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LITERATURE

... corps. In 1871 it had been linked with the S9th, an Irish regiment, and on the estab- ishmloent of the territorial system in 1881 it was constituted the 2nd Battalion of the Connaught Rangers (the 88th), with Gaiwar as its regimental diestrict. Mr I |Ferguson ...

BOOKS OF THE DAY

... maps; third & the edition; revised throughout, with a new pre. T. fatory chapter, and with the Tramsvaa1 Con- Ol veutions of 1881 andl 1884. (London. 4 tt' facniillan ?? -tiex'T Mr. J. T. Fitzpatri~s. The Transvaal from aj Within and Mr. James Bryce's ...

NEW BOOKS OF YESTERDAY

... prose fiction, 676; reference nooks on open table (estimate), I008; miscellaneousliterature, 2359-total, 0405. Daily average, 1881; correspoonding weeklast year, lS30; issued to 1sdies, 317; totalfromcommencement (Nov. 5, 1877), 8,652,587. IF you are tired ...

Literature

... Milner, and says that the determination to get rid of British suprnemacy has been the dominating c factor at Pretoria since 1881. He points out that the Dutch who have settled in Rhodesia have be- come loyal subjects, that they have given no trouble during ...

MINOR BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

... twenty years ago that the scene is laid; and most of the incidents narrated are connected with the Basuto rebellion of 1880 and 1881. They are stirring and well told, and present a series of capital pictures of the rough and tumble life of a Cape Mounted Rifleman ...

THE BOER REVOLT

... hits r cc pt ion is'I the country ait thle enld of 1880, he v rites, 11I did nlot let urn toI Indiai 1'j oS until the cud of 1881, Six week oito te[l~rcis Inloittlit oh [Cleave htaviiig beeli spent Ill a wild gpoose chiase to the( Cape of G;oed Hope at ...

CREAM OF CURRENT LITERATURE

... evacuated the Orasge Free State. 1862. England guaranteed independence to the Transvaal. 1877. England annexed the Transvaal. 1881. England evacuated the Transvaal (after a whipping). 190. England annexes the Transvaal end Orange Free State, or perishes ...

FROM THE MAGAZINES

... MAJUlBA I The Windsor publishes a topical inter view with the only man who won a V.Y. at Mfa~ubh Hill in the Boer War of 1881. (corporal Farmer, in desoribing the incide t that led to the proud distinction, said: It was when I saw that all was over ...

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN

... view. ?? of Sullivan s flirest and most memorable wourks, Trhe ;oldyu Loio nd, was pro- ?? at the Leeds Festival, Oct. latiti 1881, and ' the effect of the work upoir the feelings of the audience was immediate and tremendous. The rather delicate anid m ...

Published: Saturday 13 January 1900
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1516 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE JANUARY MAGAZINES

... and other writers deal with New Crimes and Penalties, England and the Higher Morality. Theological Education, the Boer War of 1881. the California quarantine against consumption, &c. > Those who want to know what bush whack- ing means should seek the palges ...

WILSON BARRETT AS A DRAMATIST

... abroad and into the provinces for ecriety andl popularity' cake. Wfhile successfully mana- ging the Princess's Theatre from 1881 to ISM, Mr Barrett did a great deal of sound dramatic work. For example, he collaborated xvith Henry Arthur Jones in writing ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1900
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1532 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL GOSSIP

... is his third campaign in South Africa. He fought in the Zulu war, winning the medal and clasp, and also in the Boer war of 1881. Mr Davies, writing to Mr Henry C. Arnold, the lessee of the Lyric Theatre, Liverpool, with whose travelling com- panies Mr ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1900
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6843 | Page: 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture