Aphorism.

(By a Snubbed Poet.)

"A Thing of Beauty is a joy for ever;"

Except a pretty girl, who thinks she's clever.


Nomenclature.—Somebody calls the "Thunderer's" daily fulmination against Mr. Gladstone an ignis fatuus, or foolish fire of Party journalism. Would not "Whip poor Will" be a more suitable title?


Mem. from Derbyshire.—The real "Lovers' Leap"—Marriage.