An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

Revelation: a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.

ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.