... a satisfactory story, and we would implore him to be more careful in the use of the English language-for instance, not to speak of riding in a four-wheeler, and to avoid suggesting such uncom-. fortable ideas as are implied by the mention of a smoking ...

... it is not surprising that they should be strangers when they chance to meet. Both artists and critics are in the babit of speaking of Nature as of a fixed quantity. Something in art is said to be like or not like Nature; as if Nature were invariable, and ...

... Guizot: One thing struck me as pretty. The blacks have settled it that ' missis must be related to the Queen,' 'cause she speaks nice to everybody. What a charming view of Royalty ! How different was the conversation of Leopold Ranke, the historian, ...

... THE LONDON THEATRES. Notwithstanding occasional visitations of fog and heavy showers of rain, the metropolitan managers, speaking generally, have no reasonable cause for com- plaining of lack of patronage. Few changes have been required in the programmrnes ...

... oboen in is stated that the piece -os relhererd alnd clkaloratel pt orile the stage and went without a hitch ol AMoenday, it speaks eloquently for the generam managenent. The Coh r piryearryuI ostofthenen.erY cubtthem, iiicludingaprettvtransforrliatioo- ...

... wonderful arrangement of1 fats, felicity of illustrations, force Of argu- me~nt and brilliancy of composition, it is impossible to speak too highly. They offer to the voung student an array of examples of high literary workmanshiP not to be found in any ether ...

... Arnteinl-tto Sterliig, Iidle. Trobelli, flr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. ESntley, and other einuent vocalists hive ollered their services. Speaking at a FXesi York theatrical meeting, Mr. Barrett declared it csseuitial for the staco to hold oip the best there is in overything ...

... saience, to mislead its students, and to throw back for years the popular Tenhsion of knowledge. Of the illus- trations we can speak in terms of the highest praise: they are the work of Mr. Whymper, and we give two or three examples herewith. While d&aily ...

... somewhat soured at the reception of his writings in England. In his short biography, wisely reprinted in the volume before us, he speaks of his ,mortification. on finding Dr. Middleton's ?? Free Inquiry more popular than his Essays, and of his miserable ...

... England in March. I hear that Major Chisholm for the present remains as Milsuary Secretary. LORD HARRIS NOT GOING TO BOMBAY. Speaking at Sittingbourne yesterday evening, Lord Harris, UndertSecretary for War, referred to the rumoer of his anpoliment as Governor ...

... things that the Strand is croweded day after day with trained actors-men who have passed their lives on the boards, cN sl speak-unable to procure employment, and in many instances abso- lutely starving. iwan )su vuggest any remedy for this ?-Yes; we suggest ...

... him save his years and whitened head; indeed, he is younger than most mene of fifty, the more so as he has got rid, so to speak, of his reminiscences and recollections, May he long ramain among us ! Men who, like -hUiLI, have never known a day's illness ...