The Child.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 821, 20 February 1903, Page 1

The Child.

is there a child in your house ? And does he ask questions ? Wise parents en courage a child’s enquiries, fi' 1 * the an" swering is sometimes Much has been said and writtea about the asuefest“ hab ’" , ' ,in children ■ have a sug o est o n to go hand in hand with that tlieory. 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. lhere is scarcely a story book a boy or girl can pick up that they will not enjoy doubly if they have a set of “ The Century at hand, for 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.

We have hinted at the pictures in “ The Century.” There are eight thousand of them, drawn and engraved by wellliDown 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 Century ” is for every member of the family.