sixty thousand miles by every kind of way, as he says, except a balloon or a hand-cart.

I shall tell you, some other time, more about the blind. But if they can do so much without their eyes, what should you be able to do with them?

RIDDLE. In every hedge my second is,
As well as every tree;

And when a school-boy naughty is,
He cries when he sees me.
My first is always very fat,
Although it may be thin;
My whole is made to hold my first
In stone-ware, brass, or tin.

43.-SCHOOL-MASTER AND BOY.

(Written more than three hundred years ago.)

Master. You seem not to have been bred at Court, but as a cowherd, you behave yourself so like a clown. A gentleman ought to behave himself like a gentleman. Whenever any one above you speaks to you, stand straight, pull off your hat, and do not look either stupid, sulky, dogged, saucy, or reckless, but keep a staid, modest, pleasant air, and a bashful look fixed on the person who speaks with you. Let your

feet be close to each other; your hands still. Don't stand titter-totter, first on one foot, then on the other, nor playing with your fingers, biting your lips, pulling at your hair, or working with your ears. Let your clothes be put on neatly, so that your whole dress, air, gait and manner, may show that you are modest and quiet. Boy. What if I try, sir? Mas. Do so, boy. Boy. Is this right? Mas. Not quite. Boy. Must I stand so? Mas. That's pretty well. Boy. Must I stand so? Mas. Ay, that's very well. Do not forget that posture. Don't be a prittle-prattle, always talking, nor be minding anything but what is said to yoù. If you are to make an answer, do it in few words and to the purpose, every now and then using some title of respect, and now and then making a bow, and always doing so when you have done speaking. Nor do you go away without asking leave, or being bid to go. Now, come let me see how you can practise this.

Mas. How long have you been from home? Boy. Almost six months. Mas. You should have said, sir. Boy. Almost six months, sir. Mas. Don't you long to see your mother? Boy. Yes, sometimes. Mas. Have you a mind to go to see her? Boy. Yes, with your leave, sir. Mas. Now, you should have made a bow. That's very well-remember to do so. When you speak, don't speak fast, stammer, or speak in your throat, but use yourself to pronounce your words clearly. When you are at a party, be cheerful, but always keep in mind what becomes your age. Serve yourself last; and if any nice bit be offered you, refuse

it modestly; but if they press it upon you, take it, and thank the person, and cutting off a bit of it, offer the rest either to him who gave it, or to him that sits next to you. Look pleasantly on him who speaks with you, and be sure not to speak till you are spoken to. If anything bad be said, be sure not to laugh at it, but try to look as if you did not know its meaning. Don't speak ill of any one, nor mimic any one, nor boast of anything of your own, nor run down anything of any one else. Be very polite to all who are poorer than you. Don't be ready to blame any one to yourself or to others. Don't be a blab with your tongue, and you will get a good name and make friends, without any ill-will. See that you keep these things in mind. Boy. I'll do my best, sir, to do so. Is there anything else you would have me do? Mas. Now go to your books. Boy. Yes, sir.-ERASMUS.

ONE, two, three, four, all of a row,

Merrily down the slide we go;

Toes and fingers all on a glow,

With a laugh and a whoop, and a loud hallco.

Ha, ha, ha! ho, ho, ho!

Merrily down the slide we go.

Five, six, seven, eight, on we glide;
Oh, that life were an endless slide!
Trips and falls sometimes betide-
Trifles these which our hearts deride.
Ha, ha, ha! ho, ho, ho!

Merrily down the slide we go.

Ten, eleven, a dozen or more;

Little one, little one, ne'er give o’er;
Cling to that big fellow going before,
He'll bear you safe to the opposite shore.
Ha, ha, ha! ho, ho, ho!

Merrily down the slide we go.

A FARMER once saddled his horse to ride into the town. He noticed that one of the shoes of his horse wanted a nail, but he said, "It will hold on till I get to the town-it's no matter." He had not gone half way, when the shoe, which had been playing clitterclatter for long, came off and was lost. "If a smith were near," said the farmer, when he saw it, "I would get another shoe; but three shoes will do."

But the horse's foot soon got hurt on the stony road, and it began to get lame. Before long out sprang two robbers from the woods, to rob the farmer. He could not get away on the lame horse, and so they took his horse, saddle, bridle, knapsack, and money.

"Who would have thought that all this would have come through my not getting the one nail put into the shoe?" said he, as he trudged back home again on foot.

A CROW having taken a piece of cheese out of a cottage window, flew up into a tree with it to eat it. A fox, passing, chanced to see her, and wishing very much to