A Double Applicability.—"Intrigues which render stable government impossible," though a phrase applied by the Times to Egyptian affairs, would, it is clear, be applicable to attempts to get at the jockey, or the stable assistants, guarding the loose box of the Derby favourite.
Professional Model. "It's comin' to somefing. Burney Jones a drawrin' fur Daily Papers! Bad enuf when 'e draw'd fur the Fe-ay-ters. I reckon 'e'll be on the Pavement next."
[Note.—Sir Edward Burne-Jones, who designed the costumes for the L-c-m, has made a drawing representing "Labour" for the D-ly Chr-n-cle.]
A SONNET OF SONNETS.
(A Dreadful Object-Lesson.)
I've often thought I'd like to write a sonnet,