... VOETRY. COMP'ENSATION. CrtaStd alnd dwarfed the tree oust stay, Nor lift its groon head to the day, till useless .erowth, are lopped awa y. AdLi thla- doth human nature do Till it litth careful prunlilng, too, It callaot glow up straight and true. For, but for ?? severe, Xo soul could ever tell how near ;il comC3. to ?? eud lovoth hore. witliont life'o ills, Wee Could not feel Tile lgleased ...

... I ner } Last year's annual exhibition was considered the era best that had been held at the Crystal Palace to that time, but there is a distinct advance, both as art re'ards numbers and quality, in the collection of at cats on view at Sydenbam on Tuesday and Wednes- me day. There are.484 oats, or 130 more thanin 1884, - which are divided into short-haired and long- haired groups, each ...

... THE HARRIS FREE LIBRARY AND MUBEUM.-(CoNTPDBD.) I The fair and graioues alone-pictures ieproduoed here tat represent a soleman religiosm procession of ancient times, rem Its object was to present to the patron goddess of the I city nf Athens, on he r birthday, a robe woven In honourn. oai It wasn renewed every year, but with especial solemnity toI on sech fifth anniversary. It wasn an ...

... I NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS. ge,- I have resolved tbat I'll ne'er smoke saain. ti 6ho.-Aud I that all my dresses shall be plaim. n HEe.- I mean to get along without my boer. a She.- I will not buy a bangle all this year. a 'te.- From lodgo and club this year I meas tofhy She.- One bonnet in each month is all I'll buy. I,1u- I'll not loso caah at poker ?? each night. She.- All ...

... I Whatever the times may be like-whether good, or bad, or indifferent, and whatever the doings or undoings may be in the imperial political arena, and however serene, mixed, or breezy may be our local affairs, that which we call fashion is always going and always with us. Fashion is the fetish to which we all bow down-at least all who wish to be in the swim with our fellow dwellers in the ...

... I THE CHRONICLE. | - - ?? - - . - - ' - I PRESPON, SATURDAY, MAY 10th., 1890. I Royal Academy banquets are functions that follow one another year after year in mono- tonous succession. The speeches made are usually insincere in character and traditional in expression. Sir Frederick Leighton- the present figure-head, as Mr, Furniss calls him in his funny new book, generally leads off by a ...

... UU ailt[ ?Llttmnltr. 'lo remivnt' 'itains from clothing use banzine. or To relilsove bt ins8 front thoe ehiltaeter use sugar. tb ION'T be toon severo ou thlo loau who scoyds his vi wiie it, putlil. Perhaps that is the only tiue he cc ?? dio o. t(;oor Tbjigi After All.-` Ile's such an oxag. gi get vlot, I CIII t sw; lltw his stories. It's just as Io wisl. 'iiey're uiot fiesh. '1 ( ?? Wbat ...

... Thle spring picture exhibitions are open, and the usual annual effort to persuade them- selves that they are an artistic people is being made by the, English. It recurs at this time of the year, when the Grosvenor Gallery, the New, and the Royal Academy are opened with as much certainty as laburnam begins to appear in the London gardens and squares. We are all unaffectedly fond of spring ...

... MARITANIA4 SIR IASUCELLES DYiXLL, BART. lit th t-ItlATI'T R l.I.-C'otititied. to No sooner Jhadl he cdone this than, to his horror, II() hl discovered that thero were no etars iu tho btlt, atid thal hoe Lad coly challged his ;prison, auld must Still infallibly fall iuto thb hauds of his dire enemrties, tb Harry \Veruon an-ud Quirillo. T his discovery pluniged o0 Morales une Inuor into the ...

... LOG-BOOK OF AN EMIGRANT TO AUSTRia . We have been favoured with a perusal, With a viewto. publication, of the log-book of an emigranf, transmitted ,by him from that colony, to his frends here. .The follow- ing extracts will be found Interesting, not only to intending emigrants, or to those who may have relationsa on tie deep bosom of the ocean, butwe,. 1hip :k,aso. to sou readers generally: - ...

... ' - LINES Written by a pupil of the late Mr. Charles Nloholson, the Tn.. rivaed flont player, who died In London, about twenty years ago, and whose remains lie interred In the burial ground of old. St. pancras Church, London. Orpbans could woods and rooks in motley throng, By playing, with him cause to dance along; When Nicholson petformed upon his flute Thy sounds, Oh harmony I were no longer ...

... A WICKED WORLD.-The world is only wicked and weary to those who are sated with its delights, or who are incapable of appreciating them. The material world itself sets such an example of brightness and cheerfulness, that it is quite wonderful how any one.can imagine for a moment that weariness could possibly be one of its attri- butes. The year dies in the gleom and bitterness of win- ter, but ...