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  2. THE QUEEN'S PRESENTS.

    There is probably no sovereign in the world who has ever received so many preBents as Queen Victoria. Not only has her reign been exceptionally long and glorious, ...

    Article : 446 words
  3. FAMOUS LITERARY PARTNERSHIP.

    For James Rice, the quondam partner of Mr. Besant, I had, says Mr. Percy Fitzgerald in his recently-published memoirs, a great liking—he was a cheery, straightforward ...

    Article : 391 words
  4. A STRONG-MINDED WOMAN.

    My strong-minded woman came in to see me the other day. She sat down on the long bench I have placed up against the wall between the fireplace and window, and sighed. ...

    Article : 1,156 words
  5. MOLTKE'S MODESTY.

    A deal of claptrap has gone the round of publicity with regard to Moltke's excessive modesty, says a writer in the "Fortnightly Review," an explanation for which may ...

    Article : 481 words
  6. THE PRIMA DONNA AND HER WAYS.

    Of the prima donna one might say almost anything, and still be within the limits of veracity. Long ago she was recognised as a synonym for capriciousaess. What she did not ...

    Article : 1,222 words
  7. THE ROAD AGENT.

    The warges afternoon an looks down upon a scene of rugged grandeur. The view is picturesque and awe-inspiring. A rough, uneven, rocky winds in a semi-circle about the base ...

    Article : 2,692 words
  8. WHAT BLIND PEOPLE DREAM ABOUT.

    "Do yon ever dream? and if so, what do yon dream about?' I asked a blind man a little while ago (writes a representative of "Cassell's Journal). 'Yes,' he ...

    Article : 628 words
  9. THE LAKE LAND.

    There is, perhaps, in the world no bit of mountain ground twenty miles in diameter so crowded with lofty memories of men who lived, and loved, and helped their own ...

    Article : 424 words
  10. HOW HORSE TASTES.

    Physically, Bays one who baa eaten a good deal of it at various times, horseflesh may be distinguished from beef or mutton by its appearance. It is coarser in the grain than ...

    Article : 208 words
  11. A REMARKABLE CITY.

    New York is remarkable for its cosmopolitan population. Of the 1,800,000 inhabitants reported by the last State census 377,000 are aliens. Nearly every ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. PEDESTRIAN FEATS.

    In the way of straight running our grandfathers performed some notable teats —that is, if the timekeepers are to be believed. They tell us that John Smith, ...

    Article : 552 words
  13. RENEWING OLD LOVE.

    When love, so called, has died a natural death, it cannot be tried. The experiment has often been retired, and has often failed. I have Been Jill, metaphorically ...

    Article : 258 words
  14. THE WAR CHESTS EUROPE.

    In his article on this subject, in The Nineteenth Century, Prof. Heinrich Geffcken says that Germany has a war treasure of £6,000,000 in coined gold ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. MUCH MARUIED PEOPLE.

    St. Jerome mentions a widow who married her twenty-third husband, who, in his turn, had been married to twenty wives. A woman named Elizabeth Massi, who died ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. TWINS ARE SYMPATHETIC.

    Many instances of this nature have been quoted from time to time, and certainly the latest is very remarkable. A minister has twin daughters, twelve years of age, ...

    Article : 153 words
  17. HEAVING THE ANCHOR

    Captain Pemberton, who had been in his younger days captain of a whaling vessel, was invited with his wile to take tea at a neighbour's, and during the meal someone ...

    Article : 373 words
  18. THE SHOE THAT FITS.

    Lady: "My foot seems to be swelled." Shoe Denier: "These No. 2 shoes have been in stock so long that they hare shrunk." ...

    Article : 315 words
  19. A NEW USE FOR A DOG.

    A new use for the domestic terrier. In South Kensington, writes a correspondent, I was struck by the manner in which a lady had evidently trained her dog. The streets ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. A CONFUSION OF LOCALITY.

    The Roman Catholic cathedral of Southward, coon to be consecrated, was the scene of an amusing incident, in which the late Mr. Biggar, M.P., was the principal ...

    Article : 228 words
  21. FAILURE.

    Up the white mil the shadows steal apace; Fast dips the day that promised fair. At morn I rose with flushed and eager face, ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. A SAILOR.

    Schoolmate: "And so you have a summer cottage at Breezy Point, and a little sail boat, all your own! Do you tail much?" Dora: "N-o, not much." ...

    Article : 56 words
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