MARIE CORELLI, OUIDA,
he read them all; but TROLLOPE was his favourite. He liked novels in
series; he liked to come on the same people again.
"But there's another reason," he added, "why I like TROLLOPE. You see we
were both at the Post Office."
Some day soon I am going to try him with one of Mr. WALKLEY'S criticisms.
E.V.L.
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[Illustration: "A--AH! D'YOU K--KNOW YOU'RE S--STANDING ON MY FOOT?"
"WELL, WOT YER GOIN' TO DO ABAHT IT?"]
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From an article on the Lawn Tennis Championship, purporting to be written
by Mlle. SUZANNE LENGLEN:--
"Quelle journees ils etait!"
"Mon dieu, comme etait beau!"
"C'est le partie le plus dispute."
_Sunday Paper._
We can only hope that the Entente is now strong enough to survive even
these shocks.
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[Illustration: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME.]
[Illustration: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME.]
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PRISCILLA PAINTS.
"There was a lot of men in the boat," said Priscilla from behind the table,
where she sat daubing with little energetic grunts.
"Oh, there were, were there?" I answered from behind _The Times_.
Confident of arousing my enthusiasm in the end, she continued to issue
tantalising bulletins about the progress of the great work.
"It was an all-colour boat," she told me, "purple and yellow and green.
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