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phorescent, but when allied to moral goodness its blaze is like 

 the sun. MY. 



Brilliant, but Nasty. 



The luminous shark (Squalid fulgens) emits, from its head 

 and body, a vivid greenish phosphorescent gleam. Yet this 

 imparts to the fish a truly ghastly and terrific appearance. You 

 are fascinated by the brilliancy, but repulsed by the creature which 

 it reveals. The same feeling is excited in our minds by certain 

 men and women of genius whose wit and fancy sparkle over 

 moral hideousness in three-volume novels. Their intellectual 

 light may be attractive; but the appearance of their moral 

 nature, under their own irradiation, is horrible. G. 



The Characteristics of a Bully. 



There is no animal, how contemptible soever, that will 

 venture boldly to face the turkey cock, that he will not fly 

 from. With great insolence, however, on the other hand, he 

 pursues everything that seems to fear him, particularly lap-dogs 

 and children, against both which he seems to have a peculiar 

 aversion. On such occasions, after he has made them scamper, 

 he returns to his female train, displays his plumage around, 

 struts about the yard, and gobbles out a note of self-approba- 

 tion. " In fact he exemplifies all the characteristics of a bully. 

 Like the human bully, he is officious, insolent, and loves self- 

 display. His victories are trumpery, yet he is full of self- 

 applause. He is an arrant coward, and therefore struts and 

 swaggers, and delights in brag. A. 



The Philosophy of Bumbledom. 



The Cristatella mucedo is one of the most singular beings that 

 England, or indeed any country, produces. It appears much 

 as if it had been made of soft, woolly silk, and at first sight 

 bears a resemblance to a long-haired caterpillar that had been 

 flattened by accident. The strange point in this creature is 

 that it is locomotive, and can crawl along with a steady and 



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