ds and the members of the smartest of London's clubs--"Will's, a
place of great historic interest and brilliant reputation, developing
gradually into one of the most exclusive clubs in London, and very strictly
limited in numbers"--held so ignominious an origin. There is a scene in
Will's where _Colonel Maclean_, "a handsome man and a famous soldier,"
expels _M. de Guise_ "with a perceptible degree of asperity" in his
voice--a scene that does the greatest credit to Miss SUTHERLAND'S
imagination. Indeed, I am afraid that Miss SUTHERLAND'S ambition to write a
really dramatic story has driven her into incredibilities of atmosphere, of
incident, and of character. _M. de Guise_, with his flashing, gleaming
eyes, his love of liqueurs, his passion for smashing the most priceless of
Nankin vases whenever he sees them, is, surveyed under these grey English
skies, an unreal figure, and his world, I am afraid, too brightly coloured
to be convincing.

* * * * *

"RULER wanted for Ireland (N.S.); good wages, permanency to competent,
reliable man.--Full particulars to Box 167, Daily News,
Manchester."--_Daily News._

Don't reply to it, Mr. REDMOND. It is not in your line. It is a printer's
advertisement, merely.

* * * * *

"The accident caused great excitement in the neighbourhood. A large
crowd quickly gathered, and several medical men were hurried to the
sport."--_Manchester Guardian._

Those well-known surgeons, _Mr. Robert Sawyer_ and _Mr. Benjamin Allen_,
enjoyed it most.

* * * * *

"A new French revue, entitled 'C'est Bon' (literally, 'It's Top-hole')
is to be produced on Monday week."--_Evening News._

Or, more roughly, "That's good."

* * * * *

In a catalogue of characters assumed at a Mayoral Fancy Dress Ball we are
informed by _The Birmingham Daily Mail_ that Professor and Mrs.
SONNENSCHEIN figured as "Socrates and Christian Thippe." Poor old pagan
XANTHIPPE! SOCRATES is well avenged.

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