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    • LONDON, NOVEMBER 30, 1867.
    • THE BLACK PLAGUE.
    • A DICTIONARY FOR DRAMATIC AUTHORS.
    • WORKED BY THE DEAD;. OR, NAPOLEONS' ALBA...
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      304 The Tomahawk. ... . . [November 30, ...

      304 THE TOMAHAWK . ... . . [ November 30 , 1867 , . —~—~— ¦ ¦ — " . — ——^ r . - . . _

      The Five Tom Car Aha Toons In Wk Colours...

      The Five TOM Car AHA toons in WK Colours ALMANA . Full of CK Engravings . —OH the $ th . Threepence of December , .

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      * ^ * They Editor Correspondents Attach ...

      * ^ * they Editor Correspondents attach on any any consideration value are to informed them whatever . Letters that . Contributions , Contributors on purely business should cannot matters make possibly copies , sho be uld of returned be their addressed articles by the to if the Publisher to insure attention .

      London, November 30, 1867.

      LONDON , NOVEMBER 30 , 1867 .

      The Following Notice Has Been Posted Up ...

      The following notice has been posted up fn all the offices of the Secretaries of State : —No Deputations "in arms" admitted .

      We Understand That A Return Is Kept At T...

      We understand that a return is kept at the Lyceum Theatre of the persons ( male or female ) whom the wonderful Vestvali's performance has afflicted with " suffu-ion and tenderness on the heart , " and " spectral visions of Paradise on the brain /' We are happy to learn that up to the present time the return is not a heavy one .

      The Inquiry At Farnham Workhouse Promise...

      The inquiry at Farnham Workhouse promises to fulfil Mr . Sclater Booth ' s modest hope that it would be satisfactory to all parties . The late master has had an opportunity of bad _ gering the doctor ; the doctor has had an opportunity of

      showing he can't be bullied into not telling the truth ; the Lancet Commissioners have been proved to have told the truth ; the public has learnt a little more of the truth ; and the Poor-Law Board has had the satisfaction of stifling , or at any rate , putting off the evil day of a full inquiry into the system of outdoor relief .

      Certes ! There Are Some Things They Do D...

      Certes ! there are some things they do do better in France relates than in ) , steward land . of A an certain estate M near . Hautefeuille Jouy le Chatel ( as the , having Temps offended a sergeant and private of gendarmes by replying sharply to an insolent threat of the officer ' s , the defenders of \\\ plaw . <; friifV "him sinrl mzi ] t-Tre > atnr \ "him in *» vroi ~ v i » av a-nA tT-iort

      dragged him off to the barracks , where he was " imprisoned vermin without . " food The for authorities eighteen before hours whom in a dark he was dungeon brought full ' abso of - lutely set him free , telling him at the same time that , " the gengendarm darmes were es are full easil y justified y justified in at what that rate they . had done . " Verily ,

      The Black Plague.

      THE BLACK PLAGUE .

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      dishonour That school of thei of r country politicians is who showing are very always prominentl anxious y for in the the front tellectual of the Radicals opposers ( who of the are mostl yssinian y Positivists Expedition ) have . no These idea in of - any war being just which is not waged in the cause of Revolution priests , and as the possible object . of These which men is are not brimful to kill of as benevole many ki nce ngs , and and in what its severest they call measure large sympathies s against the , and South they . If hound anybody on the treads North on a negro ' s coat tail , the ) ' are loud in their yells for vengeance . But of murder a nice by concise way of massacre imprison of m whit ent or es , or rvatio a mo n re w tardy hen inflicted process on otherwise their — own at least countryme they n regard , is rathe such r gratif event y s with , majestic them tha re n - learnt signation to . hold We at hope its true that val the ue better the mock sense patriotism of the country of these has large dertake -minded a war for philosop the defence hers ; for of whenever her honour Engla and nd property has to , un she - or kno embarrass ws that he her r open movements enemies will half so cost much her as half these the t double rouble - ,

      Dishonour That School Of Thei Of R Count...

      blaze faced for sons the of gratificatio her own , n who of w some ould sent set iment the whole al whim world , but in wh a o life hold or the a shilling national . prestige and honour not worth the risk of a

      A Dictionary For Dramatic Authors.

      A DICTIONARY FOR DRAMATIC AUTHORS .

      Adapt. To. Not —To Only Be Able Literall...

      Adapt . To . not —To only be able literall to y translate but sensibl French y . For into ins Eng tance lish , salon had you dans to turn le cha the teau following de La into Marquise English " de room Chateaubriant at Oaklands " you , would the country adapt it seat thus of "Morning Lavinia Marchioness Fitz- Trewllian .

      Acting . —[ See Buffoonery . ] Dialogue , A thread . —The your string pearls of talkee of scenery -talkee . upon Dialogue which in you a seems play has now been to be in graduall fashion y for dying many out years befor , but . e the it approach of the artist ' s paint-brush . Extravaganza out , An . — A sort cnns of Christmas f- Ti f » . panto It consists mime , br rVhieflv ought vpar

      of bosh , bunkum , folly , and twaddle . It is necessary Oera to -lasses carry when a Slang Dictionary a visit to , one with of the you se r entertainment Lunacy pg . ] s , ( ? ; — you ISee pay also Burlesque and Originality . —The art of must sucking turn other men ' s brains novei . To into be

      p original iece and you call it your o someDoays wn . Thus , if a story is a published which proves a great success , it is your the business best situations as an " orig and inal all " the author characters to steal for the a p new lot , p own iece property , which of . course , you must register as your Piracy . —The the act plot of he stealin has g already from p an ilfered " orig from inal" an dramati original st novelist easily be . put Fortunatel down with y , this all scandalous the terrors of crime the law can .

      Worked By The Dead;. Or, Napoleons' Alba...

      WORKED BY THE DEAD ; . OR , NAPOLEONS' ALBATROSS .

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      to about Pity - Ther day hi his , m for e ? neck he to No - kneels morrow . ! Fatal His in , — for own the but he ri agony bou g will ht nd hand not of to , him fear launched dare , for with not good , forth th shake , e fatal the evil it bird , bolt off for ! hand upon must its errand undo what of death his . own Hel rig p ht him han ? d No has . done His — ow Look n right at " him tp » rrr » r-cfriir-V nnrl SlifTit ! He moves not . but the ShlD

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      to could the wake mag a ic world of a to sp lull lendid it on name blood — -stained Napoleon battle ' . - Name fields that into to beauto the -day col us d the sleep vessel Flen of France r death de Lys . floats Nam grows on e before the pale te — whose rror under of mystic the whose seas spell aegis . even But the g he ives —the not boasted word nor hero help of , nor the counsel home , , sits now . still The and barque silent . glide He s honelesslv on without and him— helolesslv He knows . and his ther ruin e , is and no is escape bound — to The it— master bound

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 30, 1867, page 304, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_30111867/page/4/