"--_Provincial Paper_.
Following the WILSON line the seas appear to be already behaving with
unusual freedom.
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"'George Eliot' (Mary Ann Evans), the gifted Warwickshire
authoress, who wrote 'Adam Bede' and several other popular
works."--_Daily Telegraph_.
We have noticed the name from time to time, and we are glad to know
who "GEORGE ELIOT" was.
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From a "multiple shop" catalogue:--
"SMOKING ROOM.--The decorations are well worth a special note,
and are quite unique of their kind, being without a match
anywhere."
Surely not "unique." We know a lot of smoking-rooms equally matchless.
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[Illustration: THE FIRST GERMAN VICTORY.
[The German Elections have resulted in a signal defeat for the
Extremists.]]
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[Illustration: _Hostess_ (_to small guest, who is casting lingering
glances at the cakes_). "I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EAT ANY MORE OF THOSE
CAKES, CAN YOU, JOHN?"
_John_. "NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN.
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