Curious to note the altered condition in atmosphere of House since Mr. G. came back.  Turmoil stopped; restlessness soothed; Ministerial work goes on smoothly, whilst the GRAND OLD PACIFICATOR looks on benevolently.

“Yes,” said PRINCE ARTHUR, uneasily, “this is all very well.  He holds back the curs that would snap at our heels; but it’s only because he, a wilier tactician, knows that no practical advantage is to be gained from that kind of sport.  Wait till he thinks the hour has struck, and you’ll see he’ll not only let slip the dogs of war, but lead the rush himself.”

Business done.—­In Committee of Supply.

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REMBRANDT, TITIEN, VELASQUEZ, ET CIE.  WHISTLER, SUCCESSEUR.

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  Oh, what a catalogue!  Whatever made you think
    Numbers should mix in a way never seen?
  3, that’s a flood of milk, 20, a flood of ink,
    Touching a gruel-like sea, that’s 15.

  Next time, to make a delightful variety,
    Hang upside down all the works in your show,
  Whilst, on their heads, the elite of Society,
    Gasp, “Fin de Siecle, quite chic, don’t you know!”

  Why play such pranks to draw people who scoff?  It is
    They to whose critical words you are deaf. 
  Though in your country you are not a prophet, is
    This how you make one, that’s spelt with an F?

  Strange that the only kind critic you mention
    Is French.  He compares you with REMBRANDT & CO.;
  His words seem the sole ones that claim your attention: 
    We’ll end in his tongue, like the list of your show.

  Cher Monsieur VISTLAIRE, allez chez la nation
    Voisine, et emportez ces oeuvres “splendides,”
  “Destinees a l’eternite des admirations,”
    Ainsi que dit ce critique candide!

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