10 FEBRUARY 1894, page 13

Starting A Conversation.

T HE writer who, in a recent number of the Globe, dis- coursed upon awkward openings to conversation, drew attention to a question which constantly—and sometimes......

Diving Birds At The Zoo.

S UBMARINE boats, according to the naval architects, would be the fastest in the world, if only their crews could work them. This seems a hard saying ; but it can be proved by......