And none will be sad,

And I hope none will be mad,

And I hope none will be bad;

Oh, hail! Summer is coming!

This may be premature and, as to the fox, incorrect, since he requires but little cunning in the summer; but there is a good Browning flavour about it which redeems all errors.

R. C. L.


Commercial Candour.

"There are large stocks of Tailor Costumes Ready-to-Wear, in the old reliable materials. These cannot last long."—Provincial Paper.