The pictures these talented gentlemen show
Monotonous never appear;
Waves, woods, and (say) Wenice, MACWHIRTER & Co.
Depict for us year after year.
WOODS always paints Venice, the place that brought forth
A Moor, but MOORE'S chattels and goods
Are seas, not calm south ones, but those of the north,
Whilst NORTH and MACWHIRTER paint woods.
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A DEBT OF HONOUR.--Will the verse described as _Ode_ by Mr. WILLIAM
MORRIS be paid with the Poet Laureateship?
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[Illustration: WHAT WEDDING PRESENTS ARE COMING TO.
_She._ "I DON'T SEE _MY_ CHEQUE ANYWHERE!"
_He._ "A--CAN I HELP YOU? WHAT NAME?"
_She._ "OH--WELL--MINE IS HARDLY A CHEQUE. A--IT'S A POSTAL ORDER, YOU
KNOW, FOR FIFTEEN SHILLINGS!"]
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