St Nicholas [serial] . to Hampton Court Palace onesummer day, Oliver Cromwell. Protector ofCommonwealth of England. He, too, was attenlby a faithful dog. He slept in the old royal aplmerit, and his dog kept guard at the door,awoke one morning, but his dog did not comJ THE GREYHOUND S WARNING. I9I m. He arose and found that the trusty animalis dead. ? Oliver Cromwell was a stern man, but, like mosten of that day, he was superstitious. He believed signs and omens and witchcraft, and he had:ard of the withered gypsys was shaken in health, and the sight of the:ad dog awakened his nervo
St Nicholas [serial] . to Hampton Court Palace onesummer day, Oliver Cromwell. Protector ofCommonwealth of England. He, too, was attenlby a faithful dog. He slept in the old royal aplmerit, and his dog kept guard at the door,awoke one morning, but his dog did not comJ THE GREYHOUND S WARNING. I9I m. He arose and found that the trusty animalis dead. ? Oliver Cromwell was a stern man, but, like mosten of that day, he was superstitious. He believed signs and omens and witchcraft, and he had:ard of the withered gypsys was shaken in health, and the sight of the:ad dog awakened his nervous fears. Alas ! said, the kingdom has departed. Cromwell soon died, and. as all our school-children know, Charles II., son of the first Charles,came back to the throne, amid great rejoicingsand celebrations. And this is the old story—a curious mingling oftrue history and superstition—that was told overand over again in the Christmas-tide to open-mouthed groups around Maryland firesides in theold Colonial HAPPY YEAR 192 GREAT-GRANDFATHER S BOORS AND PICTURES. [January GREAT-GRANDFATHERS BOOKS AND PICTURES. By II. E. Scudder. I HAVE just been looking at an Book of Mother Hubbard and her Dog,which is the first book in my little girls library. Iam afraid it will not last many days more, in spiteof its name, and it is very certain that her great-grandchildren will never see it, though I hope theywill see one like it; at least I hope they will carefor Mother Hubbard and her Dog, and I am prettysure they will. There are books read by childrento-day which their great-grandfathers were readinga hundred years ago ; and there is one little booknot so much read by children now, which was notonly well known to their great-grandfathers but tothe great-grandfathers of their great-grandfathers ;that is, to such as were born and bred in New Eng-land or of New England parents. It is The NewEngland Primer, a little book not much largerthana babys hand, whi
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