A LITERARY -CURIOSITY. In the following

little ptfcin each line is a quotation

from somo one;of the standard authors of

England 'and Amorica ? The number of

each line refers to. tlus authors below

:— 1. Why all tills toil for triumphs of

an hour I 2. Life's a short summer — man

-a flower— 3 By turns we catch the Utal-

brcalli 'and die ; 4. The cradle nnd the

tomb, alas! eo nigh. D To lie 18 better

far iban not lo be. 8. Though. '.ill

.'man's Hvm may sfom t tragedy ; , 7.

But light circs speak when iml^hty

griefs are dumb ; J 8. The bottom is but

shallow whence they come. 0. Yonr fate

li but the common fate of . all ; 10

ITninlnglod jojs here no man can 1

cfall. 11. Nature to each allots ltd

proper apnpre; 12. Fortune makes foil)

ltn peculiar ??are. 13 Custom does not

often reason .overrule, -:14. 14. Anil

throw .1 ciucl hiin.-uiiiu! on a 15.

Live «cll : how Ion,; ui ~horl. penult *

to He.iwn'; 1(5 Thei who forghe moit nh

ill he most forgiven. N IT