An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespeare's Othello and John Maddison Morton's A Thumping Legacy on 8 February 1868.
The advertisement also notes the upcoming production, on 10 February 1868, of A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
An advertisement for the 8 February 1868 recital by Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, 'for schools and young people', to be held at the Masonic Hall.
An advertisement for the 8 February 1868 recital by Miss Aitken and Mr T. P. Hill, to be held at the Masonic Hall.
A summary of a report published in Harper's Weekly on 7 December 1867 detailing Charles Dickens's tour of the USA.
A column noting the recital, by Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, for the entertainment of schools and young people which should excite 'a taste for the study and practice of elocution'.
'The Flaneur of Sydney' compares the self-righteous attitude of 'the leading organ' of Sydney 'public opinion' [The Sydney Morning Herald] with the compassionate view of English poet Thomas Hood on the subject of suicide. (The original Sydney Morning Herald article can be found here.)
'The Flaneur' goes on to ridicule The Sydney Morning Herald's report on the Pavilion Ball, held in honour of H. R. H. Prince Alfred. In doing so, he quotes from British authors Thomas Carlyle and Jonathan Swift, and references the Roman figures Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius.
Because the English papers 'have a good deal to say about Dickens just now, and his trip to America', 'The Flaneur's' piece concludes with Thomas Hood's poem, 'To Charles Dickens, On His Departure for America, Jan. 4, 1842', written on the occasion of Dickens's first visit to the USA.
A review of the 7 February 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In praising Walter Montgomery's performance, the reviewer says, 'we esteem him to be the best illustrator of Hamlet we have ever seen'.
A letter from Professor Max Müller to Captain Mayne on the receipt of 'two works on the languages of the aborigines of Australia'. (The letter was supplied to The Empire by Terence Aubrey Murray.)
An advertisement for An Essay on the Times; or, The Morning and the Evening Are the Sixth Day by J. Godfrey, published by Henry Thomas.
