has served him well ever since she was his until this day, and that
even now he is on his way with her to be promoted unto very great
honour by the Princes of Balak. And let him remember that whatever can
speak may at any moment have a word to say to him which it were best
he should hear.

RASPER.

_The Point acknowledged_

[Sidenote: _Vanity Fair_, Jan. 18, 1879.]

Well hit! my dear _Vanity_, and I find, on searching again, that
historically you are right.

The fact, doubtless, explains the conviction of the race in their
mission, but I fancy you will admit that this is the _only Ass on
record_ who ever _did_ "see the Angel of the Lord!" and that we are
past the age of miracles.

Yours always,

THE WHITE HOUSE,
Jan. 11, 1879.

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_Critic's Analysis_

[Sidenote: _The Saturday Review_, June 1, 1867. P. G.
Hamerton.]

In the "Symphony in White No. III." by Mr. Whistler there are many
dainty varieties of tint, but it is not precisely a symphony in white.
One lady has a yellowish dress and brown hair and a bit of blue
ribbon, the other has a red fan, and there are flowers and green
leaves. There is a girl in white on a white sofa, but even this girl
has reddish hair; and of course there is the flesh colour of the
complexions.

_The Critic's Mind Considered_

How pleasing that such profound prattle should inevitably find its
place in print! "Not precisely a symphony in white ... for there is a
yellowish dress ... brown hair, etc.... another with reddish hair ...
and of course there is the flesh colour of the complexions."

_Bon Dieu!_ did this wise person expect white hair and chalked faces?
And does he then, in his astounding consequence, believe that a
symphony in F contains no other note, but shall be a continued
repetition of F, F, F.?... Fool!

Chelsea,
June 1867.

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_A Troubled One_

[Sidenote: _The World_, July 3, 1878.]

The "Season Number" of _Vanity Fair_ contains ... Mr. Whistler's
etching of "St. James's Street" is sadly disappointing.

_Full Absolution_

[Sidenote: _The World_, July 10, 1878.]

Dear _World_--Atlas, overburdened with the world and its sins, may
well be relieved from the