John Kemble being present at the sale of the books of Isaac Reed, the
commentator on Shakspeare, when "a Treatise on the Public Securities" was
knocked down at the humble price of sixpence--the great tragedian observed,
"that he had never known the funds so low before."


* * * * *


TEMPUS EDAX RERUM.


"Time is money," Robin says,
'Tis true I'll prove it clear:
Tom owes _ten pounds_, for which he pays
in Limbo _half a year_.

* * * * *


ON JACK STRAW'S CASTLE, HAMPSTEAD HEATH, BEING REPAIRED.


With best of food--of beer and wines,
Here may you pass a merry day;
So shall "mine host," while Phoebus shines,
Instead of straw, make good his hay.

J. R.