e set _Humpty-Dumpty_
on his legs again! And so congratulations to "all concerned"! And,
without prejudice to Sir DRURIOLANUS,

I beg to sign myself, THE OTHER KNIGHT.

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THE LAY OF THE ANALYTIC NOVELIST.

["It is not the patent, obvious results of the inner working
of mind on which the modern novelist dwells, it is on that
inner working itself."--_Daily Chronicle_.]

That odd barrel-organ, the human mind,
I love to explore; 'tis the analyst's lune;
But if I can only contrive to find
How the pipes will grunt, and the handle will grind,
I don't care a fig for the _tune_!

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"HIT ONE OF YOUR OWN SIZE."--About the ups or downs of the Alexandra
Palace, Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE shouldn't have a row with a LITTLER,
specially when the LITTLER, who if he, with his friends, take over the
lease of the Alexandra themselves, will then be a Lessor, is pretty
sure to get the best of the discussion.

* * * * *

BY A THOUGHTFUL PHILOSOPHER.--Any remedy against London fogs must
involve a grate change.

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[Illustration: A GREAT DRAWBACK.

_Dougal_ (_with all his native contempt for the Londoner_). "AYE, MON,
AN' HE'S NO A BAD SHOT?"

_Davie_. "'DEED AN' HE'S A VERRA _GUID_ SHOT."

_Dougal_. "HECH! IT'S AN AWFU' PEETIE HE'S A LONDONER!"]

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THE NEW MONITOR; OR, JOSEPH'S JOBATION.

["It is reasonable to assume that Mr. CHAMBERLAIN will at
once perceive how his position has been altered by becoming
the head of a party including many shades of opinion, instead
of being, as he has been, the spokesman of a small set of
politicians, earnest, no doubt, and active, but not quite
in sympathy with all those who shared their fortunes."--_The
Times_.

"The arrangements consequent on Lord HARTINGTON's succession
to the Peerage have very much narrowed the freedom
previously enjoyed by the Member for West Birmingham, and,
in a corresponding degree, enlarged the sphere of his
responsibilities.... The Statesman who has to act as guide and
moderator at St. Stephen's will be careful, no doubt, not
to compromise his authority by any indiscreet or extravagant
insistance on remote and contentious issues."--_The
Standard_.]

SCENE--_St. Stephen's School. Presen