The University Correspondent for December 23rd publishes, under the heading
of " Howlers," so charming a list of blun- dering answers to examination questions, that we can hardly believe that it was not prepared by some artistic hand,—some one who loved to follow the advice of Dr. Johnson to put a cocked-hat on an intrinsically good story, and place a stick in its hand. For example :—Q. : " Why was it that his great discovery was not properly appreciated until long after Colum- bus was dead P " A.: "Because he didn't advertise."—Again, Q.: " Who was Joan of Aro P" A.: "Noah's wife."—Again, Q.: " Give the derivation of mother.' " A.: " 14ty other (parent)."—Again, Q. : "Define ' function.' " A.: "When a fellow feels in a funk."—Q. " Who was George the First P " A.: The eon of the Electric Sophia."—Q.: " Define faith.' " A.: "That quality which enables us to believe what we know to be untrae,"—evidently an agnostic squib. Or take this in philology :—" Q.: " Give examples of diminutives.'" A.: " Pump, pumpkin ; bull, bullet." Surely, some of these, and many others of the answers, have an artistic twist about them which looks very like elaborate design,
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