3 DECEMBER 1859, page 14

A Syne Qua Non.—if Any Of My Readers Were Ever

fortunate enough to hear Mr. Clay tell the following story, they can never forget the inimitable grace and humour with which it was done. " While I was abroad, labour- ing to......

Books.

THE ESSAYS OF SIR HENRY LAWRENCE. * PennArs the greatest loss India, and, through India, England sustained in the rebellion and war of 1857-8 was the loss of Sir Henry Lawrence......

The Gardens Of The Million.

THERE has been a revolution in Hyde Park by no means so pro- mising as that which is going on in Italy. When Sir Benjamin Hall was First Commissioner of Works many improvements......