The Child

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 820, 19 February 1903, Page 1

The Child

Is there a child in your house V And does he ask questions ? Wise parents en*» courage a child’s enquiries, but the answering is sometimes tiresome. Much has been said and written about the “ question habit ”in children. We have a suggestion to go hand in hand with that theory. After the question habit has been encouraged, teach your child the “ Century Habit,” which answers his every question—answers it clearly—so clearly that even a child can understand it for himself, with little if any explanation from you—answers it more accurately—if you will pardon us—than you could do yourself in most cases, and more quickly. . There is scarcely a story book a boy or girl can pick up that they will not enjoy douoly if they have a set of “ The Cenk&.nd, it tells about all the places, all the countries, all the people and all the things they love to read and hear about; not one of their lessons that they can’t learn quicker and easier if they have the privilege of consulting this master teacher. Of invaluable use to them in their grammar, marvellous help in their arithmetic, and the best of all geographies, with its hundreds of maps that are histories and story-books in themselves,

\\e have hinted at the pictures in “ The Century.'' There are eight thousand of them, drawn and engraved by wellknown artists—the same who make the pages of " The Century Magazine ” stand for all that is best in modern art. All are told of in a way as readily understood by the young folks as by the “ grownup, for “ The Ceutury " is for every member of the family.