Wo have received a copy of a paper titled, "The Slide Rule and how to it" by Mr. W. F. Tyler. The sub-is one of technic! general interest, but the commended to those who wish to learn jolinquonts rapidly effaced themselves from the room:. 'The degree to which the whole rac: is'permeated with sentiment and: the spirit -of romance is amazing; whoever' meets with them Knows: it; it oozes and bursts from every ro, itis betrayed in all their utterances, ity may be tiresome, but it is inevitable, it is inbred; they are the people who can tell you where is fancy bred."" As the Trish "have their own pathetic, yet so totally different, vein of poetry in their blood, 80 every -manejack of the japanese will" rhapsodies and maudle about.the cherry blossom, about Fajiyama, and" heaven knows—what. My 2 house: in Shiba* Park adjoin. ed and opened into the: Temple of Emma-O, the Guardidn of Hell; from time'to time there were great seances of tom-tomming to give the devils fits, and every: morning, about the time I got up, the priest would recite his office: of very ancient origin, consisting of Bom-bom-
'The study \of- English: is now the principal classic of the Japanese:: 'There isa remarkable Japanese' at Tokio, who, having himself acquited a high degree of perfection in our language, has organised techool of 5,000 students, mostly of the working classes, devoted exclusively to-the study of English. Ho makes a great success of it pecuniarily; for the Tower. classes; the: students" pay 75 son a month; "but for the higher classes yeu 125. This worthy man is imbued with n comically transparent self-conceit. He will tell-you that-you cannot stamp: him he: will-ask-you: to explain the grammar tical: use of "on" in " beer on tap," "on time,?."* on+hand,"'ete.: He has written eighteen pages on our use of the word
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