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  2. POETRY.

    IN speaking of a person's faults, Pray don't forget your own; Remember those with homes of glass Should seldom throw a stone. ...

    Article : 214 words
  3. THE CYNIC'S CAROL.

    Christmas comes but once a year; Happy that twice it cometh not; For sirloin is uncommon dear, And dear the pudding in the pot; ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. LITERATURE.

    The performance of this volume (says the Spectator) falls short of the promise of its title-page, which leads the reader to expect" the description of the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the times of the Patriarchs ...

    Article : 1,873 words
  5. THE LADIES' COLUMN.

    No word arouses such tender feelings as that of mother. Strong men are not ashamed to be softened by it, and aged women mention it with loving reverence—grandmothers as they are in their own lives, going back to the time when ...

    Article : 2,339 words
  6. TARTAR WOMEN.

    A BAND of handsome end very powerful young Tartar women—clad in red or black tunics, loose trousers, and immense cloth boots, into which a child of five years old might easily have been stuffed — had constituted ...

    Article : 649 words
  7. NOTES OF TRAVEL.

    A RICH Kaffir residing in the neighbourhood became what he called "bewitched," and nothing could persuade him that animals or reptiles were not devouring him in the flesh. He had great pain all over his body, but ...

    Article : 1,140 words
  8. THEATRES IN SIAM.

    AFTER dinner we had a theatrical entertainment, or "lacon," as it is called in Siam. The scene which presented itself as we passed out of the house was novel and effective. A large court at the back was used for the display, and here ...

    Article : 879 words
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