Mrs. Gamp on "Local Option."—"I never could have kep myself up but for a little drain of spirits, which I seldom touches, but could always wish to know where to find, if so dispoged."—Martin Chuzzlewit, c. xlvi.
The case of slandering Major Rasch, M.P., was dismissed on defendant Turp tendering apology and paying costs. Rash on the part of Turp, but the case was settled in a Rashional way.
To Mr. A. F. Mummery.—The Recollections of his foreign Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus might suggest to the author a new work to be entitled "Pleasant Mummeries." Of course nothing to do with amateur acting, or with Miss Miln's Strolling Players in the East.
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Some interesting Specimens recently added to the Parliamentary Museum of the Past!