a single country.

I have decided what country I would most like to visit.
It is "fair Normandy," the scene of the most romantic
events of both English and French history.

I would go from Boston to London; from London to Dieppe;
and then I would make partly on foot a zigzag journey to
the places indicated on the enclosed map of Normandy,
and such others, including Paris, as you may suggest.

The old towns on the coast of Normandy are especially
beautiful in summer, with their cool harbors, fine
landscapes, and historic ruins. I am told that they are
favorite places of resort of both the English and French
people, and that they give one delightful insights of
the best social life.

In this journey, we would have views of London and
Paris, and would be able to study that part of France
whose history is associated with old English wars, and
that is most famous in romance and song.

I make the suggestion at your own request. You are the
better judge in the whole matter, and it will give my
father pleasure to adopt any plan for me you may think
advisable.

I thank you again for the invitation, and father wishes
me to express to you his sense of your kindness.

I wish you a most pleasant vacation, and am

Affectionately yours,

Frank Gray.

"Fan me with a feather!" Tom Toby used sometimes to say after reading
one of Frank's letters; and we are not sure but this careful note
would have tempted a light remark, had he ever seen it.

[Illustration: NORMAN FISHER-GIRL.]

Soon after Frank's note, came a note from the Wynns:--

Concord, Mass., March 22.

Dear Teacher:

Father thinks so favorably of your kind invitation that
we venture to express our preference for a route of
travel.

It is a very simple one. We would go from Boston to
Liverpool, and walk from Liverpool to London, _en
zigzag_.

This would take us through the heart of England, and
enable us to visit such historic places as Boscobel,
where Charles II. was concealed after the battle of
Worcester, old Nottingham, Kenilworth, Oxford, and
Godstowe Nunnery, Stratford-on-Avon, White Horse Hill,
and a great number of old English villages and ruins.

Or we would go to Glasgow, thence to Edinburgh, and then
make short journeys towards London,