It may be that luck—bright Angel!—

May inspire me once more with that stroke,

But I fear me 'tis only in Limbo

I shall light on my great Lost Joke!


MRS. R., who has been busy with her juniors, tells us that she has been horrified to learn from her Nephew, who has been fighting the Slave-hunters on the Congo, that in that country they "preserve" the bodies of their enemies. He writes to her—"I have 'potted' several Arabs."


"AU REVOIR!"