so many of the histories prepared for them. Mrs.
Parmele very truly remarks that the child, bewildered in a labyrinth of
unfamiliar names and events, fails to grasp the main lines and soon
dislikes history, simply because he has been studying, not with a thinking
mind, but with one overtaxed faculty, memory, intended to be the humble
handmaid of the higher faculties. In the work under consideration, she
begins with the first voyage of Columbus and brings us down to the
principal events of 1893; she is sparing of details, and has merely
skeletonized her theme, adding sufficient of incident, to avoid dryness.
It seems a meritorious and well-prepared work, and a chronological table
adds to its value.--_The Detroit Free Press._

=WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON=
=3 and 5 West 18th St.--44 East 49th St.=
=NEW YORK CITY=

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THE INAUGURATION.

We have a new President.

March 4th, William McKinley was duly inaugurated as Chief Officer of our
country.

For once the weather was perfect, and everybody was in the best of good
humor, and up early to see the sights. At about ten o'clock Major McKinley
was escorted from his hotel to the White House by a company of soldiers.

Here he was received by Mr. Cleveland, who up to the very last moment was
busy writing and attending to the final duties of his office.

The members of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet also came to pay their respects to
the President-elect. After the greetings were over, Mr. Cleveland and
Major McKinley walked out on the porch side by side, ready to make their
journey to the Capitol.

As they passed down the steps through the crowd that was waiting to see
them, every hat came off, and the spectators stood bareheaded as the two
most important men in the country passed before them.

The state carriage, drawn by four horses, was waiting for them; stepping
into it, they started on their trip to the Capitol.

The streets through which the carriage passed were thronged with people,
who cheered and yelled, some even dancing up and down in their excitement.

There was a trifling accident to the President's carriage in the course of
the journey, but it did not delay the procession much, and, except for the
excitement it caused, would hardly have been noticed.

One of the rear horses slipped and fell, and in his fall broke one of