. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. /if^^^^^l >wc^ LETTER FIFTH. THE TWO Dear Boys and Girls: SUPPOSE that the youngest of youknow what cemeteries are. Althoughthey are places where the dead areburied, they are yet quite often placeswhich it is very j^leasant to visit. It was iihappy thought when people began to realizehow much may be done to take awa}^ the gloomof even death by surrounding the homes of thedead with pleasant scenes, and to consider howmuch easier they may find it to feel reconciledto the loss of beloved ones, if, visiting themwhe
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. /if^^^^^l >wc^ LETTER FIFTH. THE TWO Dear Boys and Girls: SUPPOSE that the youngest of youknow what cemeteries are. Althoughthey are places where the dead areburied, they are yet quite often placeswhich it is very j^leasant to visit. It was iihappy thought when people began to realizehow much may be done to take awa}^ the gloomof even death by surrounding the homes of thedead with pleasant scenes, and to consider howmuch easier they may find it to feel reconciledto the loss of beloved ones, if, visiting themwhere they lie, they can see the green leavesshining over them, the smooth turf roofingtheir narrow house, and sweet flowers near. THE TWO CEMETERIES. 61 Such cemeteries, too, are interesting places tovisit for other reasons. I want to tell you oftwo, very widely apart, very unlike in manythings, but full of interest, which I have seen;one in London, the other at Rome. There are two names that you and I havelearned to love, one of them especially; twomen of whom we hear, perhaps, as often asof any other, save the Bibl
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