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Why Mr. Rtjskin Failed As A Poet.

M ISS THACKERAY gave one of her charming books the very unpromising title of " Miss Williams's Diva- gations." We can assign no better general reason why Mr. Ruskin failed as a......

Tall Girls.

T HE assertion that the fancy of the day flows towards tall girls, about which so many essays have already been written, and that girls are manifestly taller than they were, is,......