Always yours very faithfully, W. E. GL-DST-NE.

Should this mode of criticism be extended, the benefit to those who
have to review without knowing what to say will be obvious.

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A New Heading of an Old Epitaph.

"A remarkable coincidence has attended the drawings of two of
the principal Club Derby Sweepstakes. As we stated yesterday,
the Garrick Club Sweepstakes, of the value of L300, has fallen
to Mr. HENRY IRVING. We now learn that Mr. TOOLE benefits to
the extent of L75 out of the Sweepstakes of the Devonshire
Club."--_Daily News._

LOVELY in Life, they were Both There when the Sweepstakes were
Divided.

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[Illustration: A SEVERE SENTENCE.

_She._ "YES, DEAR, I'M AFRAID COOK WANTS JUDGMENT." _He._ "_JUDGMENT!_
SHE WANTS _EXECUTION!_"]

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"THREE FISHERS."

THREE fishers went fishing North-east and North-west
(Like the trio from Kingsley familiarly known).
Each thought himself, doubtless, the bravest and best,
And held the good "swims" should be mainly his own.
There was JOHNNY the Briton, and FRANCOIS the Frank,
And JONATHAN also, the artful young Yank,
An expert at "bouncing" and "boning."

And FRANCOIS the Frank, who went fishing for cod,
Nicked lobsters as well, and he stuck to them too;
He declared they were all the same thing, which seemed odd,
The result being anger and hullaballoo,
And rows about Bounties, and shines about Bait;
For ructions all round are as certain as fate,
When parties go "bouncing" and "boning."

And JONATHAN, well, _he_ went fishing for seals,
And he wanted the fishing grounds all to himself.
When the Russ had done ditto, the Yank had raised squeals
(How consistency's floored in the struggle for pelf!)
And JONATHAN took a most high-handed course;
For greediness mostly falls back on brute force,
When parties go "bouncing" and "boning."

And JOHNNY the Briton, a sturdy old salt,
Had been a sea-grabber himself in his time;
Some held that monopoly still was his fault,
Others swore that his modesty verged upon crime,
Nor is it quite easy to say which was true,
For so much depends on a man's point of view,
When parties go "bouncing" and "boning."

But when JOHNNY the Briton caught sight of the Frank
Making tracks with a lobster--the whop