g character.
_Understood Betsy_ is a girl's story of warm sympathy and strong common
sense. _The Real Motive_ is a volume of short stories from which the
story, "A Thread Without a Knot," is taken. The stories in the volume
range in their settings from Paris to a middle western university town.
As the title suggests, they are studies in human motives.

Under her married name, Dorothea Canfield Fisher, she has written some
valuable educational works, as _The Montessori Mother_ and _Mothers and
Children_. During the World War, Mrs. Fisher spent her time in France
working for the relief of those made blind by the war. _Home Fires in
France_ and _The Day of Glory_ are truthful records of Mrs. Fisher's
impressions of life in that tragic, mutilated land.

A Thread without a Knot

114, 1. Doctor's dissertation. Before a student can obtain the highest
degree a university gives, the doctor's degree, he must write a
dissertation, that is, a formal and elaborate essay on some original
research work he has done. The degree Mr. Harrison was working for was
that of Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. D.

2. Archives. A place where public records and historical documents are
kept.

116, 1. Munich. A city in Germany where one of the largest and oldest
German universities is located.

2. Treaty of Utrecht. A treaty of peace in 1713 which concluded the war
of the Spanish succession, a war fought by most of the other countries
of Europe against the armies of France and Spain.

117, 1. Bibliotheque Nationale. The national library at Paris.

125, 1. Versailles. A city about twelve miles from Paris, noted for the
beautiful chateau, or palace, and gardens of Louis XIV. The palace is
now used as a historical museum and art gallery. It was in the famous
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles that the treaty between Germany and the
Allies was signed at the end of the World War.

The formal gardens and the fountains are among the famous sights of
Paris. In the garden stands the Trianon, sometimes called the Grand
Trianon, a villa built by Louis XIV for one of his favorites. Near it
is the Petit Trianon, or little Trianon, the favorite resort of Marie
Antoinette, the unfortunate and beautiful queen of France who was
executed during the French Revolution. Here she and her
ladies-in-waiting used to play at being shepherdesses and milkmaids.

2. Tram line. A street railway or trolley line.

129, 1. Fontainebleau. A town of northern France, situated in