I hunderstands as the Government, wanting to estonish the Hemperer,
has lent the City a reglar army of troops to stand on both sides of
the Streets from Buckinham Pallis all the way to Gildhall. And in
case the estonishing site shood make him feel just a leetle dazed, the
jolly old Copperashun has bin and gone and hired no less than three
Millingterry Bands of Music to play to him, and cheer him up.

There was a talk of engaging all the many German Bands, as makes our
streets so musical, to give the Hemperer a serrynade at Lunch; but Mr.
WEST HILL, of the Gildhall Skool of Music, thort it might be too much
for His Madjesty's feelinx, so the highdear was given up. I werily
bleeves that of all the many anxious buzzoms as is a beating with
suppressed emotion for next Friday, the carmest and the all serenest
of the lot is that of ROBERT.

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"A BOOK OF BURLESQUE."

A volume most welcome on table or desk
Is DAVENPORT ADAMS's _Book of Burlesque_.
He deals with the subject from earliest days,
To modern examples and Gaiety plays.
We've extracts from PLANCHÉ and GILBERT to hand,
With puns ta'en from BYRON and jokes from BURNAND.
There's fun at your asking wherever you look,
And not a dull page you'll declare in the book.
You'll find it delightful, for no one Macadams
The road of the reader like DAVENPORT ADAMS.