As I have long desired that Opera should be placed within the reach of those, whose purses are not able to bear the strain of the high prices charged in England, and having some leisure before Parliament met this year, I made inquiries regarding the various systems of running Opera on the Continent of Europe.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
The purses were generous, the half mile track was conceded to be the best in the circuit, and spirits rose high in anticipation.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
Money had failed; purses had become empty; lands had been sold; the house had dwindled down to its present shabby dimensions; and if Miss Tredgold had not appeared on the scene, there would have been little chance of Mr. Dale's ten daughters ever taking the position to which their birth entitled them.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade