hat he would not leave _ein Stein_ unturned
until he had upset the theory of Relativity?

(5) Give a complete list of all the poets, major and minor, at present
residing on Boar's Hill, and trace their influence on the Baconian
controversy.

(6) Distinguish by psycho-analysis between (_a_) SYDNEY SMITH
and SIDNEY LEE, (_b_) GEORGE MEREDITH and GEORGE ROBEY, noting
convergences as well as divergences of mentality, physique and
sub-conscious uplift.

(7) Would Jason, who sailed in the _Argo_, have laid an embargo on
MARGOT as passenger or supercargo? Estimate the probable results
of her introduction to Medea, and its effect on the views and
translations of Professor GILBERT MURRAY.

(8) What eminent Georgian critic said that TENNYSON's greatest work
was his _Idols of the Queen_?

(9) Estimate the effect on Reconstruction if Mr. BOTTOMLEY were to
devote himself exclusively to theological studies, and Mr. WELLS were
to take up his abode permanently in Russia.

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=Another Impending Apology.=

"FIRE AT CHILDREN'S HOME.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET'S WORK."

_Daily Paper._

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From a Pimlico shop window:--

"GENTLEMEN'S WAR ROBES BOUGHT."

Apparently not worth a "d."

* * * * *
"Professor ----, the pianist, who is trying to complete 110 hours'
continuous playing, completed fifty-five hours on the first day."

_Cologne Post._

That makes it too easy.

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"Mme. Karsavina is taller than Pavlova, but has an equally perfect
figure. The Greeks would have bracketted her with Venus and
Aphrodite."--_Provincial Paper._

The two last have, of course, been constantly bracketed.

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[Illustration: Golfer (very much off his game). "ONE ROUND NEARER THE
GRAVE."]

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OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.

(_By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks._)

Not for a long time have I got so great a pleasure from any collection
of short sketches as now from Miss ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK'S _Autumn
Crocuses_ (SECKER). Not only has the whole book a pleasant title, but
each of these stories is happily called after some flower that plays a
part in its development. I am aware of the primly Victorian sound of
such a description applied to art so modern as that of Miss S