First learn the story, then practice until you are able to go over the whole thing and speak the figures 1, 11, 5, etc. After you are thoroughly acquainted with the number values of the words you can allow the persons looking on to select any square on the board as the starting place. For instance, if square 32 should be selected you would know that the word MAN stands for 32, and so you would begin with MAN. The next move would be the next word, ROWING (47), and so on through the story. When you come to the end of the story you must go back to the beginning and work forward to the word MAN, so as to cover the entire board. To learn the Knight's tour is excellent training, and gives you an excellent method of entertaining your friends, as they will scarcely believe it possible that you can remember the 64 moves without error. The Story for the Knight's Tour The Tide is Low a Tall Man is Rowing. A Cheery 1 11 5 15 32 47 64 Lawyer Chose Lazy Mollie Reed. A Hinge By My Team. 54 60 50 35 41 26 9 3 13 A Key Near a Mop. A Slouchy Jane Roll a Mouse to a 7 24 39 56 62 45 30 Nice Meek Nun. Knave Move Not so Much Stop as a 20 37 22 28 38 21 36 19 Snail Does. Her Dear Foe Nome, Rose Slyly Shot Lead 25 10 4 14 8 23 40 55 61 51 Like Rainy Slop. A Lame Chum Arrive Mad as Dutch. 57 42 59 53 63 48 31 16 Joe Dine Now, Take More Ripe Rum. A Live Lion Rush 6 12 2 27 34 49 43 58 52 46 a Snob. Warrior Sneak Mama a Dove. 29 44 27 33 18 A Last Word "Memory is the foundation without which there can be no structure of knowledge." On the other hand, there can be a good foundation and very little structure. The story is told of a fool who was placed under the charge of a country clergyman. The young fellow would sit in church on the Sabbath and was able to remember almost every word of the sermon. He could tell afterwards, where every one sat, and what they wore, but he was good for very little of anything else. A reporter in the House of Commons could sit for hours without taking notes and write the full speeches for his paper, but he had very poor judgment and was an utter failure in life. Do not neglect the development of your memory, but do not go to the extreme, so that you neglect other factors of mentality and character. Strive always to gain a fully rounded education and development. Develop the Common Senses; make them keen, alert and useful, and you will not lack in Common Sense. Great buildings, great characters, great minds and great memories are not built in a day. But a few minutes a day of persistent effort will win. In the words of Michael Angelo: "Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle." TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: