--_Ella Hutchison Ellwanger_.


That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and
takes from him the least time.--_C.C. Colton_.


Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
Till authors hear at length one general cry
Tickle and entertain us, or we die!

--_Cowper_.


The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother
who talks about her own children.--_Disraeli_.




AUTOMOBILES


TEACHER--"If a man saves $2 a week, how long will it take him to save a
thousand?"

BOY--"He never would, ma'am. After he got $900 he'd buy a car."