1881.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—IS it worthy to be recorded in the last number of the Spectator for the year 1881, that this year is notable for the largest census ever taken iu the British Islands, the largest Volunteer review ever held in the British Islands, the hottest day and the coldest ever scientifically recorded in England, the greatest number of comets ever seen iu the same year in Eng- land, the highest high jump, the quickest quarter-mile run, and the largest score at cricket ever made by one batsman in one innings ; the quickest sea-passage on record between England and Australia, and between England and North America ?—I
[It was also remarkable for the largest quantity of " bore " ever suffered by a civilised community. Our correspondent evidently touches life at a good many distinct points.—En. Spectator.]
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