I have known English readers, not ignorant, who thought they were scarcely older than Dickens.
— from The English Novel by George Saintsbury

COMPTON MACKENZIE L O N D O N : M A R T I N S E C K E R NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI MCMXIII TO THE REVEREND E. D. STONE
— from Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie

N S E C K E R NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI MCMXXI TO ALICE AND CHRISTOPHER STONE
— from Rich Relatives by Compton MacKenzie

You see, a really and truly up-to-date revolution couldn't be run off nowadays, Abe, unless it is one of them Bolshevik [Pg 103] Type revolutions, and in order to get the right kind of newspaper publicity for it the management has got to know enough Russian not to say soviet when they mean mir .
— from Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things by Montague Glass

Kelly , Esq rs. New York.
— from Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake

Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA Currency: 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo Exchange rates: naira (N) per US$1 - 21.886 (October 1996), 21.895 (1995), 21.996 (1994), 22.065 (1993), 17.298 (1992)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Currency (code): North Korean won (KPW) Currency code: KPW Exchange rates: North Korean won (KPW) per US dollar - 140 (2007), 141 (2006), 170 (December 2004), market: North Korean won per US dollar - 2,500-3,000 (December 2006) Communications Korea, North Telephones - main lines in use: 1.18 million (2007) Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate system; currently no mobile cellular telephone services domestic: fiber-optic links installed between cities; telephone directories unavailable; mobile cellular service, initiated in 2002, terminated in 2004; in January 2008 Orascom Telecom, an Egyptian company, announced that it had been granted a commercial license to provide mobile telephone services in North Korea international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing (2008) Radio broadcast stations: AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2006) Radios: 3.36 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea) (2003) Televisions: 1.2 million (1997) Internet country code: .kp
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“I don’t know whether I kin ketch ’em ’r not, but I’ll try,” he called after her.
— from The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger