... . Messrs. Frank Ilendle and Neil Forsytlj have anticipated the Paris Exhibition, for, as may he seen by our illustration on page 35, the setting for this season's Fancy-dress Balls is a most lifelike replica of that mighty show that is being prepared for us in the Gay City. According to their scheme, the parquet floor forming the ball-room must be regarded as the Pont d'lena, the visitor ...

... . The main interest during the last few dags has centred round Dundee Rietfontein Ladg smith, Maf eking ffwrf Kimberley. From the flrsi-nanud place General lule commenced his famous march on Lady smith, which he reached on the 26 th ult, Two days before this General White engaged the enemy at Rietfontein near Ladysmith), and inflicted considerable loss on them. On our own side, 13 were killed ...

... . Once upon a time there was a Princess of Arcacia who refused to wed Prince Victor of Kurland because she thought that marriage ought to be based on love, and she did not love him, for she had never even seen him. So the Prince disguised himself, and, aided by an amiable prelate, was introduced to the Iioyal Family of Arcacia, passed himself off as Count Bernardino, made love to the Princess ...

... A SAMPLEIt-MAP. Of late years the old samplers which were worked by our great- grandmothers liaA*e been eagerly sought for, and many of them display such skill and exquisite workmanship that they are justly prized. These old pieces of needlework, which for many years have lain forgotten and neglected in old boxes and drawers, have once more come to light, and as we look at them we cannot help ...

... THE VANISHED ART OF THE SAMPLER. WHICH CHILDISH FINGERS WORKED LONG YEARS AGO. Behold these 'broideries. Finer you never saw. To the majority of people the word sampler merely conveys a vague idea of a square of more or less coarse canvas exhibiting a cross-stitch alphabet, a row of numerals, perhaps a house, or some weird, heraldic beasts below, and a moral aphorism as a tag. But as a matter ...