... much jaded to be capable of any vigorous action. They snap, but they have not enough energy to bite. The House Commons, in short, is an assembly emphatically suited to moderate degrees of heat. A great statistician proved that a certain flower blossomed ...

... appeared to have immediately returned to her father, and not to have lived with Neale. STRANGE CASE—'THE WOMAN IN BLACK.' A SHORT time ago, a respectable-looking person, dressed in black, called at the office of the City of Glasgow Bank in Obeli, and presenting ...

... thought of. linie- for liking toys is too precious and short be- waited U{m*u the pursuit of know ledge. The period when toys are given for games is mark* I probably the for the first kite and fairy -story k. Girls tick to dolls until thev can play •piadiille ...

... PLEASURES; OR, LEFT ALONE IN THE HOLIDAYS. By Mrs. George Cupples Edinbuigh : W. P. Nimmo).—This is a collection of short and pretty stories for young people, written in a pleasant and cheerful vrin by a lady of considerable literary ability. They cannot ...

... tell bim your Consul Cameron at Liverpool on Saturday from Alex- wae almost exhausted, and was just on the point of sink- story, and for a shilling or two be wii! du what be thinks andria, aod bis departure for saye—Cunsul ing when be was dragged into ...

... Clarke—Never in a satiafactory manner ? Defendant— No. Mr. Clarke-If you had fear it would be story with poor Murpby. Hy a juror- When wa. the , leg. came dowu a very short way. J Lancers, who wa. out with the bound, with the defendant on the day in ...

... Yorkshire, toy manuf. August 18, at 9.15: sol. Mr Rhodes, Bradford; off. assig. the Registrar. Short, John, Halifax, cabinetmaker, August 14, at 10 : sol. Mr. Story, Halifax; off. assig. the Registrar. Slater, Ralph, Barnoldswick, cotton manuf. August 10, ...

... On the other hand, woe to'the unhappy wight that falls into the clutches of these vampires. One poor fellow tells a piteous story of the manner in N% he was victimised by a scoundrel of this class, who had so successfully practised his nefarious business ...

... alive with fashionable visitors, and the town wears an appearance of unusual animation even, for this period of the year. Short dresses have decidedly carried the day at this town, much to the satisfactio'n of the owners qf pretty feet and ankles. The ...

... altogether suited for learners and the editor has rendered the student good service by short expianations, in English, of the principal difficulties of idiom. The stories themselves are instructive, so that information is imparted, and interest awakened, ...

... LA .FEMME EN BLANC. About a fortnight since we stated that Mr. Wilkie Collins's story of The Woman in White had been dramatised for the French stage by M. Henri Crisafulll, and that it would shortly be produced at the Goleta. Under date of the 22nd ...

... and infinite pity strove for mastery, At last he caught the noble lord's eye, and by a signit cant look told him to cut it short. Mr Disraeli, who saw that a storm was brewing, and that the reins were no longer in his hands—thondh the dreamt lea 'er ...