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 be inappropriate to mention that Dr. Joyce is a strong temperance advocate, and that his motto is, "Certavi et vici" (I have fought and conquered).

Henry O'Donnell, ORN in London, May 1847. When but a boy he came to Australia with his parents, and landed in Melbourne. After remaining at St. Mark's, Collingwood, for some time (then the leading public school in the city), he went to Ballarat, where his education was completed at the Grammar School and Grenville College. He afterwards read with private tutors, one of whom was Michael Callinan Howe, LL.D., formerly Professor of Classics in the University of Toronto. Mr. O'Donnell's intention was to enter at the Melbourne University, but he abandoned the project. Subsequently he was appointed to the important position of Treasurer of the city of Ballarat, in which he gained the esteem of all with whom he was associated. Resigning this once he entered the service of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, and was employed as accountant at the Haymarket branch of that institution in Melbourne. Having from boyhood displayed a passionate love for literature, it is not surprising that the hard facts and figures of commercial life had no charm for him, and he resolved to devote himself entirely to journalistic pursuits soon after his arrival in South Australia, about nine years ago. He has been a contributor to all the leading papers of this colony, and many of his productions in prose and verse have appeared in all the other colonies. For about three years he conducted the Adelaide Punchy which was afterwards amalgamated with the Lantern, It is by his work in the last named journal, that Mr. O'Donnell is chiefly known in South Australia, some of the satirical products of his pen being regarded as among the best in Australia.