moving rapidly; reeling, staggering, walking unsteadily; welkin, the sky; dome, the vault of heaven.

TO THE TEACHER:

Note that I should like is used frequently in this series of readers. This is done to help correct a very common error, the use of I would like. I would like is never right. A little reflection will show why. The same remarks apply to these interrogatives of like: should you like is correct; would you like is incorrect. Review pp. 419–424.

FOURTH DAY

Next morning everybody was up bright and early, for there was much to see and little time to see it in, before the steamer sailed in the afternoon for Boston.

So busy sightseeing was every one, that there was but little conversation until after they had reached the steamer.

As soon as they went on board, their things were put into their staterooms, and then the six went to the upper deck where they might see, as well as talk.

At exactly five o'clock, the steamer on which they had engaged their passage moved out of the dock. In a few minutes she had passed the Battery and was making her way very rapidly up the East River.

"How far is it to Boston, Uncle Jack?" asked May.

"Three hundred and thirty-seven miles," was the reply.

SHE

WAS MAKING HER WAY UP THE EAST RIVER

"Oh, that's very far, isn't it? How many days will it take us to get there?" asked May.

"We should be there about eight-thirty to-morrow morning," said Uncle Jack with a meaning smile.

"Oh, that isn't very long," said May, laughing at her mistake.

"By the way, children," said Mother at this point, "I have heard nothing yet about your visit to the Metropolitan Museum, this morning. What pictures did you see, and which did you like best? Let May speak first."

"I liked the Franz Hals very much, Mother," said May, "and the Rembrandts.”

"And you, Belle?"

"I enjoyed most of all looking at the paintings of de Hooch and Vermeer van Delft, Mother."

"And Ben, what about you?"

"There were several Landseers. I like Landseer, - and Rembrandt, too."

"You show good taste, children. In a day or two, you will have a chance to look at the pictures in the Boston Museum."

"We shall enjoy that too, Mother," said Ben.

"But look!" continued Ben, pointing to the shore on the left. "There is another engine going to a fire. If you look through the glasses you can see it better. I can see a large dog running in front of the engine, too," he added, handing the glasses to Belle.

"Oh, where? where?" cried both girls together. "Over there, over there!" replied Ben excitedly, shaking his right forefinger energetically towards the shore.

"Oh, yes, I see," said Belle, handing the glasses to May. "Does every engine own a dog, Uncle Jack?"

"Most of them do, I think," replied he. "Should you like to hear a true story about an engine dog? One told by himself, I mean."

"I should like it very much," replied May.