SIR STRATFORD CANNING, or LORD COWLEY, from Epirus, was
answered by that amiable monarch: "I'll to-morrow at morning dawn shew
you the walls of Sparta. Breakfast with me, old chap; some of the best
black soup that Sparta can afford shall be put on the table: and I'll
shew you the walls."

They met: and AGESILAUS had drawn out his Spartan army before him, and,
with exulting cheer and dignified mien, said to his friend from Epirus,
"Look! _these are the Walls of Sparta, Sir; and every particular man you
see is a Brick._" How classical becomes the phrase! how distinct from
slang!

We do not say we have translated the great _Plutarch_ literally, but we
have translated him in spirit, and if that great man had been now
living, and could have seen this, he would no doubt have been delighted,
and grateful to us for our application of history to the correction of
vulgarisms, and to the promotion of sound and sincere classical
literature.

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SLIGHT MISTAKES.

Why is there such a fuss made about the purchase of benefices, the
possession of pluralities, and the management of bishops to get more
income than they ought to have? These are all merely clerical errors.

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THE "VEXATA QUAESTIO."--"What is a mile?"

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[Illustration: _Gipsy._ "HAVE YOUR FORTUNE TOLD, MY PRETTY GENTLEMAN?"

_Pretty Gent._ "OH! LAWK! DON'T MENTION IT!"]

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SPIRITED CONDUCT OF MR. CHARLES KEAN.

MR. CHARLES KEAN continuing to be exposed to the nuisance of criticism,
has determined, though with much regret, on a still more decided step in
vindication of his personal dignity than any he has yet taken. Having
already struck off the Free List of the Princess's Theatre all the
critics who have insolently ventured to express unfavourable opinions of
his acting, MR. KEAN had hoped that the public would have taken this
warning that he is not amenable to hostile criticism. In this hope he
regrets to find himself disappointed. Many persons still consider him a
bad actor, and have not shrunk from audaciously expressing this
detestable opinion in and out of the Princess's Theatre. Further
forbearance on MR. KEAN'S part would clearly be an act of injustice to
himself.

He has, therefore (though at cost of much pain to himself), resolved on
a measure which he trusts will prevent any repetition of th