snip-snap short, and interruption smart

THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. By O. S. Nock. Ian Allan. 30s. … The autocratic presidence at Crewe of Webb is kindly and gently observed and the author also throws a more tolerant light upon several other features, including the Claughtons.

There’s a lot of it this year because there were few trick-or-treaters, leaving many Americans with no choice but to snork down the weight of an adult male cocker spaniel in mini Snickers.

It is even so, he added, as he gazed on the Sub-Prior with astonishment; neither wem nor wound — not so much as a rent in his frock!