. Harper's young people . and his lingers nearly frozen. Many a time he had>een just such cappings to gate posts and projections aswere here being moulded, and just such rows of pearlydrops on a Cables edge; but when, as if to specially pleasehim, the busy workers carved a little snow maid windinga scarf about her curly locks, he clapped his hands inadmiration, making such a noise that each little Esquimaudropped his tool in alarm. (ieiitly! gently! said Paz and Knops; they are eas-ily frightened. Though they do not see you. their instinctis so line that they can nearly guess your presence.
. Harper's young people . and his lingers nearly frozen. Many a time he had>een just such cappings to gate posts and projections aswere here being moulded, and just such rows of pearlydrops on a Cables edge; but when, as if to specially pleasehim, the busy workers carved a little snow maid windinga scarf about her curly locks, he clapped his hands inadmiration, making such a noise that each little Esquimaudropped his tool in alarm. (ieiitly! gently! said Paz and Knops; they are eas-ily frightened. Though they do not see you. their instinctis so line that they can nearly guess your presence. 1 am sorry if 1 have frightened them, said yon say something to soothe them? Tell themhow lovely their things are. I long to try and imitatethem. Kiiops said a few words in a language Leo did not com-prehend, and the little people gathered up their trowelsagain. But it was time to go, and Leo had to follow hisguides and leave the snow people with more reluctancethan anything he had yet seen. [TO in: CONTINUED.]. HOW THE BIRDS LEARN TO SING. BY ELIZABETH DO you know why the birdies, my so swet-tly the whole summer so smoothly their trills ;md their twitters,Make so rarely false notes in a song ? Tis because they are up in the morningsAnd out by the first peep of d;iy; They meet in the woods and they practice,And Love is their leader, they say. 630 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. HOW TO SKIN, STUFF, AND MOUNT A BIRD INFIVE MINUTES. BY DOCTOR S T R A D L IN G. THE process which I am about to describe briefly is arough-aiid-reacly one, to preserve and display to ad-vantage the full plumage of the bird, and may be prac-ticed by those who have not the time or the materials—or, shall we suggest, the patience ?—necessary for the moreartistic operation. I have found it very useful in tropical countries to re-tain a souvenir of brilliant-hued pets that came to an un-timely end, in a climate where the bodies went too rapidlyto decay to
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