Foreign Fellow-Traveller. "Aha! Die out! You go to Die out? Mon Dieu! I am vairy glad to 'ear it. It is time!"
Coming Events at the Lyceum.—With the exception of Becket, the part of Shylock is Henry Irving's most powerfully striking impersonation, and certainly Ellen Terry is at her best as Portia. It is played once again this month before our Henry's departure for America, and should not be missed by any genuine lover of Shakspeare and of true dramatic art. À propos of this, a certain excellent lady, whose name, beginning with R, is not absolutely unknown to Mr. Punch, asked this question:—"Isn't there some character in one of Shakspeare's plays called 'Skylark'?" Then, as she proceeded to give a hazy idea of the plot, it gradually dawned upon the listeners that the Merchant of Venice was the person of whom she was thinking.
"Memoria Tecknica." July 1.
"O mighty Mars! If in thy homage bred,
Each point of discipline I've still observed;
Of service, to the rank of Major-General
Have risen; assist thy votary now!"
The Critic, Act ii., Sc. 2.