E THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IS NOW INSTALLED IN THE DUNGEON OF
BONIVARD._)

Electric lighting, dear to modern mind,
Bright in this dungeon! Switzerland, thou art
Too mad for things quite _fin-de-siecle_ smart!
Surely the trains, that rumble just behind,
And Vevey tramcars, in my thoughts consigned
To even hotter place, had been enough
To scare SAND, HUGO, SHELLEY, in a huff;
Make BYRON cast his poem to the wind!
Chillon, thy prison may become a place
With little marble tables in a row,
Where tourists, dressed with artless English grace,
May drink their _bock_ or _cafe_ down below,
And foreign penknives rapidly efface
The boasted names this light is meant to show.

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MUSICAL NOTE.--The most tranquillising, or even somniferous melodies
ever composed, must have been those written by the celebrated LULLI.
The first thing by LULLI was a "_Lulliby_."

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NEW WORDS TO AN OLD TUNE (AND A SYLLABLE TO SPARE).--Song for the
SECRETARY for IRELAND:--"_'Tis all for good luck, quoth bould Rory
O'Mor-ley._"

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ALL THE DIFFERENCE--between "_Sir_ G.O.M." and "_The_ G.O.M."

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EXAMINATION PAPER FOR A PRESS CANDIDATE.

(_WITH A VIEW TO CARRYING OUT THE SUGGESTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF
JOURNALISTS._)

1. What are the principal duties of an Editor? State what you would do
if you were visited by bores of the following kinds:--(1), a friend;
(2), an enemy; (3), a proprietor.

2. Show how a political article may be written, saying as little as
possible in the greatest amount of space? Give specimens of "writing
round a subject" without offending susceptibilities.

3. What are the duties of a Dramatic Critic? Show, by a specimen
article, how a critique of a bad play, indifferently performed, can
yet be made to give satisfaction to the Author, the Manager, the
Company, and the Public?

4. What are the duties of a Special Correspondent at a Seat of War?
Give a short descriptive article of a battle written in such a manner
that the readers of your paper may learn everything without your
getting shot as a spy, or drummed out of camp as an informer.

5. What are the duties of a Reviewer? Describe the process of
log-rolling, and give specimen of notices of books:--(1), when the
Author is your friend, but you object to the Publisher; (2), w