7 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 12

"HOWLERS."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Possibly the following might find a place among "howlers." In6 a "general knowledge" paper a student was asked to define, among other words, " Daniel cell " (a well-known term in elec- tricity). His answer was : " I do not know much of the construc- tion of Daniel's cell, but Daniel is dead—and the lions—so why revive painful memories ? "—I am, Sir, lee.,