Then here is The Penny Illustrated. It is called "Roses" and whatever any reader may require, here he will find it "all among the roses." The rearer and cultivator of these "Roses" is John Latey, whose "Rose of Hastings" is among the best of the contributions. "We can't do better than provide ourselves and our families with this specimen of a Flowery Annual," quoth,
The Baron de Book-Worms.
A NEW ADJECTIVE.
Customer. "You'll find I measure a bit more round the waist than I did last time you took my measure."
Tailor. "Ah, well, Sir, if I may be allowed to say so, you are a trifle more—ah—more Lobengulous than formerly."