But pass, again to come; and, then or now,
Utterly smite foul Falsehood underfoot,
Till, with PUNCH, all men hail her for their Queen!

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CLIMATIC NOMENCLATURE FOR THE NEW YEAR.

(_SUGGESTED BY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF THE BRITISH SEASONS._)

Spring = The Clog Days.
Summer = The Dog Days.
Autumn = The Bog Days.
Winter = The Fog Days.

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ATRABILIOUS LIVERPOOL.--The City Council of Liverpool--notwithstanding
the generous urgings of its more important members--refuses to bestow
the "honour of" the freedom "of that City" upon its illustrious
if--from their point of view--errant son, Mr. GLADSTONE. As Madame
ROLAND _ought_ to have said:--O "Freedom," what liberties are taken
(with common sense and good feeling) in thy name!

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[Illustration: THE COMING OF NINETY-TWO

_TO THE MODERN MERLIN, MR. PUNCH._