. English Review. I have called the London pictures characteristic—there is a night-piece, streets before and after the emptying of thetheatres, full of the very atmosphere of the nineties, in which I supposeit to have been written. Certainly not of these modern evenings couldit be said: The lights glitter outside theatres and music-halls andrestaurants; lights coruscate, flash from the walls, dart from thevehicles; a dark tangle of roofs and horses knots itself together andswiftly separates at every moment; all the pavements are aswarm withpeople hurrying. The flashing of it dazzles ones ment

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. English Review. I have called the London pictures characteristic—there is a night-piece, streets before and after the emptying of thetheatres, full of the very atmosphere of the nineties, in which I supposeit to have been written. Certainly not of these modern evenings couldit be said: The lights glitter outside theatres and music-halls andrestaurants; lights coruscate, flash from the walls, dart from thevehicles; a dark tangle of roofs and horses knots itself together andswiftly separates at every moment; all the pavements are aswarm withpeople hurrying. The flashing of it dazzles ones mental vision. O simox—all save perhaps the cab-horses ! Only Typewritten Manuscripts will be considered, and altJtough everyprecaution is taken, the Proprietors will not be responsible for the loss ordamage of the manuscripts that may be sent in for consideration; nor canthey undertake to return manuscripts which are not accompanied by a stampedaddressed envelope. THE LONDON &LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Security <L^ J ) I . w;

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