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    habi hn . hifAi M tues . Maurice of of opera onfira Strakosch houses houses on on , w both V ell * r » t . h known sides nirlp > n the +. T to -i «> At Af the - -

    lantic , has just published * Souvenirs d ' un dents Impresario in the . ' lives The of book contemporary is full of v singers aried .

    inci-Of Adelina Patti it is related that when the the only most most six years dimcult difficult of operati operati age she c c pieces nieces uld sing she she had harl almos heard heard t all r

    and in 1850 , when eight years old , she made ; - h in 2 STew first York public . appearance at a charity concert

    Jfatt Patt Between i i made made a a her tour tour twelfth in in the the JbJast East and Indies Indies fifteenth : and and years on on ;

    her return to New York in . 1859 her success was ment ment so lie he great nad had that made made Strakosch with with her her tore . aand nd up decided rl an e ^ irlerl agree to t . n -

    give nses her . half Und the er t profits his revi , after sed paying all t which expe lasted so long as Strakosch agreemen continued ,

    h ( £ 1000 agent sterling , the ) Diva for each received night of 25 her , 000 francs

    ment , at San Francisco three years ago engage . It ma ¦ ; v be of interest h * to note ¦ that ¦— Strakosnh ' a

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    the ori ¦ ginal first ¦ i offer year —¦ was 3000 ¦¦— 2 , 000 fr ¦ an francs cs per per month month 4 bb for the for

    francs ira seco — — - —r —— ncs ¦ nd per ner — - year _ j - montn month — , , —( 4 —¦— , , —p 000 — - tor for ' ' —>—— for the the —— — - —__— the — las last r w—^ —— t third two two ——r ^ b ^»_* vesira ^^ , * i _*^_> and Wr ^ ^ fc ! I ^^ JL 6 , 000 BJ I 1 r *

    years i The gain to the amateurs of operatic music

    nas has not not b bee een n c commensurate ommensurate with with this this enormous e-nrwrvwMia outlay crippled ; , for if not Italian vitall opera y injured has , been by such seriousl lavish y

    expenditure . Charles In this Nuitter connection delivere , d we an record address that in the M . I

    ultimo Cercle ¦* " > _ &_ ~ i de a t a la ~ i meet Li " ¦ " brairi ~ i n • e tab , Paris TPV ise d , b on t he the -I Society 22 — _ nd II I I

    des Theatres * - ~^«^ ^_ fc Amis ^—* " , a m » w » ^ of ^ «¦** des Paris _ k ^^ —^ — Monuments ^ Tr ¦ - ~ ii g f _ j ^ organ ^ - ^ —¦ ^ — — ^ # »^ Parisiens —» r ^ . —» ^ t , ^ y w ^ A * h ^^ , on ^^\«^ \^ — t he _/ I , \ Z |

    for ¦ far Considering manv vp . fl . rs hftfin been that the the +, Ha French nurvflvnr play of nf writer dramatic Hrn . Tinn has . fio

    provender many years to this and other purveyor countries , it seems V cons re » . on m arkable tructed , riiof , eH that for for ili theatrical the ea . f firs , rir » t building performances nflrfftrman speciall ^ fifl in in y

    and Paris that was the not stage erected was until not the relieved last century from all , restrictive resfvritttivfi legislation lficrisla . iir » n until until the t , hfi year v « a . r 18 iftfU G 4

    under the Second Empire . , * Tie Madame Hecit d Augustus ' une Sceur Craven / has , j t ust he author written of a

    pamp work , hlet and , entitled addressed Robert to the de readers Mun . ' of that

    Nature ' N ' n . f M . ti . nrp . Camille . . has has inst iust Flammarion . issued iasnPtH a a . work Tworlr , the of of editor considerable r » onaiHftral of La lft

    interest ballooning , at is , h attracting e present so time much , when attention military . It is entitled 'Histoire des Ballons' ise ! ¦

    — k » t _ p —b t ^^ wo « . «^ _ b « s _ octavo b—a ^ ^^^ _•—^ u ^ vo kPt ^ ^^^ lu — mes l . i * ht ¦¦ —i ^ , fc ^^ pt with _ r ¦ ^ ¦ » if seventy ^* r m anra , - compr — two i _¦ r _ T r j- f illus * - * i > jv - •—trations +. ra . f . ion « . fourteen fonrt . Aftn being Viftinor coloured f » r » lcmrfiH -nl lates at-fta . .

    , p 4 li'Illustration' will publish its special Salon »\ k jfc number ib kk *—^ jw on A —* pril 30 co i nsisting of

    fortyy > w * ^ * _ —•—v _ ' »__« —_¦ ^^ ^** ~ f—^ rffc ^—^ ^_^ ^_^ , a ^ \^ j |*>^* Ptf ¦ - * n r mm . ^— ' " —> ^ - ' *> ** f ei ni g neteen ht pages photogravures , and contain 6 f ing the princi fewe pal r t p h ic an

    tures t . nres in in the t . lifi forthcoming fnrt-. hr ^ nTninor Exhibition T ^ vViiV > if . i r » Ti .-A work of - ^»^^ special interest k ~^ v «^ to military «««> w

    Aju * v ^—* : ^— fc —>^ v ^^ v ^ ^ juw ^ _ hi ~>—i ^ —^_ *^ ^ v ^ r t n ~ » - — ^ i readers ls , b in y General the French Jib Wimp -k Jk JL . Army f ten , on under « e . « Jk , of t h Napo e beat

    leon genera C Ck - * A-VA ^ III ^*** - » -J . , . A . M . is . ** % tM . A an >» * ^ k . exhaustive *¦/ . ^^ _ L _ . J _ J . -LjLJk ft hi / story JL V >*> ^ of - «> . ^ ^ W t I- h e I I battle nattlft ot of Sedan Sfida / n . which wV » inh decided HftniHftH the tn « fate fa / ho of of the the | i

    Sedan Second : Emp les ve ire ' ritables . , It is Coupables called ' La . JBataille de ¦

    c Vi lu UUXXlg d M ing . F J . ^ CVJL Vieweg t V > of V . t U 11 h V e lias th U 1 JL just ir 11 d V * . vo V VX published lume ( AAJL JLV ^ of \ J i . JLUCU L the ap UfVTO orte con . uv ' - s -

    sequel t * ^ Bibliograp ra ire to du Brunet 19 hie me C ' Sifccle s ontempora i Manuel . ' This i du ne : Libraire work Histo forms ire . ' L it a

    well Jules -known Simon house has of just Calmann issued , LeV throug y , a h new the wor ^^ k of no kh ^ sli —^ ri ^^ kb ^ ht rifcM . political ifcta interest — The rfhb title —— --

    is _ » v _ * j »> Nos ^ A » . ^—^ Hommes . W ^ ^ ^^ ^ _ - g *^ d ' ^ Etat _ ^ . —¦ _*^ r ^ - ^ . ^«>^ ' j ^ a « a v ^^ f ~ a —r p ^ ^ . 9 ^ a . _—^ _ ,. Nine desiby Louis Boulanger from

    scenes in Sterne gns ' s * Sentimental Journey ai > t } duced Hii about riftH to m in appear facsintile fao . RinTilft in Paris o cvn n . Chin CJViina They a -nn . will -rvftr . be a nd nfl repro tne the

    edition is limited to 100 numbered paper cbp , ies . The BQrseriblatt of the 9 th ult . had an ot

    article descriptive of the present condition

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1887, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041887/page/12/