Mrs. O'Brien feebly interposed: Ah now, Terry lad, Ellen's just borrowin' the money from you.

It is replete with interesting information of old time necromancers, constructors of automata, good stories of contemporary magicians, exposés of Marabout miracles, and last but not least the fascinating adventures of Houdin himself, — the archmaster of modern magic.

The Indian military system is full of unmilitary anomalies, all productive of irresponsibility and undiscipline.

In 1939, when I arrived, women made up a slight majority of the Smith faculty. The oldest of the emeritae were such relics as Elizabeth Hanscomb, who had taught one of the first American literature courses in the country some time in the 1890s.