ation, Jacko, who must
needs see everything that was going on, suddenly poked his head out of
the bag and gave a malicious grin at the ticket-giver. This much
frightened the poor man, but with great presence of mind,--quite
astonishing under the circumstances,--he retaliated the insult: "Sir,
that's a dog; you must pay for it accordingly." In vain was the monkey
made to come out of the bag and exhibit his whole person; in vain were
arguments in full accordance with the views of Cuvier and Owen urged
eagerly, vehemently, and without hesitation (for the train was on the
point of starting), to prove that the animal in question was not a dog,
but a monkey. A dog it was in the peculiar views of the official, and
three-and-sixpence was paid. Thinking to carry the joke further (there
were just a few minutes to spare), I took out from my pocket a live
tortoise I happened to have with me, and showing it, said, "What must I
pay for this, as you charge for _all_ animals?" The employe adjusted his
specs, withdrew from the desk to consult with his superior; then
returning, gave the verdict with a grave but determined manner, "No
charge for them, sir: them be insects."

HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE

(1821-1862)

Henry Thomas Buckle was born at Lee, in Kent, on November 24th, 1821,
the son of a wealthy London merchant. A delicate child, he participated
in none of the ordinary sports of children, but sat instead for hours
listening to his mother's reading of the Bible and the 'Arabian Nights.'
She had a great influence on his early development. She was a Calvinist,
deeply religious, and Buckle himself in after years acknowledged that to
her he owed his faith in human progress through the dissemination and
triumph of truth, as well as his taste for philosophic speculations and
his love for poetry. His devotion to her was lifelong. Owing to his
feeble health he passed but a few years at school, and did not enter
college. Nor did he know much, in the scholar's sense, of books. Till he
was nearly eighteen the 'Arabian Nights,' the 'Pilgrim's Progress' and
Shakespeare constituted his chief reading.

But he was fond of games of mental skill, and curiously enough, first
gained distinction, not in letters but at the chessboard, and in the
course of his subsequent travels he challenged and defeated the
champions of Europe. He was concerned for a short time in business; but
being left with an independent income at the death of his father, he
res