ven worse
fall--all through believing he had the people on his side.

_C. P._ Well, but I _know_ they're all fond of me; but my All-Highest
One may get knocked out before I get my chance, and may carry me down
with him.

_Tino_. Well, we must try to bear up, even if he should go the way
NICKIE has gone. In the meantime the War doesn't look particularly
promising, does it?

_C. P._ It certainly doesn't; and the Americans will be at our throats
directly. Do you know, I never thought very much of HINDENBURG.

_Tino_. I suppose you know someone who is younger and could do it much
better.

* * * * *

[Illustration: SOMEWHERE UP NORTH.

_Naval Officer (to native)_. "CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE GOLF COURSE IS?"

_Native_. "YOU'RE ON THE FIRST GREEN THE NOO. YON'S THE FLAG OWER THE
BACK O' THAT STANE."]

* * * * *

"The difference between the classical Arabic and the colloquial
is far greater than that between the Greek of Cicero and the
Greek of, let us say, M. Gounaris."--_The Near East_.

Of course there is also the difference of accent. CICERO spoke Greek
with a slight Roman accent and M. GOUNARIS speaks it with a strong
German one.

* * * * *

"Two van-loads of shrapnel bullets were stopped by detectives
in Prospect Street, Rotherhithe."--_Morning Paper_.

Tough fellows, these detectives. Stopping a single bullet would put most
men out of action.

* * * * *

"Wanted, Cottage or two Double-bedded Rooms, in country river,
20-30 miles from Birmingham, first fortnight of
August."--_Daily Post (Birmingham)_.

So convenient for friends to drop in.

* * * * *

"If the latest air raid does not make the British bull-dog show
his talons in a way that we have up till now wished he might
never do, well nothing will."--_Berwick Journal_.

With his new pedal equipment the British bull-dog should give the German
eagle pause.

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We are asked to state that a recently published work on _Beds and Hunts_
(METHUEN) is not a companion-volume to _Minor Horrors of War_.

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TO THE MEN WHO HAVE DIED FOR ENGLAND.

All ye who fought since England was a name,
Because Her soil was holy in your eyes;
Who heard Her summons and confessed Her