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... - . I .- I . I . 1 1 . . - I There are many playgoers to whom comedy is delightful-good comedy, bien entendu-but farce distasteful. The distinction is not hard to under- stand if, with Mr. William Archer, we call farces pieces the primary aim of which, from first to last, is not to depict life but to provoke laughter, everything in them being devised and manipulated to that end-truth being ...

... THE BIRDCATCHEPR8: Presidents KRUGER and SEEYN. RHODES: Didn't you; wish you might catch me ' ...

... FOURTH EDITION, IN PURSUIT OF CRONJE. THE CAPTURE OF CONVOYS. RENEWED FICHTING IN NATAL. B1O E R P OS IT I O N S WO N. Thiere is no official news respecting the pursuit of Commandant Cronje's forces later than Lord Roberts's despatch dated Saturday, 5.50 A.n., hyv which we learned that Kelly-Kenny's brigade had captured seventy-eiglht Wjaggons laden with stores. Other telegramns, however, ...

... A.:. STROKE 4 OF LtJ FOR L1 T TL1E EN:ANJND. The ;iber~Xi 1+artvai~e cdpgrM1~ttinoA tByii~iv'~ tht tAla ~ (on the South Affican. ospitai, Conmiftt.e) . ...

... Oom Bannerman and the Logic of Events. ...

... LADYSMMTH: Welcome, Sir Redvers. There was no White-feather about us, but wve fancied once or twice that you had missed your way. Rcculwr poer' mieux saeder, as the French say. ...

... HONEST JOHN (a Teedotal Zdvocate) : zcr.asty, poisollous stuff I I hate the very laime of it-gives you a lhcadache next morning. C.-B. (a Bon Vivant): So it does, my dear John. At first I was inclined to like it. ...

... T -B n S : e Tlzc Little PBnglanZd S-pade anzd Buzcket BYigwde :-We woI nll go for a holda by the seashore. ...

... THE SECOND EMPIRE: 1853-1856i: ThIs volume follows upon 1 Louis Napoleon and Mademoiselle de Miontijo, the English translation of which appeared in January. With regard to the translator's work, we can only repeat this time what we said of the former volume, that it is thoroughly excellent, saving the curious weakness for regarding souvenirs in French and souvenirs in English as exactly ...

... WARDER JOiiN BULL: Down with it. If it poisons you it don't matter, but I won't have Tommy damaged by the likes of you with your diseased meat and rotten soles. ...

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