A WISE MOTHER.--The celebrated Orientalist, Sir William Jones, when a
mere child was very inquisitive. His mother was a woman of great
intelligence, and he would apply to her for the information which he
desired; but her constant reply was: "Read, and you will know." This
gave him a passion for books, which was one of the principal means of
making him what he was.
TWENTY-FOUR NOTES IN ONE BOW.--The _Daily Post_ of February 22nd, 1732,
contains a curious announcement with regard to Castrucci, the violinist,
namely, that he would play a solo "in which he engages himself to
execute twenty-four notes in one bow." This piece of charlatanism, so
misplaced in a truly able musician, was excellently capped on the
following day by a nameless fiddler advertising his intention to play
twenty-five notes in one bow.
A CAT STORY.--There was a favourite Tom cat owned by a family in
Callander, in Scotland, and it had on several occasions shown more than
ordinary sagacity. One day Tom made off with a piece of beef, and the
servant followed him cautiously, with the intention of catching him and
administering a little wholesome correction.
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