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THE WEEK’S NEWS CANADIA N. The firm of Gillespie, Roach & 00., Mont real, has failed. During April $25,000 worth of gold was mined in Nova Scotia. The mining regions around Port Arthur continue to attract the attention of capitalâ€" ists. A London despatch says Cardinal Man- ning denounces the proposal of the Govern- ment to endovg‘publicans; An attempt was made 011 Saturday to wreck the fast Irish mail train at Castlebar. The obstructions, a. couple of gates placed across the track, were discovered in time to avert a disaster. The London Times states that the settleâ€" ment of the Newfoundland difficulty is an urgent matter, and suggests as the most satisfactory solution the buying out of the French interests. The coal beavers of Montreal are out. on strike. They demand 35 cents an hour for both day and night work. Brakeman Charles Hayes got his head caught between the bumpers of two cars on Monday at \Vindsor while steeping to pick up a. Coupling-pin and WM instantly killed. The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland has refused, by a vote of 392 to 237, to prosecute Prof. Bruce, of Glasgow, for heresy. The \Vomen’s Liberal Federation oi Great Britain has requested Mr. Gladstone to ill- elude the granting of the franchise to women in the programme of issues to be settled at the next general elections. Several sunsm'okes occurred in Chicago on Friday. Geor eSimmons, farmer, Longwood, Ont, suicide on Saturday by cutting his “meat with his jackknife. Sir Donald Smith has been re-clected pre sident and Hon. Senator Drummond vice president of the Bank of Montreal. A canister of gunpowder was exploded outside of the police barracks at Cashel, Ireland, on Wednesday. An official enquiry is being made concern- ing the frequent cases of starvation in London, England, the object being to obtain information for the benefit of Parliament. A report from Louisville says the crop outlook in Kentucky and the Ohio Valleyis not all that could be desired A Roumanian professor of ngricultnreis at present visiting,r the Northwest with {L View to bringing out ten thousand of ,his fellow» countrymen to settle there. The Morris-Brandon Branch of the North- ern Pacific and Manitoba. railway will short- Iy be opened for traffic. It is now being inspected by the Government engineers. The stonecutters’ strike at, Toranto is ended. They were getting 38 cents per hour and struck for 47 cents. The masters consented to give them 43 cents per hour. Prof. Wiggins, of Ottawa, says the planets are now in nearly the same‘position as in 79, when Pompeii was destroyed, and he pre- dicts dire things for Italy during the coming summer. During the past year the Presbytery of Toronto contributed $8,000 to the home mis- sion fund and $7,000 to the augmentation fund, and asked only $700 and $580 respec- tively from these funds. George Simmons, a respectable farmer, living about two miles north of Longwood, Ont., became so desperate on Saturday in consequence of the long continuation of an attack of grippe, that he committed suicide by cutting his throat. About 1,100 carpenters struck last week at Cincinnati for a nine-hour working day. The Garfield memorial was dedicated at Cleveland 011 Monday with imposing cere- monies. The farming lands of Maine are so wet that they cannot be worked, and the situation is serious. The general meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Montreal was held on Monday afternoon. The financial statement showed net profits for the year of $1,377,311. The balance of profit carried forward is $794,723. }enera.1 Brine, the channel balloonist, is dead, in London. Much land is hood of Elkhor wheat is ruined Archbishop Fabre has issued a cu‘cular calling upon the members of the Church to observe more faithfully the Lord’s day. A New York despatch says the Canadian Pacific Railway Company is negotiating for control of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway. Quebec corporation has asked that a peti- tion of right be issued 60 enable it to sue the Dominion Government for $39,.(00 damages on account of the rock slide. The celebrated suitof John Ross, the con- tractor, against the Canadian Pacific railway for $50,000 balance of an account for the construction of the Lake Superior section, has been amicably settled out of court at Montreal. The company will pay the $50,000 and withdraw their counter-claim for two million dollars. A fire started by an incendiary has render ed two thousand people homeless in Mid dlesbox‘ough, Ky. The village of Loveland, Iowa, was nearly destroyed by a. water-spout on Sunday. Several lives were lost. Judge Belan er, of the Quebec Superior Court, decides t at Article 561 ot the Que- bec Statutes giving municipal councils the powertopass bylaws prohibiting the reâ€" tailing of liquoz within theii juiisdiation, is ultra wines of the Provincial Legislature. A whole family named Campeau, living at Lake George, in Prescott county, have been poisoned by eating the root of the wild parsnip. Four members of the family have died, and the recovery of the others is doubtful. These unfortunate people were miserably poor, and gathered roots in the woods for food. The crop prospects in Manitoba and the Northâ€"W est Territories are reporter] to be better than they have ever been at this season of the vear. In Manitoba itself there are one million acres under cultivation, of which 800,000 are 111 wheat. UN ITED STAT GREAT BRITAIN. inundated in the neighbor- -, (Jul. In some sections the Duke Charles Theodore, of Bavaria, who took a re Illar course of medicine, and after- ward mm c a, special study of diseases of the eye that he might make himself useful among the poor of the kingdom, lately passed a. month at Meran in the Tyrol. His rooms were at once besieged by suffering peasants, who flocked thither from the Austrian, Italian, and Swiss Tyrol for gratuitous treat- ment ; and (luring the four weeks of his rather dolorous vacation his benevolent Highness successfully removed fifty-three cataracts, performed one hundred and seven- teen minor operations, and prescribed for nearly two hundred other patients who (lid not need surgery. A Washington dospatch to the New York Sun says American railways are going to unite in making war on Canadian roads. The second gxeat Scotch- Ixish congress of Ame11ca was held 111 Pittsbm g last w eek, M1 Rober Bonner, of New Y01k, bpresiding. A gentleman named Tagliaferro, of Alex» andria, Egypt, offers to sell to Chicago a. skeleton which he claims to be that; of Cleopatra. His price is $60,000, free on board at, Alexandria“ There is said to be a row in the United States Senate finance committee, which will throw the Tariff Bill over for this 5%» sion. The lasters on youths’ and boys shoes in Cox’s shoe factory at Rochester are out on strike against the introduction of labor sav- ing machinery. “Missoner’s original picture, “1814,” has been bought by M. Couchard, eX-manayger of Manasin’s Louvre, Paris, for £34,000,the highest price on record for a picture by a. living artist. ‘ Eightffou} Pfussiims zmd Austrians have been expelled from Warsaw, Russia. The real enemy of Europe, according to Bismarck, as reported in a. French paper, is Russia, who is only friendly to France be- cause it suited her purpose. The laboring classes of Mexico are calling upon the Government of that Republic to follow the example of the United States and restrict the importation of the Chinese. Our people are beginning to learn tha their true interests lie in conserving their forests, and are not so desirous of sacrificing their remaining stock of timber as to force it on unwilling purchasers. Nine out of ten Canadian manufacturers would be better off if they had not cut a stick of pine for the American market in the past five years, as the enchanced value of the timber, :if stand- ing to-day, would more than compensate for any profits realized during that time ; and now that the United States forests, of which pine and spruce, east of the Mississippi, are so near their endfia fact which the census will clearly establish, unless the lumbermen prevent the investigationâ€"we may soon ex- pect the entire removal of duties from lum- ber across the lines. Consequently Cana- dians need not be in the least nervous over the outlook, and if the American people wish to impose upon themselves the exces- sive rates of duty proposed, it will be their own loss and not that of the Canada 1 lum- berman. O. C. Brown, a millionaire banker of Mar- inette, Wis.. committed suicide yester» day by shooting himself. He had been ill and was temporarily insane. It is said that a. convention of the triangle faction of the CIan-na-Gael is to be held in Buffalo in July, with the hope of uniting the two factions of the organization. The cholera has appeared in Southern Russia. The boy of Tunis has made all his negro domestics free. The famine in the Soudan is said to be spx_‘_e_a.(_1ing ~rapiflly The authorities have closed all the gumâ€" bling houses in Geneva, Switzerland. The French Government Labor Bill fixes 10 hours daily as the l1mit for men’s labor. Herr Krupp, the gunmakcr of Essen, Ger- many, has made a. proposition to construct a ship canal connecting the Danube with the Adriatic sea. Ex-Empress Eugenie has presented to Em« press Frederick a valuable jewelled locket bearing the Montijo arms and containing a lock of her hair. A special despatch from \Vashington states that the Canadian railway companies which have been granted the bonded pri- vile e have been charged with violations of the %nited States Treasury regulations, and that in consequence an enquiry into the whole matter has been proposed. $7,500,000. V It is officially announced that Emperor W'illiam is recovering from the effects of the recent accident by which he sprained hxs right ankle. o The Iowa Indians, of Indian territory, Imveformally accepted the ofler of the govern- ment made throu h the Cherokee commis- sion to sell their ands to the United States for. $1.25 per acre. They also receive in severalty 80 acres per caplm. Nihilists in France are said to be engaged in a fresh conspiracy against the life of the czar. The Hungarian Diet has rejected the naturalization bill in the case of Louis Kossuth. An English syndicate has bought up the Higgi‘pflkbreweries in San Francisco for Londoners are speculatin at alively rate in shares in Kentucky an Tennesee laud companies, and many of them are likely to get bitten. Rev. Mr. Green, pastor of the Episcopal church at Escanaba, Mich, who was also pastor of the Anglican church at the Calm.» dian “$00,” is likely to be tried under the alien contract labor law. A London despatch says Stanley will go to America. in the autumn and lecture in the principal cities. A Paris correspondent says: Count Her- bert Bismark is en%a.ged to the eldest daughter of Lady Dud Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland have signed a treaty for the suppression of anarchists. England is still unwilling to join. ' i A Lisbon correspondent says that Bri- tain and the United States have proposed arbitration of the Delagoa. Bay Railway dis- pute. The memorial connmtrtee 0f the United Presbyterian Assembly, in session at Buffalo, has reported strongly against the use of to- bacco by church members, special emphasis being directed to students and elders. To Their own Injury. Z :1 ’1 E REAL. DANDELION SHAHâ€"“711811 and carefully pick over half a. peek of dandelions; put them 011 to boil in just enough water to cover them and a. (lessertspoonfvl of salt- , cook until very tender; then dlain them perfectly and let them become thoroughly cold ; heat two tablispoonfuls of vinegar and one table- spoonfuls of butter together; do not allow to boil; cut the daiidelions in small pieces with a. knife, and add a. (lessertspoonful of German mustard ; then pour the vinegar over; mix well; garnish with slices of hard boiled eggs. FARCIE CAKE. «Moisten one cupful of fine cracker crumbs with one egg; add one table- spoonful of melted butter, salt, pepper and a little chopped onion or sage, and boiling milk enough to swell the crackers; pour into small flat cakes, roll in beaten egg, and brown in hot fat; serve 'with roast meat of any kind, or with lamb chop or veal cutlets. CftEAM CAKEâ€"TWO eggs, oneâ€"half acupâ€" ful ofsugar, two tablespoonfuls of cold water, one‘halt a teaspoonful of lemon extract, three quarters of a cupful of flour, a; little grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful of baking powder ; mix thoroughly and bake In two round cake pans , fill with one cupful of cream whipped stiff and sweetened and flavor- ed to taste. SUGAR COOKIES.â€"TWO cupfuls of white sugar, one cupful of butter, three eggs, the whites and yolks beaten separately, one teaspoonful of nutmeg and half a teaspoon- ful of cloves, one teaspoonful of baking pow- der, three cupfuls of sifted flour ; work the dough until it is stifl’ enough to roll out; cut into small cakes and bake quickly. BXKED HADDOCK.â€"Wash and Wipe thor- oughly a. medium sized fish ; rub together one and one-half tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, 3. dessert-spoonful of parsley, a. salt» spoonful of sage, one small onion chopped, a. little‘salt and pepper : mix all together with two tablespoonfuls of milk and one table- spoonful of beaten egg ; stuff the fish, sew it up neatly, and put it into a. baking pan ; haste it well with butter or drippings, pour a, cupful of water into the pan, and bake in a moderate oven one hour; just before re. moving from the oven sprinkle a. tablespoon- ful of fine cracker crumbs over the fish, and let it remain in the oven long enough to brown them delicately ; remove the fish to a. warm platter, garnish with parsley and sliced lemon, add water and thickening to the gravy in the pan, and serve froma gravy boat. ORANEI: MERINGUE.â€"Mix two tablespoon- fuls of sugar and one half a cupful of corn- starch together; add one pint of cold water and boil about ten minutes, stirring all the time; add the juice of one lemon; peel and slice three large oranges, remove all the seeds and pith, place them in a dish, and when the lemon sauce has become cool, pour it over them; beat the whites of three eggs stiff with three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar; place it on a. plate and brown it delicately in the oven ; then slide it from the plate on to the oranges. ROAST FILLET 0F VEAL.â€"â€"Remove the bone from a leg of veal with a. very sharp knife; fill the cavity with a. rich dressing made of bread crumbs, butter, pepper, salt and sage, secure it with a string; place in the baking pan and rub well with butter ; sprinkle on a little salt, and cook in a. good oven, basting every 10 or 15 minutes ; when done remove to a warm platter, and to the gravy add a, cupful of water, and flour enough to thicken, and a. tablespoonful of chopped capers. A LUNCH Sumâ€"Cut two pounds of lean beef into small pieces; chop one onion and put them on to boil in a. quart of water ; add salt and allow the meat to cook until it is ready to fall in pieces ; then add a. teaspoon- ful of summer savory, a. teaspoonful of minced parsley, a saltspoonful of made mustard, a teaspoonful of white pepper, one dessertspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, the juice of half a lemon and, the last thing, a tablespoonful of flour mixed smooth in water. Apropos of this, people will do well to re. member the fact that some kinds of sore eyes are highly contagious. And the in- fectious poisons, not being easily killed, are often transmitted from one person to an- other on towels, wash basins, etc., used in common. Probably all know that skin dis- eases are often conveyed in that we), but few, however, can know that the same is true with diseases of the eyes, which are much more to be feared. Irritable eyes, due to strains, dust, cold and a variety of other causes, are quite com- mon. Among the domestic remedies which are the most popular are appli utions of Varm milk, tea, sassafms pith water, etc., Borax and camphor water, an agreeable and efficient remedy, has long been used by physicians. An eye wash, very nearly, if not quite, as serviceable, can be made by adding one drachm of the crystals of boracio acid to a pint of soft, boiled water. This should be boiled and kept in a. cool place. Three or four times a (lay half a cupful of the solution should be heated, and the eyes bathed with it as hot as can be borne. Chloride of lime is the safest, as well as one of ihe best, of disinfectants. It owes its merit to the free chlorine gas which it con- tains when fresh and gives of? slowly into the air. \Vhen used in sufficient quantity in a room or closed space, it combats much of its impurities. As for the germs of dis- ease, this agent is something of an enemy to them, although not a powerful one. It is customary in contagious diseases to lay the chloride of lime about in saucers. Some good is certainly done in that way, but it is measured by the quantity of lime used, which, in order to have a very decided effect, must be considerable. It acts exceedingly well in solution with water as a. disinfectant of “ wash clothing” which has been within the The fact should be remembered that in using chloride of lime it must be confined in order to render it efficacious as a disinfect- ant. We occasionally see it sprinkled about in foul places, such as open drains, on heaps of filth, etaâ€"places freely exposed to the air. In such situations it is absolutely powerless to do good. It must be in a prac- tically closed space, where the gases arising from it can be confined until they can do their work. atmosphere of Va. sickroom containing a. pa,- tient ill with an infectious disease. Some use it in solution, to disinfect water closets and bath pipes ; but it is scarcely fit for that purpose, as the chlorine corrodes lead and iron. HOUSEHOLD HINTS The Best Disinfectant. An Efficient Eye Wash. The Cuisine. The recent Visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, at \Vad- (lesdon Manor, has proved the means of at- tracting public attention to certain disabili- ties under which the Jews still labor in Great Britain. Among other survivnls of the deep-rooted prejudices which prevailed against this ancient race in the first quarter of the present century, is the refusal on the part of the great public schools in England toreceive pupils belonging to the Jewish faith. Indeed there are only two, namely, Harrow and Clifton College, where they are admitted. At Eton, Winchester, Rugby, Westminster, Marlborough and Charter house the doors are rigorously closed against them. Youn children lifted high on parent souls, LOO'I‘OltlIYlld them with a smile upon the men, . ‘ And. take for music every hell that tolls, Who said we should be better it like these ? , But we sit murmuring for the future, though i Posterity is smiling on our knees, Convicting us of folly? Let us go~ We will trust in God. The blank interstices 1 Men take for ruins. He will build unto With pillared marbles rare, or knit across With generous arches, till the fanc’s complete. â€"Elimbelh Barrett Browning. Thursdayâ€"If ever men complain of Ian- guishing vitality in their religious emotions, or of a stinted supply of food for their truest self, it is their own fault, not His. He means that there should be no paren- theses of famine in our Christian life. It is not his doing if times of torpor alternate with seasons of quick energy and joyfulqu- ness of life. So faras he is concerned the flow is uninterrupted, and if it come to us in jets and spurts, like some intermittent well, it is because our own evil has put some obstacle to choke the channel and dam out 1 his spirit from our spirits. We can not too firmlv hold, or too profoundly feel, that an unbroken continuity of supplies of His grace â€"unbroken and bright as a sunbeam reachâ€" ing in one golden shaft all the way from the sun to the earthâ€"is his purpose concerning us. Here, in this highest region, the thought of our text is most absolutely true ; for He who gives is ever pouring forth his own self for us to take, and there is no limit to our reception, but one capacity and our desire; nor any reason for a moment’s break in ourpossession of love, righteousness. peace, but our withdrawal of our souls from beneath the Niagara of his grace. â€"Alcxander fiIac- laren. Fridayâ€" Saturdayâ€"It was when your business be- came imperiled that you began to cry out for the living God. It was when physicians had given you up, and your best friends had bid- den you adieu, that you began to think Whether there was not, after all, some secret in religion you had not yet known. And so in many relations of life we have found in extremity what we never found in prosper- ity, and our weakness has become our strengthâ€"Joseph Parker. Monday»: . So to live is heaven : To make 11nd ing music in the world, Breathing as eauteous order that controls \Vith growing sway the growing life of man. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, to be to other souls The 0qu) of strength in some great a ony, Enkin le generous ardor, feed pure ove, Boget the smiles that have no crueltyâ€" Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. â€"~George Eliot. Tuesdayâ€"And remember there are, thank God, myriads of saints whom the world never heard of. Their names are in no calendars; their graves are never visited; no lamp is kindled at their shrines; yet in the midst of sin and sorrow God has 7,000 who have not bowed the knee to Baal, and whose month has not kissed him. Strive to be one of these faithful ones, though they were not famous, and our lives, however in- significant, will not be in vain. Each grain of rock helps to build the mountain bastions; each coral insect has had his share in laying the basis of the continents ; each drop in the rain shower lends its minim to fertilize the soil ; each grain of sand on the shore does its part as a barrier against the raging sea.â€" Canon Farrar. Wednesdayâ€" That earth's alive, and gentle or ungcntle Motions with’n her dignity but growth-â€" The grounil swells greenest o'er the laboring mo es. . Howe’er the uneasy world is vexed and wrotix. 9. Lie down for twenty minutes aftér each meal. ROYAL CORN MUFFINS.~â€"â€"One pint of corn meal, one pint of flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, one tablespoonful of lard, 1W0 wall 1 ca 911 eggs, 0110 pint ofmilk; sift the meal, iimu, sugar and baking pow- der togethm ; iub the lard 111 cold, then the milk and beaten eggs; mix into an ordinary cake batter ;fill greased muffin pans two- thirds full, bake in a. hot oven about 15 minutes. 8 :Drink noviced water , partake freely of hot water and 9f hot milk (not boiled). I cannot forbear giving for the benefit of your dyspeptic readers a few lules that are laid down by English physicians for the ohservanee of those who suffer from acute indigestion. 2. Bacon in small quantities may be eaten ; also thin slices of weaned bread fried in bacon fat ; also boiled pigs’ feet and tripe, and the fish not known as oily fish. 3' Eat no fruit. Of vegétables partake sparingly of baked potatoes, rice and boiled peas._ A 4. Bread may be eaten (aerated bread pre~ ferred) in thin slices, toasted till they are brittle. 7. Eat no eggs, except fresh raw, well wliipRec‘l.‘ Sugarg should be avojdeq. Golden Thoughts for Every Day. LVDO not eat beef ; it is too hearty for the average dyspeptic. Eat the lean of mut- ter} (Eoiled preferg'pd). 6 Abstafil from all liquors and drink no tea unless it be fresh made. 5. The brown meat of fowl may be eaten. Avoid all gravies and sauces. My heart is resting, O my God; I will give thanks and sing; My heart is at the Secret, source 0f every precious thing. Now the frail Vessel Thou hast. made No hand but Thine shall fill ; For waters of the earth have failed, And 1 am thirsting still. I thirst. for springs of heavenly life And here all day they rise: I seek the treasure of Thy love, And close at hand it. lies. Diet for Dyspeptics. ~Anon. News from the Pillnn'ra goldfields states that two men who were starting for Nyugal- line had gone but a few hundred yards when their horse kicked up a small nugget. They looked about and found more gold, and in nine days Obtained 2602s. They were still doing well, and 50 men were on the field when the mail left. It is stated in the local press that a man named Beaton found in the conglomerate in the main camp a stratum of gold hearing ore about 4in thick at a depth of 15ft to 20ft It gets thinner but richer as it is worked, and takes an average of eight days to obtain a load. It is estimated that Beaten has got nearly 100002 'in two months. Other parties are also working near him, but with less results. Another big nugget weighing 300z has been found near Mosquito reek by a man named W hee- lock, also one weighing 2002 by another man near the same place. Toward the end of 1848 he was making i holiday at Broadstairs, his mind running on ‘a subject. “I have not,” he writes from i there, ‘ “‘Seen Fancy write With a pencil of light On the blotter so solid commanding the seaâ€"’ but I shouldn’t wonder if she were to do it one of these days. Dim visions of divers things are floating around me. I must go to work head foremost when I get home.’ Home he goes, yet gets no further. In Feb- ruary, 1849, he is in Brighton. “ A sea. fog to-day, but yesterday inexpressibly delici- ous. My mind running like a high sea on namesâ€"not satisfied yet, though.” On Feb. 23 he had found a title of some sort, to wit “ Mag’s Diversions, Being the Personal History of Mr. Thomas Mag the Younger of Blunderstone House.” Then came a series of variations in the expository part of the title, Blunderstone House after a time becom- ing Copperfield House. Then came “The Personal History of Mr. David Copperfield the Younger and His Aunt M argeret.” On Feb. 26 he sent Forster a list of six names, which may be found set out at length‘at great lengtheiin the Life. Foster and Dickens’s children finally determined his choice among the six, and the title once set- tled all is plain sailing He went through this elaborate process “.11 most of his titles. There were a dozen tentative titles for “ Bleak House,” most of them leading off with “ Tom-All-Alone’s,” and fourteen for “ Hard Times.” It was the same with “A Tale of Two Cities.”â€"Jl[acmillan’s BIaga- :me. The United States does not import ready- built houses to any alarming extent, and yet; under their laws :1. house umy be a. dutiable commodity. There is nothing hypothetical about the statement. It is official. The treasury department at ‘Va‘shington has so decided in the case of a house at Front River, N. Y. That house has recently been moved from Canada in such a manner as to place it on the boundary line between the two coun tries, one half being within the United States and the other half remaining in Canada. In YiO\V of this state of facts the collector at Plattsburg, N. Y., has been directed to pro- ceed upon the assumption that the building is wholly Within the United States and assess duty on its coxnpmlent materials. The Canadian emigrant may take into the States his household effects, his team, ete., free of tax, but not his house. Till he had fixed upon his title, he could not get seriously to work. He was in Genoa. in 1844, and had a Christmas story to write. He had never, he said, so staggered upon the threshold befere. The subject was there, but he had not found a title for it, or the machinery to work it with. “ Sitting down one morning resolute for work, though against the grain, his hand being out and everything inviting to idleness, such a peal of chimes arose from the city as he found. ‘ maddening.’ All Genoa lay beneath him and up from it, with some sudden set of the wind, came in one fell sound the clang and clash of all its steeples, pouring into his ears again and again, in a timeless, grating, discordant, jarring, hideous vibration, that ‘made his ideas ‘ spin round and round till they lost themselves in a whirl of vexation and giddiness and dropped down dead.’ ” A couple of days later he wrote to Forster a. letter of one sentence : “ We have heard the Chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.” A few days later he writes again : “ It is a. great thing to have my title and see my way how to work the bells. Let them clash upon me now from all the churches and con- vents in Genoa, I see nothing but the old London helfry I have set them in. In my mind’s eye, Horatio.” Thus it was always with Dickens when setting about a new novel. Despondency, doubts, difficulties, and endless experimenting, suggesting, shift- ing, rejecting of titles. Then, of a sudden, a title found, and he was ofl‘ on the com- position of the book. Never were the pre- jiminary throes more protracted than \Lvith “ Qavld popperfield.’: Tm: HEROIC 1x PICKWICK. \Vho has not experienced a thrill of enâ€" joyment when Mr. Tupinan, under the three- fold aggravation of having been called “old” and “ fat ” and “ a fellow ” by his too hasty chief, proceeds to tuck up his wristbands with the regretful though determinedly-ex- pressed resolve to inflict vengeance on Mr. Piokwick’s venerated person? And is not the thrill followed by a glow of positive rapture when that heroic man, not to be outâ€" done, throws himself into a, “ paralytic atti< tude ” with,the ready response, “ Come on, Sir '2” Nor is it altogether to our satisfaction (though we would not have had it otherwise) that the contest, thus happily introduced, is checked before a blow is struck by the some- what impertinent interference of Mr: Snod- grass, who, at the imminent risk of damage to his own temples, rushes between the belligerents and recalls them to a sense of the dignity they had for a moment lost sight of. A similar interest attends on Mr. Pick- wick’s adventure with the cabman into whose business, with his customary genial. inquisitiveness, he had attempted to pry. With what exhilarating effect on his calml unconscious mood comes the sudden bellieose manifestation of the outraged Jehu, when, flinging his fare on the pavement, he offers to fight Mr. Pickwick for the amount, fol- lowing up the proposal with “ one ” on that gentleman’s eye, another on his nose, and a. third on his chest, (Mr. Snodgrass, who on this occasion had signally failed in his at- tempts at conciliation, coming in~â€"t0gether with the rest of the Pickwickiansâ€"for some- thing on his own account,) all, and a great deal more, in half a dozen seconds !â€" The. Cornhill fling/Mine. THE GREAT NOVELIST’S TITLES DICKENsoNIANA.