LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.
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Dear Editor
:
Mother and I have been reading The Great Round World all winter and have enjoyed it so much. I think it is a very valuable little magazine, you make everything seem so interesting. Halifax is rather a quaint city. It is noted for its beautiful scenery, fine harbor, park, and public gardens. It is an ideal place to spend the hot summer months in, and American tourists are learning more about us every year. A little girl visiting here from Boston last summer was asked one morning if she should like to go to the green market and see the Indians make and sell their baskets. She hesitated a moment, then said, "Well, if they are not wild Indians I would." I think strangers have an idea that the inhabitants of Halifax are nearly all Indians (we rarely see one except market days), that our noses are really blue in color, that our houses are covered with codfish-skins, and that our only article of diet is fish. This seems all very amusing to us. We are going to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee here next month. One feature of the celebration will be a grand Military Tournament. I saw one last year, and it was grand. At the close there was a mimic battle between the British and the Arabs; it was very exciting. I was so interested that I said to my sister, "The Arabs fight just as well as the British," forgetting for a minute that they were all British. I think the American flag prettier than the flag of any other nation. There is a lovely story running through St. Nicholas, now. It is called "Miss Nina Barrow." It ought to delight every girl reader. Hoping I am not taking up too much of your valuable time with my letter, and wishing The Great Round World much success, I remain,
Yours truly, Halifax, N.S., May 11th, 1897. Marie
Dear Editor
:
I am very much interested in the Cubans, and I hope that they will get free. I wish The Great Round World would tell more about it. We have your nice little book for our reading class. We all laughed right out when we read about the serpent down on the Florida coast, and the singing mouse. I will close now, wishing great success to The Great Round World.
Dallas S. Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N.Y., May 3d, 1897.
Dear Mr. Editor
:
Having read three of your Great Round World books, I now let you know how I enjoyed them. I read many interesting things about the little island of Greece, and many other things. I read one book a day, and each week I send them to a friend in the country. She enjoys them very much.
Yours truly, New York, May 4th, 1897. Jessie B.G.
The Editor thanks Marie, Dallas S., and Jessie B.G. for their kindly and pleasant letters.
Dear Editor
:
I take your Great Round World and like it very much. I hope Greece will win in her war with Turkey, and Cuba in her war with Spain. General Weyler must be a very cruel man to kill the wounded Cuban soldiers who are in the hospitals. I hope the wars will soon stop and the countries be at peace. I enjoy your paper very much, it having many interesting accounts in it. I am very glad that the Czar of Russia is not going to make the exiles travel on foot any more to Siberia, and I think he must be a very nice ruler. Do you think the Cubans will win? I wish The Great Round World was published twice a week, as I like it so much. Did young Prince George of Greece marry that "Holy Child," as I think she is called?
Yours truly, Evansville, Md., May 12th, 1897. Nannie M.
Dear Nannie:
Thank you for your letter and kind words.
In regard to Prince George of Greece, our list of the reigning families of Europe for 1897 states that he is unmarried.
Editor.
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READERS
Appleton's Primer 5
" First 10
" Second 10
" Third 10
" Fourth 15
" Fifth 25
Baldwin's Classics 10
Barnes' First 10
" Second 10
" Third 15
" Fourth 20
" Fifth 25
Butler's First 5
" Second 10
" Third 15
Cyr's Primer 10
" First 10
" Second 10
" Third 15
Davis' First 5
" Second 10
" Third 15
Eggleston's Great Americans 15
Eng. Classics (Am. Bk. Co.) 10
Gilmour's Revised First 5
" " Second 10
" " Third 10
" " Fourth 20
Harper's New First 10
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
" " Fourth 20
" " Fifth 30
Hazen's First 10
" Second 10
" Third 15
" Fourth 20
" Fifth 25
" Child's First Book 10
Holmes' New First 5
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
" " Fourth 20
" " Fifth 20
Interstate First 10
" Second 10
" Third 15
King's First Book 20
" Second " 20
" Third " 20
" Fourth " 20
Lippincott's First 5
" Second 10
McGuffey's Revised Primer 5
" " First 5
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
" " Fourth 15
Monroe's New Primer 5
" " First 10
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
New Franklin Primer 5
" " First 10
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
" " Fourth 20
" " Fifth 25
New Graded First 5
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
Pollard's Revised Primer 5
" " First 8
" " Second 10
" " Third 15
Sheldon amp; Co.'s First 5
" Second 10
" Third 15
" Fourth 15
Stickney's New First 5
" " Second 10
" " Third 10
" " Fourth 15
" " Fifth 20
Swinton's Primer 10
" First 10
" Second 15
" Third 20
" Fourth 20
" Fifth 25
Thompson's 10
Union First 5
" Second 5
Watson's First 5
" Second 10
Werner's Primer 10
SPELLERS
Babcock's 5
Bailey's Scholar's Compan. 10
Farrell's Grammar School 10
Gilbert's School Studies5
Graves' (cloth cover) 10
Harrington's Complete 5
McGuffey's Revised 5
Monroe's 5
Morse's 10
New American Primary 5
" " Pronouncing 5
Patterson's Com. School 5
Reed's Word Lessons 10
Swinton's Word Primer 5
" " Book 5
Town's Word Analysis 10
Watson's Complete 5
HISTORIES
Allen's Rome 35
Anderson's New General 45
" " Gram. Sch. (N.Y. ed.) 25
" Eng. (1895 or later) 35
Barnes' Primary U.S. 15
" Brief (after 1890) 35
" General 60
Eggleston's First Book 20
" Large U.S. 35
Fiske's 35
Gardiner's England 35
Greene's Short Hist. of Eng. 40
Hansell's History 20
Hendrick's Empire State 15
Higginson's (after 1895) 30
" England 30
Johnston's Shorter U.S. 20
" Larger " 35
Montgomery's Begins. U.S. 20
" Large " 35
" France 35
" England 35
Mowry's U.S. 30
Myer's Greece 35
" Rome 35
Myer's Medieval 50
" General 50
" Ancient 50
Parley's Universal (718 pp.) 25
Ploetz' Epitome 40
Pratt's History Stories 10
Sheldon's Amer. History 30
"General " 40
Swinton's Outlines " 40
" N. School " 30
Thomas' United States 30
ARITHMETICS
Atwood's, Part 1 10
" " 2 15
Bailey's Mental 10
Barnes' National 20
Bradbury's Practical (with Answers) 20
Brooks' New Series 15
Butler's, Part 1 5
" New Practical 20
Davies' Written 10
" New Practical 20
" University 25
Fish's, Part 1 (Am. B'k. Co.) 10
" " 2 " " 20
Franklin, Part 1 15
" " 2 25
Greenleaf's Common School 15
" Complete (with Answers) 20
Milnes' Elementary 15
" Standard 25
Prince's, Parts, each 10
" Practical 25
Ray's New Primary 5
" " Elementary 10
" " Practical 20
" " Higher 25
Robinson's Rudiments 15
" Practical 20
" Higher 25
Sanford's Primary 10
" Common School 20
" Higher 25
Sheldon's Elementary 10
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