A party of American literary and scientific gentlemen have obtained
permission to visit Egypt on a mission of research. In view of the
American craze for souvenir-hunting it is anticipated that a special
guard will be mounted over the Pyramids.

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"'I am being overwhelmed with letters offering services from
all and sundry,' Mr. Chamberlain said yesterday.

'As I haven't even appointed a private secretary at present,'
he added, 'it is obviously impossible for me even to open
them.'"--_Daily Sketch_.


We suppose the Censor must have told him what they were about.

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MUSCAT.

An ancient castle crowns the hill
That flanks our sunlit rockbound bay,
Where, in the spacious days of old,
Stout ALBUQUERQUE set his hold
Dealing in slaves and silks and gold
From Hormuz to Cathay.

The Dom has passed, the Arab rules;