Volume 104 — On Three Poets.
Reading edition
(By the Fourth Party.)
Swinburne, Austin, Morris, Bardic busybodies, Threnodies they wrote:— They were the Three Noddies!
Mrs. R. says that, in this cold weather, whenever she wants to know if there is to be a change, she consults her thawmometer.
The amusing article, "A Man's Thoughts on Marriage," ought not to have appeared in The Gentleman, but in the United Service Magazine. This is evident.

TOO AFFECTIONATE BY HALF.
Auntie. "Oh, you naughty Boy! What are you doing? Smoking! Why you'll never Grow!"
Artful Nephew. "That's just it, Auntie. I don't want to Grow. I want to keep the same Size always, so that I can sit on your Lap, an' Love you!"