water.

When it was safely dead, he began to search through his encyclopedia to
see what kind of a "beastie" he had caught. But the encyclopedia, as
studied by the good man, did not seem to be any wiser than he, and he
finally wrote a note to the newspaper for information.

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It is a great pity he did not keep the mouse until he had looked the
matter up, for chance had sent him a very gentle and charming little pet.

His singing mouse was a deer or white-foot mouse. This mouse is found all
over the United States, and while several other kinds are known to sing,
the deer-mouse is the sweetest of the singers.

These mice can be very easily tamed, and live happily in cages, like
dormice.

In "Nature's Wonderland" an interesting story is told of a deer-mouse
which was a famous singer.

It was owned by Dr. Lockwood, who was so pleased with its songs, that he
set them to music, and gave them names.

He noticed that his mouse had certain songs for certain occasions. When
she had awakened from a long sleep, and had taken some nice food, she
would sing her great aria, which he called the "Grand Role."

When she jumped into her wheel for a spin, she had another kind of song,
which he called the "Wheel Song."

She had another song that she used for state occasions, and this was so
silvery and sweet, that those who heard it declared that no canary could
imitate it.

It is a pity that such a pretty and curious kind of creature should have
been killed through ignorance.

GENIE H. ROSENFELD.

We have another true story of a singing mouse, which will be
published in "THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Animal Story-Book."--EDITOR.

Letters From Our Young Friends.

DEAR MR. EDITOR:

I take THE GREAT ROUND WORLD and like it very much. I am
interested to know what has become of Robinson Crusoe's Island,
as I have not seen anything about it lately. I hope there will
be something about it soon.

Yours truly,
NEW YORK, Feb. 19th, 1897. FREDERICK D.

P.S.--We have a club every Saturday morning, and we read THE
GREAT ROUND WORLD.

DEAR FREDERICK:

We have had no further news about Crusoe's Island. Rest assured that we
will tell our young friends when anything more is heard of or from the
island of Juan Fernandez. THE EDITOR.

DEAR MR. EDITOR: