. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER THIRTEENTH. the story of a castle. Dear Boys and Girls: OME time ago I told you the story ofa king. Would you like to read,now, • the story of a castle ? Please,then, to take your maps and find nearthe southern coast of England the Isle of yourselves, next, just about in the mid-dle of this beautiful island, and that you haveclimbed the high hill vvdiich you saw rising fromthe midst of a lovely valley as you rode over fromRyde yonder, opposite Portsmouth, with AuntEsther and me. You have not only climbed t
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER THIRTEENTH. the story of a castle. Dear Boys and Girls: OME time ago I told you the story ofa king. Would you like to read,now, • the story of a castle ? Please,then, to take your maps and find nearthe southern coast of England the Isle of yourselves, next, just about in the mid-dle of this beautiful island, and that you haveclimbed the high hill vvdiich you saw rising fromthe midst of a lovely valley as you rode over fromRyde yonder, opposite Portsmouth, with AuntEsther and me. You have not only climbed thehill, but have now clambered also to the topof a gray old wall, very high and very ancient,from which you are looking out upon one of themost charming landscapes, I will venture to say, THE STORT OF A CASTLE. 14I you ever saw. It is not grand, like some of ourAmerican ones, except in the wide sweep ofcountry which the eye takes in, and which, toyour right and left, as you stand looking north-ward, reaches from sea to sea. Just at your feetis a small village,
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