Well, to speak truly, There's no place like London, In March or in July, When well, or when run down! Train in a twinkling Brightonward bears me; If I want sprinkling In the face a "chute" stares me. Summer's delightful In Town--nerves feel regal; Cabbies not spiteful Offered what's legal! Yes, I'll take holiday When it grows chilly; Why at _this_ jolly day Flee Piccadilly? Is the end vapid? Can't help it!--Next snow-time By "P. L. M. _Rapide_" I reach Nice in no time! * * * * * BEWARE!--As wood pavement is said to be injurious to throats, specially in summer time, it would be advisable not to reside in the Northern district, as the roads there must be all St. John's Wood pavement. * * * * * [Illustration: PREHISTORIC PEEPS. IT IS QUITE A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT HENLEY REGATTA WAS NOT ANTICIPATED IN EARLIEST TIMES.] * * * * * THE LOWER EDUCATION OF WOMEN. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. What are the duties of a cook? Do these duties differ from those of (_a_) a housemaid, (_b_) a parlour-maid, and (_c_) a general servant? 2. Can money be saved by a deposit account at the stores? If so, compare the store prices with the charges made at a West End shop for beef, mutton, potatoes, muslin, and mixed biscuits? 3. If a dinner (with wine) for four costs £6 10_s._ at a club, how much should a dinner for eight (four males and four females) cost at home? 4. What do you know of the School for Cookery? 5. Give briefly the best way of living on £500 a year on the basis that your husband is a clerk in a Government office, and your family consists of a daughter, aged fourteen, and a son rising seven. HISTORY. 1. Give a short account of the life of any one of the following eminent wives who were a comfort to their husbands--CATHERINE PARR, Queen MARY, and HENRIETTA MARIA, Consort of CHARLES THE FIRST. 2. Point out the mistakes of MARIE ANTOINETTE in special regard to the career of LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH. 3. Give some of the reasons why Queen ELIZABETH preferred celibacy to marriage, and prove that those reasons were fallacies. 4. Give a short account of the married life of DAVID COPPERFIELD, and criticise the _ménages_ of his first and his second wife. GENERAL. 1. What are the duties of a wife and a matron? 2. Supposing your husband to have come home weary from a hard day's work, should you read him your latest novel, or see that he gets his supper? 3. In your opinion which is of greater importance, your gown, or your knowledge of Greek? 4. Write an essay upon the respective merits of being known as the wife of your mate, or your poorer-half being called "Mrs. So-and-So's husband." * * * * * [Illustration: POOR VENUS OF MILO! "WHAT! YOU DID THIS, AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME BEFORE! HOW CARELESS OF YOU, MARY!"