... may give an illustration of this remark. There is among the chalk-shaded drawings a marvel of painstaking skill-a study of blackberry leaves-by a student about fifteen yearsof age: time occu- pied in its production, sixteen months of the school attend- ance ...

... Croctises are in bloom in this neigsbourbood, and violets (not grown in thc open, however) are nearly 'as plentiful as blackberries. Last night the members of the VolunteerArtillery Corps supped together at the Crown Hotel. There was a large gathering ...