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THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN

... Ocean. The province con. tainm one seventh of the whole area of Norway, but it ais only of its wild coast that we wish to speak in the ubtpresent article. This coast, which is 360 miles in ulengrth, exclusive of thefllords, extends from near the Loppen ...

AN ANCIENT SEAL IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

... portion are a crescent and several other figures, res. of presenting perhaps a name, but of this it is not pose of sible to speak with any confidence. The chief interest a belongs to the series of figures slrrounding the central of portion and separated ...

A FINE ARRAY

... any of my countrymen whomay be suffering froni any of the diseases this remedy is calculated to r relieve and cure I cannot speak of it too highly, as it has been of great benefit to myself and faumily. I Mr J. Hiscock, stationmaster, Navigation Station ...

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... Ireland, but thev would not concede directly or indirectly any prin- ciple which would brealk Lup our national integrity. Speaking of the affairs of the Admiralty, Lord George said since their accession to ofhice Ministers, had been engaged in organising ...

MAGAZINES

... Danube, from the pen of George Adam wc Smith,' presumably the respected minister of T1 Queen's Cross Free Church, A berdeen. Speak- to ing of Amsterdam, the ',Writer says, The ph' traveller should keep to the harbour all day, m and reserve the Itown itself ...

MAGAZINES

... religious at prejudice. .The Bishop of Ripon writes on D)ean f Plumptre's Dante, and is on the whole in-' PE clined to speak well of the translation. HeP points otit, however, a number of blemishes, in- e separable, in his opinion, from the Dean's ...

BOOKS RECEIVED

... Testimony: a Mining Romance.,' By Mary Hallock Foote. (F. Warne & CDo.--This is A pleasaut little stoiy,, althongh not, properly speaking, a romauce. The plot is a mining one, hut the miinig element is not obtrusively pre- dominant. Taoe issue of a mining ls ...

ITALIAN OPERA AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL

... as Azcecenec, Sig-nor Runcio as Manrico, and Signor Padilla as 11 Conte we had such a combination. We have not been able to speak of Mdlle. Dotti's imper- sonations hitherto in terms of unqualified praise, but in Lroncra she was entirely successful. Her ...

AVIARY AND CAGE BIRDS

... atik finch. All these, of course, were bred in captivity. I Xros rather fancy I have seen others, but I do not like to e or speak with certainty. The chafinch I had almost °i forgotten. He will breed ih captivity -both with a 's of mate of his own kind ...

LITERATURE

... acquaintance' with rabbits, pigeonsi bears, parrots, and other n denizens'of a wood,' and .they 'and lie -Ionferse. They don't speak like:Esop's beasts )r and birds. That win not to be looked'for. But neither have they the racy fire that was in the beasts ...

LITERATURE

... woissan speaking for louger. They alsl, generally waste half their time arranging their 'slothes anid postures. Husbands and other men are allowed to look on and listen, and the fair oratresses often go over to their gallery before and after speaking, to ...

THE LAY OF THE LONDON ROUGH

... his landlord; . But that's all blooming fine, . For I've got no 'and In Irish land, And his boss isn't mine. E And when they speaks so fairly To chaps as mind the plough, And savs they'll take and give 'em Three acres and a cow, It's my complaint : That ...