"Please read them." "I will, son," replied the captain, "though I think you are hardly old enough to fully understand them.

This"-- pointing it out--"was written by Macaulay, of whom you will learn more when you are older: 'Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing-press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done the most for civilization.' This other is by Lord Bacon: 'There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.' Those words are put upon this building because in it are shown the different modes of travel in different countries--on the sea also--at different times." They stood for some little time longer examining into the details of that wondrously beautiful doorway, noticing the splendor of the arches and pylon, the stairway on each side, the roof of the pavilion and all the other beauties.
"It is very beautiful, and a great satisfaction to have seen it," remarked Mr.Dinsmore at length, "but perhaps it would be as well for us to go on into the inside of the building now, reserving further examination of this golden doorway for some future time." With that he passed in, the others following.
Many of the exhibits there were more interesting to the older members of the party, especially the gentlemen, than to the ladies and younger people; locomotives and trains of cars such as were in use at different periods of time, showing the vast improvement in their construction since steam was first put to that use, models of vessels teaching the same lesson in regard to increased convenience and comfort of travel upon the water.
"Oh, there is the _Victoria_--that grandest of battleships, sunk only the other day in collision with her sister ship, the _Camperdown_!" exclaimed Herbert.

"See what a crowd of men and women are gazing upon it!" "Oh, yes," said Rosie, "I remember reading a description of it in the papers.

One of England's finest battleships, was she not ?" "Yes," said Captain Raymond, drawing near and examining the model with interest; "she was a grand vessel, the pride of the British navy.

I should like to have seen her and am glad to have the opportunity to examine even a model.