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PROMISED to tell you something about the history of your country from 1888 to the present day. To do this in an exhaustive manner would take a lifetime, so you must be content with the merest sketch, giving but a few of the leading events that have taken place.

"When you have lived long enough with us to learn to read and speak our language I shall place all our records of history at your disposal. If your tastes lead you in that direction you can for yourself investigate them, and by personal study make yourself familiar with all that has taken place. All men and women of the higher classes of the present day must be familiar with the history of their country, if they wish to be respected. I hope, therefore, that you will in due time be able to carry this investigation out, thus gaining for yourself a knowledge that will place you on an