The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-11

lie. but history bothered her. as may be seen by weeks entries in her diary:
 Tuesday, 1lth. 17s7-Miss Sally did not keep school. helped Aunt Lewis almost every day this week back. Wednesday. 12th. Attended school. wrote my Journal. We now began the second punic war.
 Thursday, 18th. do not reeollect any Of the history read to-day only that Hannibal died. Friday. 14th. Attended school. We did not read history to-day; expected to dance this evening. but was disappoint- ed in my expectations.
 Saturday, 18th. Attended school, read in history, but I don't know anything what we read. don't know as I ever shall again.
 Sunday, 16th. Attended meeting all l day. but do not recoIlect the text; read in the children's Friend.
 Monday, 17th. In the forenoon told His tory. P. NJ. Read history. The Car thagenians now preparing for war; the women cut off their hair to make ropes of.
 1 Lucy Sheldon, half-sister of Charlotte, attended the same school in 1901 and had much less trouble with her history. She, too, seems to have been something of a monster of learning" for at the age of thirteen she writes in her diary:
 Saturday, 2d. Painted and heard Miss Pierce tell our faults; she said she had seen no fault in me except holding my arms stiff which made me appear awk- ward, and which I shall certainly en- deavor to correct. She also read a ser mon from Blair, particularly addressed to young people. which recommended the necessity of being pious and indus trious. In the evening read in Mary ! Wolstoncraft's travels. this is a very
 entertaining book, but even here can see through some of our principals.
 Lucy kept a commonplace book. in which we find selections from Moore, Pope, Shakespeare, Curran, Mrs Opie and others, original verses by John 1 Pierpont, advice from Judge Tapping Reeve, and such conundrums as these:
 Why is a schoolmaster like Orpheus? Because he strikes the trembling liar"
 What color is the mind, what color is the storm? The wind blew and the storm rose.''
 By 1911 the school had risen to the higher instruction which Miss Pierce always had in mind. Careful instrue- tion in geography was given, and Miss Pierce taught history from a compendi- um of her own which was published at New Haven by Joseph Barber and which went through four editions. Miss Pierce also wrote plays and dialogues which were presented by her pupils. Discipline was what would be thought rigid now Rising with or before the
 sun was one of them, and every pupil l was asked a long list of questions once l a week as to her fa1lts, including,
 Have you wasted paper, quills or any l other articles? Have you combed your hair with a fine tooth comb and cleaned 1 your teeth every morning? Have you eaten any green fruit during the week?'' Fortunate indeed the pupil who could 1 answer all the questions properly and receive ''extra credits" therefor
 It Is not alone to the descendants of the pupils of this Litchffeld Female Academy that this volume will be of in- terest. Herein are genealogical and his
 torical data which will be found of value
 to any student of American history and education. The handsomely printed and well-bound volume is a noteworthy
 contribution to Americans, a contrbu- tion to be appreciated more and more 1 as the years go by, and we seek out the
 facts of history from the fountain-head
 as we find it in the letters and diaries
 of those who make substantial part of
 our national lisc.