A Camping Trip
1. Does the interest of this story lie more in the nature or out-of-doors setting, or in the action or plot?
2. Note the number of birds mentioned in the story. How many of them do you know?
3. What are some of the beautiful or poetic pictures of nature given by the author? Did the scenes have any effect on the imagination and feeling of these real boys and add to their enjoyment?
4. Have you ever had a camping experience? In what ways was your experience like that of the boys in this story?
5. Write a story of a camping or other out-of-doors trip in which the characters have some narrow escape and which contains some description of nature.
The Thread without a Knot
1. Has the recent World War made any difference in the current idea in America that only foreign universities, art schools, and works of art are of any real value? Why did Mr. Harrison good-humoredly assent to this really false idea, when he was seeking higher education?
2. When does the story become really interesting to you? Why?
3. What American characteristics does Mr. Harrison illustrate?