12 AUGUST 1955, Page 15

ifopectator

August 14,1839

LONDON IN AUGUST.—Next to the devo- tion of the people of Paris to the good of their country, is the patriotism of English journalists, who devote themselves to town in the month of August for the benefit of the republic of letters. What a sacrifice is ours! To what a gulf of vacancy we resign ourselves! How sad is the aspect of the town! Now we arc reduced to that pitch of desertion, that there is nothing left to fly except the dust, which is good enough to fill the eyes in want of objects.