"When men out of the earth of old, A dumb and beastly vermin crawled, For acorns first and holes of shelter, They tooth and nail and helter-skelter, Fought fist to fist; then with a club, Each learned his brother brute to drub; Till more experienced grown, these cattle Forged fit accoutrements for battle. At last (Lucretius says, and Creech) They set their wits to work on speech; And that their thoughts might all have marks To make them known, these learned clerks Left off the trade of cracking crowns, And manufactured verbs and nouns." H.H. Every trade has its technicalities. The other day we overheard a lamplighter complain of a cunning fellow workman who tried to get all the _straightforward_ work himself, and to leave the _turnings_ to others. _A Physician's Advice to his Student._ "Dum aeger ait--Ah! ah! Tu dicito--Du! du!" A free translation is requested. H.H. * * * * * _Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; G.G. BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, Paris; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers_. * * * * * End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction., by Various