With a friend that's half as faithful
As her old eccentric dog.
G. A. a'B.
DIFFICULT THINGS TO BE MET WITH ON THE
CONTINENT.
A table d'hôte without a single Smith.
A monument that has not an English name upon it.
A waiter at any of the hotels on the Rhine that does not sell eau-de-Cologne.
A bit of soap that can be persuaded to lather.
A Frenchman on the field of the Battle of Waterloo.
Two fine young Englishmen dining without champagne.