To six Gothic Swan-of-Avon Egyptian chairs 60 0 0 To one Stonehenge dressing-table 26 11 2 To one Grecian washing-stand (a decided bargain). 102 0 0 ———— ———— ———— Sum total £286 13 6½ We need not repeat the lady's fierce commentaries, or the gentleman's running fire of explosive criticisms upon the various items of the above little bill. Suffice it to say, the art-manufacture goods were returned, and Edwin and Emma bought at an auction the next day articles that suited their purpose just as well for 12_l._ 14_s._ They admitted the superior beauty of Mr. Felix Summerley's Art-Manufactures, but the expense, they both agreed, was "quite preposterous." Edwin and Emma are married now, and are still of the same opinion, so we cannot help thinking that they must have been in the right. The fine-art manufactures are certainly very beautiful, but there is moderation even in purchasing one of the earliest efforts of Teniers. PLAY-BILL DIALOGUES. The play-bills have got into the habit of asking questions. We should not be surprised to see the other play-bills answering them, in this way. _Adelphi._ "Did you ever send your wife to Camberwell?" _Queen's._ "Well, I can't say that ever I did, but I'll make a point of asking her the first time I see her." _Haymarket._ "Lend me five shillings?" _Victoria._ "My dear fellow, I only wish you may get it." _Covent Garden._ "What will the world say?" _Surrey._ "Ri tol de riddle lol, riddle lol de lay." _Lyceum._ "Which Mr. Smith?" _Norton Folgate._ "Whichever you like, my little dear." _Douglas Jerrold._ "Time works wonders." _Paul Bedford._ "I believe you, my b-o-o-o-o-oy." EDUCATION ON THE "MUTUAL ADVANTAGE" SYSTEM. _Pedagogue (who gives Food for the Mind for Food for the Body)._ "I tell you what it is, young Suett. It is not the first time your father has sent me bad mutton, and while he sends me such a bad leg as he has done now for three days running, I'm not going to tell you whether Constantinople is the capital of Otaheite or not." MAKE A WORSE ONE IF YOU CAN. _Q._ When is a landlord an insect tamer? _A._ When he has ten-ants at will. PRETTY LITTLE PUZZLES TO PUZZLE PRETTY LITTLE PUZZLERS. (_A number of the "Comic," with the Editor's Autograph, in red ink, will be given to any one who finds the solution of these puzzles._) Thomson, who is a clerk in the Bank, gives his wife permission to spend the day with a dear friend at Camberwell. At six he comes home to dinner, and they bring him up [Illustration: A AND B ] Can you find out how Thomson is to make a dinner of it? * * * * *