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German Science Reader: An Introduction to Scientific German, for Students of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering, by Charles F. Kroeh. Published 1907.

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How to Write Clearly, by Edwin Abbott. Published 1883.

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The Mirror of Taste and Dramatic Censor, Volume 1, Number 1, January 1810, edited by Stephen Cullen Carpenter. Published 1810.

This issue includes The Foundling of the Forest by William Dimond.

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Tourists returning from abroad report a new fad which has, for the moment at least, superseded the erstwhile popular craze for souvenir spoons; instead, milady now collects dainty handkerchiefs. From the days of Josephine to the present the handkerchief has been an important item in the expenditure of a fastidious woman; a good dresser considers her toilet incomplete without a bit of snowy lawn or linen, which, though scarcely ever seen, and it may be severely plain, must yet be above reproach with regard to fineness of texture. An inveterate globe trotter, who has just returned from the other side, rejoices in an exquisite collection of these cobwebby nothings. At every city or town where she stopped, no matter how short her stay or how insignificant the village, another square of linen as faithfully added to her spoils, and, curiously enough, she readily recalls where each was purchased. So that her handkerchiefs, in a measure, serve her as a sort of note book.

London Tid-Bits: One of the most valuable flocks of Southdown sheep in the United States is the property of Mr. Mansan Migg, the beet-root sugar magnate. A peculiar fact in connection with the flock is that it is looked after, not by sheep dogs, but by six trained Spanish game cocks. They are armed each morning with spurs, and have so fierce a way of attacking any sheep that tries to run away or will not be driven that the animals are now thoroughly afraid of the birds and obey their directions perfectly. Mr. Migg’s daughter brought the birds from the Canary Islands.

We have been quite oppressed by men who would cut off the floating tresses of young girls; we also have suffered from a maniac who could not resist squirting ink on the gowns of the passing women, and last year a man with a sharp pair of scissors used to slash pieces out of anyone’s coat or skirt that came within his radius. This last person was sent to a madhouse, whence he ought ought not have been released; but, being pronounced cured, he was launched upon an unsuspecting community again and profited by his liberty to use his scissors once more. He accosted a lad in a deserted street, asked him to write down an address, and profited by his occupation to neatly slice off the lobes of both the poor boy’s ears, and then ran away. This interesting lunatic, whose name is Maire, will now go into permanent confinement; but the youth’s ears are permanently disfigured, to his great anguish of mind.

The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to some Other Matters of Interest to Those who would Speak and Write with Propriety, by Alfred Ayres [pseud. Thomas Embly Osmun]. Published 1887.

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