Famous In His Line

Walter White, for many years assistant secretary of the Royal society, gave in his journals many amusing and witty speeches and sayings, some of which he heard at flrst hand. Among those repeated to him by other people was a bon mot made by one of the founders of the Athenaeum club of London. When the Athenaeum club was first founded Croker was urgent that no man should be admitted who had not in some way distinguished himself in literature. Soon after he proposed the Duke of Wellington.when some one said, "The duke has never written a book." "True," replied Croker, "but he is a capital hand at reviews."