mother had been a man."

"Doomsday Book.--A book signifying that each man should have seven feet
of land for a grave."

"Alexander the Great was born in the absence of his parents."

"What followed the murder of Becket?" "Henry II. received wacks with a
birch."

"What is a watershed?" "A shed for keeping water in."

"A watershed is a house between two rivers so that a drop of water
falling on one side of the roof runs into one river, and a drop on the
other side goes into the other river."

"The battle of Waterloo was fought off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson led up one
squadron and Collingwood the other. When it was over Wellington rode
over the field by moonlight, and met Blucher, the French general, and
they shook hands and were friends ever after."

"The Feudal System lies between the Humber and the Thames."

"Caractacus was a Roman Emperor who had conquered Britain. He had to
abandon it shortly afterwards because it was overrun by the Picts and
the Scots."

"The principal products of Kent are Archbishops at Canterbury."

"The chief clause in Magna Charta was that no free man should be put to
death or imprisoned without his own consent."

"What and where are the Pyramids?" "The Pyramids is a kind of
night-lights as is generally used in the bed-rooms, but you can get
Clark's as well." "Where were the Kings of England crowned?" "On their
heads."

"What were the most important Feudal dues?" "Friendship, courtship,
marriage."

"What do you know of Dermot?" "Dermot's daughter married Magna Charta.
Dermot himself married Strongbow."

"What do you know of Dryden and Buckingham?" "Dryden and Buckingham were
at first friends, but soon became contemporaries."

"What is Milton's chief work?" "Milton wrote a sensible poem called the
'Canterbury Tails.'"

"The gamut is a musical scale. The name is derived from gamut or catgut,
the material from which the strings of musical instruments used to be
made."

"An optimist is a man who looks after your eyes, and a pessimist is a
man who looks after your feet."

"A man who looks on the bright side of things is called an optimist, and
one who looks on the dull side is called a pianist."

Dr. Charles Wilson, in his general report on the Scottish Training
Colleges, gives several curious answers which he had received from
candidates and pupil-teachers. A young lady in commenting on the
proverb, "Penny wise and pound foolish," wrote--"This proverb clearly
shows that for ev