But "Bravas!" resound. A lad's "resolute will,"
The "wisdom of twenty years," stir admiration,
The political Café Chantant pluck will thrill
In a stage-loving nation.
Royal Berkshire.—Go to Dowdeswell's, in Bond Street, and they will show you how County-history is written in the present day. It is altogether different to the dull, old, dry volumes, "the musty histories," which our grandfathers exhibited on their shelves, but never took down to read; and these County-historians are of a much more entertaining character. Those who know Royal Berkshire well—as most of us do—will be glad to have their memory refreshed by the fresh, bright, breezy pictures by Yeend King, John M. Bromley, and J. M. Mackintosh. Keeley Halswelle's superb painting of "Royal Windsor" occupies the place of honour in the room. It is one of the best pictures—and at the same time one of the most unconventional—ever produced of this oft-painted subject.
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
(The Typical Woman's Reply to the Arguments of the Rational Dress Society.)
My dear Lennox Browne, and my good Dr. Smith,