30 NOVEMBER 1878, page 18

The Essays Of Shirley.*

A GREAT many clever essays have been written and disappeared, and been buried in old magazines—nay, some magazines them- selves have run a brief career, and some have sunk into......

Less Black Than We're Painted.*

" AIN'T I volatile ?" asked Miss Mowcher, as she skimmed from subject to subject, while laying traps for the inexperience of David Copperfield. "Ain't I volatile ?" Mr. Payn......