Part 3

_Paris._--Too hot. Theatres closed and wideawakes seen on the boulevards.

_Quebec._--Dangerous rival to Bath, Coventry, and Jericho.

_Rotterdam._--Worthy of its name.

_Suez._--Not comparable to Cairo.

_Trouville._--Requires antedating a quarter of a century.

_Uig._--Skyed and out of reach.

_Venice._--Vulgarised by the steam launches.

_Wiesbaden._--Has not yet recovered the loss of its table.

_Xerez._--Long journey for a glass of sherry.

_Yokohama._--Not a patch upon Pekin.

_Zurich._--Alliterative attraction for zomebody.

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A BONNE BOUCHE.

_Mr. Wagstaff._ Ah! I have lived many years in the bush.

_Mrs. Leo Hunter._ How interesting! I suppose you must have become almost savage!

_Mr. W. Frequently_, when I couldn't get a 'bus or a cab.

_Mrs. L. H._ (_utterly astonished_). A 'bus or a cab! in the bush!!

_Mr. W._ (_pleasantly_). Ah, yes; I was talking of "Shepherd's Bush." Good morning.

[_Exit chuckling._

[{asterism} _Note by the Bird in the Bush._--In future this little jest of WAGGY'S will be impossible, as it is proposed to re-name Shepherd's Bush, and call it Pastoral Park, or All-Askew Park, or something of the sort.]

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"SORTES SHAKSPERIANÆ."--On the new Postmaster-General:--

"Friend post the Duke of NORFOLK."

_Richard the Third_, Act iv., Scene 4.

And we hope his Grace will be "Friend post," and benefit us all.

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A volume of Reminiscences by HENRY RUSSELL is promised. Evidently this ought to be a "Cheery, Boys, Cheery" sort of book.