QUIZZISM; AND ITS KEY. Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters. A MELANGE OF QUESTIONS IN LITERATURE, SCIENCE, HISTORY, ETC., ETC., WITH THEIR ANSWERS. BY ALBERT P. SOUTHWICK, A. M., AUTHOR OF DIME SERIES OF QUESTION BOOKS, SHORT STUDIES IN LITERATURE, ETC. Twenty-ninth Thousand. NEW YORK: MINE PUBLISHING COMPANY. AG 105 566 1896 ·Coryl Copyright 1884, by Copyright 1896, by ALBERT P. SOUTHWICK. PREFATORY. IN furtherance of the design of helping others to secure accurate scholarship, of correcting many popular errors and vulgar fallacies, of tendering an explanation of the many common philosophical principles which arise daily, and of the casual expressions and frequent quotations interpolated in ordinary conversation, this work is offered to an appreciative and critical public. That it may produce higher and more noble results of awakening an intense interest in general study among the great body of teachers and students, and that its literary worth may prove acceptable to the vast array of intelligent readers and the intelligence of the land, to whom educa tional technics are undiscussed problems,—is the heartfelt wish of the writer. |