_Turin_.--Typical Italian town; _but_ why go here when other places
are equally accessible?

_Utrecht_.--Suggestive of cheap velvet, _but_ suggestive of nothing
else.

_Vevey_.--Pleasantly situated, _but_ _triste_ to the last degree.

_Wiesbaden_.--Kept its popularity, in spite of its loss of _roulette_
and _trente et quarante_; _but_ Baden-Baden is preferable.

_X les Bains_.--Beautiful scenery, _but_ population chiefly invalids.

_Zurich_.--Might do worse than go there; _but_, on the other hand, why
not stay at home?

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[Illustration: AN OBJECT OF COMPASSION.

PITY AN UNFORTUNATE MAN, DETAINED IN LONDON BY UNINTERESTING
CIRCUMSTANCES OVER WHICH HE HAS NO CONTROL, WHOSE FAMILY ARE ALL OUT
OF TOWN, WHOSE ESTABLISHMENT IS REPRESENTED BY A CARETAKER, AND WHOSE
CLUB IS CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS.]

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VOCES POPULI.