Excerpt from Correct English; How to Use It, 1900, Vol. 2: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Proper Use of English Tompkins That's a handsome umbrella you've got there, Gibbs. Yes, Tompkins. About what does it cost to carry an um brella like that? Eternal vigilance. - Selected. A visitor at a Columbia (mo.) school the other day asked one of the lower grade classes this question: What is the axis of the earth? An imaginary line passing from one pole to the other, on which the earth revolves, proudly answered the pupil. Yes, said the examiner, well pleased, and could you hang a bonnet on it Yes, sir. Indeed! And what kind of a bonnet? An imaginary bon net, sir. The visitor asked no more questions that (lay - Exchange. The Expert Professor - Too bad! One of my pupils to whom I have given two courses of instruction in the cultivation of the memory has forgotten to pay me. And the worst of it is, I can't remember his name - Exchange. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.