Two parts of Mr. Walter Hamilton's collection of Parodies have appeared. These deal wholly with the Poet Laureate, of whom some spirited travesties, with, of course, others of less merit, are furnished. We fail to see, however, the best parody of a portion of the In Memoriam that ever appeared, the advertisement of Ozokerit. This we recall in Punch. So far as our memory can be trusted, it commenced thus:"Wild rumours through the air did flit, Wild rumours shaped to mystic hints, That mystic thing should come to view ; Rung frequent in the mouths of men." the number of days she is making the voyage. And as Sydney time is reckoned nearly twelve hours ahead of London time (e. g., it is noon on January 1 at Sydney at the actual time that it is midnight on December 31 at London) it will seem to be a day later when the ship reaches London than the count of days on board would make it. But if the ship sails westerly, or in the reverse direction to the earth's rotation, the ship's motion will just make up for the difference of reckoning of time at the two places, and the date will seem to be the same by the count kept on board and as found at London. Two ships starting together in reverse directions and arriving anywhere together will, of course, find their separate reckonings of date differ by one day. HERBERT NASH ("Lecky's History of European Morals").-The quotation you supply merely turns into Mr. Hamilton will do well to include this in the next prose the portion of the Adonais of Shelley commencing section of his work. THAT amusing compilation Don't, in its unabridged form, has been issued by Messrs. Field & Tuer in a sixpenny edition. UNDER the title the Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio will be published this month a new magazine, edited by Mr. W. G. B. 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