as an enthusiastic admirer of all that is German, I do not consider
them entirely necessary.

_First C._ Anything further?

_Second C._ There are the lights and the company.

_First C._ But of course these are superfluous?

_Second C._ From a German point of view--entirely so. I consider them
merely as fringe.

_First C._ Exactly--and, were they not there, you would extend as much
patronage to the German Exhibition--you would go there as frequently?

_Second C._ Yes--in spirit, if not in person.

_First C._ And if for the German some other foreign element were
substituted?

_Second C._ No doubt I should be present quite as much in person, but
_not_ in German spirit!

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THE PICK OF THE PICTURES. (AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY.)

[Illustration: No. 475. A Day's Sport in the Olden Times. Ancient
Mariner regrets that guns are not yet invented, wishes he'd brought a
Bow and Arrow with him. J. Waterhouse, A.]