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From the obituary notice of an octogenarian:--

"He was a keen chronologist, and possessed a valuable collection of
shells."--_Provincial Paper._

Picked up, no doubt, on the sands of time.

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THE LITTLE HORSE.

[The following fragment is taken from the play, _David Lloyd George_, which
we understand may some day be produced at the Lyric Opera House,
Hammersmith, as a companion-piece to _Abraham Lincoln_.]

The scene is laid in the House of Commons, where Sir FREDERICK BANBURY has
moved the rejection of the Poets and Verse (Nationalisation) Bill.

_Sir FREDERICK BANBURY is speaking._
But it stands to reason,
If you propose to pay them just the same
Whether they write a little or a lot,
They won't write _anything_. There will not be
Sufficient stimulus. It's human nature,
And human nature is unchangeable.
Do you imagine, Sir, that KEATS or SHELLEY
Would have produced such valuable work,
So large an output, if this precious Bill