“Have you the list in rhyme?” asked Anna.

“No, Cousin Anna. I never saw it,” said Kate.

“Oh, you must have that. It is so easy to learn. We used to learn the English Sovereigns in rhyme. I remember so well our reciting;

‘First William, the Norman,

Then William, his son,’

“And so on. And now Mrs. Peter has put our Presidents in rhyme;

‘First Washington, then Adams,

Next Jefferson we view;

James Madison, Monroe, and then,

John Adams’ son—John Q.’