COMMERCIAL CON.

_Q._ Why is a modern advertiser like an ancient knight-errant?

_A._ Because he is inspired by the spirit of "ad"-venture.

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Transcriber's Note:

_x_ denotes italic text.

[OE] denotes an OE ligature, PH[OE]BE (PHOEBE)

Page 135: 'hallo'd' corrected to 'hollo'd', to match the others.

("They hunted and they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find")

Page 142: [Footnote *:

"_Fungar vice cotis_, acutum

Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi."

HORACE. _De Arte Poetica._]

Translation: "I will perform the function of a whetstone, which is

about to restore sharpness to iron, though itself unable to cut."

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