As regards SWINBURNE'S conduct of The British Weekly, it is enough to point to such alliterative and melodious combinations as "Rambling Remarks" and "Claudius Clear." The theological attitude of the paper presents difficulties which are not so easy to overcome, but Mr. Pullar Leggatt has promised to deal with this question later on. Meanwhile the diplomatic silence maintained by Sir W. ROBERTSON NICOLL and Mr. EDMUND GOSSE must not be interpreted as conveying either a complete acceptance or a total rejection of this remarkable theory.
Wounded Tommy. "WILL YOU PLAY MENDELSSOHN'S 'SPRING SONG,' PLEASE?"
Distinguished Pianist (with a soul above Mendelssohn). "I'M AFRAID I CAN'T."
Tommy. "IT IS A BIT OF A TEASER, AIN'T IT? TIES MY SISTER UP IN A KNOT WHENEVER SHE TACKLES IT."
The New Crummles.
HERTLING "is not Prussian."