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HEADLONG HALL.

Mr. Gall: "there is, in fact, no such thing as good taste left in the world."

"O Mr. Gall!" said Miss Philomela Poppyseed, "I thought my novel———"

"My paintings," said Sir Patrick O'Prism——

"My ode," said Mr. Mac Laurel——

"My ballad,” said Mr. Nightshade——

"My plan for Lord Littlebrain's park," said Marmaduke Milestone, Esquire——

"My essay,” said Mr. Treacle——

My sonata," said Mr. Chromatic——

"My claret," said Squire Headlong——

"My lectures," said Mr. Cranium——

"Vanity of vanities," said the Reverend Doctor Gaster, "all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”