They are very enjoyable, and as I am just in the interesting part of school, they help me very much. Perhaps you would like to know where Maywood is. It is a suburb of Chicago. A very pretty place, and so much nicer than living in the city, because here we have fresh air and green grass. Would you not rather live in the country? We have a park here which is kept in order by the town authorities. This winter they have flooded it, and made a very nice skating pond, which is free to all. So after school hours we boys and girls have a bonny time. Hoping to receive an answer, I remain, Yours affectionately, HELEN Z.C. P.S.--These "Sylvia's Caramels" you speak of in No. 3 are what we call "Fudges." They are _very_ nice. We make them often. MAYWOOD, ILL., Jan. 25th, 1897. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GREAT ROUND WORLD: I am an enthusiastic reader of your most interesting little paper, and would like you to send me a "Who? When? and What?" chart. I am up in the mountains for the winter, and there is fine skating and tobogganing here, and I have also a fine big snow house. We belong to the "Pontiac Club," and can therefore skate whenever we want. Wishing your paper much success. I remain Your fond reader, SEYMOUR U.P. SARANAC LAKE, N.Y., Jan. 22d, 1897. In reply to questions from Miss Lena Penn: George du Maurier died in London, October 8, 1896, of heart disease. There is a statue of Hans Christian Andersen in the market-place of Copenhagen. He was the author of the famous Fairy Tales which have given so much pleasure to so many millions of children. If there are any statistics of the population of the earth since Adam, we are unaware of them. The population of the earth, estimated in 1891, was 1,487,900,000. At the death of the Emperor Augustus, the population of the earth was estimated at 54,000,000. DEAR MR. EDITOR: My father receives your little paper, THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, every week. I like it real well, and all the rest of the people and children I have let take one of the copies liked it so well I let them take more copies. I think it a very nice little paper, and wish you success. I send you the following extract, taken from "Wit and Wisdom," showing that the X-rays are not a recent discovery altogether. THOMAS C. SCOTT. BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Jan. 25th., 1897.