_AEsop Redivivus_ is delightful, if only for the reappearance of the quaint old woodcuts--some of which, however, the Baron is of opinion, never belonged to the original edition--yet, with a polite bow to MARY BOYLE, he would venture to observe that, in his opinion, the revivification is an excellent idea rather thrown away. Whether it would have been better for more or less Boyleing, he is not absolutely certain, but perhaps the notion required a somewhat different treatment. The best of the fables is _The Sly Stag_, which, according to the woodcut, ought to have been a goat. But there may be some subtle humour in the frequent incongruity between a fable and its pictorial illustration. THE BARON DE BOOK-WORMS. * * * * * GRANDOLPH VICTORIOUS.--Rather fresh Easterly-windy weather for racing, last week; glad, therefore, to hear that GRANDOLPH "had a lot on." His _Abbesse de Jouarre_ was not to be stopped by any _Father Confessor_, and came in first. What will he name his next probable starter? _John Wesley_? * * * * * RECENT letters to _The Times_ represent Tangiers to English tourists as the most Tangierble point for a holiday trip. * * * * * [Illustration: A MINE OF INFORMATION. "WHAT'S A CENTAUR, PAPA?" "A CENTAUR, MY CHILD, IS A FABULOUS CREATURE, NOW _EXTINCT!_"] * * * * * MORE ABOUT TALLEYRAND. _To the Editor of "Punch."_ DEAR SIR,--You have on many occasions honoured me by inserting my contributions, and consequently it is to you I turn in the present difficulty. A few days since an appeal was made in the columns of one of your contemporaries which it is hard to resist. _A propos_ of the Talleyrand Autobiography a gentleman, who had given some extracts therefrom, wrote--"What I have quoted shows the charm and interest of the work, but does not discount its publication; and this, I hope, will be enough to enforce on the custodians of the Memoirs the obligation of reflection before continuing to suppress and to frustrate the legitimate curiosity of the public." I have reflected, and, without making any admission, I submit that possibly the following passages may attain the end which the gentleman in question seemingly suggests. When TALLEYRAND, in 1801, was at Amiens, assisting JOSEPH BONAPARTE in conducting negotiations with Lord CORNWALLIS for the final ratification of peace, he had an interview with the representative of England. I give a translation from a paper in my possession:-- "It was already the everlasting opposition of maritime and manufacturing towns that prevented this consummation. When Milor (CORNWALLIS?) observed, with insular bluntness (_bonhomie_), 'The outcome will be a new throne (_encore une chaise bien decore_) for J. B.' I replied, 'This will certainly not be to the advantage of Son Altesse JOSEPH (_pas pour Jose_).'"