Markham thanks Meserole for sending "The Decay of Capitalistic Civilization" by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Markham goes on to talk about how Jesus is the only man who can save civilization from decay.
Abbott writes to Markham about Clara von Ende Liebmann and her creation of a School of Music in New York's East Side. Abbott describes the lessons, the cost and the pupils at the school. Abbott explains Liebmann's family history as well. Abbott...
School children; Classrooms; Teachers; Desks; Windows; Books; Hats;
A drawing of Ichabod Crane as schoolmaster and his students; with the accompanying words, "Or peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the path of learning"
