Old Critics on Old Plays and Old Players
Robert Lytton surveys Garrick as the sole “old player” in a vivid critique with a striking scene from Hamlet. Dr Sandwith offers A Heterodox View of the Eastern Question arguing against interference to save the Sick Man and laments Europe’s Babel of voices urging expansion and meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dark Wood
Robert Lytton
G. von Lechtenberg
Garrick
Lechtenberg
Sandwith
Russia
Turkey
Europe
Seven days' jail for drunk and disorderly man at Bath
Hisc miscellaneous reports a Box Wiltshire man Sin Monnan Crorton sentenced by Bath magistrates to seven days imprisonment without fine for being drunk and disorderly. Other items include theft charges against Mrs Torpery, a hospital gift from Mr Humphrey Nichols, a Stamfordhill robbery with chloroform, and various parliamentary and Irish affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin Monnan Crorton
Box
Wilts
Bath
Torpery
Messrs
London and
Ryder
St. Mary’s Hospital
Barnes
Manchester
Salford Hospital
Nichols
Stamfordhill
Newell
Tennyson
Tennyson and His Publishers
Forrester
Lord Gifford
Srancn
Guy Fawxes
Ganpowder
Morley
Exon
Dublin
Cardinal Callen
Lord Granard
West
Editor’s Rivalry and Small-town Pranks Stir Cries
A Colorado editor exacts revenge on a rival by declaring his marriage over under the banner Crimes and Casualties. A servant girl uses a cabbage plot to pickle her master’s pickles. A Colchester paper notes editors face care, while a Strasbourg Clock and Liebig’s Munich lectures are also mentioned. A child taunts an editor, prompting a caution to the speaker about consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Rhine
Strasbourg
Baron Liebig
University of Munich
Colchester
Newman
Valentine’s Eve in Norwich Brings Curious Delights
The article rambles through humorous vignettes and tales from a bygone era. It mentions a lawyer and landlord exchange about prayers and a Major in Cunard crossings. It also portrays a Norwich Valentine’s Eve with knocks and gifts for children and neighbors, plus playful anecdotes of local wit and generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surezon
Montgomery
Grafton-street Baptist Chapel
Angus
Ben
Norwich
Julietta
George
Miss Julietta
Harry
Jane
Tom
Papa
Mamma
Betty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meath
Westmeath
Dublin Daily Express
Kilbeggan
Riband Society
Bridlington
Bridlington Bay
Filey
Hartlepool
Tynemouth
Yarmouth
The
Leeds Mercury
Poor-law Board
Boards of Guardians
Hampstead
Stockwell
Homerton
South Kensington
Belgium
America
Albert Hall
France
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