A NEW SWAN SONG.
[Miss Annie Swan says—"What appears to be required is, that the wife should have something of her own, given to her freely by her husband for her own use and benefit, absolutely apart from other moneys, that she should spend it as she chooses.">[
Oh! give me something of my own,
In which Man has no part;
Which I may hoard, or spend, or loan,
And it shall ease my heart.
And if you ask me whence 'twill come,
And what will be my plan,
I answer that that private sum
Should come—of course—from Man!
I'll grab it quick, I'll hold it tight,
That welcome L. S. D.,
Concerning which Man's only right
Is—just to give it Me!
Probable.—New edition of "Cornelius Nepos," with notes by Lord Halsbury, assisted by Mr. Hardinge Frank Giffard, Sec. Comm. Lun.
Proverbial Conservative Philosophy.— Sow Local Government in Ireland and it will come up Home Rule.