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GRAND DIVISION. 
murely, while his eyes sparkled with sup¬ 
pressed fun. Miss Winston continued:— 
“Now shall we go directly to the stories, 
or shall we have a little scientific classifica¬ 
tion first ?” 
“ Oh, let us have the classification first,” 
exclaimed Richard and Annie, together. 
“I say so too,” said Sidney. “When I 
have a piece of pie, I always want to eat the 
crust—which I don’t so much like—first. 
So let us have the hard names first, if you 
please, aunt.” 
“Well, then,” said Miss Winston, “you 
must know that the whole animal-kingdom 
—by which we mean all the living creatures 
in the world, of every sort and size—is 
divided into four great departments. These 
departments are Vertebrata, Articulata, 
Mollusks and Radiata. Can you remem¬ 
ber these four names ?” 
“I guess I can, if I know what they 
mean,” said Sidney. 
“I will give you a definition and an ex¬ 
ample of each, and then you may give me 
one, if you can. The first—vertebrated ani¬ 
mals—have a backbone and a bony skeleton. 
Can you give me an example of this class ?” 
