So he and his mate built a nest and raised a family of birds in peace, and now Kitty and Charley call the old letter-box “The Tramp’s Home.”


A PAIR OF HORSES.—From Rosa Bonheur’s painting, “The Horse Fair.”


CHILDREN OF CHARLES I.—From the sketch by Verspronck, in the Louvre.

THREE ROYAL CHILDREN.

Here is a picture of a little prince and two little princesses who lived about two hundred years ago. They were the children of Charles the First, king of England. I suppose they were very much like the boys and girls of nowadays. They played and studied and had their pets, just as children play and study now.