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HEMEDY FOR BRI-ISE OR FPRATN, An invaluable rein -dy for a sprain or bruise is wormwood boiled iu vinegar and applied hot, with enough cloths wrapped arovuid it to keep the sprain moist. To STOP A HICCOUGH. A good authority gives a simple renvdy for hiccough—a lump of sugar saturated in vinegar. In ten cases, tried as an experiment, it stopped hicoough in nine. REMEDY FOR DYXENTKRY. 13eat an egg up lightly with a little sugar, and swallow at a gulp. This tends to easen the inflamation of the stomach and the in- testines, and to form a transient coating on these organs. In ordinary cases two or three eggs are sufficient, CURE FOR A COLD. ( On record since 1450 ) Put your feet in hot water As high as your ti'ighh Wrapp# your head up in flaunello All ITW as your eyes Take a quart of ruin'd gruollo When in bed as a dN;) With a nunib r fourdippa W,11 tallow your nose. CURE FOR FABACHE. Mix a little sulphuric ether with an equal quantity of oil of almonds. Let the sufferer recline on a couch with the affected ear uppermost, and have a couple of drops in- serted into it. It usually affords relief. Or, a drop or two of laudanum or glycerine warmed in a spoon applied in the same manner, in either case introducing after- wards a pi ece of soft wool. To RELIEVE ASTHMA. Asthma may be speedily relieved by burning in the patient's room saltpetre papers. They are made in the following manner:—Soak blotting-paper in a strong solution of saltpetre in water. Dry before the fire, or in a slow oven. Cut the paper in strips, and burn one when necessary. They should always be kept in a dry place. ADMINISTERING CASTOR OIL TO CHIDREN. The quantity of oil presoribed should be poured into a small earthen pan over a moderate fire, an egg broken into it and stirred, so as to form something like what oooks call buttered eggs. When it is done, a little salt or sugar, a few drops of orange water, or some currant jelly should be added. The sick child will eat it eagorly, and never discover the fraud. HOT WATER FOR SLISKPLKSSNKPS. A most wretched lie-awake of thir!y-five years, who thought himself happy if he oould get twenty minutes' sleep in twenty- four hours, said:—" L took hot water, a pint, comfortably hot, one good hour before each of my meals, and one the la3t thing at night, of course unmixed with anything else. The very first night 1 slept for three hours on end, turned round and sl.pt again till I morning. 1 have faithfully and regularly continued the hotwater,and have never had one bad night since, l'ain gradually lessened and went, the shattered nerves beoame calm and strong, and instead of each night being one long misery spent in wearying for the morning, they are all too short for the sweet, refreshing sleep I now enjoy."—Spectator. INFLUENZA AND ITS TREATMENT. That form of influenza known as "la grippe is supposed to be occasioned by the presence in the atmosphere of a specifio organism which enters the body in the air that is breathed, and rapidly multiplies until the food on which it lives is exhausted, when it perishes and disappears. Hence it is ad- mitted to be both contagious and infectious. If this theory of its origin be sound, it follows that little good can be done by medicines, though they may mitigate some of the more annoying symptoms^ The high priests of bacteriology are studying to discover some means of destroying this supposed yet undis-I covered bacillus. j There does not appear to be much connec- tion between "la grippe" and a common cold, except that the occurence of a cold may so weaken the system as to malie it more sus. oeptible to the attaok of la grippe" bacillus. Hence care should be taken to avoid oxposure. There is no need for special alarm, but people, especially the aged and feeble, should be upon their guard against possibilities. The following rules for treatment will generally be found to apply to all oases. The first is to htop the chill with which the attack generally begins, and this should be done with hot hot-ties, and in obstinate cases with the use of a hot brick steeped in alcohol. At all costs the temperature of the patients must be restored. This accomplished, the loss of strength caused by the disease should be met by a generous use of digestible and nutritious food. Physicians generally supple- ment this treatment by prescribing a number of drugs, which may be of service or may not. The chances are that they will do no harm. The patient should remain indoors in a room that is free from draughts and suitably warmed. He should so far as he can keep up his spirits by cheerful reading and conversa- tion. It was found last spring that people who had bad the grippe were left in a orippled condition when it disappeared. They re- mained for weeks feeble and liable to oatch other diseases; they suffered terribly from depression of mind, and the nervous system remained out of order for quite awhile. These consequences of the malady are onaractcristic, and it is not easy to see how they can be pre- vented. Physicians have not succeeded as yet in discovering an antidote for nervous depres- sion, and i. la grippe' takes on that shape in the stage of convalescence. It leaves the blues behind it, and it is beyond the reach of modern art to dispel them

THE LADIES. J; ♦ I resolve to have something which may bl of entar tftinmeut to the fair sex."—Sir Richard Steele, A MOTHER'S HAND. Her hand is soft, and white, and fine, It flutters when sometimes in rnina It lies. Its veins, so delicately blue, • Forever fill me with a new Surprise. It is so dainty and so fair! On it she Lows her head in prayer, Perhaps. But when she fpxnks her wayward boy?, With whttt a loud, resounding noise It slaps WISDOM ABOUT WOMEN. Men need not try where women faiT.- Euripides. As soon as women beoomp ours we are no longer theirs.-Montaigne. That man hath secured his fortune who hath married a good wife.-Eudpides, To no one does the injunction Keep thou the door of the lips more aptly apply than to the women of society.-Dean Stanley, The man at the head of the house can mar the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it; that must rest with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.-Ilelps. BEAUTY IN WOMEN. Beauty in women is often the mobile, expressionless type which very few care to love, even if they do admire. It lacks expres- sion and firmness, and this is due to the frivo- lous, idle, wasteful society life which they lead. If they had a purpose in life, cultivated a knowledge of polite literature, earnestly studied the arts and sciences, tbeir faces would take a very different appearance. It would possess that indefinable graee and attraction which oounts for mere than all the simple gifts of Nature. Do NOT MAKE DRESS YOUR GOD. "While tastefulness and neatness of dress are laudable, and while, therefore, dress must and ought to be a subject of some study and thought, nothing is more easy than to think of dress and to study dress a great deal too much. If timely care is not takentoguard against this error, attention to dress may become a devotion, a worship, a passion. And here the space which separates a merit from a fault is so exceedingly narrow that nothing is more easy than to overstep it. When you bear a young lady spoken of for her invariable tastefulness or elegance of dress, you never think of doabting that a compliment is intended but when it is her fondness for dress which is a subject of comment, you feel at once that the observation is anything but complimentary. SERVANTS. A great many women who complain of the ingratitude of servants treat their servants kindly only with the idea of turning their gratitude to account, and are indignant be- cause they get neither gratitude nor other return, Servants are the very persons usually who most readily recognise the motives of such kindness. The woman who is generally kind without calculating her re- turns not only receives gratitude which she has not expected, but makes for herself faith- ful and devoted friends among her menials. In a house where love rules ani not selfish- ness, where the best interests of every indi- vidual, however lowly his or her place in the household may be, are duly considered, where servants feel they have a kind protectress in their mistress, insolence and insubordination do not enter. WEDDING IIINGS AND KEEPERS. Hebe," in the (Gentlewoman, aaya :—Have you not noticed how thoroughly the old- fashioned keeper to the wedding ring has gone out of fashion P Once upon a time no woman, hoivever poor, would have liked to be seen without the deep-chased band popularly known as a keeper. Kow a woman, if she wear3 any other ring upon her fourth finger, usually adds a diamond or pearl hoop after her engagement ring. Some cynical soul endea- voured to point a moral the other day, and asserted that this omission was because women looked upon the marriage vow as so much less binding than they used to do, now that separation and divorce are matters of every day occurrence. I think, myself, that there is a much more commonsense explanation. Originally the wedding ring was a thin line of gold, and looked so fragile upon the finger that it needed a second more substantial band to throw it up. Now a wedding ring is often a third of an inch broad, and thick in propor- tion, so that there is no necessity to call attention to it by any other means; it stands out by itself. So the guard has disappeared A DOMESTIC EPISODE. Y 0U'VC ceased to love, John I fear A great change has come over you; You do not sit beside me, dear. And hug me as you used to do You used to praise my eye-, my hair, And often kissed my lips and brow, When we sat on one rocking-chair-- Deur John, why don't you do so now ? You u°ed to call me your delight, Said you were proud my love to win, And kept me at tfie gate at night- Till mother came and called me i". You called me then your ownest own, Your p psey pet-you did, you know That happy time is past and gone- At), dearest, what has chunged you so?" John laid his pt) per on his Imee, And heaved a sigh and said: I fear Whatever changes there may be You've brought about yourself, my dear. This much, at least, you must confess, Whene'er my visits I would pty You did not meet me in the dress In which you'd been at work all day. 6, Your hair was not in paper curls, Your slippers flipping on your feet; You were the prettiest of girls, With everything about you neat. A snow-white collar then you'd wear, And at your throat a pretty bow, A flower of some kind in your hair- Now, darling, what has changed you so? THE WOMEN OF MANIPUR. The women of Manipur (says Mrs. Grim- wood in her new book) did all the hard work, as a rule. They wove all their own and their husbands' clothing, and cooked and looked after the house generally, besides working in the fields and coming every evening to the bi<* bazaar with merchandise for sale or ex- change. No men were allowed to sell in this bazaar with the exception of a few Bengalee traders who sat in a different part of the market and sold cloths. It was a pretty sight in the eveuing to see all the women hurrying along with their wares on their heads and their little babies slung on their baoks, They Bat in long rows in the bazaar, and it was divided up in a most methodical way. Vege- tables and fish ocoupied one end and cloths and jewellery the other, and the whole of the female population turned out, and even the princesses occasionally sold in the bazaar. The princesses were more nume- rous than the princes, as each of the latter had several wives. The feenaputti was supposed to be the happy owner of nine wives, and the others had almost as many. The Manipuris do not shut up their women, as is the custom in most parts of India, and they are much more enlightened and intelli- gent in consequence. As soon as a woman I marries she puts back her fringe, but no other restrictions are laid upon her. They do not marry until they are fifteen, and I have seen girls of seventeen unmarried. From going so often through the bazaar in the evenings I got to know several of the women very well, and they liked my coming and having a chat to them. I learnt all their little troubles and anxieties-how so-and-so's baby was teething and generally ailing, and how someone else's had grown an inch, or who was going to be married, and who had died. I liked talking to them, and I learnt a good deal of the language by doing so. HAPPY HOMES. A woman may do her level best to make a happy home for her husband and children, but if she is treated as a slave and only given her board and clothing in payment for her services as mother, wife, oook, laundress, nurse-girl, chambermaid, and seamstress, is it any wonder that little or no happiness exists in that home ? If a mother spoils her son by pampering and waiting on him all the years of his childhood and boyhood, and making him think that-, man should always be waited on by the woman of his household, is it strange that he expects a wife to do the same, and that, in all likelihood, she either wears out in a few years from such service, or else becomes bitter and disheartened ? There are very many reasons why a home may not be a happy one, and the happiness found.thei-ein depends fully as much on the usband as it does upon the wife. We are often told that in every true and ideal marriage both husband and wife must learn to bear and forbear. In every home where happiness exists there must be perfect trust, confidence, and love between the husband aud wife. There are two kinds of sunshine in the world, and both quite neoessary-the one which is caused by the pun's shining out-doors, and the other by its shining in our hearts. Happy homes abound in the heart sunshine, and, whether it shines without or not, there is naught but brightness within doors. It isthe loving deeds, the cheery, helpful words, and the kindly thoughtfulness that each member of the family shows toward the other that makes an ideal, happy home-a perfect heaven on earth. How many of us do our share in making {such a home that shall be a haven of rest to all who may come within its in- fluence? Fashion Fancies. In this day, when enormous hats are seen, it must not be forgotten that small ones are also in vogue, and a tiny bit of a woman must not look as if she were being extinguished under an enormous hat covered with rioh plumes when she would look daintier and prettier in a turban or small bonnet, both of whioh are good form. # Women who look well in very broad turn- over collars and deep cuffs of white linen are making them fashionable by wearing them; when they are becoming they are so very becoming that the wearers oannofc be blamed for the energy with which they push them; but, as they are unbeooming to so many, it is almost to be hoped that they will not be generally adopted. <- If one wishes to be economical and freshen up black satin slippers it can be easily done by covering them entirely with finely-out jet beads. Sew each one on separately, and then they will not be likely to come off. Another very pretty way of oonoealing the ravages of time on slippers is to have a huge gauze rosette, made very puffy, standing up well and high from the slipper, and in this way acoom- plishing two things-that is, the instep is made to look higher and the greyish look of the satin is completely hidden. <The!onaf HuSyboa, which has always re- tained its prestige in London and m I'arJr, is shown in blacJe bear, blue, red, and black fox—indeed, in all skins that give the soft look only gained by the long-hair fur. A woman who can wear a well-fitting oloth gown, with just a chamois bodice under it and who does not need a wrap, often ohoose8 the long boa and the big muff as the warm-look- ing adjuncts to her get-up. To a tall, slender girl one of the large muffs with a fur boa is especially becoming, and as fur is not as con- trary as feathers, which will lose their good looks in damp weather, it is certainly wiser to choose the skin rather than the fuss of the curly ostrich. Nobody ever conneots fus3 and furs, because furs have a beauty of their own, but fuss and feathers seem as natural as furs and luxury. In wearing your boa do not tie it; instead, have little ribbons on it that tie just where you want to confine it, and you will then find it will not only look better, but wear very much longer.—Ladles, Home Journal. Women We Re ld Abjut. A TALENTED NOVELIST. Mrs. Frances Burnett was born in Man- chester on November 24,1849. Miss Hodgson was married to Dr. Burnett in 1873, and has since resided at Washington, D.C. It was during the iiist, fifteen years ot her life, and while she resided in Manchester, that Mrs. Burnett obtained her thorough knowledge of the Lancashire dialect and character. At the close of the Civil War her parents left Kngland for America, where they settled at Knoxville, Tennessee. Mrs. Burnett's first literary successes took the form of love stories in the American magazines. In 1872 her dialect story, Surly Tim's Trouble" was pnblished in Scribner's Monthly (now the Century), and in book form in 1877. "That I-a88 °' dowries" was first presented serially in Sciibner, and its remark- able popularity caused its immediate separate issue. This talented lady's other contribu- tions to fictional literature are too numerous and well known to call for mention here. A NOTED PRIMA DONNA. Mdme. Melba, the prima donna whose domestic affairs are just now attracting a good deal of attention in consequence of the coupling of her name with that of the Dae d'orleana, is a native of Melbourne. Her professional patronymic is, indeed, a contrac- tion of the name of the oapital of Victoria. She was educated at the Presbyterian-Ladies' College there, and began to sing in public when she was sixteen. She became famous at Melbourne con- certs, and it was her success in her native oity that induced her to come to this country. Mdme. Melba, whose maiden name was Mitchell, married a Mr. Armstrong, and she made her first public appearance on this side of the world in Paris in 1886. She was afterwards engaged at a salary of JE240 a month to sing at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Later she came to London and was engaged at the Opera here. Her reoeption by London audiences was always of the most cordial character. The prima donna, it may be remembered, visited Windsor Castle with the De Reszke brothers and Lasalle about eighteen months ago, and sang before the Queen, Her Majesty was full of kindly com- pliment on the occasion, and, as a token of her admiration of the singer's gifts, forwarded to Mdme. Melba soon afterwards a magnifi- ceut bracelet of pearls and diamonds.

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THE STERNER SEX, Are ye good men and true?"—iAakspean. Musings. lie that will follow good advice is a greater man than he that gives it. It is when a man is in the iron grip of poverty that his olothes begin to get rusty. A man never knows how large the world is until he tries to travel on his fame. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach to his head through his pocket. If some men knew as much as they talked, there would not be any sale for the ency- clopaedias. Some men get a reputation for bravery, just because they are able to conceal how scared they are. If you have nothing else to be thankful for, be thankful that you can't always read your best friend's thoughts. The only objection to the self-made man is that in so many cases he has failed to put himself together so as to work noiselessly. You seldom see a man so honest that he says to his wife "Where did I leave my hat P" He usually asks II Where did you put it p" It is said that bleeding a partially blind horae at the IIPose will restore him to sight; so much for the horse. To open a man's eyes, you must bleed him in the pocket. It is painfully noticeable that the man who most seriously objects to being inter- viewed for publication is the same who buys the greatest cumber of copies to send away to his friends. Do NOT WORRY. Work is a help; worry is a hindrance to success in every path of life. It should be the standing rule of everyone to do the best you can, and not worry about what you oan't do or are forced to leave unfinished. Suffi- cient for the day is the evil thereof-and the worry also. Do your daily duty well and faithfully, and let future troubles remain in the future. IMPROVED PROVERBS. A rolling stone never gets there." If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again. It is never too late to drink champagne. Every mau's house is his servant girl's castle, The race is not always to the horae you put your money on. A bird and & bottle in hand is worth two boarding-house dinners anywhere else, When a belated husband comes in by the window a flat-iron is apt to fly out at the door. He laughs best who does not laugh at a woman when she thinks there is a mouse in the room. A WOMAN'S DON'TS FOR MEN. Don't save all your polite attentions for other men's wives. Don't be jealous without sufficient cause it belittles you. Don't begin every remark with By Jove I" It is as bad as "Lovely!" Don't be such a crank that everyone in the house is glad when you are out of it. Don't make life a burden to the family if your shirt does not fit or your trousers are too short. Don't put a stick or an umbrella under your arm while going upstairs. People don't like to dodge the point. Don't allow a woman to stand, and finally offer ber a seat as if you lutted to; give it up with a good grace or else keep it. Don't scold because the children disturb your enjoyment of the evening paper; they have been bothering somebody all day. Don't cross your legs so that a woman in passing you must brush the dirt from your shoes with her dainty dress. JONAH. I always was unfortunate, Uulucky, and forlorn; Misfortunes came with my first breath; On Ftiday I was born. In childhood my reverses were Discouragint' to me; 'Most every day I was reversed Acrow my mother's knee. As I grew older my ill-luck For me new anguish wrought. At school the other rogues escaped, nut I wasalwnys caught. When I propose 1 my evil star 81ione on my pathway still, For I said, Will you be my wife ? And she replied, "1 will." She proved a vixen, and sha's been The cause of half my sins. I hardly need to tell you that My firdt-born child was twins. Since then my family cares have grown, And surely you'll allow That I'm u il icky when you know I've thirteen children now. I do rot, know how it will end, I hardly think I care, But when old Gabriel blows his trump I know I shan't be there. How MEN OUGHT TO PROPOSE. First of all (says a lady writer in the Even- ing Standard), a man ought not to mind being refused, and never regret being accepted one is as frequent as the other. When refused, he should never fall into the too oommon mistake of saying he will go to the dogs! Women, now-a-days, are not impressed by it, but if a rejected lover really went to his dog for sympathy and encouragement, it might touch a woman's heart, and, in any case, in- spire her with respect, but to go to the dogs It would be well if a man abstained from showing a girl any attention whatever until he has made up his mind he would like to marry her. Then let him go at it plucky." Atimid wooer appeals only to masculine women. A true woman who sees a man dangling about in a desultory manner, one day looking unutterable things, and another time hardly noticing her, will very soon make up her own mind then we would advise that man not to attempt to pro- pose. The least said when proposing the batter, although we do not go as far as to urge com- pliance with the following advioe lately given by a contemporary:— "Tlia chap who tries to win a miss, By appealing to her reason, Is much less like to gain his bliss Than he who ventures on a kiss, Combined with gentle squeezin'I" This is unmistakably a man's idea very neatly put, but the sort of proposal a woman really likes best is for the man to go straight to the point, and without hesitation or bashfulness, and if possible no blushing, to say, Miss Brown, I love you; will you marry me ?" Or, perhaps, still better, W ill you ?" with, of course, a meaning glance (which I will not oall a wink); and the woman to answer, No thank you." Or else, Yes, with pleasure," as the case might be, just as for a dance. This would save much in the way of wounded pride, injured feelings, and heart-breaking, for least said soonest mended." Spoken proposals are so often only the result of a momentary catalepsy of the brain that it is not to be wondered at if they generally end baily. Eight times out of tea writing is best, but it should be short also. Sincerity is never wordy, and we women are quick to detect insincerity. No woman could possibly be offended, even if she knew a man but slightly, should she receive a letter written in something like the following style :—" Dear Miss Smith,—I admire you and your many qualities deeply (don't talk of her charms). I am not rich-(this will most likely be the case if not, don't say so—she probably knows it already), but I make (or have) so much a year, and if the prospect does not frighten you, and you will consent to beoome my wife (the word wife must be used for reasons explained later on), and will grant me leave to try and win your love, I will ever remain, truly yours If to this the man receives a polite refusal he will naturally feel rather dejected for a week or so; the best remedy will then be a complete change of diet. External agents, like the air or solitude, have nothing to say to his present condition but if his luncheon usually consists of a chop and a glass of beer, he should at once change it to soup and sherry, then vary it with fish and claret. By the time he finds himself wishing for his chop and beer once more he may look upon himself as convalescent and -try again. We need not say that a man who stammers should never attempt to speak his proposal, nor should elderly men, for very obvious reasons, which need not be described here. Men, however, who prefer to speak their proposals should first choose their opportunity oarefully, or make it if necessary but let them beware of the too common snare of arraying them- selves in unusually fine clothes, and above all let there be no button-holes. This out- ward deoking of the prospective viotim is a great mistake in real life, although we oon- fess it is the generally-accepted thing in art, on the stage, and in novels. Ancient wooers are, perhaps, the chief sinners in this respect, but then they have so much to contend against that we will not be too severe upon that matter so far as they are concerned. ■- When a man goes to a house with the intention of proposing, let him never forget to leave his bat in the hall, for should the lady refuse him, it will materially lessen the dignity of his exit if he has to look round the room for his head-oovering, or, worse still, to return in search of it. This re-appearance on the scene of action is occasionally very useful in novels, as it gives an opportunity for half a dozen more pages of heartrending plead- ings and wild protestations, an Excellent thing when three volumes have to be filled somehow. But in ordinary life, with ordinary men and women, it may cause some awkward- ness, We will now suppose that our future Benedict has duly left his hat downstairs and gone into the drawing-room. It will most likely happen that mamma will be there, whili dear Geraldine is gone out. This will be un- fortunate, but not necessarily fatal. The time can be well spent in endeavouring to secure mamma's goodwill; but, should the object of his love return, let there be nd attempt at a proposal then. It is far better to say good-bye gracefully and to write to the girl the next day. To kneel while proposing is always a mistake, often a fatal one, On the whole, after mature reflection (as that given by fifty years' experience must be), we think that the best position on such an occa- sion is for the man to stand up near the lady -if possible, a little behind her, and with one hand on the back of her chair, so that should she say yes all is in readiness for an imme-' diate ciroling of the waist. A man should never propose from a distanoe, 2ft. being the outside limit allowable, except in very special oircumstances, nor with his gloves on; and never on any aocount, should the girl accept, must he brush the fringe from off her fore- head to look into her eyes. Girls have been known to refuse men after having accepted them for that sole reason, although they oalled it having doubts as to whether they oared enough for them. Proposals in dimly- ■ lighted conservatories should be avoided. In fact, as a general principle, we would say: — "Avoid doing anything as desoribed in books; be your own natural selves." There would not be so many futile proposals if they were made more simply. It is obvious that this article does not pretend to treat of the wild passions which clasp the objects of their love in their arms, and shower burning kisses on the tops of bent heads, regardless of the hair-pins, while incoherent words are poured forth, through the maze of which a girl vainly tries to catch the only word she cares to hear. And here, perhaps, is the best place to divulge a secret which few men know. Most girls have, at one time or another, been told by their mothers, My dear, do not believe anything any man may tell you till he says,' Will you be my wife P' Men We Read About. THE NOVELIST OF THE HOUR. The Little Minister," the novel which has taken London by storm within a week, has praotically engaged Mr. Barrie for upwards of eighteen months, the greater part of it having been re-written three and four times, Mr. Barrie in 1883 was leader writer on the Nottingham Journal, and discovering that both ends showed a tendency to avoid meeting, he turned a little spare time to account by writing threepenny dreadfuls. Eaoh con- sisted of some 20,000 words. And each was begun and finished well within three days. An average of 7,000 words a day I And now, after eight years' experience, he is found devoting eighteen months to a three-volume novel! Nature has its compensation, though. For each II dreadful" Mr. Barrie received the munificent sum of j63. His reward for The Little Minister" is likely to, bo more than that. EVERYBODY KNOWS "TOM BEOWN." Tom Brown," known to the world as his Honour Judge Thomas Hughes, Q.C., is 68 years of age. A notable man, who has done many notable things, he never did anything better than when he published to the world that freshest and brightest of schoolboy books, Tom Brown's School Days." Its excellence stands out the more marked in comparison with the imitations of Archdeacon Farrar, in « Eric, or Little by Little," and Mr. Gilkes, of Dulwioh College, in "Masters and Boys." The son of a Berkshire squire, he was one of the last "sixth" at Rugby under the great Arnold, and graduated at Oriel Col- lege, Oxford, in 1845. He sat as M.P. for Lambeth and for Frome in the days when Liberalism had not yet degenerated into Glad* stonianism, and he is now an enthusiastic Uniouist—of course, He was one of the earliest Volunteer officers, and for a time oommanded the 19th Middlesex Rifles. No man has ever been more eager in the cause of co-operation than Tom Brown," and it was said that mainly owing to the opposition of the small Lambeth tradesmen on this point he was driven from his seat in Lambeth to Frome. has been an intimate friend of Charles Kingsley and John Russell Lowell, and is one of the most popular members of tbe Athenæum. dik 9

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