Dear Mr. Editor:
I want to tell you of two books I have been reading. One is called "Scottish Chiefs," and the other is called "The Days of Bruce." I like them both very much. The "Scottish Chiefs" is a story of the days of Sir William Wallace, and describes very vividly the battles that took place.
"The Days of Bruce" is written on the same order as "Scottish Chiefs." It tells of all the Scottish lords, and how the Bruce finally became King of Scotland.
Yours truly,
Harvey V.
Scotland Neck, N.C., March 1st, 1897.
We have received a new book for the little ones from Thompson, Brown & Co., Boston—"Æsop and Mother Goose." It is arranged as a First Reader, and a First Reader nowadays means something very bright and attractive. This book seems to be no exception to this rule. Price is 30 cents, but the publishers will mail your teacher a sample if eight (two-cent) stamps are sent them, for they wish teachers to see the book.
There are certain things in history which every one must know.
You can get along very well without being able to tell when the battle of Crecy was fought. You will not be at all disgraced by not knowing how many were killed at Bosworth Field, nor how many ships were engaged at the battle of Trafalgar.
But you must know how England became England, how France came to be France, and Germany Germany. And yet you cannot know one of these things unless you know about the Roman Empire too, which like an old dead root underlies the greater part of Europe.