University of Virginia Library

WHAT WE DO NOW.

Yesterday we went to the races
—and bet; to-day Congress Hall has become a studious,
reading household.

“What are you reading?” I asked of a literary young
lady who come down with a lap full of books this
morning.

“O! I've got all the sensations—here is `Dame Europa's
School,' here's `The Battle of Dorking,' here's `Ginx's Baby,'
here's `Milbank,' here's `The Franco-Prussian
War'—in a nutshell, and
here's `Bret Harte's poems.”'

“Which is the best?”

“Well, `Ginx's Baby' is a very
pleasant satire.”