Dear Editor:
I like The Great Round World very much.
I will name some books, so that others may read them. "Timothy's Quest" and "A Summer in a Cañon" are very pretty stories by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
"The Mysterious Island," "Abandoned," and "The Secret of the Island" are a set of books by Jules Verne. "The Fir Country," "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea," and "In Search of the Castaways" are all by him.
"A New Alice in the Old Wonderland" is by Anna M. Richards, Jr. From an affectionate reader,
Anna H.
New York, April 17th, 1897.
INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.
Pocket Protector.—This is an invention that should recommend itself as much to girls as to boys.
It is a guard of rubber or other suitable material, which is laid inside the pocket, and fitted with ribs and a spring which close the mouth of the pocket at all times.