N^OTE. 



To the editors and publishers of the va- 

 rious periodicals in which the articles com- 

 prising this volume were iirst published, the 

 author would desire to make grateful acknowl- 

 edgment for the privilege of reprinting them 

 in more permanent form. Most of them first 

 appeared in wide-awake young people's papers, 

 while several were published in journals for 

 older readers, among which may be mentioned 

 The Evening Post, New York, The Living 

 Church, Chicago, and The Ohio Educational 

 Journal, Columbus, Ohio. 



