English As She Is Taught

Doiibtless many of reader lmve been wonderfully amused over the little vol urne entitled " EoglUb as 8he Is Taught," fur it is a very fuiiny book. Should some of our teachers t;ike it pon tliemselves to comp'lc n similar volume, hoWever we belleve tliey migbt be emiiiently successfnl. Yelocil happening Uoii a stray oile of exainination questions and answers to questioiis a lew days since, found some quite as striking u any told by Caroline B. LfiRotr. In response to a request to " u lite a sentenoe illustrating a eoinplement object, and to modify both subject and predícate by wordt and pirases," oiie budding genius penned tliia: Thelarge, stronz mon of Detroit ln Michigan liurt the hlack useful dog oía straiiger in UuulagOD business, badly yesterday. Anotlier brilliant wit evolved tliis : The well-known Henry Franklin of Boston inven ted to the world the lightniug rod. Who iuvented the ligbtning rod man is still slirouded iogloom. A tliird wrote : That well loved and noted President of the Lnitel States, Qeorge Washington, was one wnose death bowed down a natlon in grief. It was quite a bow, but undoubtcdly tboroogbly and accurately prepared.