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CONTENTS.

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A Bid at an Anctlon . 140

A Bishop on Squinting . 137

A Bishop Surprised . . 46

A "Bull" in a Pulpit . 49

A Carefully-trained Witness 95

A Cautious Referee . . 55

A Chat on Blindness . 67

A Child proving his Ability to use a Dinner Knife . 75

A Child Thrust . . 86

A Child's Definition of Happiness ... 96

A Child's Idea of a "Sister of Charity" ... 74

A Church Living in the Nineteenth Century . 146

A Clever Coachman . . 52

A Clever Juror . . 100

A Cock that couldn't Crow 148

A Collision—Illustrated . 109

A Commission Agent as a Purchaser ... 82

A Conservative "Zoo" . 19

A Consistent Preacher . 44

A Consumptive Patient . 80

A Convincmg Rejoinder . 39

A Cool Reception 76

A Curious Account . . 38

A Cutting Answer . . 101

A Day after "the Fair" . 55

A Dead Letter . .101

A Distinction . . .67

A Distinction and a Difference 70

A Double Disgrace . . 114

A Double-barrelled Answer 46

A Doubtful Apology . 80

"A Fellow Feeling makes us Wondrous Kind " . 83

A Fool's Knowledge and Ignorance ... 42

A Forget-Me-Not . . 104

A "Friendly" Attitude 122

A Funny Announcement 124

A Gallant Schoolboy's Clever Toast . . 181

A Good Conundrum . 97

A Good "Judge" — in more Senses than One . 152

A Good Judge of Sermons 149

A Good Move ... 77

A Good Representative . 61

A Good Shot ... 88

A Greater Reform than "The Reformation" . 30

A Genuine "Turner" . 21

A Grim and Witty Description of the Experience of Some Wives . . .169

A Heavy Charge . . 31

A Highwayman who Failed in Business ... 48

"A Host in Himself" is Sometimes Expensive . 73

A Humorous "Cabby" . 86

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