THE TWO GEORGES.

When last we had intimate and martial dealings with England, George III, King of the House of Hanover, held in his fat and unregal hand the sceptre of that nation. With what ardor our free born Americans despised him, the stupid German lordling! How the hearts of our Revolutionary heroes seethed with contempt of his bigotry and his blindness.

Now George V, of the same House, is King in his stead. Our regard for England has taken on a loftier turn, and he, the descendant of the other George, is half a hero in our eyes.

What does that betoken? Nothing. Merely a little sermon on the vanity of kings, and nations. Where will we be when George VII ascends the royal dias? Will we be allies then of England, or Germany, or China?