elves when in search of information; every convenience and assistance
will be rendered them.

Reading Charts, miscellaneous Reference Charts, Maps, Globes, Blackboards,
and School Supplies at net prices singly or in quantity.

All books removed from old store (more or less damaged by removal) will be
closed out at low prices.

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_Mail orders promptly attended to_
_All books, etc., subject to approval_

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=William Beverley Hanson, 3 & 5 West 18th Street=
=FORMERLY 59 FIFTH AVENUE=

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FOR SALE

=10,000 STANDARD SCHOOL-BOOKS=

MORE OR LESS DAMAGED;

At from 20 to 60 per cent. less than wholesale price...

=2,000 COMPOSITION BOOKS= (retail price, 5 to 25 cents) =at 2 to 10 cents
each=.

=500 MAPS at half price or less=.

GOODS removed from Old Store, 59 Fifth Avenue;

Now at

NEW ADDRESS, 5 West 18th St.

Mail orders promptly attended to.

All books and material subject to approval.

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[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND
WORLD
And WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]

VOL. 1 MARCH 25, 1897. NO. 20

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A Committee has been appointed by the English Parliament to inquire about
the raid made by Dr. Jameson into the Transvaal in December, 1895.

All London is deeply interested in this matter, so much so that a number
of the great English peers are present at the meetings, even the Prince of
Wales having attended several of them.

These meetings are held in Westminster Hall, which is one of the most
interesting buildings in London.

It was begun by King William Rufus, about 1090, and was used by the early
English Kings as a banqueting hall.

All the Kings and Queens of England until the time of George IV. were
crowned in Westminster Hall, and in this same building Charles I. was
condemned to death, and Oliver Cromwell was declared Protector of England,
and here the first Parliaments sat.

Westminster Hall after a while became part of the King's palace of
Westminster, where the famous Henry VIII. lived. This palace was destroyed
by fire except the grand old Hall, which was left standing alone until
the new Houses of Parliament were built on the ground where the palace had
once stood, and the Hall became a part of the Houses of Parliament.

This grand old building with its wonderful arched roof