Memory Feats

Txmis XIII. aftor a year's time eowld draw from memory the plan of a country, wiMi all its details. When Mr. Jilaiue was in Congrega he ueed to repeat bilis ander discussao, alter having read th.em once. Daniel Webeter sv-ae able to repeat th w-hole coiiKtitution of the; United States word for word, includinupunctuatiom stops. llortciisins, thr famous orator, attemded a public sale lastlng a vrhole day and recaüed, in order, all the o-bjects sold and the names of the purchasfi-s. 8oanger, an Itaitan, in tweniy-one days, oommitted to memory the "Iliad," wbiob coinpi-iscs 15,210 verses, and the "OdysBey," wMch also eomprisee a larg aumber. LIpelus, a proteesor at the Unlverslty of Leyden, ofïered to recite Tacillls' lüsio.-y in ts entirety In the pres imh: ■ or' a penscm armed wlth a ponlaril, who .sho.ihl stnb hini wlth it at the first orror.