know one another by the token of their languages, their customs,
stories, songs, their sacred legends and laws.

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What family is this whose history we have briefly sketched? Is it a real
family, and a true history? Or is it just a "made-up" story, the fancy
of an idle moment? No: the history _is_ a true one, and it is the
history of a real family--the family to which we all belong, and the
name of which is--MANKIND.



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="The Great Round World" PRIZE CONTEST=

THE GREAT ROUND WORLD is now over six months old, and it feels some
anxiety to know just how much interest its readers have taken in the
news and how much information they have gained from its pages. To
ascertain this, it has been decided to offer ten prizes for the best
answers to the following:

=Name ten of the most important events that have been mentioned in
"The Great Round World" in the first 30 numbers, that is, up to
number of June 3d.=

_In mentioning these events give briefly reasons for considering
them important._