"HARPY THOUGHT!"--Mr. JOHN THOMAS's Grand Harp Concert.

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A WILDE IDEA.

OR, MORE INJUSTICE TO IRELAND!

[Illustration]

The licence for the production of his French Play of _Salomé_,
accepted by SARAH B., having been refused by the Saxon Licenser of
Plays, The O'SCAR, dreams of becoming a French Citizen, but doesn't
quite "see himself," at the beginning of his career, as a conscript in
the French Army, and so, to adapt the Gilbertian lines, probably--

"In spite of great temptation
To French na-tu-ra-li-sa-tion,
He'll remain an Irishman!"

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MY PUGGY!

[A Correspondent writes to the _Standard_ in praise of pugs,
as the most useful household dogs to prevent burglaries.]

Who bears, despite a wrinkled skin,
A heart that's soft and warm within,