4 JUNE 1864, page 11

Man's Poorest Relation.

S OMEWHERE about the year 1780 the celebrated French traveller, naturalist, and philosopher, Sonnerat, in the course of a voyage to the East Indies and China, visited the island......

Educated Ignorance.

" VOU'RE entirely wrong, Sir," said a very experienced editor 1. to a subordinate who objected to state some fact as being universally known, "you're entirely wrong. As a rule......