10 KIT CURIOUS. share of the knowledge he has obtained has been picked up, here and there, as a bird picks up seeds in a meadow that has been recently mowed. Kit Curious has always been a very great reader, though, and he strives to store away what he reads in his memory- box. The secret of his popularity with the little folks is twofold: first, he gener- ally knows what to talk about, and, secondly, he knows how to do it. He is tolerably at home in history. Ask him the date of any particular event of importance, and he can cenerally