The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

child fairy tales, which its mind was fitted to receive—
not sinatteriegt of enlace, which made childhood merely
pedantic. A child's 'Mod wool I espied is the boldest is-
vestioos of faitylend, sod these would throw a hied of
halo over the after-tile, hi which there was ewe to be
always 'sough of the prosaic. The imaginative powers
would grow with these conceptions, and childhood was
period which nature favoured for such a growth. The par
charring of the memory with en aeceamulation of facto
which the mind was incapable of understanding, was a pro-
ems injurious to its development. ._ He said he bad Pea
Dimwit, from his earliest days, sad still was, an ardent
reader of works of fiction • and he challenged me to
compete with him is a knowledge of the vowels sad
rummies of the past and present toleration. We ras es
even race till we come to Mrs. Radcliffe's romeness,
among which he waisted ' Atbleys and Mis-
hima' I did sot think it wee by Mn. Radcliff& I be-
lieved it was written by Charlotte Smith. He was sue it
was Mrs. Itedoliffe's, I was partly positive for Owlet*
Smith. Neither of us could give soy way on the point.
Finally we mode a bet of a silver tiarerpeate, to be decided
by reference to the circulating libraries rod the biops-
phi's of the two ladies* question. Before we parted, I men-
tioned to Sir Benjamin that I was sefibriog from eles¢
lees sight', and asked if there was any remedy for this. He
slid the best war Open air with exercise. He doubted
whether there was any other ; the nerves gained-vigour in -
an oatof-door life, and &enure would give the relief of
sleep to the body when soffieleatly fatigued by exercise.
He had known a remarkable ease of • yeast man of fortune
who in his prosperous days was restless and sleepless. He
rse Prot his foetus, and reclined to the led shift forte
at •me of
tint
itllegetritis; were greatigaTcrekeSieriebleoombinel
• ewe, .m.l aPm al money enough to lin drelt
*pan 'weaselly, sad went to hint with this free (MOM I
aid suggestions for a differeat mods of life. But tie declined
t paying—"Theek yore ; I PM happy and healthy
I sleep ell night, and I am happy sit day ; and I pre-
fer t; City a. em.' • 'This,' said Bin lie, 'sounds rather
Ilk. a metal tale oat of my store of fiction, but it is a fable
wlthla the @phase of my actual lesowledp.' Wieu he wished.
me 'r tnight,' he ride& • Hui. Radcliffe, and Imbed "
with ' Oberlin* Smith.' Investigative proved lifm.to be in..
the tight, sad I duly forwarded to him my threepenny*
and spology."—Fraser's Magazine foreloly.
Antrum AND FLoweee-The peasant ebriatehe
ben Sowers after their Wits. Is the llillesd ooaedes Ws •
pampa goatabeerd is leis "sap-.t-m00t,," riede "..ge-aq
t Atittesoon," and the star of, Wthishean. ie ku
"8 defeat flower," 'item their dtet their'
ed those timer. The scarlet pug Irasl4 antsy ;Sp err
saw -ptibility chsoir of the woke, me
"shepherd's dial." The welds 'a his " eeekoo-detwie.
t =au tit blensocas when the cuckoo is first bawd, mid Mee.
arum, whose leaf is seee WI ember, is his "wake-robin."
like Heal, 1, ha knows the se'ora by these signs. In
Dometahire be calls the hikes " the pity-pears," which. as
Hr. Barnes retreen,, is soiettille:lky true, ore thektelbomal
and the pear talppg
_to the epee ember. He. pea is ,
sot so arivrate *ken " A)leter'eTteld, of—
The pretty msrestallibrest, fairy pines. •
Again is the Northe..a empties the comp= olllTollbr
Is celled, from the anglcs of its pod, 'the angladenry.:•
Hall ems not mere observant Yellen be Doted-- •• ' ' •-4
The threes threnenglcd beer:bone shot!,
Or chestnut's arse& husks, or bid kernel. al
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ner. lir. Toilettes more true, when he slop bow Betide
ir r.sisialbb
71 glees clod hat the eh- -ant. when=ell:' i
Divides threefold to show the irrlt
The peasant Mks, too, like his fellow is Clermeny, jealously
prep red e't the old religious pernes.ot oar firrewere. • W,
-slit
'nowt any loafer &pep** their beauty snettileetr etterirr
when the maiden a prised is no longer Moog in on
eltoreheo, nor the marigold strewed on or. Hee. 11(1'1110u'
no lonise prate eta Itle flower.. Yet mow faiit';echo ki • ilk+ • '
ieligion for ever peat lingers in pith tar& plady's thistle,
sad bidy's lingoes, and lady-smocta, ell silver 'white,';
She use slogs. He hes. tee, prmorved for us the An •, .
name% by which libekestant sod meson, and Boaomptit
Flehher keels the dowers. Stich Tenet * so .
Lori Be. ‘bleefing:" " Three Here etr.tti
I "
1/064twe't 6°4 " Sops Ikea
ritis or our Hneagetbea clienvidita,o4 is the mouths ; • eve
seareorstios.—Coi chin Msgszhic far ' • • • •
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Tea Jove or TIM Ofticmwr num. —row men • 14, . 4,
thee while limy woe re Ildrheiste.mr..defsele • •
hewer joy than a eseeowisi boyvecithater hi an
of klumph ; It is without alloy ; the Ply Nemesis he need
fere 4.4 " a pair of rrletaeln" fa his next mss
e sod to
avert that be seed sot now crawl on big knees up the
pavilion steps. Nor will the severest philosophy blame hie
exultation. He bet done bast wink! all his schoolfellows ere
r ler to do well, and for doing which well eves his madam
who have not forgotten that they too have been boys end
(sleeken's, are proud of, and even g...tefed to him. The
whole r -one iv English ; the public schools are English ; the
game is English ; the feelings it excites and the demesnes.
nova of them which it prompts are English ; end in the
energy with which victory lv sought, is the elation el
thole who achieve it, in the patient good-humour of the der
tent I party, and in the sympathy of the spectators with
bath, we see a fair ra,ple of the manly, good-tempered.
honest eharteter which pervades the whole of our nature,
and is the parent of worm in more important fields of
action —Shilling Afazia :ine for July,
A " SHODDY" HILLIOWATHE AT New YORK.
One day, when Tawny sore " doing' New Tork, be strobe
into Mao) a magnificent jeweller y establiehmeat on
Broadway, and startled the ame"mbled salesman with a
loud—" Show we a dimoed !" Here is one, air," re-
ap laded elegantly modulated vote* from the " diamond
department." Eighty dollars' sir." " Pooh ! not sash
a *pack as that! Something bigger "Allow me to
show you this ; very pore stone, sir one-hundred and
sixty deers." " Nonsense—bigger !" Herewith the
gentlemanly salesman (who I have always ens- .
petted to be a noble lord in difficulties) produced
the brilliant of about the aim of a small pea.
„Exquisite stone, sir—first water—eight hundred."
"Look here!" cried Tommy, becoming exasperate 3, "U
you've got a Tesler blown& fetch it out; if you haven't,
just say se." My lord, half amused, half mud, here, by
way of tot lly annihilating his rough customer, brought
out the Kohd.noor of the paw. " Wilt this snit you, sir!
—mcierately fine etooe ; price, Minn thoomed dollars r
" Now you're cootie to it!" cried Tommy, decidedly_
mollified, "Is Ws the tip-hp biggest "It is, sir,"
replied his lordship pally (stroking his beard at the paw
time es if to say, Now,lmy testis friss& I have Misted
quits enough t. me upon you—you may go." " You ain't ,
got nothin bigger now'" "nght•f, I assure you."
Teem I'll tabs is!" My lord, I grieve to say, lost his
pretence of miod, and stared ; but Thome. at once pro-
duc-d a huge roll of " greem-baeks "—counted out the
money, and the isle was exteelnded. This, as I have beim
bid, occurred more than a year ago. Now, my lord, haring
become somewhat familiar with the ways end !Deena of
Shoddy, would scarcely lift his 'yeti& were hie coal-heaver
to propose to boy oat the attire felbeere.—Ooreltill Maga-
tor July.
A " SING= " Ootrerieavort. About thirty.
yam. ago when those atro ions crime, were committed
which made the some of Burke a genet:' Otte for sect'
monism es old women enhand the shop Of • surgeon-
apothecary in an" Irish county iota, offered to sell
him " Pubject.He wen qua* ready to complete the
couteect, bat he drired to learn mime dotal. for bin guid-
ance se to the value of the object,* question, end put to
her, for this purpo e, certain queries. Imagine his Defier
to discover that "the subject" we. at that very moment
dirt—being a boy of nine or ten years of age—but of
whom, the bargain bong made, the old woman was per.
fectly prepared to "dispose," she being so far provident
re not h bring a printable commodity to market till ohs
had second a purchaser. Datennined that such Mimi*
should not go unpunished, he made an appointment with
her for soother day, on *like she should reerrn and moon
explicitly acquaint him with all she intended to do, and the
movie by which she meant to secure aemecy. At this
meeting—that his testimony should be °Pro reterl:-he
managed theta policeman *Pohl be premed. and, copealed
bent .th the counter, listen to all that went forward. The
interview, accordingly, took place ; the old woman was true
to her appointment, and mat ehoutostentially entered into
the deb& of the intended assueination, which she described
as the .serest thing in life—a pitch-ple,ster over the month
end a flab of water being the inexpensive requisites of
case. When her sanative, to which she imparted •
gust r, wan neighed, the policeman cease forth from hie lair
and arrested her. She was thrown at Gees into prison, and
beat for trial to the next rubes. Now, however. cams the
difficulty. War what should she be errairmed? It was rest
• murder—it was still incomplete. It wan, therefor., saw
'piracy to kill; but a nogle indiviehral menet "conspire
and so, to fix her with the aims, it would be necessary te
!Delude the summit in the iedicamont. If they wanted M .
try the old woman. the doctor meet *we the dock. New t
all the ardour for justice could genteel, be supposed to
a man to far; the doctor "demurred" to the
and the old hag was set at liberty.—/fferdsmod's writhe

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for July. -
" SHODDY."—It means pretence, vultneity, ass-
Empties:, the depth of folly, and the highest altitsde of the
ridiculous ; also gilded igneous, most patriotism,
palling, successful successful kaavery, swindling, say Wenn Well
On the other hand, is implies iunocest good look, reseed II
merit, and the caleacul..n sod sudden appearance (in the ~,,r,'".77,7-,
newly-rich man) of super-intelligence and all the cardinal(' - - , s .--,
' virtues. It mans vast expectation in hovels sill A. .' '''' ••4 ,t."• )""
discomfort is palaces ; bippoobieds. wretched it , • ... .4 'li •
•i4' ".
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reel Innen crown, the morn envy of h
with the ninforiable yellow crest econnsoo to
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voodoos. It mesas gorgeous affluence in the cos. id '.;.: 7:.%.,7:;,, :',1:4 :.,
bare penury in the father. It sell/ mean ignorest •I' p.„....i..,,,1; i...44,-' -.21 a,..„
in the Km at the sem.eftliallnlbhiff el the grindrol- lk ^ '.17:7..i...4;... ~..,
1 grandmas ut Z. 051140417 lint, the sane altd eb :::..,., yr r-A- „; 4,:,
of the founder of their Illustrious house.-Corohill Moen ' ':-Ifi,il7ii,:k "- •
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mar for July, Ph \ls .--,- - •-si. ;4
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