A. “Took-sōn´;” locally, often “too´sun.”
Q. Who are the first novelists of the times?
A. William Black, W. D. Howells, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Henry James, Jr., Wilkie Collins.
Q. If a tree were to fall on an island where there were no human beings would there be any sound?
A. No. Sound is the sensation excited in the ear when the air or other medium is set in motion.
Q. What are the governments of the different European states?
A. There are four empires: Russia, Turkey, Germany, and Austria; two Republics: France and Switzerland; ten limited monarchies: Norway, Sweden, Great Britain and Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Q. What is the distinction between talent and genius?
A. Genius is the particular bent of the intellect which is born with a man; talent is a particular mode of intellect which qualifies its possessor to do something better than others.—Crabbe.
Q. What is the origin of the word mosaic?