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... g;- _ 1 THE BANGOR EISTEDDFOD.-- The National Eisteddfod of Wales, which this year is held at Bangor, opened on Tuesday, and will be continued till Friday. The arrangements are almost iden tical with ...
... g;- _ 1 THE BANGOR EISTEDDFOD.-- The National Eisteddfod of Wales, which this year is held at Bangor, opened on Tuesday, and will be continued till Friday. The arrangements are almost iden tical with ...
... MR. HENRY ARTHUR JONES'S new and original comedy, which was brought out at a special matinee at the SHAFTESBURY Theatre last week, is understood to be an early work of the author which has lain by in ...
... inwwww/ cMusie) l'A s.u\ v. V ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-- The principal revival of the past week has been Gluck's Orfeo, which had not previously been heard in London since Madame Czillag and Madame Peuco ...
... A LOST ILLUSION, by Leslie Keith (3 vols.: Methuen and Co.), is a really pathetic story, full of human nature; and it has, moreover, a special value, inasmuch as it largely deals with Quaker life as ...
... CAPTAIN THÉRÈSE.-- M. Planquette's new comic opera, the libretto by Messrs. Bisson and Burnand, entitled Captain Thérèse, was produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre on Monday night, with a fair m ...
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... MESSRS. ROBERT COCKS AND CO.-- There is a simple pathos in Children's Dreams, written and composed by Clifton Bingham and Frederic H. Cowen, which will go to the heart of all parents; this song is p ...
... THE COTTAR'S SATURDAY NIGHT.-- Dr. A. C. Mackenzie's new setting of Burns' poem, The Cottar's Saturday Night, was the most important novelty, not only of the Royal Choral Society's programme at the ...
... MESSRS. FORSYTH BROTHERS.-- A tender and melodious love song, which will find favour with young people, is Hope Whis pers, written and composed by Clementina Drummond Scott.-- Of the same loving typ ...
... JOSEPH WILLIAMS.-- The mania for publishing in album form is on the increase, and though it has its advantages, it also is at times very annoying. For example, these stiff-backed little volu ...
... l||r HOWEVER much we may reprobate and denounce the ruthlessness of Russia's action in Central Asia, and the shameless mendacity with which she masks her designs, it is impossible to withhold our admi ...
... y '\Z. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-- Signor Lago is gradually developing his plans for the autumn season of Italian Opera at Covent Garden in October. A little difficulty has arisen about the repertory, as s ...