ABSTRACT
Still,suchfrightfulepisodesasthatofthewomanwhowasburnedto makeafiretowarmaslavegang,orthatofthehangingoftheyoung mother-wifeofthe'pressed'man-o'-war'sman-withherbabyat herbreast{anincident,bytheway,Mr.MarkTwain,notofthesixth century,butofthebeginningofthenineteenth),freezethelaughter onourlips.
