Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre

N'en défend pas les rois."

E. R. C. B.

Our World.—I once heard a lady repeat the following pithy lines, and shall be glad if any of your readers can tell me who is the author, and where they first appeared,

"'Tis a very good world to live in—

To lend, and to spend, and to give in;

But to beg, or to borrow, or ask for one's own,

'Tis the very worst world that ever was known."

D. V. S.

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