... did M3r. Bicknell speak upon his theme, and we give the following as a brief resumd of his statement. He tells us that as long ago as the fifth ecn- tury before Christ there was no objection to eating horse- b flesh, Herodotus, speaking of the Persians ...

... less wonderful than the rapid way in which it is being peopled. Two hundred and fifty millions of people speak, or are ruled by those who speak, the English tongue, and inhabit ia third of the habitable globe; but at the present rate of increase, in ...

... the con- demned, he was so affected that he retired for three days to hisroom, and would not see any- body. Of Escobedo she speaks less favourably. Nevertheless the Princess adds, and so may we, that considering her avowed object, she was treated throughout ...

... passages given to -a. lawyer's elerk, sporting masn. swindler, and street musician, represented by r.- G0eorge Roney, who speaks much and, often, and inter- . ruphe the story as much as possible. Miss. Lydia Foote, the most imprcssivo young actress on ...

... administered by etu author and others, and of the propagation of Christianity among the natives. On this subject Mr. Taylor speaks, on the whole, very hopefully. ie observes that in but fewi cofutries is the Sun- day more strictly observed than by the natives ...

... impulsive girl, one of those ideal actresses who is all beauty, goodness, virtue, charity, and affection ; a Prussian soldier, who speaks seven or eight words, not languages; and another Prussian soldier, who is quaified fcyr s cef- and-dumb asylum. These are ...

... Jennings declares (p. 29) that State independence is a national security and speaks in alarming terms of invasions on it. In the sixth chapter, having another object in view, he speaks in terms even stronger of the various and sometimes almost conflicting laws ...

... graced the stands at the palace. The plants which suffered most were precisely those which are usually the reserve army, so to speak, of all late shows. Foremost must be mentioned the dahlias and hollyhocks, to whose tall heads strong winds are ever fatal ...

... with hei either in this, or in holding that era lady going out to India nowadays' has no more need to speak the language than she would have to speak French on going to Paris.' But India is as distasteful to her as its .people. $he dislikes the heat and ...

... support of the resolu- tion, and remarked facetiously that when he was invited by the president of Sion College, Mr. Rogers, to speak in favour of free libraries, he naturally expected that that reverend gentleman would solemnise the proceedings by announcing ...

... that most of the characters intro- duced into these tragedies are historical, and that the poet has in many cases made them speak as they are reported to have spoken in the chronioles of the period. At the same time the order of events is made subservient ...

... Novels with a Purpose -he quarrels with thenovel-writers of the present, and of one or two previous generations, for not speaking with greater boldness on the very delicate question of the relations between man and woman. He can sea no reason whatever ...