. The Argonaut . all awry, And marred with patches here and there ; A shameless shoulder gleaming bare,A step erratic and unsure, A brazen would-be-luring stare—Such is My Lady Litrachure. Ofttimes in yellow she will ply Her arts beneath the gas-lamps flareAnd mock at all who murmur, Fie ! And shudder at her wanton air. Anon a red rose she will wearWith red cockade, so plainly pure Her very dullness makes her fair—1tu.\M * » Litrachure. Now, robed as priestess, she will cry In tones that ape intense despair,And pose before the passers-by As dying-duck-like doctrinaire; Now she will tramp
. The Argonaut . all awry, And marred with patches here and there ; A shameless shoulder gleaming bare,A step erratic and unsure, A brazen would-be-luring stare—Such is My Lady Litrachure. Ofttimes in yellow she will ply Her arts beneath the gas-lamps flareAnd mock at all who murmur, Fie ! And shudder at her wanton air. Anon a red rose she will wearWith red cockade, so plainly pure Her very dullness makes her fair—1tu.\M * » Litrachure. Now, robed as priestess, she will cry In tones that ape intense despair,And pose before the passers-by As dying-duck-like doctrinaire; Now she will tramp in Tartan whereThe mist makes moist the manse and moor, And frame a speech as rude as rare—Such is My Lady Litrachure t ENVOV. Ye Muses, grant unto our prayr A day when letters stand secureFrom lips that mockingly declare, Such is My Lady Litrachure ! —London World. Wedding Invitations engraved inthe correct styles at ournew and only store, 112Post Street, the YellowStore next White House. DODGES Ivory. It Floats Those who think that importedsoaps must be the finest, do notknow that the materials for Ivory-Soap are the best to be found any-where. The vegetable oil of whichIvory Soap is made, is imported, al-most in ship loads, from the otherside of the world. The Procter & ; mble Co c^ COATS-OF-ARMS Illuminated and Dies en-graved in strict accordancewith the rules of Heraldry.— AT — ROBERTSONS D. APPLETON & BOOKS. March Hares. By Harold Frederic, author of The Dam-nation of Theron Ware, In the Val-ley, etc. i6mo. Cloth, special binding,$ In March Hares Mr. Frederic has writtenan original, witty, and delightful story which willincrease the number of his readers and prove oneof the most successful novels of the One of the most cheerful novels miw cn»ncedupon for many a day. It has much of the rapidity andvigor of a smartly written larce, with a pervading fresh-ness a smartly written farce rarely possesses. . A bookdecidedly worth reading.—London
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