... No. 1,163.-- Vol. xliv. [aSSSST^a.'] SATURDAY. JANUARY 11, 1896. FRS'CE- ...

... i nr THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AT THE LYRIC THEATRE. ...

... The difference of opinion between Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Bedford, as to the decency or propriety or whatever it may have been, of the former gentleman's latest dramatic effort lias served an excellent purpose. THE difference of opinion between Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Bedford, as to the decency or propriety or whatever it may have been, of the former gentleman's latest dramatic effort has served an ...

... . THINK this has been the very worst season that I ever remember. If the frost had only kept away till after I'd got my Christmas boxes in, it wouldn't have mattered so much. Hut as it is, I've got done out of the blooming lot. Yes, I reckon that spell of frost has cost me a matter of six or seven pound, to say nothing of the loss of sport and perquisites. To look at me, guv'nor, I expect ...

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... CINDERELLA AT DRURY LANE. ...

... . FROM the programme at Olympia our artist has sketched the busy scene on Epsom Downs, and some incidents on the road to the Derby. These are only a portion of the numerous features of the entertainment which, as described last week, is bustling, bright, varied, and picturesque. A glance at the charming winter gardens, and at the athletics in which ladies as well as men compete, is also given ...

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... THE phenomonally open cha racter of the weather has en abled all outdoor sport, except ing such as are associated with ice, to be pursued with the almost enthusiasm by all ar dent devotees, and none have rejoiced more than the followers of racing over fences and hurdles. l he secomt contribution ot spring entries issiicu uy the authorities at Old Burlington-street was even more volumin ous ...

... . WHAT an existence and what a death! France is really a country of eternal surprises and riddles, and the remarkable man in whom modern French literature loses the very soul and fight of her poetry is perhaps the most typical specimen of those puzzling and enigmatic existences in which every thing from genius to vice is bigger than nature. Paul Verlaine dead Dead on his little bed, in a ...

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