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THE VEILED WOMAN

... He ]laed succeeded to his fat-leer's pllbe in the firm acme fbirce yearys, helsbes e made the acquahitance of lilro. Cart- land, taln a visitor at the hence of anli aristooratio friend resiuling in the We ?? of London.. Ds-s. Cartland, wasI, well connected ...

GRAND THEATRE

... in mob caps, and swains of feminine build in round hats, short jackets, and tigbts, who seem to spend their time chiefly in (land- ing and singing, Here, too, we meet the rich, sordid farmer, Lous/daund (Mr. L. Rignold), with a pretty daugh- ter, Tezrlurrttc ...

ABYSSINIA AND THE ABYSSINIANS

... road, southwards, by Eeala, Tokonda, or Senate, along the high land in which are the sources of the Tnalkazye and its trlbutasies. From the peculiar character of the Abyssiulan table land, the third of these roads is by far preferable to the other two ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... womnan had, they urlchasedl a piece f land in the neighbouring towi_ of Irondequoit. lhoete they lived for a time, cud then moved to the ity, where they now residle. Calaltger was a Nova- leotian, like the woman, asd is disposes to be an induls- rious ...

NEW BOOKS

... thercaderloses sight of the British army. But the years -vhich followed Ithe Restoraietoi were eventful years in their bearing upon ousr military Organisatiots and resources, In spite of the strong panztipathy to a standing army which obtained at this tine, ...

CURRENT MAGAZINES

... officers. A writer, signing himself B, who admits the good points of Our Volunteer Army as presently constituted, would like to see a radical change in our land defences. He advocates the practical abolition of the Militia as it now exists, and the ...

THE OLD EDWARDIANS' LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY

... causes of the pre- sent discontent was the national debt, a debt the payment of whose interest would keep constantly employed an army of about half a million of skilled artisans. Rlepudiation of the iational debt would probably be included in the pro- gramme ...

NEW BOOKS

... He had played a political part in Mexico; it is probable that as soon as he found himself at the~bead of the one effective army of France, and saw Napoleon hopelessly di scredited, he began to aim at per- sonal povwer. Before the downfall1 of the Empire ...

NEW BOOKS

... not t ad think much of us. ''England, lie says, vwith her Ilil- ds sent army organisation, is unable to put into the field an if, army equal in nmnbers to other European armies; yet rg this disadvantage is not counterbalanced by the superiority t Id ...

SHORT STORIES AND OTHER BOOKS

... ture WO & onble woman, and asingularly dramatic incident, this little book may not have been pu blished in vain.-I r* Stry of British Guiana, by Vernon' Eil(e (Dig-by, Long, and Co.) This is the well- worn theme of how a lovely woman stooped to folly ...

GRAND THEATRE

... Chrystal Duncan, as the hapless t Ltoivsra, sang and acted with intensity of feeling, and the harrowing sorrows of the devoted woman were delivered with keenness of outline, the audience t being fairly carried away by the artist's tragic power, e Miss Amy ...

THE FRENCH EXHIBITION

... is, however, that we have not yet heard the last of Jacob, for if he can only manage to obtain his discharge from the French army, he need not let his spirits go down, for in the words of the celebrated negro melody, There's many a one that I know well ...