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Article MISCELLANEOUS. ← Page 7 of 7 Article REVIEW OF LITERATURE—FINE ARTS—EXHIBITIONS—THE DRAMA, &c. Page 1 of 9 →
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from famine . In one or two cases the parents have actually boiled and eaten their children ! The cholera , too , has raged frightfully—in the district of Cawnpore 30 , 000 have died , and in the city of Lucknow no less than 50 , 000 . So the newspapers tell us . In Calcutta forty Hindoos ¦ were burned daily—there has , too , been great mortality among the English—and besides all this , there has been great distress among all
classes , in consequence of three of the largest mercantile houses failing . " SERIOUS LAUGHTER . —La Lanterne Magique relates the following : — A few clays since a young man at Lyons laughed so heartily at a joke uttered in his hearing , that his laugh became convulsive , and continued upwards of two hours . The medical men found great difficulty
in calming this nervous crisis , and hut for their success he ivould positively have died of laughter . "
Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE—FINE ARTS—EXHIBITIONS—THE DRAMA , & c .
The Pilgrims ofthe Rhine . — The talented author of " Pelham" ancl " Eugene Aram" has evidently been crippled in his genius by the task assigned him , that of writing a tale illustrative of certain scenery of the majectic Rhine and Pays Bas . The work before us bears internal evidence of having been adapted to the illustrations , not the illustrations to the work . The tale is of two lovers who are attached with that
fervency and purity which characterises the beautiful creations of the poet ' s mind , but is so seldom found in real life . Gertrude is the victim of that fatal disease ivhich draws life from the veins of beauty as in a dream , which lights up the cheek with a false lustre , and veils the approach of the grim monster , death , beneath the roses of apparent health —consumption . To alleviate , if possible , by change of scene , the rapid
progress of the fatal disorder , attended by her lover and father , the voyage of the Rhine is undertaken ; and the tales , which form the principal feature of the work , are related hy Trevylyan to wile away the time . The reader is first introduced to a courtly circle of fairies , who , had Shakspeare never written his " Midsummer ' s Night ' s Dream , " might have struck us by their grace ; then follows the " Maid of Malines , " an episode to the well-known tale of " Valerie , " which the exquisite acting of Mademoiselle Mars has rendered familiar to most of
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Miscellaneous.
from famine . In one or two cases the parents have actually boiled and eaten their children ! The cholera , too , has raged frightfully—in the district of Cawnpore 30 , 000 have died , and in the city of Lucknow no less than 50 , 000 . So the newspapers tell us . In Calcutta forty Hindoos ¦ were burned daily—there has , too , been great mortality among the English—and besides all this , there has been great distress among all
classes , in consequence of three of the largest mercantile houses failing . " SERIOUS LAUGHTER . —La Lanterne Magique relates the following : — A few clays since a young man at Lyons laughed so heartily at a joke uttered in his hearing , that his laugh became convulsive , and continued upwards of two hours . The medical men found great difficulty
in calming this nervous crisis , and hut for their success he ivould positively have died of laughter . "
Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE—FINE ARTS—EXHIBITIONS—THE DRAMA , & c .
The Pilgrims ofthe Rhine . — The talented author of " Pelham" ancl " Eugene Aram" has evidently been crippled in his genius by the task assigned him , that of writing a tale illustrative of certain scenery of the majectic Rhine and Pays Bas . The work before us bears internal evidence of having been adapted to the illustrations , not the illustrations to the work . The tale is of two lovers who are attached with that
fervency and purity which characterises the beautiful creations of the poet ' s mind , but is so seldom found in real life . Gertrude is the victim of that fatal disease ivhich draws life from the veins of beauty as in a dream , which lights up the cheek with a false lustre , and veils the approach of the grim monster , death , beneath the roses of apparent health —consumption . To alleviate , if possible , by change of scene , the rapid
progress of the fatal disorder , attended by her lover and father , the voyage of the Rhine is undertaken ; and the tales , which form the principal feature of the work , are related hy Trevylyan to wile away the time . The reader is first introduced to a courtly circle of fairies , who , had Shakspeare never written his " Midsummer ' s Night ' s Dream , " might have struck us by their grace ; then follows the " Maid of Malines , " an episode to the well-known tale of " Valerie , " which the exquisite acting of Mademoiselle Mars has rendered familiar to most of