ITO TSS EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sin,—If not belated, may an old schoolmaster detail instances from his own experience ? Q. "What were the provisions of the Treaty of Bretigny ?" A. a The provisions of this particular Treaty were herrings "! (The lad had been reading about the Battle of Herrings, and apparently thought that provisions must naturally mean something to eat.) Q. "Name some of the leading clauses of the Reformation in England." A. "Henry VIII. married seven wives and obstinately refused to have massage for the dead "I (In this case the examinee had been taking lessons in hygiene, and we may charitably suppose that he confounded " masses " and "massage.") Q. "Who was Venus ? " 4. "Amongst the heathen she was the goddess of love, but amongst Christians, ever -since the sixteenth century, she has been styled the Morning Star of the Reformation "1 On another plane I should like to quote the requirements of a clergyman writing to a friend of mine about a bourn tenens. He laid down two requirements—vise " I myself take the eastward posi- tion, but my wife desires a south aspect."—I am, Sir, &c., Chittendon Rectory, Canterbury. J. 0. BEVAN, MA., F.S.A.
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