DEAR EDITOR:--I am very much pleased with your book,
THE GREAT ROUND WORLD. My father wrote you to-day. I am
very much interested in it.

I want to ask you a few questions.

Can you tell me where you get your news? I see you say that
Maceo was shot, after all. Do you think United States will
declare war with Spain? Could you send me a copy of THE
GREAT ROUND WORLD about the time the news of Maceo's death
was first heard of, if you have a spare one?

I must close now. Please direct the letter to

NORTH ADAMS, MASS. FRED S. HALL.

DEAR EDITOR:--Our teacher has been receiving all of
THE GREAT ROUND WORLD papers, and she reads to us every
morning.

We like the paper ever so much, and have learned a great deal
about both the Cuban war and our government. She also read us
the little note you had printed in the back, saying you would
answer (and be glad to) any question we might ask.

We pupils do not understand about the new platform at the end of
Brooklyn Bridge, and I am going to ask a few questions. Will the
platform carry you down as well as up? How many will it carry?
About how large is it? Is there more than one? If so, please