Stay updated with breaking news from Sheldon co. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Late President Wayland theatlantic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theatlantic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Math Corner brainteaser. In the Math Corner at the end of my March Diary I stated a theorem about divisibility and challenged readers to prove it. My proof is here. Dickens, Twain, and that tobacco. Also in the March Diary I wondered if the reference to Negro-head tobacco in my 2003 Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Great Expectations, Chapter 40, was a bowdlerization of something slightly different in the 1861 original of that novel. Several readers stepped up to that one. Sorry, John; it s Negro-head all right. At least it is in the Sheldon & Co edition, 1862. Nothing to be sorry about, Sir, I just honestly wanted to know. ....