Our immense length of seaboard and the proximity of the Gulf Stream are
also agents for engendering our variable climate.

Trees protect moisture from rapid evaporation, and a wooded country is a
blessing to its inhabitants, defending their dwellings from wind in
mountainous districts.

The denudation of the forests tends to destroy the moisture of the
atmosphere, but has little effect on the sudden transitions from heat to
cold.

EDITOR.


MR. WILLIAM B. HARISON.

DEAR SIR:--Thank you very much for the box-kite. It arrived
the day before yesterday, and works admirably.

Truly yours,
ELEANOR H.


DEAR ELEANOR:

We are glad you like the kite, and that it flies well.

We witnessed a very funny attempt to fly one of our kites lately. It
took the small owner of the kite, his mamma, papa, and two friends to