I hate a snarling, surly fool, Qui latrat sicut canis, Who mopes and ever eats by rule, Drinks water and eats panis. Give me the man that’s always free, Qui finit molli more, The cares of life, what’er they be; Whose motto still is “Spero.” Death will turn us soon from hence, Nigerrimas ad sedes; And all our lands and all our pence Ditabunt tune heredes. Why should we then forbear to sport? Dum vivamus, vivamus, And when the Fates shall cut us down Contenti abeamus. FLY-LEAF SCRIBBLING. Iste liber pertinet, And bear it well in mind, Ad me, Johannem Rixbrum, So courteous and so kind. Quem si ego perdam, And by you it shall be found, Redde mihi iterum, Your fame I then will sound. Sed si mihi redeas, Then blessed thou shalt be, Et ago tibi gratias Whenever I thee see. THE CAT AND THE RATS. Felis sedit by a hole, Intentus he, cum omni soul, Prendere rats Mice cucurrerunt trans the floor, In numero duo, tres, or more— Obliti cats. Felis saw them, oculis; “I’ll have them,” inquit he, “I guess, Dum ludunt.” Tunc ille crept toward the group, “Habeam,” dixit, “good rat soup— Pingues sunt.” Mice continued all ludere, Intenti they in ludum vere, Gaudenter. Tunc rushed the felis into them, Et tore them omnes limb from limb, Violenter. MORAL. Mures omnes, nunc be shy, Et aurem præbe mihi, Benigne. Sit hoc satis—“verbum sat,” Avoid a whopping big tom-cat Studiose. POLYGLOT INSCRIPTION. The following advertisement in five languages, is inscribed on the window of a public house in Germany:— In questa casa trovarete Toutes les choses que vous souhaitez; Vinum bonum, costas, carnes, Neat post-chaise, and horse and harness. Βους, ὄρνιθές, ἴχθυς, ἄρνες. PARTING ADDRESS TO A FRIEND,