. St. Nicholas [serial]. Of the fairy-world, that comes againIn spring. SPRING BY DORIS ROSALIND WILDER (AGE II) By a shadowy, babbling brook,Neath tall pines that overlookFields of daisies gold and white,Like stars in summer sky at night,Every gentle breeze that blowsBears the scent of briar rose,Transparent ferns, and mosses rare,Sunny skies, and balmy and then a warbling note,From some joyous robins throat,The shining air of summer fills,And echoes mid the distant clouds as white as snow,Memories of long ago ;Neath the trees dim shadows lie,Mysteries of by and by. But t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Of the fairy-world, that comes againIn spring. SPRING BY DORIS ROSALIND WILDER (AGE II) By a shadowy, babbling brook,Neath tall pines that overlookFields of daisies gold and white,Like stars in summer sky at night,Every gentle breeze that blowsBears the scent of briar rose,Transparent ferns, and mosses rare,Sunny skies, and balmy and then a warbling note,From some joyous robins throat,The shining air of summer fills,And echoes mid the distant clouds as white as snow,Memories of long ago ;Neath the trees dim shadows lie,Mysteries of by and by. But the babbling of the brookBreaks the silence of this nook,Gurgling, murmuring as it flows,Memories linger, but time goes. THE BOOK THAT HAS HELPED ME MOST—AND WHY BY DORIS LONGTON (AGE 17) (Silver Badge)Of the many books I have read, and reading is myfavorite occupation, Louisa M. Alcotts Little Wo-men has influenced me most. It contains many lessons of unselfishness, charity,and economy, showing how happiness may be got. AT PLAY. BY MARGARET AYER, AGE 14. (SILVER BADGE.) from very simple pleasures irrespective of riches. Alsothe perseverance and trials of four girls, very likeother girls, who struggled hard against, and overcame,each one her special failing, seem to urge you to tryto follow in their foot-steps. Jo is my special girl. I seem to have cared for herfrom the first. She is so real and true. How I en-joyed reading the part where, through working hard,she got well planted on the road leading to successfulauthorship, scribbling away in the attic on her strangedesk. How tender a nurse she made when, the motheraway nursing a sick father, her little Beth took scarletfever; and how she made peace with Lauries irate 668 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE [May, grandfather, when both were angry and hurt, althoughshe, herself, was angry when Laurie played such arude trick on Meg. As for Beth, with her piano, her dolls, her dish-tub,and dusting,—gentle, shy, little Beth did every onegood b
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