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CARNIVAL AND SPORTS AT BED…

-"P i A WORD TO LADIES.

LATE MR R. W. TOLFEEB,I TKEDEGA…

1VIP -■ SAD END OF A LLANBRADACHI…

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LARGEST AND SMALLEST BOOKS.I

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LARGEST AND SMALLEST BOOKS. I In the gret library of the Britislt Museum is to be soon th largest book ia the world. This ia an atlas of beautifully- ojigravk,cl Dutch maps, bouud in leather and fastened with clanpo of eolid silver. It ia nearly 7ft. high, weighs 8001b., and wa- pre- sented to Charles IT. héore leaving Holland in the year 1660. Side by h-ide with it is five suialhxt book in tho woi-id--a aileroscol)ic gom of book-making, scarcely larger than a man's thumb-nail. This contains the New Testament, inscribed by a German artist of Nuremberg iu the early part of the seven- toenth celiturv. There are 208 pages, and the lettering is so perfect that it can be read without difficulty. The book measures thiee-cjuarters of an inch by two-fifths. <

ORIGIN OF PARTY NAMES I

WITH MANY USES. I

ON GATE-POSTS. j

CHINESE MACARONI.I

PREACHING SERVICES ATI GRAIG.

TBKSPASSINft ON BHYMNEY.I…

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