LABOURS FOR LENT.

_Emperor of Germany_.--To conciliate the great men who have had to
prefix "Ex" to their official titles since he ascended the Throne.

_Emperor of Russia_.--To find a resting-place safe from the Nihilists.

_King of Italy_.--To do without CRISPI, and the Triple Alliance.

_The Emperor of Austria_.--To master the subject of Home Rule as
applied to Austria, Hungary, and the Bulgarian Nationalities.

_King of Portugal_.--To settle the Map of Africa with Lord SALISBURY.

_The President of the French Republic_.--To adapt _Thermidor_ for the
German stage.

_The President of the American Republic_.--To bless the McKinley
Tariff.

_The Marquis of Salisbury_.--To consider with his son and heir the
Roman Catholic Disabilities Removal Bill.

_Mr. W.H. Smith_.--To renew his stock of Copy-book proverbs.

_Mr. Gladstone_.--To compile and annotate a new volume of _Gleanings_,
containing the _Quarterly_ Article on "Vaticanism," and the speech in
support of the Ripon-plus-Russell Relief Bill.

_Mr. Goschen_.--To divide the coming Surplus to everyone's