"Sir, between friends, I understand your overbearing disposition; a man even with the world is above contempt, whilst the ambitious are beneath ridicule."

44. ANSWER TO THE PUZZLE INSCRIPTION.

By the use of the single vowel E, the following couplet was formed,

PERSEVERE YE PERFECT MEN,

EVER KEEP THESE PRECEPTS TEN.


THE MAGIC OF ART.

"Tired at first sight with what the Muse imparts,