a popular yet scientific strain) of the maladies of the mind. He says,
that Dr. MERCIER, the author, is to be congratulated on having treated
a rather "jumpy" subject in a manner that can offend no one. "Co." had
no idea up to now, that "t'other was so like unto which."

All the Magazines for July are in, but the Baron has been unable to
open them, and "Co." has cut them. BARON DE BOOK-WORMS & Co.

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ADVICE TO GIRL GRADUATES.

(_AFTER CHARLES KINGSLEY--AT A RESPECTFUL DISTANCE._)

Dress well, sweet Maid, and let who will be _clever._
Dance, flirt, and sing!
Don't study all day long.
Or else you'll find,
When other girls get married,
You'll sing a different song!

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SAD NEWS FROM ETON.--"Bever" is dead. Sorrowing boys followed
the bier. The Bever-age has ceased to exist. What next? Will the
characteristic Etonian top-hat follow the Bever?

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[Illustration: HIS FIRST ACHE.