The Table book; . ay a fragment of chalk. And wrote on the palings— Hide Park ! * FRIENDSHIP ON THE NAIL. When Marigny contracted a friendshipWith M^iiage, he told him he was uponhis tuiU. h was a rriethod he had ofspeaking- of all his friends.; he also used itin his letters; one which be wrote to Me-nage begins thus: Oh! illustrious of mynull. When Marigny said, you are upon myiiail, he meant two things—one, that theperson was always present, nothing beingmore easy than to look at his nail; theother was, that good and leal friends wereso scarce, that even he who had the most,might write their
The Table book; . ay a fragment of chalk. And wrote on the palings— Hide Park ! * FRIENDSHIP ON THE NAIL. When Marigny contracted a friendshipWith M^iiage, he told him he was uponhis tuiU. h was a rriethod he had ofspeaking- of all his friends.; he also used itin his letters; one which be wrote to Me-nage begins thus: Oh! illustrious of mynull. When Marigny said, you are upon myiiail, he meant two things—one, that theperson was always present, nothing beingmore easy than to look at his nail; theother was, that good and leal friends wereso scarce, that even he who had the most,might write their names on his nail. TO THE CHANCE CUSTOMERS OF THE COMPANY OF FLYING STATIONERS. Formerly there was a numerous classwho believed every thing they saw in is just possible that a few of these per-suadable persons may survive ; I thereforeventure to remark, that my name printedon the squibs novv crying about the street;-is a forgery. W. HONE. June 8, 1827. • NetT Monthly Majcasine. .382 THE TABLE ClIUilCH, KENT, The parish of Beckenham lends itsmine to the hundred, winch is in thelatn ot Sutton-at-Hone. It is ten milesfrom London, two miles north from Brom-ley, and, according to the last census, con-tains J^^ houses and 1180 living is a rectory valued in the kingsDOCKS at 61. 18s. 9d. The chmch is dedi,-nated to St. George. Beyond Chaffinchs River there IS an enncmg field-path to BecKenTiam, butoccasional sights of noble trees kept usalong the high road, till the ring of theblacksmiths hammer signalled that we wereclose upon the village. We wound throughit at a slow pace, vainly longing for some-thing to realize the expectations raised bythe prospect of it on our way. Beckenham consists of two or three oldfaim-like looking houses, rudely encroached Vc L. III. 383 20 THE TABLE BOOK. upon by a number of irregularly builtdwellings, and a couple of inns; one ofthem of so much apparent consequence, aato dignify the place. We soon came t
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