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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    TIS sweet to stray at early day, When dewdrops, diamonds mocking, Lie thick on the grass wherever yon pass— If you don't get wet through to your stocking. ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. A Birdseller Burgled.

    EIGHTEEN hundred years ago the prosperous and luxurious city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius was extinguished pretty suddenly. Pliny has given some account of that day and night of ...

    Article : 1,158 words
  4. The Country-House Bore.

    WE take the following from an amusing article in the World:—"We have now arrived at the country-house season, and the country-house visit is the bore's opportunity. Instinctively ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men."—Hudibras. A PRETTY girl won a rifle in a lottery. When they gave it to her, she asked, " Don't they give ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  6. Chas. Dickens Taking Notes.

    IN the Illustrated Household Magazine, Mr. J. H. Siddons gives some very interesting reminiscences of the late Charles Dickens. The father of the great novelist was John Dickens, who at one time ...

    Article : 943 words
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