Origin of the Word "News" - Origin of Newspapers - Instances of New Studies in Old Age - Literary Shoemakers - Imprisonment of the Learned - Singular Customs annually observed by the Company of Stationers - Book of Sports - Origin of Card: - Explanation of all the Letters on a Guinea.

Origin of the Wood "News."-The four cardinal points of the compass, marked with the letters N. E. W. S. standing for North, East, West, and South, form the word News, which coming from all parts of the world, gave derivation to the word.