MEMORY TESTS FOR THE HOME.
Sir: Friend wife was naming authors of various well known novels, as I propounded their titles. Follows the result:
Me: “The Last Days of Pompeii.” She: “Dante.”
“Les Miserables.” “Huguenot.”
“Adam Bede.” “Henry George.”
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]“Vanity Fair.” “Why, that’s in Ecclesiastes.”
“Ben Hur.” “Rider Haggard.”
“The Pilgrim’s Progress.” “John Barleycorn.”
“Don Quixote.” (No reply.)
“Waverly.” “Oh, did Waverly write that?”