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M. Eostand, it seemsi before selling his house in Paris, scaled up the door and placed a bronze tablet, "to mark the threshold once pressed by ,the foot of genius." People will now , , have toVenter another way. The, "Dial' , records this 'as an instance of- self-conceit "fairly awe-compelling," and - proceeds to give other instances. Charles Sumner,- once speaking in public of certain changes which would leave him a statesman without a' party, said, "What,- then, will become of mo?" ' In tho same way ■ General Grant, iwhen told that 6ome egotistic statesman did not beliovo the Bible, , said, "Why should ho ?■ Ho did not writo it." It-must havo been with: a smile, however.that Disraeli said, "When \f wantito read a good book.l write one," and Whistler was riot serious when, to some - admirer'.who-;-'remarked: that; there were only '.two ; really : greatjDointers, Velasquez and Whistler, he said, "Why-drag in, VelasquezP" ,';■::, iv '... *:*i v J ■-!v v ; 1n.....the-,,"Speqta'tpr,".' 'appearsrfi.he»>fbllowing covered iCouh'try"- (tp : 'an r ;air 'ij. .fienry "Lawes,, publishe'd'in-1652):^-'■-'' ';. - •''.:'";:■' V. ; . .The flowers that an-thy ' ■ .Fade; and. aro gone when ' . ', And as their sweets; by. timb .decay <■ 'So shall,thy hopes be cast away,-,'.' .'. ■'.-. :;: ! 4fie a .Sui.;'lliVb,gilftsi'the;cre*!pirig;moss v Stayothl"aiotTißariih)«iJet2r-rial« L less;' l i ; ■/'■ ■'» ■;' ,; -VHei'isi{htt.JoM fit dl^FHdtWe,.: 1, ": |r - /,' i'yefTthere'islifp'he''cannot.give. ■ si; iThe stiu of Morriihg^s 1 eager Tjreatii—."' : " "r-j-.f; Beautiful , * Eve's, impassioned , dpp th-7., .• ■ .■ ;•-. Thou , lovest these—Uioulovcst-nelli'-. , ■■ ; .:;■ Yetof..]the Night thou canst not tell, ■;., -,;': .In.every landthy feet maV'tread . Time'Uke.'a,voiriS:rpund,thy.htad: , '- ' '■Only theland thouseek'st withjme■'■.-. '. ■ ' Never hath been nor yet shallbe. . ;V ..(■.-. It is .not far, it.is..not'near,,.:.: . ', :, ■• : Name it hath, none that Earth oan hear; :: But,there thy . Soul shall, build again v - - 1 ••Memoriesi.long , destroyed 1 -' of ■"."•" -'~'■ -Andi'Jpy: thereby'.'-shaUWke 'tt'.jiyer 1 -V, -, I :;. Wander ■ * Mark Swain,'.-it seemsp has ! beeii. in'indifferent health'.o{ late,.and bis medical'.inan. lias■ told him', that ,-if he-wants-to keep well it rests, with himself.'';He must limit his,somewhat; unfettered indulgence in "-the fragrant weed.-One ; wonders if - the American iumorist has. ever heard" of. a fellow-sufforer in ■ this country, .who was troubled with a nutter of the.heart. /.He consulted a Harley'Street espert, who solemnly drew up a prescription, and when he:.was dismissing Ithe patient,;said, "Now,..'.remember, only one cigar % day." . In" the course of a fortnight the patient returned and reported himself no better. Tho. doctor cross-examined him as to whether he had token the'medicine, paid strict "attention to diet, etc. "Well," said the perplexed physician, "what about that one cigar a day?" Instantly the sufferer brightened up. "I think,' doctor, it is. that which has kept mo. back. I never smoked in-,'my life .before/' Mark' Twain has smoked consumedly,-but if he is:wiso he will now stick to his physician's order, which, wo'understand, imposes a limit of four cigars a day. ~ - .. • , ".:.■-.■''■. . '; The 'Hxew. Magazine" for /August.""is,' well packed '.witt '.bright: short... etories, , rcmdrkablo for the "'snap,-and the variety 'of-'-BcenaVembod-. ied. -'Among the 'authors'are Captain ,' Shaw,-" Liftel M'Clung,' Owen'.Oliver, :-"Koy : ; "Norton, Edith. Scott,. G.- r>. Leslie,- Randolph- Lich-field.-.and .Harris Burla'nd., 'The art- supplement: contains original portraits of "many English beauties of the stage, including one of the latest'studiesiof Miss Ellen Terry., The "New Magazine" is well .worth itsprico. ■■> .-'