New Lights on Ancient History.

"Senor Aladro Castriota, the wealthy wine merchant of Xerxes."—Daily News.

Herodotus omits this detail.


"Mrs. —— thoroughly recommends her Russian Nursery Governess; speaks fluent French, German; will answer any question."—Daily Paper.

There are a lot of questions we should like to ask her about Russia.


"The jury found the prisoner guilty of man-slaughter, and was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour."—Provincial Paper.

No wonder there is a scarcity of jurymen.