Speaking of MEDWIN'S _Revised Life of Shelley_ a critic says, in a
contemporary: "He puts the well-known boats of Archimedes into blank
verse." These boats were, we presume, fitted with ARCHIMEDES' famous
screw?

***

The Hindujah barrage on the Euphrates has now been completed by an
English firm, and will provide water for the Garden of Eden. The
structure, we presume, is a blend of the ADAM style with NOAH'S
architecture.

***

"TRAINING SHIP OFF THE EMBANKMENT" is a heading which attracts our
attention. This seems a much better idea than having the vessel _on_
the Embankment, where it would be in everyone's way.

* * * * *

THE LAST STRAW.

["The way in which individual taste is allowed to assert
itself lends a curious charm to the present modes."--_Fashion
Note_.]

This is the finish, Josephine.
Through every swift sartorial change
Constant and true my love has been,