And so the round of pleasure goes; a man could scarce believe How swift the merry hours spin by from dewy morn to eve. The goat-carts never want for fares fresh from their nurses' arms, All day the patient donkeys bear some maid's or matron's charms. The haughty ones may carp and sneer, we know their sorry style, But we who revel on this shore can hear them with a smile. We may be vulgar; what's the odds? We're cottage-folk, not "Grands," And our simple pleasures please us on the jolly Ramsgate Sands. * * * * * DRURIOLANUS'S NEXT.--_The Prodigal Daughter_ is to be produced, when she's of proper age to come out, at Drury Lane. Who gave her that name? Is it her "_Pettitt nom_," or was it her Godfather, Sir DRURIOLANUS LE GRAND, or was it the joint effort of GRAND _et_ PETTITT, so as to satisfy all comers Great and Small? _The Prodigal Son_ has already served as the title of an Opera directly founded on the Scriptural parable of the Prodigal, and has recently been used as the title of the now famous _ballet d'action_. There was also a _Pere Prodigue_--which the English schoolboy thought was French for an uncommonly big Marie Louise specimen; so there is justification and authority for bringing this new member of _The Prodigal_ family before the Public. Having once started, there maybe no end to the family of Prodigals. There will follow--_The Prodigal Aunt_, _The Prodigal Uncle_, _The Prodigal Second Cousin by first Husband's Marriage_, and so on, _ad infinitum_. * * * * * [Illustration: "THE LITTLE VULGAR BOY." MASTER LABBY (_to the Butler_). "WON'T GIVE ME A SITUATION, WON'T YER? THEN I'LL BREAK YER WINDOWS! YA-AH!!"] * * * * * THE LAND OF THE (RATHER TOO) FREE. SCENE--_The Landing-Stage of an English Port._ _Custom-House Officer_ (_through an interpreter_). Do you speak English? _Emigrant_ (_ditto_). No. _Cust.-H. Off._ (_as before_). Have you any money? _Emi._ (_ditto_). Not a kopeck. _Cust.-H. Off._ Where do you come from? _Emi._ Polish Russia. _Cust.-H. Off._ Have you any family? _Emi._ A sick wife and eight sick children. _Cust.-H. Off._ Do any of you know a trade? _Emi._ None of us. _Cust.-H. Off._ Are you well enough to work? _Emi._ No. _Cust.-H. Off._ Have you any friends in England? _Emi._ Don't know a soul. _Cust.-H. Off._ Have you any luggage? _Emi._ Only the Cholera! * * * * * A COMPENDIOUSLY GRAMMATICAL TREE.--A Yew Tree. First it may be a 'Igh Tree, but it is a Yew Tree. It is either a He Tree or a She Tree. If small, it represents the first person plural by being a "Wee Tree:" the second person plural is the Manager and Manageress of the Haymarket, "Ye Trees;" and the third person plural would be expressed by a Devonshire Gardener indicating this talented couple as "They Trees." * * * * * TEE, TEE, ONLY TEE!