READINGS. THE "CORONER'S INQUEST," by THOMAS HOOD, And an original, humorous narrative (after ARTHUR SKETCHLEY), entitled "MRS. BROWN on the SHAKSPERIAN DRAMA." OLD SONG ... ... "My Dejeuner a la Fourchette" ... ... JOHN PARRY To conclude with a New Musical and Whimsical Fancy, entitled, "JOTTINGS FROM THE JETTY." To commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets (Non-members), 6d. Reserved Seats, 1s. 6d. May be obtained at the POST OFFICE, Wood Green; BARKER'S LIBRARY, Commercial Road; and at the CLUB ROOM, Truro Road. MEMBERS FREE, Who may also obtain one Lady's Ticket for Sixpence on application to the Manager at the Club only. F. WOOD, G. DEMANT, Hon. Secs. These years of tearing about all over the United Kingdom were more or less amusing--"generally _less_," as H. J. Byron observed. The visits with my father were the most varied. With Mrs. Howard Paul or Miss Marryat, costumes were introduced, and the entertainment appealed to a broader section of the public. When with my father, the entertainment was patronised by the more serious section of the public. He would be giving recitals from _Pickwick_ and _David Copperfield_, with my comic songs and sketches alternating, on a small platform with four or five clergymen seated thereon, they being perhaps the Committee. I always got on very well with the clergy; in fact, I have always regarded myself as a species of religious comic singer. After the recitals the Committee would follow us into the ante-room; four would engage my attention, while the fifth--generally a young curate--would surreptitiously slip the fee into my father's hand. I remember him once upsetting the solemnity of this "settling-up" proceeding by exclaiming loudly, "I am not ashamed of being paid. You need not hand me the fee as if it were an election bribe." My father had frequently suggested that the moment I arrived in a town I should look through the local papers, for the purpose of introducing some special topics that would come home to that particular place in the course of my sketches, which easily admitted of _ad libitum_ observations. I always intended doing it, knowing how well local topics are received; but, somehow or other, I kept forgetting to carry out my intention.