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a fault in you, and it is my duty to see that against such faults as this the commonwealth shall be protected. You may say that it is your misfortune to be criminal; I answer that it is your crime to be unfortunate."

This is a fit successor to the marvelous "Let no man" conclusion to the Modest Proposal.

Another unomittable instance is the account of a religious reformation. The visitor hints to a Musical Bank manager that the popular reliance on that currency was rather perfunctory, and that the other financial system, ostensibly flouted, was the real repository of coin and confidence.

"He said that it had been more or less true till lately, but that now they had put fresh stained glass windows into all the banks in the country, and repaired the buildings, and enlarged the organs; the presidents, moreover, had taken to riding in omnibuses and talking nicely to people in the streets, and to remembering the ages of their children, and giving them things when they were naughty, so that all would henceforth go smoothly.

"'But haven't you done anything to the money itself?' said I, timidly.

"'It is not necessary,' he rejoined; 'not in the least necessary, I assure you.'"

One citation also from Butler's novel is irresistible, particularly as it reminds one of Trollope's practical admonition to young men contemplating matrimony. This is on the subject of domestic discipline.