18 DECEMBER 1880, page 9

M. Rochefort's Duel With M. Gambetta.

M ROCHEFORT is learning a little elementary lesson in . chemistry,—that acids, however potent, will not bite everything. Gold, even if not quite pure, will not fizz under them.......

The Bad Fairy In Ireland.

E NGLISHMEN laugh at Irishmen for being so plaintive, and talking so much about " our unhappy country ;" but there is something in the history of Ireland and in the perma- nent......