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IT utiful in her person , mistress of her needle , skilled in horsemanship and + hr management of a hawk ; no merchant better versed in accounts . At a bseauent period , girls were educated at nunneries in sewing , confectionary , raery physic , -writing , drawing , &c , and old Aubrey speaks of the nuns f Sfc Mary Kingtonfl in Wilts , coming forth into the . Nymph Hay with fheir rocks and wheels to spin , sometimes to the number of threescore and Jpn all whom were not nuns , but young girls sent there for education . The orentrvand citizens had little learning of any kind , and their way of bring-* n ( t up children was conformable to the rest . They were as severe to their ¦ J ? jn 0 . their schoolmasters , and their schoolmasters as the masters of the House of Correction ; the child perfectly loathing the sight of his parents , as the slave his torture . Gentlemen of thirty or forty years old were made to stand like mutes and fools bareheaded before their parents ; and the daughters , grown-up women , stood at the cupboard during the whole time of their proud mothers' visits , unless leave was desired that a cushion should be eiven them to kneel upon , brought them by the serving-man , after they had done pe nance by standing . The boys had their foreheads turned up and stiffened by spittle . - - „ . u A dance through these records of the school days of eminent men brings pleasantly under notice some very quaint and curious facts illustrative of the habits and usages of our ancestors two or three centuries ago . John Aubrey ' s schoolmaster was the Hector of Leigh-de-la-Mere , who had been tuto r to J ohn ffobbes , the philosopher of Malinesbury . He wore a dagger * with a knife and bodkin . ' In his house were heaps of parchments brought at the Dissolution from the Abbey of Malmesbury— " old manuscripts , " says Aubrey , " with which the boys used to cover their books . I ; was too young to understand them , but I was pleased with the elegancy of the writing , and the illuminated initial letters . " The rector , when he brewed a barre l of special ale , used to stop the bunghole , under the clay , with a sheet of this manuscript . " lie said , " adds the historian of " Wilts , " that nothing did it so well , which me . thought did grieve me to see . " Probably the world has grieved likewise , congratulating itself that the days of such vandalism are long gone by . But congratulations are not seldom premature . To speak candidly , we scarcely expect to be credited in relating the following anecdote ; however , its authenticity is beyond questions—In 1817 , Mi \ Upcott , of the London Institution , was atWottonm Snrrey , the residence of the descendants of John Kvelyn . The conversation happened to turn upon autographs , of which Upcott professed himself an - ardent admirer . " What ! 1 suppose , " said Lady . Evelyn , " you would care for things like these ?"—unfolding a letter written by Sarah Dueliess oi Marlborough . On his assenting , ahu added , " Oh ! if that be your taste , we can easily satisfy you ; the house is full ot such matters , iherc is a great clothes-basket full of letters and ollmr papers of old Mr . Evelyn in the " -arret , which I was so tired of seeing tlmt i ordered the maid to light the Fires with them ; but probably she may not have yet done it . 1 he bell was rung , and the basket appeared untouched . It contained the letters and diary of the accomplished author of the ' Sylva . '
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THE VOCAL ASSOCIATION . Tins society commenced a series of six subscription concerts on Wednesday evening , in St . Jamks ' s Hall , under the direction of Mr . BisNiiuicr . The programme of tho first concert was as follows : — Pakt I . Symphony in A Major Mendelssohn . Choral Part Songs — ' For the New Year ; ' « Hunting Song' Mendelssohn . Concerto Violin ( M . Sttinton ) ... . Mendelssohn . ji'iualo ' LoreleyV-and S 0 I 03 by Miss Stabbach . Mendolsaohu . Taut II . Overture— ' Culm Sea and Prosperous Voj'ago' . Mendelssohn , Grand Scena —( Madame Castellan ) ' Infelice' . Mendelssohn . Capriucio Urilliant , pianoforte ( Miss Arabella God-, janl ) Mendelssohn . Choral Part Songs ( male voices )— ' Tho lluntor ' a Farewell ? ' ' Eastern Drinking Song' . . Mendelssohn . Part Songs— ' O wert thou ia tho cauld blast ;' ' 1 would that my lovo' ( Maduiuo Castellan nail Mias Fanny Huddnrt ) Mcndelssohu . Tho Wnlpurgis Night —( Solos hy Miss lluddart , Mr . "Whin , und Mr . M . Smith ) . Conductor—JI . 15 cnedict . The whulu porfonnanco giivo unminylcU satisfaction to n crowded and brilliant nudlonco , anil tlio perfect qualities of tho now Hull were fully ^ coiilirmed .
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PUBLICATIONS AND fiEPL BLICATIONS . The first two volumes of Mr . Thomas Jctl ' erson Hogg ' s Life of Percy J 3 i / sshe Shelley have just been published by Mr . Moxon . Mr . Hogg says : — ' All Shelley ' s journals , letters , fragments , every scrap of paper , indeed , relating to him , or to his affairs , whether it was written by himself , or by other persons , have been placed in my hands , and at my disposal , by his iamily ; my materials are at once authentic and abundant , llns is niueh , but it will be far more to write a living Life of the young Poet ; to give him a breathing , moving , speaking portrait . " The first volume contains a portrait of Shelley , exquisitely engraved on steel by Mr . Francis Hall , from a miniature in the possession of the present baronet . We have looRed for these volumes with eao-er expectation , and we shall lose no time in bestowing on them all the attention which their quality deserves . At a first g lance , however , we seem to discern ( with mitigated satisfaction ) a prevailing characteristic in the tone adopted by the biograp her ; the vivid and glowing recollection o the divinely gifted friend of his youth is evidently tempered by the cold and somewhat parching cynicism of his own later and drier years , btill , the materials of these volumes are their true and f ^ wnf' ?^ " ™? ^ ^; -,. ^ . Nicholas NickMi , is now added to the Library ^ dit . on of Mr C ha » ej Dicker ' s works , in course of p ublication by Messrs . Chapman and lla 1 and Mem .. Bradbury and Evansf It is delight ul to meet tteoWianul friends with new and , we may add , very handsome faces and drosso * . Ihis « ditioniBin all respects creditable to the two houses wsponj bio for its appearance , and is well worthy of a permanent niche in the lantucon ot ihe British Humorists . . . i ; r ¦ , Mr ; Vizotelly produces a light and popular sketch of Chmoso life and manners at Canton , in the shape of a translation from the smia-t V * & ° * ° Dr . Yvan / who was attached to M . do Lugrcnee ' s mission some ye ib ago . The title , Inside Canton , gives a fresh a \» ypos to Dr . Ivan s lively chaptus , which will be found at oncu amusing anil informing .
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From Messrs . A . Fullarton and Co . we have received Switzerland : the Pioneer of the Reformation , by the Countess Dora d'Istria , translated from the French , and comprising the chapter suppressed by the oensorship of tb » Imperial Government in . the Parisian edition of the work .
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STRAND THEATRE . The notable dramatic event of the week has been the reopening of that little theatre in the Strand , which since the days of Mr . Hammond and Mr . Farren hag been a theatrical pasture unknown to the professional critic Pieces of original merit may have been produced during the interregnum of legitimate management , and performed by actors of rare and peculiar talent , but the fashion for the last few vears amongst the leading critical members of the press has been to pass by the open doors and the provocations of the smallest theatre in London , and the general public have consequently been kept in ignorance of the virtues and defects of one twig of the drama and its mocking birds . Miss Swasbokouqh , aided by all that tha carpenter and decorator can do before the curtain , all that the scene painter and a small but not ineffective company can do behind it , is the young directress who has undertaken the task of restoring the dramatic character of the place ; and for her own sake , and the sake of her valiant little troupe , we wish her success . An untoward event that happened on her first night ( Monday last ) enlisted the sympathies of the audience in her favour , and struck the weapons from the hands of the critical . Mr . Leigh Murray , her principal actor , failed ( from alleged indisposition ) to appear , and his part , the leading part in Mr . Stirling Coyne's new comedy , had to be read at an hour ' s notice by Mr . Swanborough . Under these circumstances , until i fortunate accession of Mr . Beltoh to Mr . Murray ' s place , it would have been unfair to the author to attempt an analysis of his play , though we might say that the story ( partly original , partly adapted from the French ) is neat and concise , and the dialogue written with care and point . The actors in the painful and unforeseen position in which they found themselves placed , exerted themselves nobly , especially Mr . Belfokd ; and to Miss Ouvek was accorded a reception as kind as it i was well deserved . After a call , responded to by the author , Miss Swanborougs 1 came forward and d elivered a short and smart address , written by Mr . Albert Smith and she was received with enthusiasm by a house crowded by this time in every part Then came the burlesque of the evening , a kind of musical burletta upon the subject of Fra DiaeoJo , written ( so the bills stated ) by Mr . Byrox but ' manufactured , as we should prefer putting it , by Mr . Caixott ( scenic artist ) , Mr . W . i H Montgomery ( musical director ) , Mr . Byrox ( author ) , and Mr . May ( costumier ) . ! It is deftly filled with sparkling music , songs , and dances , and dexterously per * ! formed by the company engaged in it . Miss Swakboboijok acted and _ sang with , ic-reat spirit , and dressed iu a most charming costume , and Mr . Charles \ guho ( taa 1 Australian comedian , as he is called ) made an artistic impression in a melodramatic i ruffian written upon Mr . W . Bbough ' s mod « l in Conrad and Medora , and therefore I difficult to render in any other form than that made popular by Mr . Toojle . Miss Maria Teknan , a young , agreeable , and rising actress , filled her part with charming ease and grace , sang her music with trained skill , and in one scene where Zerhna partially unrobes herself and retires to rest upon a couch before the audience , conducted herself with a modest and refined self-possession in a position where the slightest tinge of vulgarity would have called down a rude laugh from the coarser portion of the audience " Until dramatic authors learn to treat the gentler members of the dramatic profession with the respect that is due to ladies , and to cease to depend for success upon the worthless applause of the depraved , there is little hope for an improved tone of our morals in our theatrical entertainments . Burlesque , in addition to the besetting and ineradicable taint of vulgarity , has to answer for bankrupt managers , exaggerated actors , and a vitiated dramatic taste , that prevents the public appreciation ° of quiet natural embodiment of character .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1858, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2238/page/19/
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