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CHRISTMAS CARDS.—­“Here we are again!” as they come tumbling in, fresh from the hands of the publishers, HILDESHEIMER AND FAULKNER.  More artistic than ever!

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A NEW BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE.—­“The force o’ this ’ere observation lies in the Barings of it.”—­Cap’en Cuttle adapted.

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PROBABLE PUBLICATION.—­Correct to a Shade. (A book of ghostly counsel.) By the Author of Betrayed by a Shadow.

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WORLDLY-WISE MOTTO FOR THE WRANGLERS ABOUT “DARKEST AFRICA.”—­“Keep it Dark!”

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ANGLO-FRENCH MOTTO FOR A THOROUGHLY RAINY DAY.—­“Pour Toujours.”

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A JOURNALISTIC CITY.—­Pressburg.

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NOTICE.—­Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper.  To this rule there will be no exception.