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  2. HOME ABD FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS ON THE SUBJECTS OF LITERATURE AND ART.

    MR. CHARLES ALGERSNON SWINBURNE, the poet, l[?] Oxford without a degree, in order to visit Florence on a sort of pilgrimage to Landor, for whom he had an enthusiastic admiration. He never loses an ...

    Article : 1,799 words
  3. FASHION'S FRIVOLITIES.

    Hat shapes of long- haired silky beaver are (the Morning Advertiser fashion forecast says) very fashionable at this present season; they are often mixed with felt, and they are generally trimmed with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,216 words
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    Advertising : 1,950 words
  5. INTERESTING & USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

    ON SALADS. -- It is easy enough to make a salad in the spring when all the herbs are in a crisp, tender condition, but it is quite a different thing when all the green leaves have hardened, when the lettuce has ...

    Article : 1,949 words
  6. INSTRUCTIVE & JOCULAR MENTAL PABULUM FOR THE JUVENILES.

    About two years ago the French Government presented a complete miniature railway to the Chinese Emperor, and the line, which is about three miles long, is laid down within the imperial city of Pekin. ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. PEEPS INTO PAPERS AND BOOKS.

    EMERSON ON ROBERT BURNS. --The following is taken from a speech delivered by Mr. Emerson at the Burns Centenary, at Boston, U. S., on January 25, ...

    Article : 1,877 words
  8. ROYAL CROWNS.

    The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, whose crown, made in 1838 by Rundell and Bridge, has been estimated to be of the value of £300,000. It weighs nearly 21bs., and comprises more than 3000 precious ...

    Article : 276 words
  9. A KNOT OR NAUTICAL MILE.

    How much is a knot ? This question is asked, we believe, in every sea-passage by some passenger or other, and never meets with a clear reply. Sailors themselves do not describe it distinctly, and books of ...

    Article : 483 words
  10. CHINESE ODDITIES.

    "A residence in China," remarked a returned missionary, "reveals the fact that the Chinese have some very odd customs and practices not generally known to the world. For instance, a previous ...

    Article : 292 words
  11. TAME CORALS.

    "I know that coral, annuals can be tamed, for I have had considerable experience with them," said a man who has spent several years of his life among the coral reefs off the coast of Florida and Key West, and ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. THE LAMP ROCK.

    An English traveller, Captain Younghusband, recently wrote home from Central Asia an account of a rock which has been a mystery to the natives and to the tourists. It is situated on the shores of a lake ...

    Article : 265 words
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