l the
difference in the world.

What part of Spain does your cat, sleeping by herself on the
hearth-rug, resemble? Cat-alone-here (Catalonia).

Why is Westminster Abbey like a hearth? Because the ashes of the
great (grate) lie there.

Why are corn and potatoes like Chinese idols? Because they have ears
which cannot hear, and eyes which cannot see.

Which one of the Seven Wonders of the World are railway engines like?
The coal-horses of roads (Colossus of Rhodes).

Why may we doubt the existence of the Giants' Causeway? There are so
many sham-rocks in Ireland, this may be one of them.

What is the difference between a certain part of Africa and the shade
of Hamlet's father stalking in winter? One is the Gold Coast, the
other the cold ghost.

Why is love like the Erie Canal? It's an internal transport.

Why is New York City like a flash light? It has a Battery.

When is a tourist in Ireland like a donkey? When he is going to Bray.

Why is a nabob like a beggar? He is an India gent (indigent).

Why is wit like a Chinese lady's foot? Because brevity is the sole
(soul) of it.

What is a man like who is in the middle of the Thames and can't swim?
Like to be drowned.

Why is the Hudson River like a shoe? Because it is a great place for
tows (toes).

Why is a pleasure trip to Egypt fit only for very old gentlemen?
Because it is a see-Nile (senile) thing to do.

What soap is hardest? Cast-steel (Castile).

Why is the Bank of England like a thrush? Because it often changes
its notes.

Why is Canada like courtship? Because it borders on the United
States.

Who were the original bog-trotters? The Fen-ians.

Why is a ship in a stream like a nail? Because it is often driven
into Deal.

Why is Paris like the letter F? Because it is the capital of France.

Why is the Brooklyn Bridge like merit? Because it is very often
passed over.

Why do so many people in China travel on foot? Because there is but
one coach in China (Cochin China).

CHAPTER VII

LITERARY CONUNDRUMS

What American poet may be considered equal to three-fifths of the
poets ancient and modern? Poe.

The names of which two Greek poems will you mention on alluding to
their author's peculiar manner and indisposition? Homer's Odd-I-see
and Ill-I-add.

Why is an unskillful physician like Peleus' son, Achilles? Because
both have "sent many souls to Hades ere their time."

What injury did the Lavinia of Thomson's "Seasons" do to y