A. Z.—­The part of a whole made by two-thirds of three-fourths is one-half.  Such books as those you name are not so appropriate for young girls as very desirable, instructive, as well as interesting books, although a girl of twenty-one might read one of such a kind once in a way.  There is an article by Dr. Green in the last two numbers of the Leisure Hour (published by the Religious Tract Society, 56, Paternoster-row, London, E.C.), those for April and May, in which such books as you require are recommended—­history, biography, travels, archaeology, geology, astronomy; Shakespeare, Milton, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Longfellow, Tennyson, etc.  Such books should occupy all your leisure for reading, besides the study of household economy, nursing, cookery, needlework, and cutting out.  The first five years after leaving the school-room should be devoted to such studies as these, not wasted on the class of literature you specify.

G. H. T.—­Yes, there is a Kindergarten College and Practising School established by the British and Foreign School Society.  It is at 21, Stockwell-road, S.W., and it is directed by the Misses Crombie.  There are ten such schools in London and eight in the provinces.  Write for papers, and all information will be supplied you direct from that or any of the other schools.  Had you given your address we could have given that which is the nearest to you.  We think your age would be suitable.  The answer you receive as to terms may decide you as to the way in which your L20 may be required.  Perhaps if you annoyed your cousin she would not allow you to return home to sleep.  Whether you could do so as well as board at the college we could not say.  “Look well before you leap.”

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SHELTIE.—­To ornament ginger jars, or any kind of earthenware, without knowing how to draw or paint, first size it with ordinary glue-size, melted over the fire; then cut bright scraps of chintz, or gaily-painted cottons, into diamonds, squares, half-circles, triangles, etc., and paste them to the jars, carefully covering every part of the jar with the scraps laid closely together, but without making any set design.  Let the paste dry; then size the jar, and varnish with white hard varnish.

FLEUR DES ALPES.—­We fear there are no chances of a sale in London, as the market for screen and fan painting is already so full.  Besides, you should take such work personally to shops and obtain trade orders.  Would it not be wiser and more easy to dispose of them at Geneva, which is within your reach?  Accept our best wishes.

WOULD-BE PHOTOGRAPHER.—­The reason that the object to be taken appears upside down in the camera is this.  Light travels in straight lines, and rays coming through little crevices (such as are used in cameras), cross each other, and become inverted.

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