| Vol. II.—No. 102. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, October 11, 1881. | Copyright, 1881, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per year, in Advance. |
NEWTON'S CHILDHOOD.
Sir Isaac Newton is the greatest of modern philosophers and mechanics.When he was born, December 25, 1642, three months after his father'sdeath, he was so small and feeble that no one supposed he would live aday; but the weak infant grew to be a healthy, robust man, who liveduntil he was eighty-four years old. He began to invent or contrivemachines and to show his taste for mechanics in early childhood. Heinherited some property from his father, and his mother, who had marrieda second time, sent him to the best schools, and to the University ofCambridge. At school he soon showed his natural taste; he amused himselfwith little saws, hatchets, hammers, and different tools, and when hiscompanions were at play spent his time in making machines and toys. Hemade a wooden clock when he was twelve years old, and the model of awindmill, and in his mill he put a mouse, which he called his miller,and which turned