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  2. Little People's Sayings.

    "Thomas, spell 'weather,'" said the master, "[?]i-a-e-t-h-i-a-e-r, weather." "You may sit down, Thomas; you've given us the worst spell of weather we've had this year." ...

    Article : 1,294 words
  3. English Poems on Christmas.

    I sing the birth was born to-night The author both of life and light: The angels so did sound it; And like the ravish'd shepherds said, ...

    Article : 173 words
  4. THE BABY'S PRAYER.

    She knelt with her sweet hands folded; Her fair little head bowed low; While dead vines tapped at the window And the air was thick with snow. ...

    Article : 220 words
  5. The Anglican Church Service for Christmas-Day.

    It is a good custom to divide the solemnities of this glorious feast, when it can be done conveniently so as to have morning prayer at sunrise; the Holy Communion, with sermon, at ten or eleven ...

    Article : 1,586 words
  6. Everyday Life at Monte Carlo.

    At last, one day, the old Earl accosted her as she rose from the table, after losing all she had brought with her. "You seem out of luck to-day," he began. ...

    Article : 454 words
  7. CHRISTMAS DAY.

    As on the night before this bleesed morn A troop of angels unto shepherds told. Where, in a stable, He was poorly born Whom nor the earth nor heaven of hea[?]ns can hold; ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. Two Tales of Tennyson.

    The San Francisco Argonaut's London letter tells a new story about Tennyson. A romantic young lady obtained the desire of her heart—she met the poet at dinner, aud the sympathetic hostess even ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

    The shepherds went their hasty way And found the lowly stable-shed Where the Virgin-Mother lay: And now they checked their eager trend, ...

    Article : 363 words
  10. Tufts of Turf.

    The first recorded horse-race which took place in Australia was held at Parramatta on April 30, 1810. It was a match between two nags named Parramatta and Belfast, and the former won. The event was ...

    Article : 1,248 words
  11. The Hat my Father Wore.

    You are looking at my daddy's old hat, Which for twenty years he wore; His father before him sported it For twenty years or more. ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. A TWILIGHT FANTASY.

    A woman stood at a garden gate (Sing hey for the distant spreading soil!) Sing hey for the dog that hurried by With a kettle tied to his tail. ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. LITTLE WEATHER-WISE.

    Rosy little dimplecheeks Came panting in from play. Tired out and sleepy too, Twas such a schorching day. ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. Science in Kissing.

    The roporter was interested and encouraged the Colonel to go on. "A man who doesn't believe in kissing is not to be trusted," he continued. "He is of a caurse ...

    Article : 851 words
  15. MERCY'S APPEAL TO GOD FOR MAN.

    Who can forget—never to be forgot— The time that all the world in slumber lies, When, like the stars, the singing angels shot To earth, and Heaven awaked all his eyes ...

    Article : 422 words
  16. The Romance of the Koh-i-nur.

    The Great Mogul dies in his Agra prison, yet one more victim of the creeping malignity of the aurum Tholosanum, the possessor still of the great stone, known later as the Koh-i-n[?]r, and his treasures ...

    Article : 744 words
  17. THE CHILDREN'S CAROLS.

    On this blessed eve we sing Glad tidings! Glad tidings! To men of goodwill we bring Glad tidings! Glad tidings! ...

    Article : 311 words
  18. How Harold got the Good of it.

    "Is it mine, father—really, truly, all my own?" "Yes, Harold," replied his father. "The donkey and harness and wagon are all your own, to enjoy and to take care of." ...

    Article : 764 words
  19. CHILDREN.

    Children are what the mothers are. No fondest father's fondest care Can fashion so the infant heart As those creative beams that dart ...

    Article : 112 words
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