_Peak Castle, Eagle's Nest, N.E.W._ * * * * * VOX ET PRÆTEREA NIHIL! "Philosophy is essentially the Voice of the Silence."--_A Disciple of the Mahatmas._ Voice of the Silence? Brotherhood prodigious, A babble-ridden age might well rejoice Could you but give instead of talk litigious, The Silence of the Voice. * * * * * "REAL MEAN."--The English Churchman, who, on returning from abroad, puts all his surplusage of Swiss silver--ten and twenty centime-pieces--into the offertory bag or plate. * * * * * SHAKSPEARE (ADAPTED) AT THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS.--"We must Vote by the Card, or Equality will be our undoing." * * * * * NOTICE.--Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper. To this rule there will be no exception. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, Volume 101, September 19, 1891 by Francis Burnand