+An Important Summing-up.+ (_By Our Own Special Reporter in the recent case of Somebody or Other v. Another Person of the name of_ +Barley+).--Mr. Justice +Mathew+ regretted being compelled to decide against +Barley+ on the question of "quantities." Of course, there had been an error on the part of the highly respectable Corporation of Ramsgate, which might be characterised as a "sin of commission," while the neglect of their clerk to enter their arrangement with +Barley+ on the minutes was a "sin of omission." All the witnesses in this case must be believed, as they had, _à propos_ of +Barley+, taken their oats--he should say their oaths. Perhaps when the present statute came to be revised, Mr. +Barley+ might act for the town, for which it appears he had done good service, and +Barley+ would not have to hide under a bushel. It was clear that this sort of +Barley+ was worth more than the present price of 28_s_. a quarter. Counsel on both sides had made an eloquent display of wheat--he begged pardon, he meant "wit"--and if in this judgment he had to tread on anyone's corn, he assured them that to do so went against the grain. As an official, +Barley+ would have the sack, but sack and all could be taken up to another Court, and there, as a German speaking French would say, _On beut Barley_, about it still further. (The Jury thanked his Lordship, and all the parties left the Court much pleased, humming _All about the Barley_. * * * "They acted a Greek Play at Cambridge, my dear," said Mrs. +Ram+ to a friend, "and fancy, it was written, as I am informed, by a young lady, Miss +Sophie Klees+. I suppose she is a student of Girton. How clever! _I_ couldn't write it, I'm sure." * * * _The "Quart d'heure de Rabelais,"_ if translated into Anglo-French, may be taken to express a bad time of it with the roughs in Trafalgar Square, _i.e., a mauvais quart d'heure de Rabble--eh_? * * * The Works of +Charles Dickens+ must have achieved great popularity in South Eastern Europe, where there is an entire country called Boz-nia. * * * * * [Illustration: THE NEW SCHOOL. _Schoolboy (aged 16)_. "Good-bye, old Chappies! Can't waste any more time with you. 'Good business'!"] * * * * * TOM BROWN & CO.'S SCHOOL DAYS. _A Glimpse at the Commercial Education of the Future_.