... now Mr. Rider Haggard's novel, under the title of L'Enfant des Boers,' is to be given in daily instalments. The two English-speaking novelists who are happiest in the hands of the French translator are Edgar Allen Poe and Wilkie Collins. Rudyard Kipling ...

... may next mention the Puss in Boots pantomime at the Broadway Theatre, New Cross. This contains two principal boys, so to speak, namely, Jack (Miss Billee Barlow) and Prince Ferdinand (Miss Alice Oppitz). The first-named (and at present best-known of ...

... many another gallant corps, earned undying fame. Names like Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, and Dettingen speak of those heroes who manfully fought their way from the Scheldt to the Danube under their great commander. Corunna, Barrosa ...

... lighter vein, for it is enlivened with many quaint anecdotes, though equally serious in intention, is The Transvaal Boer Speaking for Himself, by C. N. T. du Plessis (Jarrold). The book was originally published last year at Pretoria and Amsterdam, and ...

... the rude things that were said about me amusing, but still rude by irresponsible scribblers Yet what a change Everybody one speaks to is now in favour of both taxation and registration the governing bodies all over the country are discussing the matter ...

... counters where thc desired of their eyes were exposed for sale and yet. as this excellent tradesman himself naively added when speaking of his Waterloo to a customer of the masculine gender shortly afterwards, And yet, I assure you, sir, most of these ladies ...

... of the war. Whatever may be the general opinion on this question, the following extract from one of Miss Weston's letters speaks for her real sincerity and patriotic spirit While our Generals are planning and our men are fighting, the attitude of the ...

... features. He wore bushy whiskers ,niul glasses, and had a prominent forehead. As he was very deaf, he used to carry about a speaking-trumpet, but, of course, as his infirmity increased, so lie lost a sood deal of his facility. The principal point about him ...

... Professor Max Miiller is speaking of the things nearest his heart in his second volume of reminiscences, Auld Lang Syne (Longmans). Professor Max Miiller is speaking of the things nearest his heart in his second volume of reminiscences, Auld Lang Syne ...

... carriages, and General Gatacre's son commands A Squadron. 'The regiment was recruited from an excellent class of Colonials men who speak both Dutch and Kaffir, and who know the country well from the Orange River to Bulawayo. The greatest difficulty was found in ...

... railed in en closure of the arena at the Hippodrome. There is a con stant change of programme, so that I have been able to speak of a few only of the feats and the daring acts of the various artists which render the entertainment at the new Hippodrome ...

... Personally, I don't regard the search as a very exciting one; but, still, strange names may occasionally be discovered. Generally speaking, however, there is a monotonous repetition in the names of inns. It has been found that out of every hundred inns in England ...