagine to be clearly heard in the 1 remoteness of the gallery. This, of course, is the actor's art. He speaks slowly and crisply, and witll by-play never obtrusive, yet always effective, every point tells. Unfortunately we are unable ...

LITERATURE

... snappishly asked Jeffrey how much Constable bad given him to abuse Marmion in the Edinnbur-gh, the good woman was no doubt speaking under a sense of irrita- tion at what she thought, or had heard, of the severe judgment pronounced by the great critic upon ...

AN ABERDEEN MINISTER ON AMUSEMENTS

... the Bible was not oppssed to such npces u of recreptionas, proporlyindulged in, were attende with beneficial results, and speaking in favour of healthy and innocent social enjoyment, snif a hearty and honest laugh 'did a vast amount of good. Thue moral ...

MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER

... EDUCATOR, and the same firm's PsRAmuIO DXOTIoNBAY or MoHANwos, by Edward H. Knight? are well known throughout the English-speaking world, and highly appreciated. Parts 9 of the former and 95 of the latter are before us, and it need only be said of them ...

ROBERT GORDON'S COLLEGE

... college still more to the sols of working men, was much required. c Rev. C. C. Macdonald eeconded Mr Duffus' S motion, asid, speaking iii support of it, said that if t ?they limited the benefits of the institution in the way the present system tended, they ...

GRAND THEATRE.—CLAUDIAN

... of Claudian is V admirably impersonated by -Mr Leonard Boyne, ea young actorwhose style is vigorous yet refined, s and who speaks the graceful lines of the play .with fine elocutionary effect. Miss C. Grahame ras Almida, if she does not quite rise to the ...

LITERATURE

... pulpit oratory. Most of them were delivered X before the French Court, but the preacher does t not on this account shrink from speaking the truth which he felt called upon to deliver. His a earnestness and sincerity make themselves felt r at the outset, and ...

NOVEL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN ABERDEEN

... 'immortal region of truth and beauty which lies within the circle of these grand old tunes. (Applause.) Had I the power of speaking to the clergymen of Scotland, I would venture to say to them that it is my belief that they would do a vast amount of good ...

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... hial, w ould l hve contributod to the comfort and enjoyment of Visitors, und where he oxhibits would havo been shoivii, so to speak, in their native element. }laving beon placed iitan Awkward predicamennt, how- ever, the committee have taken the wisest course ...