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AMONG THE MOORS AND THEIR MOUNTAINS.*

... so pleasantly, he was accom- panied by Lieutenant C ric h to n-B rowne. Although the land of the Moors is, comparatively speaking, at our doors, a very large portion of it is practically within an undis- covered bourne. It was the region of the Atlas ...

Our Illustrations

... t time oter eightypercent.of the men wear the stl ipe, 'ad duzilg the latst twelve months there has only . desetiot. This speaks for itself, and we can Soth Australia on the result. The sketches show the I 'I 9 2 breechloading gun, weighing twenty-two ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1889
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4563 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE TENTS OF SHEM

... in the bed and listened. Through the open door between the rooms, a taint voice came from Meriem's bedside. Can any one speak English ? it murmured, plaintively. A great joy throbbed though Eustace Le Marchant's soul. It was Mvleriem's voice; thin ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1889
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4495 | Page: 20 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

DECEPTION

... sides, and everybody is satisfied. Mr G. W. W. Barclay presented a jovial picture of the burly country squire, and we cannot speak too highly of his acting. MIr B. E. Horsley made a capital Jack Barton, and played in a style that deserves our warmest co ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1484 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... Evolution of British Clsiiatiaitcy. All the writings of Dr. Clif- feed are well thought out, and upon this artirsiac subject he speaks. as an expert. Tvtrelendy Parry Jones writes a learned article on the question of Whether our seord is better or worse than ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... produced it?-A French soldier! That is the human mind. It was the last time I ever saw him. I went to him; he could hardly speak French, but he said (strikie his side), Jo sens un SIlphant Nlii! (I feel an elephant here). He was a very fine fellow, and ...

WORDS WORTH AGAIN.*

... judicious reader is perfectly right in fighting shy from the outset of biographies in which the subject thereof is left to speak for himself. George Eliot's Life was written on that method; and it is one of the very dullest books in the language. The ...

ANOTHER SUNDAY PANDEMONIUM

... attention was being called by the most ?? dm of bells; and.rattles, drums and whistles, and stentorian throats, aided by speaking trumpets. One novel feature attracted a good-deal.of attention.. This was t a newdform, of merry. - go- round, said to have ...

PROF. HERKOMER'S GREAT PICTORIAL MUSICPLAY

... friend to orchestrate them and bring out the little opera in a workmanlike manner. This year the whole credit belongs to him. Speaking on this point, he said ;o me: After a few experiments, I got into the way of orchestrating and writing for every instrument-you ...

THE NETHER WORLD.*

... ' It is very shocking! Will you have some more salmon ?' So wrote Gordon of the London diner out a few years ago, when speaking of the heart disease of Africa, the slave trade. So alas ! might he now write of the Bitter Cry that proceeds from the ...

POETRY AND POLITICS

... distinctly opposed to all that maay be called the national inspira- tions of Ireland where political questions are concerned. He speaks severely of those Irishmen who prefer the aspirations of Imodern Continental Socialists to the glories of their country ...

NOVELS

... of throwing a shalf t into ?? caMP if the Gladistonian Ministry. This, we tbi an artistic mistake, as the author too0o [. speaks on these occasions in his own petlsc~ We can forgive the blunders, the not infreli ,e slips of grammar, the Slan-dash medley ...