holiday-makers who like quaintness and fun touched with pathos and
refinement, I say again, buy and read _In a Canadian Canoe_.

BARON DE BOOK-WORMS.

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[Illustration: THE HEIGHT OF FASTIDIOUSNESS.

_Elder Brother_. "HULLO, FRANK! HOW IS IT YOU'RE NOT IN MOURNING FOR
POOR AUNT GRACE?"

_Frank_. "AH--WELL--FACT IS, I TRIED ON SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN
HAT-BANDS, AND COULDN'T _GET ONE TO SUIT ME!_"]

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"PUGS" AND "MUGS."

(_A QUOTATION WITH A COMMENT._)

"The faithful study of the fistic art
From mawkish softness guards the British heart."
The study of the betting British curse
From swift depletion guards the British purse!

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THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS.