While Messrs. Thomas Hardy, Black, and Besant, it would seem, are all
Unworthy serious notice, mere nonentities ephemeral!
Some people like Miss Braddon, Mrs. Oliphant, Miss Broughton, too.
They're only lady-novelists—so serious readers oughtn't to,
And those who've been convinced by his invidious comparisons,
In future will eschew romance—excepting Mr. Harrison's.
The Darwinian Theory Exemplified.—At the Zoo is now being exhibited "Three White-tailed Gnus,"—"The Latest Gnus." with the best possible intelligence,—"and a Black-capped Gibbon." This last is evidently a descendant of the great historian; though, if this exemplifies "the survival of the fittest," where are the others of the race? Then "Black-capped" sounds ominous, as if this particular Gibbon stood self-condemned, and was soon to disappear. Should this be the case, the Zoo Authorities ought to advertise the fact, and give visitors a chance before it is too late.