TALES OF A LANDLORD.

His house is free from damp.

The situation is healthy.

The water is beautiful.

The poor-rates are not worth mentioning.

The taxes a mere flea-bite.

It is in excellent repair.

It is a quiet fashionable neighbourhood.

Omnibusses pass every two minutes.

Five pounds will make it a "little Elysium."

He has refused double the rent, only he wants a respectable tenant.


"Not a Seat amongst Them."—There is an old country lady so modest that she cannot pronounce the word "cherub;" but she always says, "the dear little angels who have accepted the Chiltern hundreds."