... the time of William the Con queror, nor is it necessary to trace it in detail from that day to the present. The questionable honour of being sheriff is now often considered a burden too heavy to be borne, but in ancient times these unlucky officials were ...

... meeting last month in the run up a very severe one one of the dogs was seen to roll completely over, but picked himself up and managed to kill. When he fell some thing was seen to roll over also, and on examination it was found that the cause of the fall was ...

... Benjamin Webster, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. I wonder much how Mr. Evelyn, who is allotted Paul Bedford's part, will roll out the once supposed-to-be-immortal, I believe you, my boy. I can call Paul to mind when he used to sit in the old Aibion ...

... out of the seven. Pie also has the advantage, if lie is a sportsman, of the best of shooting and finest of salnion-fisliing. There will shortly, it is said, be a vacancy among the Maids of Honour, and already strenuous efforts are being made by the various ...

... performs. He is com pelled every day to roll up the steep hill of speculation a column of equine facts and figures for the guidance of the people who follow his teachings. His article occupies the place of honour in the paper, and it is quite as eagerly ...

... town for the season. He is particularly fond of this beautiful country seat, which was highly admired by the Queen when she honoured the M.P. for Avlcsbury with a brief visit. The Prince will go from Goodwood to Cowes, where he is expected to arrive on the ...

... with the officials of the various railway companies. The royal suite will consist of Lady Churchill, Major Bigge, a Maid-qf-Honour, Abdul Karim, and about fifty servants, including the Indian domestics. M. Dosse will travel with the Queen's train, and is ...

... ecarteur a la feinte whose business it was to annoy the bull and then slip aside as he approached, failed in his spring and rolled on the ground, the bull, tugging at his cord, gored him in the rear, seriously damaging his nether garments, and inflicting ...

... SMALL TALK. The Queen is once more at her beloved Balmoral. The guard of honour is supplied this time by the Gordon Highlanders. It is curious that the gallant Gordons should not have that distinction more often, seeing that their depot is at Aberdeen ...

... that, whether right or wrong, Dr. Jameson and his comrades had no guilty motive, but were actuated by feelings worthy of honourable men. Sir Edward's speech was considered by those who heard it to be one of his very finest efforts, and the jury were visibly ...

... extinct when Leonard, after diving three times, fetched out the body. There has just passed away at Dover, full of years and honours, Jarvist Arnold, coxswain of the Kingsdown lifeboat, one of those gallant men who have been so well styled heroes of the Goodwin ...

... THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY.1 IT is quite certain that no sportsman's library can be consi dered complete without the works of The Druid, and, well as they are known to all lovers of horse and hound, the comparatively recent appearance of a new and revised ...