BURNABY," is specially interesting; and the
only disappointing thing in the book is the omission of "An Evening
with Witches," as a companion picture to "A Night at Watts's."

By the way, in my copy of _A Plantation Printer_, the English printer
has made one slip, a sin of omission, at p. 153, where, Miss CARTER,
a charming young lady, is watching a Georgian Fox-hunt. She sees
"a group of shadows, with musical voices, sweep across the Bermuda
fields."

"'O ow beautiful!' exclaimed Miss CARTER, clapping her little hands,"
and, we may add, dropping her little "h" in her excitement. "I can
put up with the loss of an 'h,' but not for a wilderness of aspirates
would I have lost this healthy, cheery chapter," says

THE BARON DE BOOK-WORMS.

* * * * *

TO A RAILWAY FOOT-WARMER.

At first I loved thee--thou wast warm,--
The porter called thee "'ot," nay, "bilin.'"
I tipped him as thy welcome form
He carried, with a grateful smile, in.

Alas! thou art a faithless friend,
Thy warmth was but dissimulation;
Thy tepid glow is at an end,
And I am nowhere near my station!

I shiver, cold in feet and hands,
It is a legal form of slaughter,
They don't warm(!) trains in other lands
With half a pint of tepid water.

I spurn thy coldness with a kick,
And pile on rugs as my protectors.
I'd send--to warm them--to Old Nick,
Thy parsimonious Directors!

* * * * *

RICH V. POOR.

(_A NOTE KINDLY CONTRIBUTED BY OUR OWN GRAPHIC REPORTER._)

Nothing could have been more impressive than the closing scene of
a trial that was one of the features of the present Sessions. The
Counsel for the Prisoner made no pretence of hiding his emotion, and
freely used his pocket-handkerchief. Many ladies who had until now
been occupied in using opera-glasses, at this point relinquished
those assistants to the eyesight, to fall back upon the restorative
properties of bottles filled with smelling-salts. Even his Lordship
on the Bench was seemingly touched to the very quick by the Prisoner's
dignified appeal for mercy. Before passing sentence, the Judge glanced
for a moment at the number of titled and other highly respectable
witnesses who had testified to the integrity of the accused. Then he
addressed the Prisoner:--

"You have pleaded guilty to an indictment which charges you with
having misappropriated trust moneys. You have reduce