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gave so bright a smile that I saw he knew; none of 

 the others could tell ; he said they were ferns, like 

 what I showed them last week, but he thought they 

 were chiselled on the stone. Their surprise and 

 pleasure were great when I explained the matter to 

 them. 



" The history of Joseph : they all found a difficulty 

 in realising that this had actually occurred. One 

 asked if Egypt existed now, and if people lived in it. 

 When I told them that buildings now stood which 

 had been erected about the time of Joseph, one said 

 that it was impossible, as they must have fallen down 

 ere this. I showed them the form of a pyramid, and 

 they were satisfied. One asked if all books were 

 true. 



" The story of Macbeth impressed them much. 

 They knew the name of Shakespeare, having seen his 

 name over a public house." 



Miss Cobbe, too, tells of a boy who defined 

 conscience as " a thing a gentleman hasn't got, who, 

 when a boy finds his purse and gives it back to him, 

 doesn't give the boy sixpence." 



Another boy who, sharing in a Sunday evening 

 lecture on " Thankfulness," and being asked what 

 pleasure he enjoyed most in the course of the year, 

 replied candidly, " Cock-fightin', ma'am ; there's a pit 

 up by the ' Black Boy ' as is worth anythink in 

 Brissel." 



Girls will perhaps be sorry to hear that Miss 



