The British Mission in Abyssinia seems to have got into difficulties. The Negus won't listen to the Queen's English as contained in Her Majesty's letter. This Negus evidently is not so sweet as usual: a little punch-in' his head would do him some good. At all events this Negus must be stirred up and taken down pretty sharply.
THE TOWN MOUSE'S TRIALS.
[Dr. Milner Fothergill has published a pamphlet on The Effects of Town Life upon the Human Body.]
O Doctor Milner Fothergill, it's hard to hear you state,
That people who must dwell in towns will all deteriorate;
We all live at too fast a rate, and ought to be more placid,
And, like the Ichthyosaurus, we develop too much acid.
Moreover the good Doctor, too, this sad assertion makes,
The dweller in the country can enjoy his Banbury Cakes;