Quaintly Expressed

The Yankees who think thoy are the omly pushers in the business wor'.d are away oif ia that estímate oí tliiimselves, as -the following letter from a house ia Leipsig1 wlU readily slioiw. Thieue is ia Aan Arbor a gentlemnaa -svlio eometimee iadulges h's ■ rare and valuaWe worfcs wlth. Avliich to enrich nis liluary, a.ncl ttie iact seems t have ia some way. Tlii. house oiot appreciatin? the fact -tliat educated people are tamillar i ! 'i other lantiunges thaa .lie jiugli-li, lias endeaiored to eolicit patige in mixed Esnglisii, rather than pure Genmaii. Tiie letter is da teil at Leipzig, aen 27 Mal, 1895, and says : :- Ib is not unknown in Oermany, tliat [pora make a spetialty in coHectiiig taro and oíd books a. prints, Hblcs, books w-ibli platee a. woodcuts a. s. o. and "that you íear 110 expenses Ito get your collectiou as complete as passlble. Tlhere we keep oin oair shelíes a a latin Tible, one oí tai e most parecieras iiioaiuineiits oí topograpliy, 4 vola. Roy. Fol. S-trasBbimg, IUiseli, 147880, in a -very clean a. skillíully i'erained -py, oíd afcyle imitated ing (hall vcïlum) O'ii wlüeh wo take herewith the Werty o cali your atIriino-ii (see fcbe attacted slip). The fomO'US Klemm was owner a. admir! a copy a. tkscacïbed it cxactly in No. 221 O'S tls üseful catalogue, amd we go not to far assertlng iliat sinioe his deatli llioir was riO' similar complete a. clean copy au the market. "We hope Wiat our low price will engage yo'iifto encoi-porate this preeioua book to your collection. "Río likely (profit of tbis occasion to nequest yooi (to pay a pmall attention to our catálogos, sent from time to time. . In tllio agroable expection to hear oí you we remata, 6ir, yioxir yery obedient servante,