CURRENT LITERATURE.
Les Animaux Diplomates. Par W. de F. ler Cahier. (Williams and Norgate).—A comic, would-be satirical, dramatic sketch, founded on the leading events in the history of Europe during the last few years. The representatives of the various European Powers are presented as animals, Louis Napoleon being M. Renard ; Lord Palmerston, M. Shark ; Austria, M. PAutruche ; Sardinia, Mille. Sardine ; and so on. M. Shark is chiefly remarkable for continually indulging in the wildest puns, of which the following is a fair sample :—When M. Renard says to hint, "Permettez qua je volts embrasse," he replies, " Oh no ! ce sent Barclay and Perkins qui m'en brassent." There is some fun in the first half of the pamphlet, but it falls off considerably towards the end.
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