There were 523 fewer books published last year than in the year
before. This, we understand, is explained by the fact that Mr. CHARLES
GARVICE and Mr. E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM each went to the theatre one
night in the early autumn.

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[Illustration: "I WISH MY HUSBAND HAD JOINED THEM PIVOTS INSTEAD OF
THE FOOSILEERS. HE'D 'A' BEEN DEMOBILISED BY NOW."]

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REGULUS UP-TO-DATE.

"Traveller.--Wanted a pushing young man, to work through England
and Scotland in barrel hoops."--_Daily Telegraph._

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"To these manifestations the President raised his hat, his smiling
face indicating the measure of his pleasure at the leave-taking
with the British public."--_Daily Paper._

One of the things that might perhaps have been expressed differently.

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REDISTRIBUTION.