"Oh, Uncle Jack, we want you to tell us all about pottery," cried the boys.
"Yes, please do," chimed in Matie.
"All about pottery? Why, my dear children, that's very like asking me to tell you all about the whole civilized world, for a complete history of one would be almost a history of the other; and I could hardly do that, you know," said Uncle Jack, with a smile.
"Willie said you could talk about pottery all night," cried Matie.
"And so I might, dear, and not get further than the ABC of its history, after all," answered Uncle Jack.
"But how many kinds are there, uncle?" asked Will.
"That question demands an answer that must teach something," said Uncle Jack. "There are two general kinds."
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"Why, I saw a thousand kinds at the Centennial," interrupted Al, with a wise look.