The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsVarious
History
The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
Various
History, Modern -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature -- Periodicals
"The American Boy's Book of Sport," published by Charles Scribner's Sons,
and mentioned in No. 21 of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, will tell you
how to make kites of all kinds. We cannot promise that you will find
Lieutenant Wise's kite there, because we think he has kept the manner of
making his kite a secret, and will do so until he has quite finished his
experiments with it.
THE EDITOR.
DEAR MR. EDITOR:
I take THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, and like it very much. In
your last number you spoke of "Singing Mice." Can you tell me,
where can they be got? If they can be bought, where and how
much?
Yours truly,
WILLIE T.H.
DEAR WILLIE:
Singing mice are very rare; but we have been to the store where we get our
lizards, and tadpoles, and goldfish, and the man who keeps it has promised
to see if he can hear of one. If he is fortunate enough to find such a
mouse he is to let us know, and if you send us your address we will tell
you how much he wants for it, and where you can see it.
EDITOR.
DEAR EDITOR:
A number of us girls have formed a society named The Daffodil
Reading Circle, of which I am the president. We meet at the
different girls' houses every week. I subscribe for THE
GREAT ROUND WORLD. It is one of the principal things we
read, and we all enjoy it very much. We were very much
interested in the article about the cuttlefish or octopus found
on the coast of Florida, in Number 16. I am surprised to hear
to-day that it has been examined by some scientific men, who say
that it is not an octopus at all, but only the head of a
deformed whale. I am very anxious to hear what the truth is
about it.
Your interested reader,
FLORENCE C.R.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 20, 1897.
DEAR FLORENCE:
We have written to the Smithsonian Institution about the cuttlefish. The
reply has not reached us in time for this number, but next week we hope to
be able to tell you what the scientific men have decided about it. That
the monster found was the head of a whale was only the opinion of some of
the gentlemen who examined it. We believe that no absolute decision was
arrived at.
THE EDITOR.
We were very much pleased to get an account of a gold mine published in a
recent number, for we want our boys and girls to write letters describing
the different industries of the United States. A number of New York boys a
few days since went to Waterbury, Conn., and visited various factories; we
publish two of their letters, and hope that we may receive similar letters
from boys and girls in different parts of the country. In almost every
town there is something which can be written about.
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