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A TRIUMPH OF REALISM.

From a publisher's advertisement:--

"'FALLING WATERS.' 'Not a dry page in it.'"

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THE NEW POLYGAMY.

"The bride... carried a handsome bouquet of harem lilies."--_Local
Paper_.

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THE BENEFITS OF PEACE

(_as they appear to be viewed by certain unofficial guardians of public
morality_).

When Peace superseded the strife and the stress
Which the public regard as a gift for the Press,
It was feared in the quiet that followed the storm,
With nothing to do but retrench and reform,
That the Town would be painted a colourless tint
And the printers have nothing exciting to print.