amongst other interesting matter, the recently much
discussed pedigree of the Duke of FIFE. Like all Mr. FOSTER'S books of
reference, the two handsome volumes are invaluable to the genealogist,
and no library can be accurately said to be _quite_ complete without
them.

BARON DE BOOK-WORMS & CO.

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DAUBIGNY IN BOND STREET.--Through the organisation of Messrs. BOUSSOD,
VALADON & CO., and the kindness of Mr. JAMES STAATS FORBES, Mr. W.
CUTHBERT QUILTER, Mr. ALEXANDER YOUNG, and other courteous collectors,
we are enabled to enjoy, at the Goupil Gallery, as many as forty-three
works by this distinguished _paysagiste_ of the Barbizon School. Nothing
of the "daub" to be seen here excepting in the first half of the name.
Charming collection. Nice boys they were of the Barbizon School, all in
the best form. _Mr. Punch_ recommends everybody not to neglect to pay an
immediate visit to this superb exhibition.

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LE KICK-BALLE FIGHT.

"No definite date has yet been fixed for the football match which is
to take place here between an English and a French eleven, the
latter consisting of pupils from the Lycee Janson de Sailly, but the
preliminary negotiations are still proceeding."--_Letter of Paris
Correspondent._

MON CHER MONSIEUR,

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It is with the feelings of _a 'Igh Life-Sporting-Gentlemans_ most
ecstatic and profound, that I find myself preparing "_Le Onze_" of the
great spirited youths of our Lycee, who have, brave-souled heroes,
volunteered to meet on the _veritable champ de bataille_ of the
kicke-legges-match your Public-school-team, who have thrown in their
faces the challenge glove of combat. I say, I am preparing, but this
means, of course, with such modifications of your _Jeu-de-Rugby_ rules,
which, indeed, turn the struggle into _un vrai carnage_, degrading alike
to humanity and civilisation, as will permit the enlightened children of
our great, refined and Republican France, to meet their antagonists not
with the savage antics of Blood-thirsty Cannibals, which seem to
characterise what you term "_le scrimmage_," as practised by your
contending "_'ome-teams_" at _le Hovals_ and other arenas, where meet
and rend each other with the fury unrestrained, terrible and
indescribable of the wild beasts and gladiators of the barbaric Roman
Circus, of ancient times, but with the humanised activity of tha