Gift deserves a place on the _cheffonier_ shelf of every nursery in the
kingdom.

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We have received several other "Annuals," which we shall notice in an
early Supplementary Number.

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SPIRIT OF THE

PUBLIC JOURNALS

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ALBUMS


_North_. ALBUMS! James--these compendiums of wit and wisdom have become
the greatest nuisances of all civilized society----

_Shepherd_. Tuts, man--what ails ye at Allbums?

_North_. They have broken that confidence between man and woman, which,
in our young day, used to form the delight of an acquaintance with an
amiable and accomplished female. In those happy times, how often have we
sat in a bright circle of the fair and young, and talked, and laughed,