Thanks to the courage of the lamented Mac Gahan, the valorous correspondent of the _Daily News_, these atrocities were brought to light, too late, perhaps, to repair the evil already done, but not too late to hinder the utter annihilation of a poor nation, which was trying to shake off a shameful yoke that had weighed it down for four centuries. Let us hope that, in future, the worthy maiden lady will not venture to open any other paper than her _Myra's Journal_ and the _Animal World_. I find the following anecdote in the _Pall Mall Gazette_:-- "A foreigner well known in English society sends us the following amusing account of his bathing experiences in England:-- "'I have been much amused by your suggesting to the ladies who object to bathers in the River Thames the use of their inevitable companion, the parasol. Let me relate what happened to me last year while a temporary resident in a quiet seaside place of great renown. I was in the habit of bathing off a boat, for which purpose I was rowed out a couple of hundred yards or so from the shore, where I divested myself of my "many" clothes and donned the "few" generally worn by bathers. I practised this favourite pursuit of mine unmolested for several days; but one fine afternoon I indulged in a game of tennis with the vicar of some parish or other in the neighbourhood, and he gravely "took the opportunity" to inform me that among his pious flock there were two venerable old ladies, who--having a house facing the sea and close to the spot whence I embarked for my daily revelry--were much distressed in their minds by my proceedings, and, as they had disburdened their souls to him for consolation, he earnestly begged me to see my way to relieve the old ladies from their dire grievance. I told him I should get myself rowed out a hundred yards further from shore, and the good priest much applauded this resolution which would in his opinion prevent any further mischief. However, the gods willed it otherwise. The next day the vicar informed me--not without a suspicion of a smile on his face--that the two "venerable dames" could still see me quite plainly ... by means of a "capital binocular."'" We would rather not attempt to describe the despair of the noble foreigner. There is nothing like a good telescope, if you want to see well. That is evident. * * * * * The most striking feature of the English language is euphemism: it is its very genius. So, "to be taken in adultery" is in English law phraseology, "to be surprised in criminal conversation." Conversation! Charming, is it not? A cosy talk, a bit of a chat, you know. If, in France, you must turn your tongue in your mouth seven times before speaking, in England, you must turn it at least eight. You get used to it in time.