"Seven years in a Turkish Bath!" As Mr. WILSON BARRETT would exclaim, "How long! How long!" What better example of patience and perseverance, which, as all know, are "good for the gout," could possibly be given? That after this long stay in the Turkish Bath, he should be "a good invalid attendant," goes without saying. And not only is he "attentive," which is a great point in an "attendant," but he is also active--and this after so long a stay in a Turkish Bath, of which, however, he does not mention the temperature. * * * * * [Illustration: THE POLITICAL JOHNNY GILPIN. (_THE FINISH_.) "SO LIKE AN ARROW SWIFT HE FLEW BACK SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE THRONG, WHO SHOUTED LOUD, 'HE YET WILL WIN! JOHN GILPIN'S GOING STRONG!' "AND SO HE DID--AND WON IT, TOO, FOR HE GOT FIRST TO TOWN; AND, STIFF AND SORE, AT THE HOUSE DOOR, BARE WINNER, HE GOT DOWN."] * * * * * [Illustration: "COLOURABLE SHAKSPEARIAN IMITATION." _Othello, M.P. for Central Finsbury_ (_saluting Sarum, Doge of Westminster_). "HAPLY THAT I AM BLACK--" [_Doge shudders, but feels unable to withdraw._] * * * * * OPERATIC NOTES. _Wednesday_.--Crowded for WAGNER's _Goetterdaemmerung_, "which," says the _Rev. Mr. Penley_, who "doesn't like London," "is such an awful name, that fond as I am of music, I really could not go and see it." As to WAGNER, well, "it's all right when you know him, but you've got to know him fust." Herr ALVARY excellent as _Siegfried_; Herr WIEGAND powerful; ditto the wide-awake Herr KNAPP. Frau KLAFSKY, a beautiful and interesting _Bruennhilde_; and it is difficult to be personally interesting in a Wagnerian Opera, where _ensemble_ is everything. Fraeulein HEINE and BETTAQUE, equally good. Herr MAHLER was "called," with the rest of the company, to receive his meed of praise for conducting. Opera perfectly put on Stage by Herr von DRURIOLANUS, and though the Season is coming to an end, yet the Opera is still "going strong." * * * * * NOTE AND QUERY BY MRS. R.--Our old friend wants to know from what Poet comes this quotation-- "A needless Salamander ends the line." Mrs. R. thinks it's from POPE; but if so, she asks what Pope? as there are so many of 'em. * * * * * ORNAMENTAL STRUCTURE IN NEW NORFOLK.--A Triumphal ARCH. * * * * * STUDIES IN THE NEW POETRY. NO. IV.