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ODD THOUGHTS

... you ? And to an American?. Yes, Well, that settles it in my mind. I've got an ,American woman for a wife myself. The Yankee smiled, stuck out his hand and said :lie thought it was about time for them to organise an Anglo-American alliance not entirely ...

THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT

... not early spoiled by low cunning, and cynicism, and love of gain. The minstrel's own prophecy is true, and still, and always, Yarrow, as he rolls along Bears burden to the minstrel's song. After the Lay came Marmion, A Tale of Flodden Field. It ...

THE STAGE

... T~ESTlr-T Mr. Arthur Roberts has I ben at the Theatre Royal thi wc li Qpe new musical play, entitledf 'C c the Wandering Minstrel. 'The 1h Mr. George D. Day, and thte muesic is b; Edward Jabowski, the composer of Fm . 11 play is adapted from the French ...

Notes and Queries

... most deplorable and dis- graceftl pariods of English history. HISTRIAN. OLE BULL. I have never heard of any person of negro minstrel celebrity named Ole Bull; but if your correspondent alhldes to the celebrated violinist of that name, the fol- lowing short ...

CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS

... at half-past three, as well as at a] night. The Assembly Room of the Free-trade Hall w will be occupied by the California Minstrels, who make tl their first appearance in this country to-night; whilst P' the large hall is engaged for Monday, Wednesday (after- ...

MANCHESTER CONCERTS

... sclugs were familrer to concert goers, and we heard nothing to call for special comment. 'fhe performances of the AMinnehaha Minstrels deservedly place the members of this troupe in the front rank of nmateur entertainers. Proof of their popul- larity was, ...

PICTURES AT QUEEN'S PARK

... the clear gow of a sapphire, while his execution generally has n very dainty finish. tmr. Herbert E. Butlers Wandering Minstrels and Miss Amy B. Atkinson's Fellow Students are cdia- spicuous works on the wall on which they hang; but r the magnificent ...

CONCERT HALL

... jevents, those to whom it wa dresdworiav en on ein thie various watering places, listening to esea'nymilbs or 1, wandering minstrels, or the sweet voices of holiday -misses a and masters. But now we'are so e'teeped in ?? of art, so susbeptible- to her inlluences ...

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

... comes to bed with me, but mamma won't let it stop upstairs; she runs it down. We have a larze dog named Carlo; lie is a South American, he is a l oarhound, and is very fierce to strangers, but is very ; l gentle to us. Hie will nail a sledge if I have held ...

Literary Extracts

... poetaster. One would be puzzled to find a shimfir instence of perfect eind absolute disiniterestedne ss in the roll of -minstrels, from Honier downwards; and to tell the trouth, there does seem a spice ?? mingled With andi tinging the purie fervotur of ...

MAGAZINES FOR THE MONTH

... purchase their one ,ere silence. Anything more woebegone, more melancholy, than hail c:these nocturnal serenades of Lernaclcau minstrels, it would tort not be easy to hear anywhere. It is only in a little v-sorsc and time end tune than the howls of the jackals ...

CREAM OF CURRENT LITERATURE

... rigid as steel,-i Professor Shaler in the Youth's Companion. I PLAIN TRUTHS. This is how one of the sober American journals talks t to the American pcople on the subject cf the possible war with Spain:- People who talk lightly about going to war can hardly ...