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The shortest title ever given to a novel was "B"—sub-title "An Autobiography" — by E. Dyne Denton, in three volumes. Whyte Melville, in 1869, published a novel to which he gave the title "M or N?" a term well known to every student of the Church of England Catechism.

"You will never see your Aunt Maria again until you get to heaven," a little girl was solemnly told by her mother the other day. "Will she ask me to wipe my feet?" was her only response. It throws a flood of light on Aunt Maria's character and history.

A paper overcoat has been invented. The patent is applied for. It sheds water like a duck's back, and is as "givey" as plush. The "paper age" is near at hand.

A proud young father telegraphed the news of his new responsibility to his brother in this fashion: "A handsome boy has come to my house and claims to be your nephew. We are doing our best to give him a proper welcome." The brother, however,