Sir H. H. Howorth said that the 6,500 columns of The Times which he had filled in the last thirty years had been covered in exactly 3,000 minutes or 500 hours. In his contributions to The Morning Post, where he was accorded a larger type, he had attained a slightly greater velocity, almost equalling that of Lope de Vega, the most prolific writer on record. On the other hand, in his History of the Mongols he had adopted a rate of progress more in keeping with the leisurely habits of the race whose records he was collating. He added the interesting fact that, in spite of the saying nomen omen, both Dean Swift and Archdeacon Hare were slow composers.
THE SECRET OF OUR COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY.
Clerk (to applicant for post of office-boy). "The guvnor's out. Call to-morrow at nine.
Applicant. "Oh, I say! Can't you make it later? I have my breakfast at nine."
"Coroners' juries have frequently placed on record their disapproval of amateur doctring."
Manchester Guardian.
Which, in the opinion of Mrs. Gamp, they ought to mind their own business and not interfere with matters connected with religion.