And call each scene of Peace and Mirth to view.

The Author of "A Tradesman's Lays."


The income of a Russian metropolitan does not exceed 800l. a-year; that of an archbishop, 600l.; and of a bishop, 500l.; sums apparently as small as persons of their rank can possibly subsist on, even in Russia. They are, however, allowed a considerable sum annually for purposes of charity.


THE SKETCH-BOOK.


A SCENE FROM LIFE.

(For the Mirror.)

Truth is strange—stranger than fiction.