Q. Will The Chautauquan please give me information in regard to the origin of “The Curfew?”
A. The Curfew was a bell rung at nightfall, designed to give notice to the inhabitants to cover their fires, extinguish lights and retire to rest. The practice was instituted by William the Conqueror.
Q. Please give a list of some of the best works on “Mythology.”
A. “Student’s Manual of Mythology” by White, “Ancient Mythology” by Dwight, “Manual of Mythology” by Murray, and “Ancient Mythology” by Keightley.
Q. Who was Tullia, who drove her chariot wheels over the body of her father?
A. Tullia was the daughter of Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome, who reigned from about 578 to 534 B. C.
Q. By whom was the Turkish government designated as “the sick man of Europe?”
A. By Nicholas of Russia.
Q. Is the work, “The Treasury of David,” a commentary on the psalms by Mr. Spurgeon?
A. No. It is literally a treasury of all that Spurgeon has been able to collect of value from all authors upon the Book of Psalms. There is no aim at originality, except in conception and method.