ver! well, I never
Heard so eloquent a man!"

Tropes purloining, graces coining,
Glibly I, without repentance,
Clip each sentence.
But, to give each lot its station,
Ere from pulpit I dismount
God of recapitulation,
Hermes, aid me while I count--
Aikin, Baking, Cato, Plato,
Cibber, Fibber--Cherry, Merry,
Hayley, Paley--Secker, Decker,
Tickle, Mickle--Tonson, Johnson,
Literary Caliban.
Forty-seven! Oh, far too thrifty--
Thank'ee, Ma'am--two places--fifty!
Must it go? oh, surely no!
Only eye me, then deny me.
When I bow and when I wriggle,
With a simper and a giggle,
Ears regaling, bidders nailing,
Ladies utter in a flutter--
"Mister Smatter, how you chatter--
Dear, how clever! well, I never
Heard so eloquent a man!"
Tongue of Mentor, lungs of Stentor,
Hermes, thou hast made mine own.
Cox and Robins own, with sobbings,
I'm the winner; Dyke and Skinner
Never caught so glib a tone.
Dull and misty, Squibb and Christie,
When I mount look pale and wan--
Going, going, going--gone!

_New Monthly Magazine_.

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SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.

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_Altitude of certain Buildings_.

metres.
The highest Pyramid in Egypt- - - - - - - - - - - -146
The Cathedral at Anvers - - - - - - - - - - - - - 144
The Cathedral at Strasburg - - - - - - - - - - - - 142
The Steeple of St. Stephen, at Vienna, (Austria) - 138
The Steeple of St. Martin, at Landshut - - - - - - 137
St. Peter's, at Rome - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -132
The Steeple of St. Michael, at Hamboro' - - - - - 130.5
The Steeple of St. Peter, at Hamboro' - - - - - - 119
St. Paul's Cathedral, at London - - - - - - - - - 109.7
The Cathedral of Ulm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -109.4
The Cathedral of Milan - - - - - - - - - - - - - 109
The Tower of the Asinelli, at Bologna - - - - - - 107
The Dome of the Invalids, at Paris - - - - - - - - 105
The Cathedral of Magdebourg - - - - - - - - - - - -101.6
The Cupola of the Pantheon, at Paris - - - - - - - 79
The Balustrade of Notre Dame, at Paris - - - - - - 66
The metre is 39.37 inches.--_From the French_.

_Prevention of Fire in Theatres_.

In consequence of the frequent occurrence of fires in theatres,
particular precautions have bee