A. Lippincott’s Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary would be of service. It is published by Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.
Q. Will The Chautauquan please tell me where I can obtain photographs of the works of the old masters of art, cabinet size?
A. By sending a six-cent stamp to the Soule Photograph Co., (successors to John P. Soule), 338 Washington street, Boston, Mass., a catalogue may be obtained of three thousand seven hundred subjects of unmounted photographs of ancient and modern works of art, embracing reproductions of famous paintings, sculpture and architecture.
Q. What is the meaning and origin of “red-letter day?”
A. In almanacs holidays and saints’ days are printed in red ink, other days in black. Any day to be recalled with pleasure, or a lucky day, may be styled a “red-letter day.”
Q. In addition to the C. L. S. C. course for this year I have taken the White Seal course. Where shall I send for my examination papers?
A. To Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J.
Q. In Wheatland’s History it is stated that Pompeii and and Herculaneum were Greek cities. Were they not Roman?
A. They were both Roman cities, situated in Southern Italy at the base of Mt. Vesuvius.
Q. Will The Chautauquan please give a little information concerning geodes? I can only find a mere definition in the dictionaries at my command.