[Illustration: _Kind Old Lady._ "I SEE THERE IS AN URGENT APPEAL FOR MORE LITERATURE FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN. I THOUGHT SOME LONELY SOLDIER OR SAILOR MIGHT LIKE TO REVIVE MEMORIES OF THE DEAR HOMELAND WITH THIS VOLUME OF THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY FOR 1899."] * * * * * From the description of a polar-bear's escapade in the Edinburgh "Zoo":-- "The keepers now appeared, and with the assistance of of gun-firing and much noise the animal was quietly shepherded back to its accustomed place of confinement." _North British Agriculturist._ "Quietly" was a happy thought.