Suggestions and Contributions, which it is desirable should be sent a month before publication day, will be received, addressed to the Editors, care of Mr. Moore, 58, Barbican.

RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

PUBLISHED BY S. WALKER, 58, BARBICAN.

SOLD BY

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., STATIONERS'-HALL COURT; SHERWOOD AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

The Carthusian.

BROOKE HALL.

Brooke Hall, August 3, MDCCCXXXVIII. Present:-The Preacher, Schoolmaster, Registrar, Auditor, Reader, and Assistant-Master.

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"HUSH-sh-sh!" crooned the Auditor; " don't you know that word we say may every "I know nothing of the sort," said the Preacher, smiling; "the thing is completely knocked on the head. We shall never see another number of that 'Carthusian,' and there is now some chance of rest and quietness for Brooke Hall as well as the printing-press. The wonder is, it ever lasted so long."

"The thing was all very well," chimed in the Reader, "for a time, but one got confoundedly tired of it: it was only kept alive by our tales, and since we have kept our resolution of not continuing them till we felt secure from intrusion, they haven't been able to bring out another number, and never will."

"You heard how they almost set fire to Charterhouse by burning their rejected contributions, when they found that their hopes were annihilated by our determination to keep silence."

"It was a paltry bit of revenge," said the Assistant

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