"It was interesting to remember that in the audience on that
occasion were Dante, Gabriel, Rossetti and Algernon Charles
Swinburne."--_Provincial Paper._
The archangel was a great catch.
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"When the Royal Cream horses were dispersed from the royal
stables, one or two golf clubs made an endeavour to get one of
these fine animals, and Ranelagh and Sandy Lodge were fortunate to
secure them. The horses look fine on the course behind the mower."
_Evening Paper._
Shoving, we suppose, for all they are worth.
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=EUCLID IN REAL LIFE.=
If it was not for the paper-shortage I should at once re-write EUCLID,
or those parts of him which I understand. The trouble about old EUCLID
was that he had no soul, and few of his books have that emotional
appeal for which we look in these days. My aim would be to bring home
his discoveries to the young by clothing them with human interest;
and I should at the same time demonstrate to the adult how often they
might be made practically useful in everyday life. When one thinks
of the times one draws a straight line at right angles to another
straight line, and how seldom one does it EUCLID'S way ... every time
one writes a T....