I read with the greatest pleasure THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, and
think, if I may express myself so, that it tells all that is
going on in a nutshell.

We subscribe for your little magazine in our class, and we all
take turns reading it.

I wish you would inform me the difference between the government
of Russia and that of Turkey.

Very truly yours,
ROBERTSON P.
NEW YORK, May 7th, 1897.


DEAR ROBERTSON:

Russia is an absolute monarchy, which means a government in which the will
of the monarch is positive law.

Turkey is a theocratic absolute monarchy, which means something stronger
yet than an absolute monarchy. The Sultan of Turkey is considered the
successor to the Prophet Mohammed, and therefore he is not only the
political but also the religious head of his people.

EDITOR.


DEAR EDITOR: