The paganisms which still exist in the East are rapidly yielding to the march of western intelligence.

Christianity alone, amidst all these ring and fallen fabrics, retains its original vitality, for, like its author, it is imperishable." "It is a curious thing what we call conversation," observed Mrs.
Wolston.

"No sooner is one subject broached than another is introduced; and we go on from one thing to another until the original idea is lost sight of.

Leaving the palace of Charles V., to go with the King of Portugal to a grocer's shop in some street or other of Paris, we cross the Alps, the Himalaya, and the Atlantic.

Lucullus, Nero, Achilles, Peter, Paul, Tyre and Sidon, Semiramis and Elizabeth--queens, saints, and philosophers, are all passed in review, and why?
Because the pigeons put my husband in mind of the Palace of St.Paul!" "No wonder," observed Jack; "these pigeons are carriers, and naturally suggest wandering." Once more seated round the table, Fritz, observing that the misunderstanding between Willis and the chimpanzee still continued, thrust a plate into the hand of the latter, and pointed with his finger to Willis.