steps in the social scale, we shall not be obliged to make the
acquaintance of convicted felons.

Another view of this plan may be taken. Suppose ten, or twenty, or
thirty persons of narrow means were to associate for the purpose of
taking some large, old-fashioned house in the country--many such may
be found--and agree upon a joint scheme of cheap living and
independent labour, plain and economical dress, plain furniture, and a
simple but wholesome table: would not this be better than all the
risks and privations of expatriation? The Americans do not
emigrate--they migrate; and there are spots in any of these three
kingdoms, as wild, as solitary, and as healthful, as can be found in
the regions of the Far West. But we do not, however, suggest migration
as a substitute for genteel emigration--although we suspect it would
in many cases prove so--but merely as a step towards it--a school of
trial, or training, or both.




COLOURS IN LADIES' DRESS.


Incongruity may be frequently observed in the adoption of colours
without reference to their accordance with the complexion or stature
of the wearer. We continually see a light-blue bonnet and flowers
surrounding a sallow countenance, or a pink opposed to one of a
glowing red; a pale complexion associated with a canary or lemon
yellow, or one of delicate red and white rendered almost colourless by
the vicinity of deep red. Now, if the lady with the sallow complexion