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    mine hoot ! Bring wine enough , and fear not for the cost . When the poor man treats his friends , he pays for the feast with his blood 1 ' " We quote the following , — " an old tale and often told , "—on account of the singular character , the local colouring , as it may be termed , of the misfortunes imprecated on the deceiver : —

    " THE MALEDICTION . "A youth and a maiden are ascending a steep mountain . The youth sings gaily , and caresses his coarser . But the maiden Walks wearily by his side , erer sighing . •« Let me mount up behind thee , young lover , ' she pleads gently , ' for I am tired ; the road is stony and I cannot walk . ' 11 * I would take the up behind , ' replies the youth , * but I cannot . My charger is small and his feet are delicate . He can now hardly bear my body and its sins , my harness and my aims . ' i Vfchy heart is pitiless , ' answers the gi rl wildly . * Thou hast stolen me from my kindred , and now abandon me in this desert 1 God grant that thou th y self may fall into slavery among the Turks , that thy feet and hands may be shackled with irons , that love and remorse may haunt thee in thy saddest days , that my misery may come home to thee , that-thy steed may foil thee , that thon mayest bite the dust in shame , that thou mayst be nine times wedded and have nine sons ; then , that thou znayst marry again , and have a daughter ere one comes to bring the water in thy prison . ' ' But the youth still rides a-singing on his way . "

    Though our extracts have been numerous , we must find room for one more , a wild mythological legend . The grand desolate conclusion is very fine . ' '"' . ¦ * ' THE SOTT AND TH 1 ? MOON . "Jot nine long : years the bright sun has been seeking for a bride , and nine coursers haVe grown weary with the fatigue of his journeys : for he has travelled through earth and air with the speed of an arrow or the wind . He has tired his steeds , but he has not found a mate . The only maiden who has met with favour in his sight is his sister Ilena " . ^ Be my bride , sweet sister Ilena Cozinzena , ' pleads the brilliant Day Good ; our hair is of the same golden hue , and we are equally beautifuL 1 am the brighter , but thou the genuerYmme eyes are the most ardent , but thine are the most soft . ' " ¦* © -bright and spotless brother , ' answers Dena Cozinzena , mournfully : * a brother and a sister-ma ? not marry , for it would be a sin ! ' .. . u The :. jBun darkens at thesis'words , and addresses himself to God , praying that he may niarryjus sister Ilena Oozinzena , once in earth or air . there is no maiden so beautifuL "Th e angry Deity motions bun to follow , and-leads him through , hell and paradise ; thrr iteh the one to frighten the Sun , and through the other to delight - him . He then bids him , choose between them . " And the Sun shining brighUy answers— Better hell than that I should wander for ever lonely through the world ! Yes , even hell with 'Ilena Cozinzena , ' "Then the Sun returns to his betrothed , anil places a crown of gold upon her brow ; the crown of a queen . He gives her also a robe made of precious stones of as many colours as the rainbow , and then leads hear rebelliously to the altar ; * J "P ^ tfiert ; ther lamps go out , and the walls of the temple shake and tremble . The priest ^ are . ' struck' dumb , and their sacred robes fall off . The beautiful bride , horror-BWafe ^ ijfs ^ s an iron hand descend from the heavens ; it seizes and casts her into the sea . -Y ^ WHiftt * Sun grows pale , arid rising into the air , he sets towards the west , descending into the waters , where his bride has disappeared . _ JSut the offended Deity stretches forth his hand over the sea , and changing Ilena Cozinzena into a golden sphere , she becomes the Moon . An awful voice is then heard in « M * e * T ens , pronouncing the doom of the disobedient . ' Thou Ilena Cozinzena , and thou JPiP * ' f'QfV&to ** ® un * ' Ye shall gaze upon each other from afar , and follow each other tbroDgn inimitable space for evermore , drawing nearer never ! ' "

    We nave been , of course , influenced in our selections by their length and variety $ but the reader will find in the volume many poems of equals if not ^ tiptfc * beauty . Before concluding ; this notice , -we must remark that tlie music of six national Rouman airs , appended , render the wort additionally interesting . J

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    EASTER FESTIVITIES .

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    Will our readers believe it ? Vivian , whose audacity has shocked as many tijnes , has now surpassed himself , and , with reckless coolness , has sent the above blank and paltry asterisks as his copy ! We learn that the unfortunate culprit is prostrate ; the brilliancy of the season has been too much for him ; he has gone to " fields and pastures new " to recruit ; but we trust that , when he returns , he will apologise to an . expectant public for this gross insult . However , we cannot do better than publish the blank * as one of Vivian ' s most characteristic contributions . What to do in his absence ? We confess—that is , a sub-editor confesses - —that Tie is obliged to compile from the Times' account of the theatres , beginning with Monday at

    DRURY-LANE . u The company which appeared last night was , we presume , the first instalment of a new troupe announced to give operatic performances , in Italian and German , from the present time , until the termination of the season . The directors of the Royal Opera—for that is the title under which the new enterprise has been advertised—have issued an address , in which some plain truths are advanced , in few words , and without parade . The gist of their preamble is—that , while the Germans , French , and Italians have operatic theatres , to which the mass of the people can obtain admission at a very moderate charge , in England there is nothing of the kind ; that it is quite possible , nevertheless , to present something of the kind , and in a highly respectable manner ; that the great success of M . Jufflen , Mr . Hullah , and other innovators , who have had sufficient courage

    to give musical entertainments on a large scale , and at minimum prices , has shown a lOve of music to exist very generally among the London public ; and that there is no reason why the support which has fceeri accorded to various kinds of concerts by all classes of the community should be denied to operatic performances , presented under similar circumstances , and with the same desire to combine excellence with cheapness . We have nothing to say against these propositions , and we hope , as we believe , that the managers of the Royal Opera will he enabled to make good their words . Much , if not all , depends upon themselves , and on the spirit in which they carry out their undertaking . The performance of iVbrnuz , in Italian , was' a favourable beginning . On the whole , we have heard inferior attempts at high class and high-priced theatres ; and , in every respect , it was creditable and effective . A band of more than seventy

    performers , under the direction of no less excellent a conductor than Herr Lindpaintner , a chorus of fifty , or thereabouts , and principals in some cases unexceptionable , and in most of average merit ,. presented an ensemble against which , however effects of detail might be criticised , little could be objected as a whole . " The Times then proceeds to details , praising Madame Caradori , who is a German soprano , with " a tall , commanding figure , " and " a more than common share of dramatic energy . " The Adelgisa , tod , comes in for a share of praise . Mademoiselle Sedlatzek , observes the Time * , " is a young German singer of good talent and promise , who has only very recently come into notice . She went through that Interesting though subordinate part very efficiently , and in the two duets , the first or which was encored , fairly divided the applause' with Madame Caradori . " Of the gentlemen little is said , -which is kind . Formes sang in " God save tie Queen , " at the end of the opera . The house was crowded , and encored everything .

    THE HAYMARKET Continues the revue style of piece , of which Mr . Buckstone ' s Ascent of Mount Parnnssus and the Camp at the Olympic were successful examples . The new Haymarket revue is very similar in principle to the Ascent of Mount Parnassus . It is called Mr . Buckstone ' s Voyage round the Globe ( in Leicestersquare ) . Wherever Mr . Buckstone roams , and whatever climes he sees ( in a dream on the staircase of the Great Globe ) , the visions which rise before him are invariably of London lions—the Chinese jugglers , with their knifethrowing trick ; Miss Cushman as Meg Merrilies , the Astley ' s elephants , and the Sea of Ice at the Adelphi . Every scene is as good as its original , and there is , of course , much besides to " amuse and to instruct'" in this geographical jeu ( T esprit of Planches .

    THE LYCEUM Has no burlesque this Easter , and on Monday the four pieces played were old favourites . A new comedietta was produced on Wednesday , called Give a Dog dn III Name . It was well played b y Charles Mathews and Miss Oliver , and , though awfully French in a moral point of view at the beginning , dexterously evaded the French termination , and concluded with , an appeal to English sentiments . It was thoroughly successful .

    THE ADELPHI , Following out its ' peculiar course of turning to purposes of nmusement whatever topic of the day is uppermost , gives us —let the Juries tell what" The results of the 'Overland Journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman , with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia . ' The ballad , containing an account of the adventures of this * noble Lord of high degree' and his attendant ' Proud Young Porter , ' has long been an established favourite , and the mode in which it has been treated on the present occasion will not fail to add to its celebrity . The incidents of the ballad were followed by the additions and alterations rendered necessary by the Easter holidays and the Eastern question . After an explanator 3 ' lecture from Mr . Rogers , the adventures commence with the fairy camp by moonlight , in which the corps cU ballet representing the allied troops , after going through a most BatiHfuctory course of military

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    BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Eitiory of OUver Cromwell , and the English Commonwealth . By M . Guizot 2 vols . % Richard Bentley . Companions of my Solitude . ^ John w . Parker and g ^ Comparative Anatomy . Translated from tho German , | y WaKta J . Bunnttv-M . D . Vol . L T Trubner and Co . TUFH-st False Step . A Poem . By Jamea Cargill Guthrie . Johnstono and Hunter . The Land we Live in ; a Pictorial and Literary Sketch Book . Wm . S . Orr and Co . The last Days of Pompeii . ( Railway Library . ) George Boutledge and Co . The Gauntlet of Freedom . TboMa 8 Harrison . Easy Education . By W . EL Bainbrigge , F . R . C . S . Blacklader and Co . Julian ; or , the Close of an Era . By L . F . Bangener . 2 vols .

    Arthur Hall , Virtue , and Co . Nanette and her Lovers . By Talbot Gwrynne . Smith , Elder , and Co . The Laws of War , affecting Commerce and Shipping . By H . Byerley Thomson , Esq ., B . A . Smith , Elder , and Co . A Poem anda Pamphlet . Chapman and Hall . Voltaic and his Times . By L . P . Bangener . Thomas Constable and Co . Manual q f Civil Law ,- or , Examination in the Institutes of Justinian . By Patrick Cumin , Stevens and Norton A Descriptive A Oas illustrative q / 'the Seats of War , with iive coloured Maps .

    William S . Orr and Co Chambers ' * Journal Part III . W . and R . Chambers The ^ chtt ^ Snfir ^^ and **— *** " *• PAawH * ssaas The North A merican Review John Cha p ™" The Life of Nicholas I . Emperor of All the Russias . By Edward H . Michelsen . William Spooncr J ^ naU ^ FoLtor ^ Vd ° ? ^^ * " ^^ ( Standard library . - ) Translated by Mra Tf > & WiSea ^ deliver ' ° f T ° rquato Tasao . ( Illustrated Library . ) Translated by J . H _ _ . " Henry 0 Bohn The LampUghtmr

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 22, 1854, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2035/page/20/