"_I_ perceive," cried Pretty Polly, "It's all right, and awfully jolly! But if you think to pull me from my perch By the tail, you are mistaken. Simian tricks will leave unshaken My hold, though I may seem to sway or lurch. A bird who knows his book Can afford to cock a snook At a chatterer who intrigueth against _his_ chief. _'We Three'?_ You quote the Clown; And _you play him_! Yes, I own Pretty Poll _may_ be pulled down, But I do not think 'twill be by Monkey 'Mischief!'" * * * * * For a Byronic Exam. _Question._ What proof exists that Lord BYRON shared expenses with the Maid of Athens? _Answer._ The line in which he says, "Maid of Athens, ere we 'part,'"--&c. _Q._ Is there any allusion to billiards in this poem? _A._ Certainly. It occurs where the Bard says to the Maid, "Take the rest." * * * * * "AGAIN WE COME TO THEE, SAVOY!" (_vide old-fashioned duet_).--It is rumoured that the separation, on account of incompatibility of temper, between a certain distinguished Composer and an eminent Librettist has come to an end. Its end is peace--that is, an Operatic piece. They have met; the two have embraced, and will, no doubt, live happily ever afterwards, on the same terms as before, with the third party present, whose good offices it is pretty generally understood (his "good offices" are "Number Something, The Savoy,"--but this is not an advertisement) have brought about this veritable "Reunion of Arts." * * * * * [Illustration: MISCHIEF!] * * * * * OUR BOOKING-OFFICE. _"Eton of Old, or, Eighty Years Since!"_ exclaimed the Baron, and, taking up the handsome volume recently published by Messrs. GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, he was soon absorbed in its pages. * * * * *