In the following term the whole system of College management was changed. Mr. BURROWES from a tyrant turned into the most amiable of men. The Undergraduates became idyllic. Even Dr. GORGIAS submitted to the benign influence of the Fairy JOGGINS. But it is noticeable that Mr. BURROWES who still resides at St. Michael's, objects to any mention of the Christmas of 1874. This is the only exception to his universal amiability. THE END. * * * * * "A TOY TOUJOURS."--Old French motto for _Truth_ distribution of Toys at Christmas time. * * * * * THE CRY OF THE CITY CLERK. (_DISAPPOINTED OF A SATURDAY AFTERNOON'S SKATING._) [Illustration: A_n Ice_ Amusement.] I knew, I knew it would not last-- 'Twas hard, 'twas hopeful, but 'tis past. Ah! ever thus, from boyhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I never trusted Jack Frost's power, But Jack Frost did my trust betray. I never bought a pair of skates On Friday--I am in the law-- But, ere I started with my mates On Saturday, 'twas sure to thaw! Now, too--the prospect seemed divine-- They skated yesterday, I knew, And now, just as I'm going to dine, The sun comes out, the skies grow blue, Ere we at Wimbledon can meet, Those horrid gaps!--that treacherous sludge! I shall not get one skimmer fleet. After my long and sloppy trudge. No go! One more lost Saturday! To skating's joys I'm still a stranger. I sit and curse the melting ray, In which my hopes all melt away-- It means soft ice, chill slop, and--"Danger!!!" * * * * * ESSENCE OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. EXTRACTED FROM THE TRANSLATION OF TOBY, M.P. (THE THOUSAND-AND-TWOTH NIGHT.) [Illustration: L60/310-1: Illuminated 'M'] "_Mon frère_" said DINARZADE JACQUES MORLEY to SCHEHERAZADE HARCOURT, "_si vous ne dormiez pas, je vous supplie, en attendant le jour, qui paraîtra bientôt, de me raconter un de ces beaux contes que vous savez._" "Certainly, my dear JACK," said SCHEHERAZADE. Now DINARZADE did not like this flippant tone of address. He was, as has been recorded by SHAHSTEAD (a gentleman of whose patronage he is proud) not a man you may take liberties with. For SCHEHERAZADE, taking mean advantage of a French agglomeration of letters which did not represent his name, to hail him as "JACK" was characteristic, and therefore undesirable. But, as everybody knows, DINARZADE, at the approach of each successive morning, was obliged to make this appeal to his brother, in order to circumvent the bloodthirsty designs of the Sultan (for particulars of which, see original). So he dissembled his anger, and SCHEHERAZADE proceeded to tell the History of the Second Old Man, and the Black Dog.