KNO\A^LEDGE 



ble. — EOMEo. 

 Ill tightly tied 

 •■enerable, fine 



v.tthrxt humble rulH-rkiiov.s vriy nsvU wl.al it is at.out. At huiue 

 ilie whole tuheris cut up for planting ; out here it tells us :— •' Give 

 congenial soil, and you need only plant my eyes, retaining my body 

 for TOur food."' 



l"saw this exemplified at Darjiling, where potatoes flourish mar- 

 vellously, and where I saw the peelings of my kitchen growing 

 freely in the ditch into which they had been cast. 



If this hint wore taken at home, what an enormous saving of food 

 iliere would be. 



I trust that after the facts I have adduced, an answer in the 

 affirmative will be conceded to the question at the head of my 

 naxj&T K- l'- HcTCniNSOX, M.D. 



THE i i:-^ i>~ "F Ml 

 . [1955]- In your c.\ 

 write, "These stars,!. 

 that?" Well! accordi.:^^, - > 

 suns, after being born, "conni!^ 

 I'limacterics of activity will gnu 1: 

 Xow, may it not be possible thn t : i ; 

 fast suns as well as slow suns.' '' 

 which rush to their culmination 

 I here not be, in fact, difference's i 

 devolution of snns ? And may i 

 star? I trust, sir, that both y 

 will perfectly understand that I 

 suggestions.— W. C.4.VE T)iOM.\s. 



[I do not say nay. As the Frcnclini 

 things are possible.— R. P.] 



I- (lo9'i) you 

 How about 



and all other 



iiieda be a fait 

 "(. this journal 

 iig speculative 



ATJDEOGRArilV. 

 u for your notice of my little book. But when 



T :. 



\- follovi 



nthe 



i ':;Veiin the application of 



,1 , . DiGAMMA. 



his writings. [Xorh;uoI. Did not the reviewer, though, say just 

 what you do about the application of his remark ? I fancy I recall 

 something of the sort. I have not seen your book.— R. P.] 



TO GET THE FI.1> 



[1957]- Reply to "Nigel's- - 



i.tDGE, p. 300. To get the flesn . 



him out in a fgood attitude, bur;. 



nest, neautiful preparations of s 



rsE. 



HOW TKADESMEX CALCULATE TERCENTAGES. 



UlySi^li ^M I, w 1 , iliat a brief criticism in KNOWLEDGE 

 : tl'e mo.; ; I'olesmcn calculate their percentage 



hie foil i-.vi!!- iL.i:i!,'.; -11 oi faith (so to speak) is that of an 

 intelligent traveller lui m. important trading concern in London, 

 and is supported by the opinion of one of the most extensive trades- 

 iiicu in the metropolis. I give the statement word for word. 



" If I purchase an article for 10s. and sell it for £100, 1 assert 

 that I get a profit of 99.} per cent, exactly on the transaction." 



I am informed that London tradesmen consider any other mode 

 of calculating profits misleading. I will thank you for an authori- 

 tative expression of your views. 



I enclose my card, but not for publi'^ation 



r. 



gn myself, 



EWIGE JUDE. 



'/). unless adding 

 The profit is of 

 eiici. What the 

 It if his selling 

 . But of course 

 of profit on the 



Analysis and 

 - reputed to bo 

 1- for that point, 

 s :s sound. — 1!. 



i^Sii 



did so write 





■. (This very moment 

 just above, I intended to write nititi.) As 

 satisfied I did not write that, because thei.' 

 mind to such a mistake. Most likely tlie a 

 led the " reader " to correct what Ik : 1 . 

 the MS. might e.xplain-some mi. 

 belonging to another line, might ha 

 the reader. You are probably iir.t av.a 

 suggest corrections (in French tins y. i 

 where notes like my replies, hurriedly 

 (nine-tenths written in express trains ; 

 speed), and set up usually without my 

 question, a "reader" would not hesitate t 

 his judgment what seemed wrong, especi 

 not easily decipherable. No one could il' 

 rienced examiner," attribute to me. Hov.- 

 be infinitive in the sentence—" Quo usrine 1 

 patientia nostra"? followerl as tiearii- :,c i 



effrenata jaetahit : 

 infinitive in the f: 

 following the imy 

 shows that the v 

 you could not crci 

 of the "Fungor, 

 fondness for the 

 a pignut," anyway 

 small modicum of 



mpetative. imt lutiir. .■ Iicative. If 

 ith a schoolboy's knov. a-lge of Latin, 

 utor, vcscor," &c.. i ' . of Cicero's 

 tion in re, and like ;.::ails ("worth 

 ight at least uive :; - edit for some 



ke me contemptible. .V :., which you 

 attribute to me,- a perfect lamb, :Mr. Wei: : -The answer 

 which shocked you so related to manners, not t.i morals. A man 

 applies to a woman in these columns the grossest term one can 

 well think of (not actually using the word, but sending readers to 

 "Othello" to find and apply it, which was rather worse), and 



