Wild Foods of Great Britain: Where to Find them and How to Cook
them. 46 figs. Post free 1s. 9d."
The figs alone are worth the money.
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"Leytonstone's best effort was by a wounded soldier, who at great
risk of pneumonia gallantly rescued a number of women from a
tramcar that couldn't swim."--_Daily Sketch_.
The attention of the L.C.C. is respectfully called to this deficiency on
the part of its vehicle.
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"A vessel of 30,000 tons may be sunk, but on the percentage
table, such as the Admiralty serves up to us, she occupies the
same relative position as a one-ton yawl returning with a load of
kippers."--_Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett in "The Sunday Times."_
Inquiries as to the locality of the kipper fishing-grounds should be
addressed to our contemporary. We ourselves hear that it is in the
neighbourhood of the fried whitings.
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[Illustration: _Anxious voice_ (_from motor-launch_). "I SAY, CAN YOU
TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE I AM?"
_Commander of destroyer_. "YES, DEAR OLD THING. YOU'RE IN THE NORTH
SEA."]
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