LETTERS FROM OUR FRIENDS.

From Monterey, Cal., come the two following letters about books: 

    Dear editor: 

I thought that I should take much pleasure in writing to the
great round world.

I have been reading your magazines for several months, and I
greatly enjoy them.

Among the books that I like to read are those of the Stories of
the Ancient Greeks, but for current events I greatly prefer
the great round world.

                                    Ever your reader,
                                        Rosa B.
    Monterey, Cal.

Dear editor: 

I enjoy reading the great round world very much.  I
think it is very interesting, as well as instructive.

One of the books I like best is Kipling’s “Jungle Book.”  I think
all of the readers of the great round world would
enjoy it also.

    I will close now, wishing great success to the great round
    world.  Marion C.

    Monterey, Cal., April 7th, 1897.

We are very much obliged to our kind young readers.

Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book,” of which there are two volumes—­“The First Jungle Book” and “The Second Jungle Book”—­is a very delightful series of stories of Indian life, and those of our readers who have not yet read them have a great treat in store.

“The First Jungle Book” is perhaps the better of the two, and the tale of the little Mongoose Rikki Tikki is so delightful that you can read it again and again with pleasure.

Dear editor: 

I like the great round world.  Mrs. Mills, my teacher, reads something out of it every morning that she has time.  Will you please answer a few questions?  Can the prisoners in Sing Sing prison talk together?  If not, why not?  Can they, after doing their day’s work, do work for themselves and keep the money?  Yours truly,

         &nb
sp;                                  CarlC.
    Cheyenne, Wyo., April 5th, 1897.

MY DEAR CARL: 

The prisoners in Sing Sing are not allowed to talk together.  This is part of their punishment.  Prisoners cannot do work for themselves and keep the money.  They used to have certain tasks given to them every day, and when these were done they went back to their cells.  Under the present law they stay in their cells all the time, except for a certain period of exercise, when they go round and round the prison yard.  Editor.

ANCIENT GREECE.