... Walter Besant, in the Author, discusses in detail the probablo effects upon literature of the six- penny boolk. Roughly speaking, he regards it as a nuisance that lias increased. is increasing. and ought , to be diminished, j That our friend, everyboays ...

... the smallness of the amount of grrami now left to last out the cereal year. Of foreign reports, those from the United States speak well of the crop in te west- Shfpments have shown a con- sideraeble increase. During last week the average price of British ...

... learned lord sm1iiled and walked away into the alammber, reflecting, possibly, upon his Old Bailey days, wheti, generally speaking, the tables were reversed. A SURPRISE FOR THE NOVELIST. A well-known novelist tells this storv against himself. I was at ...

... surely be. Great, indeed, will be his rule, His subjects very meek; High heads he'll put to ridicule Should they but dare to speak. His life will be to lounge and bask Beside the wheels of thrift; And ehould they dare a favour ask It must be with a f 't ...

... once scored off one of his superior officers ise' the following manner. It was a ruri-decanal meeting, and the young cleric, speaking on the marriage laws, re- marked that it was not generally known that a, -man cou'd not marry his widow's cousin. Widow's ...

... the leadership of the Liberal party, is evidently waiting for that tide. But there is another tide of which Shakespeare also speaks. It is that. which lost is hbound in shallows and, in miseries. There is a danger that Lord Rose- bery, with all his acute ...

... the corner. Thomson, though he lived in the davs of Maiolatry, is one of the few poets who have appreciated September. He speaks of the serener blue, and the golden light, and the pleasing calm, which are all emi- nently characteristic of this lovbly ...

... 6 oarantt NORTS OF E2GLA?SD FARER, AND GENERAL dUE AND CRY. YEAR OF_-R.vA,- THE QUEEN IN IRELAND. The great O'Co'inell. speaking at a meeting of citizens in Dublin in view of the visit. of George the Fourth. is reported to have made use of a few words ...

... forgotten. Yes', said the bishop, I have not the smallest recollection of him, but I will make it all right, and. will go and speak to him. Which is be? He was pointed out, and the bishop made his way to him. My dear Dr-, I have not had a. -moment for a ...

... leader as De Wet, whose prowess and daring have baffled our Generals for so long a period. Nothing makes us So small as to speak despitefullv of our roe because thinas have not gone as well with us as we could have wished. This is a time for magna- nimity ...

... generaily concurs. Tiere is no other alternative so long at least as thlo enemy is within Her Majesty's daomnions. No amount of speaking, however relevant or irre- levant, however eloquent or ineloquent, can alter the situation. It is deeds, -not words, it is ...

... Everybody nowadays, as soon as gctnes wants to pack up his trunk and be on ae eia to some distant place. * * ?? generally speaking-to people who have a good anu a suburban ?? is a very r leaan rime of the year to remain at home. The t are in full leaf ...