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... isn’t any real harm to him. He’ s more to be pitied than anything,” a man from New York drawled, as he lay at full length along the cushions un- der ... ...h along the cushions un- der the wet skylight. “They’ve dragged him around from hotel to hotel ever since he was a kid. I was talking to his mother th... ...ersonally?” said a voice from the frieze ulster. “Old man’ s piling up the rocks. ‘Don’t want to be dis- turbed, I guess. He’ll find out his error a f... ... hear the fish-boats squawking all around us. Say, wouldn’t it be great if we ran down one?” “Shut the door, Harvey ,” said the New Yorker. “Shut the ... ...g, right hand against left. “Say , gen’ elmen, this is deader’n mud. Can’t we make a game of poker between us?” There was no answer, and he puffed his... ...n’ a ha’ af a month; say thirty-five at the end o’ the trip. A little work will ease up your head, and you kin tell us all abaout your dad an’ your ma... ... other things. You’ve no call to shout, young feeler.” “I won’t! My father will give you enough to buy this dirty little fish-kettle”-Harvey stamped o... ...v course, Disko,” said Long Jack. “Guess there ain’t more’n ‘baout two old songs I know , an’ ye’ve heerd them both.” His excuses were cut short by To... ...Norway, but I didn’t make that unwholesim noise. ’Tis like some of the old songs, though,” said Long Jack, sighing. “Don’t let’ s hev another ‘thout s...

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... The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1805, 1850 DjVu Editions Copyright c 2001 by Global... ...hich have been long before the public, when they shall be properly arranged, will be found by the attentive reader to have such connection with the ma... ...nt that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half conscious of the joy it brings From the green fields, and from yon azure sky. Whate’er its mission, the s... ...ission, the soft breeze can come 5 To none more grateful than to me; escaped From the vast city, where I long had pined A discontented sojourner: now ... ...try; left the deeds Of Wallace, like a family of Ghosts, To people the steep rocks and river banks, Her natural sanctuaries, with a local soul Of inde... ... river passed Along the margin of our terrace walk; A tempting playmate whom we dearly loved. Oh, many a time have I, a five years’ child, In a small m... ...red in my birth place, and no less In that beloved Vale to which erelong 305 We were transplanted;—there were we let loose For sports of wider range. ... ... deeper pleasures (nay, I had not once, Though not unused to mutter lonesome songs, Even with myself divided such delight, Or looked that way for augh... ...des with cheerfulness were filled, RESIDENCE AT CAMBRIDGE 45 Nor indigent of songs warbled from crowds 435 In under coverts, yet the countenance Of th...

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...Contents THE MERRY MEN .......................................................................................4 WILL O? THE MILL...................................................................................50 MARKHEIM ................................................................................................74 THRAWN JANET .....

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.........................................................................................4 WILL O’ THE MILL ................................................ ...ound for it by sea, struck right across the promontory with a cheerful heart. I was far from being a native of these parts, springing, as I did, from ... ...home. Thus it was that I came to spend my vacations in that part of the country, so far from all society and comfort, between the codfish and the moor... ...h my classes, I was returning thither with so light a heart that July day. The Ross, as we call it, is a promontory neither wide nor high, but as roug... ... beautiful to my eyes; for when the sun struck upon the hill sides, there were many wet rocks and watercourses that shone like jewels even as far as A... ...e a battle where it runs by Aros, and the great and fearful voices of the breakers that we call the Merry Men. Aros itself – Aros Jay, I have heard th... ...’ said I, as we began the return voyage, ‘this is fine wood. How came you by that?’ ‘It will be hard to cheesel,’ Rorie opined reluctantly; and just t... ...ce, with the noise of the river in their ears and the woods ringing about them with the songs of birds. Will soon began to take a particular pleasure ... ...sit close before my fire, talking his broken talk or singing his odd, endless, wordless songs, and sometimes drawing his hand over my clothes with an ...

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...w me to bear you. If I am reproached for impotence in this attempt to draw from the depths of mysticism a book which seeks to give, in the lucid trans... ... this book could belong exclusively to noble spirits, preserved like yours from worldly pettiness by solitude! They would know how to give to it the m... ...d inlets and little bays, no two of them alike, yet all trackless abysses? We may almost fancy that Nature took pleasure in recording by ineffaceable ... ...profaning foot of traveller, these sublime beauties are virgin still; they will be seen to harmonize with human phenomena, also vir- gin—at least to p... ...ucks, is wide enough for the sea not to freeze between the prison-walls of rock against which it surges, the country- people call the little bay a “fi... ...a lovely valley flanked in rising terraces with black-plumed pines. T ruly we are tempted to call this land the Switzerland of Ocean. 5 Balzac Midway... ..., as though painted on a canvas, the contrasting scenery of this universe, will now apprehend the general features of the Strom-fiord. They alone, per... ...ance!’ Often celestial visions of descending Angels compass you about with songs of praise; then, tearless, uncomplaining, must you watch them as they... ...our now is; come, assemble! Let us sing at the gates of the Sanctuary; our songs shall drive away the final clouds. With one accord let us hail the Da...

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...ut gentleman to read my special knowledge on Poe while they carried him safely from Sausalito to San Francisco. 2 The Sea Wolf A red faced man, slamm... ...llowed, rather. “How fast is she ebbin’? What’s the drift, eh? Listen to that, will you? A bell buoy, and we’re a top of it! See ’em alterin’ the cour... ...s she ebbin’? What’s the drift, eh? Listen to that, will you? A bell buoy, and we’re a top of it! See ’em alterin’ the course!” From out of the fog ca... ...t, will you? A bell buoy, and we’re a top of it! See ’em alterin’ the course!” From out of the fog came the mournful tolling of a bell, and could see ... ... for enlightenment. “One of them dare devil launches,” he said. “I almost wish we’d sunk him, the little rip! They’re the cause of more trouble. And w... ...ilot house, and was staring intently into the fog as though by sheer force of will he could penetrate it. His face was anxious, as was the face of my... ...d me in my present situation. To the north, and not far away, a group of naked rocks thrust above the sea, on one of which could distinguish a lightho... ...he galley, he became greasily radiant, and went about his work, humming coster songs in a nerve racking and discordant falsetto. “I always get along w... ... but my sleep on the Ghost had become most healthful and natural, and soon the songs and cries died away, my eyes closed, and my consciousness sank do...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?KASPAR! MAKAN!? The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this ...

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...ad CHAPTER I “KASPAR! MAKAN!” The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the pres... ...imself and Nina. He absorbed himself in his dream of wealth and power away from this coast where he had dwelt for so many years, forgetting the bitter... ... traded with Hudig in the daytime and drank champagne, gambled, sang noisy songs, and made love to half-caste girls under the broad verandah of the Su... ...gh unto four years since I have seen her! Damme, Almayer, if I don’t think we will run into Sourabaya this trip.” And after such a declaration he alwa... ...unto four years since I have seen her! Damme, Almayer, if I don’t think we will run into Sourabaya this trip.” And after such a declaration he always ... ... surprised young man the time to say a word. “None of that with me! Nobody will see the colour of your wife’s skin. The dollars are too thick for that... ...rop down to the jetty and let your men cook their rice in my campong while we talk in the house.” There was no answer to that invitation. “What is it?... ...pened for a very long time. Close to the other side wall stood a bent-wood rocking-chair, and by the table and about the verandah four wooden arm- cha... ...reen jacket and the proud title of Hadji. There was a great letting off of rockets on board the steamer which brought him in, and a great beating of d...

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... render some explanation useful. Few men exhibit greater diversity, or, if we may so express it, greater antithesis of character, than the native warr... ...d, by the limited range of his practical knowledge. He draws his metaphors from the clouds, the seasons, the birds, the beasts, 4 The Last of the Moh... ... the North American Indian clothes his ideas in a dress which is different from that of the African, and is oriental in itself. His language has the r... ... His language has the richness and sententious fullness of the Chinese. He will express a phrase in a word, and he will qualify the meaning of an enti... ...d, and he will qualify the meaning of an entire sentence by a syllable; he will even convey differ- ent significations by the simplest inflections of ... ...r fathers dwelt, or altogether from the earth. There is one point on which we would wish to say a word 6 The Last of the Mohicans before closing this... ...ston, Anno Domini 1744; and is entitled, ‘The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments; faithfully translated into English Met... ...ou might as well expect the river to lie still on the brink of those black rocks a mile above us, though your own ears tell you that it is tumbling ov... ...orshipped the Great Spirit; and we kept the Maquas beyond the sound of our songs of triumph.” “Know you anything of your own family at that time?” de-...

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...or, pro- ceeded to a vacant room overlooking the front entrance, and spied from the window. Meanwhile Sewis stood by his master’s bedside. The squire ... ...ne with me last night? By George, if it is I’ll souse him; I’ll drench him from head to heel as though the rascal ‘d been drawn through the duck-pond.... ...plain Augustus Fitz-George Roy Richmond at this mo- ment, Mr. Beltham. You will recognize me better by opening your door entirely: voices are deceptiv... ...rely: voices are deceptive. Y ou were born a gentle- man, Mr. Beltham, and will not reduce me to request you to behave like one. I am now in the posit... ...a com- mon country squire, a man of no origin, a creature with whose blood we have mixed ours—and he is stone-blind to the honour conferred on him—whe... ...very other dog he met. He took his turning, and my father and I took ours. We were in a house that, to my senses, had the smell of dark corners, in a ... ...chantment of a little fountain playing thin as whipcord, among ferns, in a rock- basin under a window that glowed with kings of England, copied from b... ... their minds to stop and sup; so we would drive home by moonlight, singing songs. And so we did. I sat beside the farmer, the girl scrambled into the ... ...your best friend.’ I tossed him a shilling. We sang beginnings and ends of songs. The farmer looked at the moon, and said, ‘Lord! she stares at us!’ T...

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...pon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day....

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...ight. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the dark- ness he ca... ...ere be a rmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the rmament, and divided the waters which ... .... 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God f... ... eat of every tree of the gar- den? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of t... ... shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her se... ... a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD cam... ...d didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28 And hast not su ered me to kiss my so... ...e in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water ou... ... all nations round about. 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and ve. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tre...

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... JOURNEY The Crucifix Across the Mountains THE IMPERIAL ROAD to Italy goes from Munich across the T yrol, through Innsbruck and Bozen to Verona, over ... ...he great processions passed as the emperors went South, or came home again from rosy Italy to their own Germany. And how much has that old imperial va... ...moving the misery of his position. He did not yield. His soul was set, his will was fixed. He was himself, let his cir- cumstances be what they would,... ...ence. So he accepts the fate and the mystic delight of the senses with one will, he is complete and final. His sensuous experience is supreme, a consu... ...went beside the river, that was seething with snowy ice-bubbles, under the rocks and the high, wolf-like pine-trees, between the pinkish shoals. The a... ..., in the dank gorge where it is always half-night. The road runs under the rock and the trees, half-way up the one side of the pass. Below, the stream... ...vity, a form of reverting, turning back along the course of blood by which we have come. T urning the ridge on the great road to the south, the im- pe... ...e Christs, which are not very significant. They are as null as the Christs we see represented in England, just vulgar nothingness. But these figures h... ...’ But they spoke reservedly, without freedom. We talked about Italy, about songs, and Carnival; about the food, polenta, and salt. They laughed at my ...

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...TH THE SINGLE EXCEPTION of Falstaff, all Shakespeare’s characters are what we call marrying men. Mercutio, as he was own cousin to Benedick and Biron,... ...ranger, he was jealous. People like Jacques and the Fool in Lear, although we can hardly imagine they would ever marry, kept single out of a cynical h... ...out of a cynical humour or for a broken heart, and not, as we do nowadays, from a spirit of incredulity and preference for the single state. For that ... ...rge Sand’s French version of As You Like It (and I think I can promise you will like it but little), you will find Jacques marries Celia just as Orlan... ... They would wish to keep their liberty; but if that may not be, why, God’s will be done! “What, are you afraid of marriage?” asks Cecile, in Maitre Gu... ... not to fear so many contingencies; it is not every wind that can blow you from your anchorage; and so long as Death withholds his sickle, you will al... ...et. Desperate pilots, they run their sea-sick, weary bark upon the dashing rocks. It seems as if marriage were the royal road through life, and realis... ...hat to admiration. In Adelaide, in Tennyson’s Maud, and in some of Heine’s songs, you get the absolute 26 Robert Louis Stevenson expression of this m... ...sed mortal conditions in a fine credulity; and they can only show us a few songs in a by- gone taste, a few actions worth remembering, and a few child...

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...of voyage and travel. Such books have had a strong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood; and I wonder it should have come to pass that I... ... the twilight of New Year’s Eve, I find incidents of travel rise around me from all the latitudes and longitudes of the globe. They observe no order o... ...he globe. They observe no order or sequence, but appear and vanish as they will—‘come like shadows, so depart.’ Columbus, alone upon the sea with his ... ...s A shadow on the wall in which my mind’s eye can discern some traces of a rocky sea coast, recalls to me a fearful story of travel derived from that ... ...ttle heed them; but, with every wave the sea is rising, and I know that it will float me on this traveller’s voyage at last. THE BEGGING LETTER WRITER... ...o distin guish between the base coin of distress, and the true cur rency we have always among us,—he is more worthy of Norfolk Island than three fou... ...atre, he put it to me to say what kind of treatment he might expect? Well! we got over that difficulty to our mutual satis faction. A little while af... ...and there is always some boy or woman who sings, without any voice, little songs without any tune: the strain we have most fre quently heard being an... ...oat and canary pantaloons. Here, were Little Warblers and Fairburn’s Comic Songsters. Here, too, were ballads on the old ballad paper and in the old c...

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... London Bridge at noon on a gusty April day, was almost magically detached from his con- flict with the gale by some sly strip of slipperiness, abound... ...al deficiency of gratitude in this kind of gentleman’s look and pocket. If we ask for nothing for help- ing gentlemen to stand upright on their legs, ... ...othing for help- ing gentlemen to stand upright on their legs, and get it, we expect civility into the bargain. Moreover, there are reasons in nature ... ...ockney crow-word of the day, or a word that had stuck in the fellow’s head from the perusal of his pothouse newspaper columns? Furthermore, the plea o... ... As for otherwhere than at the festive, Commerce invoked is a Goddess that will have the reek of those boards to fill her nostrils, and poet and alder... ... a 10 One of Our Conquerors balcony giving view of a gallows-tree. But we will try that: on our side, to back a native pugnacity, is morality, human-... ...ntion, I wager it’s about all we do know of them. They’re Society’s trusty rock- limpets, no doubt.’ ‘My respect for the cloth is extreme.’ Carling’s ... ...e,” as the man announced her on the Concert platform, undertook one of the songs, and sang another of her own-pure contralto voice, as you will say; w... ...She understood the portent of Mr. Barmby’s hovering offer of the choice of songs, and the recent tremu- lousness of the welling Bethesda. But she had ...

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.......................................................................... 39 WILL O’ THE WISP.............................................................. ..............................................................255 A PREACHING FROM A SPANISH BALLAD ........................................................ ............................................... 484 THE MARES OF THE CAMARGUE—From the ‘Mireio’ of Mistral ................................. 485 ‘ATKINS’... ...t and bled, O thy name is natural music And a dirge above the dead! Though we have not been defeated, Though we can’t be overcome, Still, whene’er tho... ...anwallah! Thou wilt be a doleful chord, And a mystic note of mourning That will need no chiming word; And that heart will leap with anguish Who may un... ...us throngs, She danced above a thousand graves, And heard a thousand briny songs. 21 Her mission with her manly crew, Her flag unfurl’d, her title to... ... was the world’s desire. And tho’ the tempest lashed her oft, And tho’ the rocks had hungry teeth, And lightnings split the masts aloft, And thunders ... ... skies, And all the various fruits they vaunt, And all the dowers of earth we prize, Subservient to our household want. And more, for knowledge crowns... ...p its vanguard, And the valley mists are curling up the hills. Three short songs gives the clear-voiced throstle, Sweetening the twilight ere he fills...

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...t of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my si... ... a condition can quite understand what I mean or what painful unrest arose from this source. For the same reason I am almost afraid to hint at that ti... ... because I am now the least unhappy in remembering them. It may be that if we knew more of such strange afflictions we might be the better able to all... ...ote coldly, haughtily, distantly, resentfully. Well, dearest little woman, we must look forbearingly on it. He is not to blame. Jarndyce and Jarndyce ... ...f Rick’s cradle.” “But, guardian, may we not hope that a little experience will teach him what a false and wretched thing it is?” “We will hope so, my... ...f amiable importance. “You don’t quite credit me, my dear! Well, well! You will, some day. I am a little rambling. But I have noticed. I have seen man... ...nd dying. Fire, storm, and darkness. Numbers of the drowning thrown upon a rock. There, and through it all, my dear physician was a hero. Calm and bra... ...ing my scarred face to her lovely cheek, bathing it with tears and kisses, rocking me to and fro like a child, calling me by every ten der name that ... ...looking after my housekeeping, singing refrains of barcaroles and drinking songs, Italian and German, by the score. We were all assembled shortly befo...

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... and yet it is necessary to mention that these exist, because without them we might not know how deep was the lonely man’s interest and sympathy in al... ...with which his friends have 5 Yo n g e kindly supplied me, portraying him from their point of view; so that I could really trust that little more was... ...ary judgment in connecting and selecting. Nor until the work is less fresh from my hand will it be possible to judge whether I have in any way been al... ...in connecting and selecting. Nor until the work is less fresh from my hand will it be possible to judge whether I have in any way been allowed to succ... ...en led, but not forced, into the way in which they should go. Therefore it will not be irrelevant to dwell on the career of the father whose name, tho... ...ittle boy was guilty of making false excuses to ob- tain leave of absence. We cannot refrain from giving his let- ter of penitence, chiefly for the sa... ...e Castle, so we went into the middle of the road and formed a line. Soon a rocket (the signal that the Queen was at Slough) was let off, and then 17 ... ...at Slough. A custom had arisen among some of the boys of singing offensive songs on these occasions, and Coley, who, as sec- ond of the eleven, stood ... ...perspiration streamed down their bodies, and the learning by heart all the songs and the complicated parts of the ceremony im- plied a good deal of pa...

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...AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER ..................................................................................................................... 135 WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS ............................................................................................................................... 148 ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ..................................................

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....................................................... ................. 135 WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS ......................................................... ...el, brass, white metal, and so on. O.M. Where are these found? Y.M. In the rocks. O.M. In a pure state? Y.M. No—in ores. O.M. Are the metals suddenly ... ... patient work of countless ages. O.M. You could make the engine out of the rocks them selves? Y.M. Yes, a brittle one and not valuable. O.M. You woul... ...kes the grand difference between the stone engine and the steel one? Shall we call it training, educa tion? Shall we call the stone engine a savage a... ... 6 sulphur and stone and other obstructing inborn heredities, brought down from the old geologic ages—prejudices, let us call them. Prejudices which n... ...in the rock it self had either power to remove or any desire to remove. Will you take note of that phrase? Y.M. Y es. I have written it down; “Prej... ...trong ones. In each case, to get the best results, you must free the metal from its obstructing prejudicial ones by education— smelting, refining, and... ...nd’s ideals, influences, and training. You and I are but sewing machines. We must turn out what we can; we must do our endeavor and care nothing at a... ...o apart from you that it can conduct its affairs, sing Mark T wain 47 its songs, play its chess, weave its complex and ingeniously constructed dreams...

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...rand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and ano...

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...Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town a... ...f the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the plat- form or the street, an... ...for a moment into the sudden inti- macy which her proposal implied. “Shall we go over to Sherry’s for a cup of tea?” She smiled assentingly, and then ... ...meagre,” he said; 5 Edith Wharton “but I’ll find a hansom first, and then we’ll invent something.”He led her through the throng of returning holiday-... ...o vulgar clay. Y et the analogy left him unsatisfied, for a coarse texture will not take a high finish; and was it not possible that the material was ... ...r hand with a gesture of leave- taking. “It’s been delightful; and now you will have to return my visit.” “But don’t you want me to see you to the sta... ...lds. “Let us sit here,” Selden suggested, as they reached an open ledge of rock above which the beeches rose steeply between mossy boulders. Lily drop... ... the beeches rose steeply between mossy boulders. Lily dropped down on the rock, glowing with her long climb. 60 House of Mirth She sat quiet, her li... ...s- ing, and she would have liked to lounge over a cigarette and hear a few songs; but she could not break her engagement with Judy, and shortly after ...

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...ried like a bale, among scenes that had attracted me in youth and health. I chartered accordingly Dr. Merrit’s schooner yacht, the Casco, seventy-four... ... found life most pleasant and man most interesting; the axes of my black boys are already clearing the foundations of my fu- ture house; and I must le... ...down by four in the morning. In the east a radiating centre of brightness told of the day; and beneath, on the skyline, the morning bank was already b... ...inly varies with the season; but here is one case exactly noted. Although the dawn was thus preparing by four, the sun was not up till six; and it was... ...ows, but man departs,’ says the sad Tahitian proverb; but they are all three, so long as they endure, co-haunters of the beach. The mark of anchorage ... ...t Louis Stevenson of Hawaii; and from the multiplicity of British ships, and the nearness of the States on the one hand and the colonies on the other,... ...L, a war of mere extermination. A hiatus is agreeable to any Polynesian ear; the ear even of the stranger soon grows used to these barbaric voids; but... ..., is not peculiar to the Marquesan. What is peculiar is the wide- spread depression and acceptance of the national end. Plea- sures are neglected, the... ...e people sang for us in Anaho, they must apologise for the smallness of their repertory. They were only young folk present, they said, and it was only...

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... is certainly not Sir Guy’s writing.’ ‘It must wait, unless your curiosity will carry you out in search of papa,’ said Charles; ‘he is somewhere about... ...e?’ said she, looking up in his face. ‘Stylehurst itself! What is it taken from?’ ‘From this pencil sketch of your sister’s, which I found in mamma’s ... .... Sud- denly, a voice called ‘Laura! Are you there? Open the door, and you will see.’ On Philip’s opening it, in came a tall camellia; the laugh- ing ... ... for you.’ ‘Oh, take care,’ cried Amabel, but too late; for, as he took it from her, the solitary flower struck against Charles’s little table, and wa... ...terday evening, and never spoke again, though for a short time he knew me. We hope he suffered little. Markham will make all arrangements. We pro- pos... ...lyffe?’ ‘He is grown into a fine spirited fellow,’ said Philip. ‘I suppose we must have him here,’ said Mr. Edmonstone. Should you not say so—eh, Phil... ... under- stands—a rook’s parliament, or a gathering of sea-fowl on the Shag Rock.’ ‘A rook’s parliament?’ ‘The people at home call it a rook’s parliame... ...uds, Mrs. Edmonstone a Christian Year, Amabel copied some of his favourite songs, Laura made a drawing of Sintram, Char- lotte worked a kettle-holder,... ...ield, when she heard gay tones, and a snatch of one of the sweetest of old songs,— Weep no more, lady; lady, weep no more, Thy sorrow is in vain...