A school without books: . ful. I heard of a farmer once, who stood before a fine paintingof the Tivoli Falls, in Italy, brought from Europe. As a mereaccessory, in one corner of the painting was a group of cattle andpeasants about to ford the stream below the falls. He stood medita-tively before the scene, evidently impressed, and then remarked, as hepassed on, Thems the long-horned breed of cattle. That was allthe Tivoli Falls meant to him. Such people would probable preferthe chromos accompanying various patent medicines, and any littlegewgaws that had a bit of gilt and color, just as the In
A school without books: . ful. I heard of a farmer once, who stood before a fine paintingof the Tivoli Falls, in Italy, brought from Europe. As a mereaccessory, in one corner of the painting was a group of cattle andpeasants about to ford the stream below the falls. He stood medita-tively before the scene, evidently impressed, and then remarked, as hepassed on, Thems the long-horned breed of cattle. That was allthe Tivoli Falls meant to him. Such people would probable preferthe chromos accompanying various patent medicines, and any littlegewgaws that had a bit of gilt and color, just as the Indians likecalico and gilded beads. In fact there is altogether too much of thecalico and bright-bead style of decorating done by people who oughtto know better. Such decorating is worse than useless, as it wastestime and money, and has no influence for good on our lives. Soremember that ornamentation is true and beautiful as the purposebehind it is true and beautiful, and we can only appreciate it as weare true < H o EQ. az <; Of u a-Jo EO o a5 o Of XIII. MUSCOVITE, RHOMBIC SYSTEM. FORM STUDY —THE RHOMBUS. WHAT do you suppose she will have us do uext? remarked Todto Tad, as thev waited for the others to uo telling, said Tad. I cant imagine what wewill make out of that six-sided crjstal, can 3^ou ? No, I have nt the least bit of an idea about me. Some folksseem to be made of ideas ; I wish I was. It is a very easy matter if you studj everything you see, saidMiss Lovechild, coming in just then with the others. Now whowill tell me what this diamond is, embedded in this piece of quartz? I believe I know what that is, said Tod. Of course we do, said Tad, that s isinglass, and there is awhole rock of it near here. What is the other name for it ? inquired Miss Lovechild. Mica, said Guy. And who knows the other name for this form we call adiamond? — It is a rhombus, and belongs to the rhombic division ofthe mica family. Now what shall we make of it
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