Llustrated Titeroiezos.

NO. XIII. -GEORGIS

EORGE AUGUSTUS SALA —oOr, as popuiarity has abbre- viated him, *GUAS — s onc of the merriest men of the nineteenth century. 1le s literally loaded with fun and

good humour. Touch the veteran journalist

on his anecdotal trigaer and vou will live all the happier after receiving a volley. sk

him a question and his answer is—an ancedote. It is his only hobby—to gather

them up—and he is a past-master in the art of dispensing them in any sized quantitics to meet the requirements ot the most susceptible constitution. Mr. Sala and his wife arc not favourably inclined towards flats, and infinitcly prefer to live at Brighton,

{roava Plot, by) ENTRANCE HAILL.

(Eiliott L 1ry.

AUGUSTUS SALA.

where they have a little house, and never losc an opportunity of leaving the darkness andd blackness of Victoria-street for the welcome breezes of the Marine Mectropolis ; yet therr Dittle flat is pleasantness itself, and m-order to reach it, you are welcome to cuter the front door—always convenlently

MRS, SALA'S CAT.

From a Photo. byl CEllivtt £ I'ry.

open—of No. 122, ring the bell of the passenger lift, and an obliging youth will immediatcly elevate you to the third floor. For such is the ~whercabouts of Sala's flat.

His pictures are so many that he has positively had to fall back on the kitchen walls whercon to hang many a prool engraving and etch- ing, whilst the lower part of the dresser in the same culinary depart- ment actually provides a resting- place for china and other warc of rare worth, m place of the cus- tomary pots and pans,

The entrance hall is a perfect little menagerie. ere, on shelves artistically —draped with crimson

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