12 JUNE 1886, page 10

Levity.

T HE fascination which Mr. Labottchere's speeches seems,to exert over the mind of the reading public in general, as well as over that particular class of thorough-going Radicals......

Impressionist Descriptions.

M R. BOSWORTH SMITH, while writing his little book on "Rome and Carthage," one of the best of an ex- cellent series, "Epochs of Ancient History," was struck by the difficulty......