P.S.—Ben Jonson's signature is clearly fonetik. As for Shakspeare, Shakespeare, Shakespear, or Shakspere, he seems not to have known how to spel his own name.
"ICHABOD!"
Scotch Wife (to her Gossip). "Ah dinna ken what's come ower the Kirk. Ah canna bide to see oor Menester spankin' aboot on yon Cyclopædy!"
THE MEDICAL NEW YEAR'S DAY.
[The London Medical Schools open in the first week of October.]
In the dim days of chilly October,