There is Nice away to the west, and Mentone to the east, and the whole kingdom lies within the compass of a walk.

Mentone, in France, at any rate, is within five miles of the monarch's residence.

How happy it is that there should be so blessed a spot left in tranquillity on the earth's surface! But on the present occasion Monte Carlo was not in all its grandeur, because of the heat of the weather.

Another month, and English lords, and English members of Parliament, and English barristers would be there,--all men, for instance, who could afford to be indifferent as to their character for a month,--and the place would be quite alive with music, cards, and dice.

At present men of business only flocked to its halls, eagerly intent on making money, though, alas! almost all doomed to lose it.