y the aid of a Lucid Little Lime-Light,
Borrowed from Cole's Book Arcade.

Mary Muggin's Mother Made a Mighty, Monstrous, Mammoth, Monument of
Marmalade jars; Mounted up, and Minutely Minced the Moon into a
Multitude of Magnificent stars.
[N.B.--About 300 bushels of said stars fell on top of Cole's Book
Arcade and may be seen on application.]

[Illustration: Old Woman Cutting the Moon into Stars.]

Nancy Nuttall was a Nonsensical, Noodlesome, Nincompoopish,
Namby-pamby, Numskulled, Needle-woman; Nevertheless, at Ninety-Nine
she Neatly and Nimbly Nabbed in the Nuptial Noose a Notable Noble
Nabob of Nagpoor.
And directly after the marriage Nagged him into sending for books
to Cole's Book Arcade.

Olivia Oliphant, of Omeo, ordered an Obstinate Old Organ-grinding
Ostrich to Overwhelm with Oil an Olive, an Onion, an Orange, an
Onion, an Orange, an Ocean, and an Oat.
And then go to Cole's Book Arcade and get a book.

Papline Potts, a Poor, Penniless Peasant, Prettily, Pleasantly,
Pathetically and Perfectly Played a Piece of music in a Parlour at
a Pleasure-Palace to a Picked, Packed Party of Particular
Personages, consisting of Peers, Peeresses, Princes and Princesses.
The piece of music was bought Quarter-Price at Cole's Book Arcade.

Quintina Quirk Quarrelled with the Queer, Quaint, Quadroon Queen of
Quito, and Quizzingly Questioned her Quivering, Quaking
Quartermaster.
If he was Quite sure he bought all his pens and pencils at Cole's
Book Arcade.

Ruth Robertson's Rich Rival, Regardless of Right, Rhyme, or Reason,
Recently Ran a Rapid, Rattling Race Round a Regiment of Royal
Russian Red Republicans,
Instead of Running into Cole's Book Arcade.

Seraphina Susanna Selina Sally Snooks, a Sober, Serious, Staid,
Seraphic, and Sentimental Sailoress, Solicited a Situation as
Superior Saloon Stewardess on the Splendid Spanish Steamship
_Salamanca_, and Straightway Stipulated with the Sprightly
Supercargo to Slyly and Suddenly Sail Southward at Sunrise for Six
Shillingsworth of Select Stationery to Cole's Book Arcade.

Theresa Toodles Thatched a Trumpery Tipperary Theatre Three
Thousand and Thirty-Three Times, and Then Took To Table-Turning and
Table-Talking.
But never Turned into nor Talked about Cole's Book Arcade until
afterwards.

Urania Upton was Uncouth, Ungraceful, Unfashionable, Unladylike,
Uninteresting, Unpresentable, and Ugly. She was Unpoetical,
Unmusical, Unlearned, Uncultured, Unim