DESTRUCTION OF THE GRAND THEATRE AT ISLINGTON

... incurred on modern appliances for this purpose, that the fire should have spread so rapidly and destructively. He had just been speaking that morning to some friends about the security of his theatre against destruction by fire. In reply to a question, Mr. Wilmot ...

THE MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY

... savs. sorry tosee that Mrs. Paweett! deprecates the engagement of ladies of education as dressmakers and milliners. and speaks of it as. being- detrimental to those who have fewer educa-: If tioial afvantagcs. I myself would like to seal rdres-unnkinkg ...

HIS DREAM ON HIS SEVENTYEIGHTH BIRTHDAY

... deeply groaned, and in distress did seem, Ieneating sadly: Ab, my dream, my dream I 4Well. stupid man,what was itP Quick, speak out! Those devilled bones at supper time, no doubt, And the Welab rare-bit which you would devour, Have brought to pass your ...

NEW BOOKS

... not want to kill the Emperor of the French, but the friend of the Emperor of Austria.' Her conduct is beyond all reason. She speaks of nothing but Orsini. The other day it was the sole subject of conversation with her Enuerry all the way to Piennes. On Monday ...

THE LADIES' COLUMN

... even back drnpiry, baving either tight-lit- ting habit bodices or eli - tiltling jackets. And shortly wbat are nuore sttiotly Speak- ilugr af'ternoon ?? will follow in their wake. Over drapinig suiltfew lgures ; itnity possibly be adviatalu in thu cuso of ...

COMMON SENSE ABOUT SHELLEY

... poetry, above everything else, which for many people esta- blishes that he is an angel. Of his poetry I have not space now to speak. But let no one suppose that a want of humour and a self-delusion such as Shelley's have no effect upon a man's poetry. The ...

Our Library Table

... where they find their habitation. I have written drily, and have not allowed myself the use of a single epithet, except in speaking of the so-Oalled' teere are very few first-olaes carpenters or joiners out of employment. On the whole, the outlook for ...

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

... interest and awe. Of various other antique and barbarous drums, bagpipes, and percussion instru- ments, we have no space to speak. We could have wished that the arrangement had been more historical and less cataloguy, and a few additional dates might with ...

COMMON SENSE ABOUT SHELLEY

... above everythiing else, whicih for t mny people esta. blislies that he is an angel. Of his poetry I hliae not space nlow to speak. But let no one suppose tlint a w.nt of hitio tr antd a self-delusion 5.1Clc as Shelley's have no effect upoin a man's poetry ...

LITERARY ARRIVALS

... hLnd, ho broke it o with the elosingwordo'f his harangue. These Lectured s1 will show thoso whoiaclvor heard George Dawson speak 3 that he was a mastrr of clear Etatoment, who possessed 8n a style brilliant and yet familiar, -which, whilst singu- , larly ...

LITERATURE

... the date of which goes back to over 300 ht's I years ago, the scene being laid chiefly in the t U wit then, comparatively speaking, recently - dis- te i5 covered New World, and the actors therein a lnd detachment of Huguenots who had left La Belle, ttie ...

CARDIFF AMUSEMENTS

... lhas been over- tde corr~e, gives IhAt Without Which thre ?? ro ?? set-r incorplteti. Sheit is air ideal Cinderellar. ?? speaking of thre fairy godmother calls ta maind i Iro 1W ?? stuperio to t1re average 1l Ur)ifaiy-like fairies is Miss Stella. Leigh ...