which ls uow lying here on uiy writing'
table A trieiid of mine was at Hie
auction and made a higher hid for the
letter after noticing tbe _ftlBcM
gems that adorned your prose. Fie
brought it lo me |n order that I might
return lt to you IHstei fi of reaching the
public, whioh tiii.it get a bad Impres?
sion of the accomplishment 1 of mem?
bers of the French academy."
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A primary teacher was presenting io
her chiss selections from 'lie story of
Hiawatha preparatory to taking up the
"Hiawatha Trimer." 'Hie Btorj
prefaced by a few remarks in regard
to the poet and his love for children.
?a ing the lesson she asked:
"How many remember the mime ol
the poet who wrote this storyV
Cp went many li ,
"You may tell us. Sarah." added tlie
teacher, not'?ing the little one wildly
waving her lund in her Int
i respond.
"Mr. Lon.ho," si 11 the i' lld, Itt
evident pride. -Lippinoott's.
A Quaint Critic.
A noted woman teacher ?
before a class of Behool ?
literature. She hu! .pent a week writ
ing the speech. She read lt to tile lit
tie ones, ns she boped! wil i
bul the next div she heard tin
a boy ou being asked hy ids mot he
wh.t iud happened al the school rt
plied carelessly:
"uh. nothing much, except Hut
lady talked to herself on a piece 0
paper."
Just the Contrary.
