SIR,--In "the dead season," when despairing editors, or their representatives, pant for something especially attractive, the maxim acted upon by those whom Providence has afflicted with the "_cacoethes scribendi_" appears to be, "_When in doubt, abuse the London, Chatham, and Dover_." As a much-travelled Ulysses, experienced in "lines cast in pleasant" and unpleasant "places," and as a sympathising fellow-traveller with "A Season Ticket Holder,"--(a descriptive signature rather suggestive of a "kettle-holder" that keeps your fingers from being burnt,)--I, the Ulysses aforesaid, emphatically endorse all that "S. T. H.," in the _Times_ of last Thursday, has written. Having "crawled" North, South, East, and West, I can venture to affirm that the L. C. & D.'s "Granville Express" is, as far as my experience goes, which is co-extensive with the whole length of the line, up and down, about the most punctual of time-keeping trains with which this Ulysses happens to be acquainted. When "S. T. H." attests that "_for courtesy and attention to the oft-times exacting demands of passengers the company's staff will compare not unfavourably with those of the Northern railways_," I beg "to say ditto"; with the proviso, that, personally, I am, in a general way, of Mrs. MALAPROP'S opinion, that "caparisons are odorous." Sir, addressing you, _Mr. Punch_, as Universal Chairman of All Railways, if I wanted to pick out a fine specimen of Railway Troops, I would go to the London, Chat-with-'em and Dover for both "Guards" and "Line." Yours, AN INCONSTANT TRAVELLER. P.S.--By the way, if names are for anything in the matter (and I object to "calling names," though this _must_ be done at every station on the line), then isn't the Brighton and S. C. the "Crawley" Line? I only ask. * * * * * EDUCATION NOT PRICE-LESS.--The _Methodist Times_ recently announced that Mr. PRICE-HUGHES is about to publish an explanation of his suggestions as to an "educational concordat." So the present form of the educational question is, "'What Price' HUGHES?" * * * * * [Illustration: EGOMANIA. SCENE--_The Bar Parlour of the "Little Peddlington Arms" during a shower._ _Little Peddlingtonian_ (_handing newspaper to Stranger from London_). "HAVE YOU SEEN THAT ACCOUNT OF OUR FISHING COMPETITION IN THE _LITTLE PEDDLINGTON GAZETTE_, SIR?" "NO. I'M AFRAID I'VE NOT!" "IT'S A _VERY_ INTERESTING ARTICLE, SIR. IT MENTIONS MY NAME SEVERAL TIMES!"] * * * * * OUR BOOKING-OFFICE. [Illustration]