writes this paragraph only wishes some company--Italian, French, no
matter which--would present _him_ with a golden and diamonded watch.
"O my prophetic soul! My Uncle!!"

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THE PRICE OF IT.

GLADSTONE'S latest Benedicite
Is bestowed on "free publicity."
'Tis the thing that we all strive at,
Praise in speech, and hate--in private!
Where are pride, reserve, simplicity?
Fled for ever--from Publicity!

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"MORE LIGHT!"--The Berners Hotel Co., with Mr. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA
as Chairman, should at once be advertised as "The G.A.S.-Berners Hotel
Co.," and, of course, no electric lighting would be used. Mr. SIMS
REEVES is also a Director of this Hotel Company. So it starts with a
tenner.

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Socialistic Military Novel. By JAMES ODD SUMMER. _One Iron Soldier,
and the Led Captain._

[Illustration: FROM THE NILE TO THE NEVA.