Another. Mr. Quin, upon his first going to Bath, found he was charged most exorbitantly for every thing; and, at the end of a week, complained to Nash, who had invited him thither, as the cheapest place in England for a man of taste and a _bon vivant_. The master of the ceremonies, who knew that Quin relished a pun, replied, "They have acted by you on truly Christian principles." "How so?" says Quin. "Why," answered Nash, "you were a _stranger_, and they _took you in_." "Ay" rejoined Quin; "but they have fleeced me, instead of clothed me." * * * * * THE OUTLINE OF ENGLISH HISTORY, Is a well-executed compendium for schools, and will be amusing by any fire-side. It not merely contains the great names, but abounds with curious notes on domestic life in each reign, with facts and calculations which must have cost the editor, Mr. Ince, many days labour. The period pompously termed "the Georgian Aera" is not so copious us the editor wishes, but a little more forethought on his part or that of the printer would better satisfy himself and the public. * * * * * SNATCHES _From Mr. Bulwer's Novel of "Eugene Aram,"_ vol. i. _Love of Nature_.--It has been observed and there is a world of homely, ay, of legislative knowledge in the observation, that wherever you see a flower in a cottage-garden, or a bird at the window, you may feel sure that the cottagers are better and wiser than their neighbours. _Humour_.--Where but in farces is the phraseology of the humorist always the same? _Conversation Tactics_.--A quick, short, abrupt turn, that retrenching all superfluities of pronoun and conjunction, and marching at once upon the meaning of the sentence, had in it a military and Spartan significance, which betrayed how difficult it often is for a man to forget that he had been a corporal. _Music of Water_.--You saw hard by the rivulet darkening and stealing away, till your sight, though not your ear, lost it among the woodland. _A fine Fellow_--He had strong principles as well as warm feelings, and a fine and resolute sense of honour utterly impervious to attack. It was impossible to be in his company an hour, and not see that he was a man to be respected. It was equally impossible to live with him a week, and not see that he was a man to be beloved. _Marriage_.--The greatest happiness which the world is capable of bestowing--the society and love of one in whom we could wish for no change, and beyond whom we have no desire. _Fatality_.--What evil cannot corrupt, Fate seldom spares. _Widowhood_.--If the blow did not crush, at least it changed him.