A Circular Note.—The literary character of our leading statesmen of all shades of political opinion is well sustained at the present day. They are learned in all the 'ologies, including ap-ologies, of which art Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Balfour are by this time past-masters. Long may they live—and learn.
THE IRREVOCABLE PAST!
"This is truth the Poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things!"
"Alas! in looking back over one's Life, how many things there are to cause one to Regret!"
"Oh, yes, indeed! I often regret I didn't eat more Oysters when they were Eightpence a Dozen!"