We are not aware that a complete report of the lecture has yet reached this country, but the head and front of Mr. Justice Higinbotham's offending, according to his critics, seems to be that he has seen fit to inveigh against credal systems as corrupting the primitive simplicity of Christ's teaching.

I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand.

Although the Bunsen burner has been in extensive use for several years, there would seem to be a very well-grounded suspicion that its capabilities have not yet been fully discovered, for applications for patents for inventions, which are based on the Bunsen burner, or on modifications of it, are occasionally found in the official journal of the Patent Office.

The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.