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... History s of the English Government, from the first Massacres in Ire. s land to the poisoning of the Chinese. By M. Elias Reg. a nault. i An Irresistible Dun-Said a pretty woman to a friend of 3 ours a few days since, Ifusband has made me a present ...

THE MAN OF THE MOMENT

... unknown to him? Had he ever seen the woman before? Then the streets of St. Peters- ii burg rose up before his mental vision, the rapid h passing of a sleigh drawn by a splendid pair of a horses, and of a stately woman clad in furs tV driving with a moujik ...

A KING'S WOOING: A STORY OF THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY

... thee: And the fairest flower in all French land, To the use of England shall go free. Seldom had Londoners witnessed such a spectacle as that whichl was afforded them when the King and his remnant of an army re- turnedfromaFrance. Their heroic valour ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... that woman is often M never so much an ane is juest the moment before she st, falls into the botmesdpths of Perdition; and what tb shall we say of the man who leads hei- up to this spot as aI an experimeuti -who amuses himself' with taking woman p. after ...

THE MAGAZINES FOR AUGUST

... does justice to the memory of a woman who deserves to be held in high honour by her sex. The writer points out how, spurred on by an en- thusiastic cravina for knowledge, and sup- ported by indomitable perseverance, a woman with none of the educational ...

Cuttings from the Comics

... Arxay.-Tho ' General, who is thoebiggoct 31DoTII in the Sbhow, announeed lust week thi4t hoQ lhd been offerod a big tract of land. HIar! H aW horheecP Where? Anywhers, antywhere out of the world `-at least, out of our little world of Great BLitaiu & CO ...

VARIETIES

... among birds; they r; ever fly by twilight.-Ibid. ct Land and trade are twins, and have always, and ever will, '6 wax and wane together. It cannot be ill with trade but land ie will fall, nor ill with land but trade will feel ?? Josiah in Cbild. of The i ...

VARIETIES

... -Duels are becoming lees frequent In the army. In the last annual: report'on the state of th'i army, not a single oase of duelliug is marked down. Tbia '18 remarkable, when It is' borne in mind that there are in the' army 8,300 officers, of whom the greater ...

BOOKS OF THE DAY

... at the supreme moment of her pro- >bation. Then we are carried into the wilds and discover the man and woman as settlers on American unsurveyed land. It is here that the comedy (almnost amounting to traedyat ime),whih dligtsand excites in trnis naced.Suc ...

The Board of Trade returns show that the reports for May amounted to £33,349,988

... arebecoming more and I smore numerous in the land, and the Frenchman is being ousted from his own country. The I coloies are far from & succes. Tunis seems the f only o by which the French Exchequer does not lose. An army of officals starts for each s colony ...

ODD THOUGHTS

... are differ rent. A year after you left I joined the professional e woman's league and took to riding a diamond frame. At present I am making my own, way, and read a paper before the woman's rights club every month. I tell you all this so that you will not ...

THE THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL

... congregation appeared as only £ handful of people, was extremely grand. The east window, which 40 years ago _-as the finest in the land-e ceptino perhaps, that of York Minster-hs been irreparably damaged in the course of restoration, but through its lanc-ts came ...