28 OCTOBER 1916, Page 13

CANON AINGER'S WIT.

[To THE Entree or THE " Sezeteroa."]

Sza,—Canon Ainger's excellent Limerick, which appeared in your last issue, reminds me of a witty saying of his which I recorded long ago, but which will be new to most of your readers. On looking at my Tauchnitz edition of the New Testament, he remarked that the notes are " par Tischendorff "—partitioned of by a dividing line from the text.—I am, Sir, &c., -

Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W. LIONEL A. TOLLEMACHB.