A Frenchman in London, without any knowledge of our language will cut but a sorry figure, and be more liable to ridicule than an Englishman in a similar condition in Paris: to wit, the waggish joke told of the Parisian inquiring for _Old Bailey_, or _Mr. Bailey, Sen._ It is, therefore, quite as requisite that a Frenchman should be provided with a good French and English phrase-book, as that an Englishman should have an English and French Manual. Of the former description is Mr. Leigh's "_Recueil de Phrases utiles aux étrangers voyageant en Angleterre_," a new and improved edition of which is before us. It contains every description of information, from the embarkation at Calais to all the Lions of London--how to punish a roguish hackney-coachman--to criticise Miss Kemble at Covent Garden--to write an English letter, or to make out a washing-bill--which miscellaneous matters are very useful to know in a metropolis like ours, where, as the new Lord Mayor told a countryman the other day, we should consider every stranger a rogue. Glancing at the _fêtes_ or holidays, there is a woeful falling off from the Parisian list--in ours only eleven are given--but "they manage these things better in France." * * * * * CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. In the _Quarterly Review_ (lately published) there is an excellent paper on these Societies. Of the spread of these Societies we take this anecdote as an example:--"A lady, who became acquainted at Brighton with the Co-operative Society of that town, and carried away a knowledge of the scheme, has formed three similar societies!, one at Tunbridge, one at Hastings, the third we know not where. That at Hastings was, at the end of July, just thirteen weeks old; it had made a clear profit of £79. 5_s_. 4_d_. and its returns for the last week of that month were £104. There are now upwards of seventy Co-operative Societies in different parts of England, and they are spreading so rapidly that the probability is that by the time this number of our Review is published, there will be nearly one hundred." Upon the system of Co-operation the Editor forcibly remarks, "It is at present in its infancy--a cloud no bigger than a man's hand. Whether it is to dissipate in heat, or gradually spread over the land and send down refreshing showers on this parched and withered portion of society, God only knows, and time only can reveal." * * * * * STANDARD OF THE JANISSARIES.