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  2. IN THE PAPERS.

    The Retort Courteous (from London "Punch").—Motorist (cheerfully, to fellowguest in house party).—"What luck? Killed anything?" Angler (bitterly).—"No. Have ...

    Article : 1,831 words
  3. CLASSIC REPRINTS.

    Classic reprints constitute a great feature of modern bookselling. Within a few years a demand for works of the best class has sprung into existence. Where formerly the ...

    Article : 1,771 words
  4. 'MID THE THICK ARROWS.

    The decadence of womanhood, as typified in the liberties permitted to the 20th century spinster, is a favourite subject with those whom the splendid Dean has styled ...

    Article : 5,017 words
  5. AT A SIAMESE CREMATION.

    In ancient Egypt belief in the doctrine of the transmigration of souls was linked to attempts to secure the immortality of the body. It was thought that at death the ...

    Article : 1,677 words
  6. AMONG THE FEDERAL MEMBERS.

    The Ministry lives on a majority of two, and two of its supporters have this week openly threatened to leave it—Mr. Bruce Smith because he did not get what he ...

    Article : 1,566 words
  7. THE PASSING SHOW.

    The cable gives us the bald intimation that General Kuropatkin describes the present war as the pleasantest in which he has ever been engaged; but the "Manchu ...

    Article : 2,572 words
  8. A ROOF CHASE.

    A race on the roofs of houses in Bishop'sroad and Porchester-road, Paddington, London, occurred between 5 and 6 a.m. on September 7. The breaking of a skylight ...

    Article : 420 words
  9. THE RIVAL SAFES.

    In "Commercial Travelling" (Unwin), Mr. Algernon Warren prints verses which tell in rhyme a story which has long been familiarly known in prose:— ...

    Article : 179 words
  10. SECRET OF UNHAPPINESS.

    A writer in "Petison's Magazine: says:— "It's been my experience that you've got to have leisure to be unhappy. Half the troubles in this workd are imaginary, and it ...

    Article : 193 words
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