Shy. Badly done! 
  Ah! it has been a sorry piece of work,
  Your “management.”

Bar. I bow my head to that! 
  But you will lend your aid?  You’ll pull us through?

Shy. Listen, BARINGO.  Many a time and oft
  In this English land men have rated me
  About my moneys and my usuries. 
  But that is long ago; the times have changed,
  And feeling in more righteous channel set,
  Now turns itself in flood to sweep away
  The wrongs of vanished years.  Nay, more than this. 
  But yesterday one of my ancient race,
  Filled, with his Christian colleagues’ heartiest will,
  The civic throne; and at this very hour
  A protest from all classes in the land
  From low and high, from peasant and from peer,
  Goes forth to plead with the despotic power
  That ’neath brute persecution’s iron heel
  Would trample out my brethren’s life.  So, there,
  Which way I look I meet a greeting hand. 
  So, not repeating here the vengeful plot
  Of the old Shylock of the play; without
  My pound of flesh or pound of anything,—­
  But solely for the bond of brotherhood
  That should link loyal workers in one field,
  Count on my help in this your stress—­for I
  Will be your guarantee!

Bar. You will!  Oh, thanks
  For such blest help!

Shy. Such help is only right,—­
  So say no more!

Bar. (aside.) Thank Heaven! That
  Ends our plight!

    [Dances wild fandango of delight as Curtain descends.

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OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.

Here are some regular sea-breezy Nautical stories for our youthful Islanders. From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet, by Dr. MACAULAY, which is a good long step; but this is the life of Commodore ANSON. Up North in a Whaler, by EDWARD A. RAND; a pleasant little trip for the Summer holidays—­not inviting now—­but try it later.  Messrs. HUTCHINSON & Co. also publish “The Low-Back’d Car,” by SAMUEL LOVER—­an old Song in a fresh setting of charming Illustrations, by W. MAGRATH.  “We don’t kill a pig every day!” But just for once and away get My Prague Pig, by S. BARING GOULD.  W. CLARK RUSSELL’s Master Rockafellar’s Voyage, recommended.

To the ambitious young entertainer, Magic at Home, translated by Professor HOFFMAN, will be a source of delight, and if some of the experiments should lead to slight temporary inconvenience, it will only help to pass a more cheerful evening than usual.

[Illustration:  The Mirror of Justice.]

For drawing-room plays apply to GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, who publishes a set, one of which, Acting Charades and Proverbs, by ANNE BOWMAN, will be found very useful.  A Bowman hits the mark.

Those who know their London au bout des angles, can tell you of many quaint spots of beauty, which may be seen when it is not quite enveloped in a cheerful fog, though several of the more ancient landmarks are fast vanishing; yet in Picturesque London, by PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A., F.S.A., will be found a happy collection of all the most taking parts, both in odd corners, and interesting structures.  Charming illustrations by HUME, NISBET, and HERBERT RAILTON.