To all those who like a mystery, and who gratefully remember FLORENCE WARDEN'S _House on the Marsh_, let the Baron recommend _A Perfect Fool_, by the same authoress. Dickensian students will be struck by the fact of a "_Mr. Dick_" being kept on the premises. He is a caged Dickie, poor chap; but, like his ancestor the original _Mr. Dick_, he sets everybody right at last. The Baron dare not say more, lest he should let the Dickie out of the cage. The only disappointment, to old-fashioned novel-readers, at least, who love justice to be done, and the villain to receive worse than he has given, is in the moral of the tale; yet in these decadent Yellow Asterical and Green Carnational days it is as good as can be wished. FLORENCE WARDEN is neither priggish nor Church-Wardenish; and so, when the scoundrel----But here, again, the Baron must put his finger to his lips, and ask you to read the story; when, and not till then, he may imagine whether you do not agree with him, "_Mystère!_" Curiosity has ever been a weakness of human nature, and that seems to be the only reason why so many make themselves uncomfortable by taking journeys to the Pole. Imitating NANSEN, GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N., sends his hero _To Greenland and the Pole_, which he reaches after much "skilöbning" (the book must be read to grasp its meaning), and receiving a chilly but polite welcome, with the arrogance of an Englishman breaks the cold silence by singing the "_National Anthem_," when of course the Pole is thawed at once! Writes a Baronitess Junior, "Those little boys and girls who delight in fairy lore will find a charming story of magical adventures in _Maurice; or, the Red Jar_, by the Countess of JERSEY, or more appropriately Countess of J_A_RSEY. It is fantastically illustrated by ROSIE M. M. PITMAN, and published by MACMILLAN & CO., and shows how unpleasant a jar can be in a family. And yet has not the poet finely said, 'A thing of beauty is a Jar for ever!'" The Baron is anxiously expecting the appearance from The Leadenhall Press of Mr. TUER'S _Chap-book_. Of course, all "the Chappies" from "Chap 1" to "Last Chap" are on the look out for it. The Baron fancies it will be a perfect fac-simile, and if not perfect, the merciful critic who is merciful to his author will say with the poet POPE "_Tu er_ is human," which is a most pope-ular quotation; while as to the latter half of the line "to forgive, divine"--that, in a measure, is one of the unstrained prerogatives of the BENEFICENT BARON DE B.-W. * * * * * A SLIGHT ADAPTATION. (_Suggested by the recent Debate (Ladies only) at the Pioneers Club on the Shortcomings of the Male Sex._) [Illustration: Nova mulier vociferatur more Whitmanico.] Come my modern women, Follow me this evening, get your numbers ready, Have you got your latchkeys? have you your members' axes? Pioneers! O Pioneers!