RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

PUBLISHED BY S. WALKER, 58, BARBICAN.

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SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., STATIONERS'-HALL COURT; SHERWOOD AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

The Carthusian.

BROOKE HALL.

Brooke Hall, Feb. 3, мDCCCXXXVII.-The table pulled in front of the fire, and the guests seated, as cozily as before.

Present:-The Preacher, Schoolmaster, Usher, Registrar, Physician, Auditor, Reader, and AssistantMaster.

(After a clatter of decanters and glasses.)

...AND grossly impertinent in attempting to describe our conclave," said the Reader.

"And utterly inaccurate in the description," added the Auditor.

“And to talk of my grey head!" laughed the Registrar.

"And mine!" chimed in the Usher.

"And to assign me nothing but a giggle!" muttered the Assistant.

"And me nothing at all!" groaned the Physician. "And to make me so prosy!" sneered the Preacher. "And me so classical!" flouted the Schoolmaster.

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"I must own myself disappointed on the whole," observed the Reader.

"The less that is said about it the better," whispered the Usher.

"They were too young to have attempted it," frowned the Schoolmaster.

"They should have taken my advice," sighed the Preacher.

"Aye, if they would but have listened to that," assented the Auditor.

“Or have asked for my help," chuckled the Assistant. "It will cure them from making a second attempt," pronounced the Physician.

"The publication should be put down by a Governor's order," concluded the Registrar.

"Though, after all, there was something smart in the verses," smirked the Assistant.

"I must say that I have read worse prose in my life," observed the Reader.

"I have heard it very well spoken of elsewhere," added the Auditor.

"There certainly was nothing objectionable in the sentiments," decided the Preacher.

"And some excuse must be made for their inexperience," suggested the Physician.

"I think on the whole it was creditable to the school," hesitated the Schoolmaster.

"Very creditable indeed," responded the Usher.

What was the immediate subject of the foregoing conversation we have no more power than our readers to divine. Our self-love would naturally suggest that we had some little interest in it ourselves; and considering