St Nicholas [serial] . wrote to her is the Bandersnatch, frumious and is the Cheshire Cat, who slowly is the Duchess who boxed the Queens is the Eaglet who barred out long , the Flamingo, the queerest of is the Gryphon, loquacious and , Humpty-Dumpty in gorgeous for the Insects with curious is the Jabberwock, breathing forth is the King who was whizzed through the is the Lobster who sugared his hair. M, the Mock Turtle, whose tears freely flowed. N is for Nobody, seen on the road. O is for Oysters, with shoes on
St Nicholas [serial] . wrote to her is the Bandersnatch, frumious and is the Cheshire Cat, who slowly is the Duchess who boxed the Queens is the Eaglet who barred out long , the Flamingo, the queerest of is the Gryphon, loquacious and , Humpty-Dumpty in gorgeous for the Insects with curious is the Jabberwock, breathing forth is the King who was whizzed through the is the Lobster who sugared his hair. M, the Mock Turtle, whose tears freely flowed. N is for Nobody, seen on the road. O is for Oysters, with shoes on their legs. P is for Pigeon who guarded its eggs. Q is for Queen who breathlessly ran. R is the Rabbit who hunted his fan. S is the Sheep, on her knitting intent. T, Tweedledum, with his noisy lament. U is the Unicorn, valiant in feud. V is the Violet, saucy and rude. W s the Walrus with appetite keen. X the Executioner employed by the Queen. Y is the Youth Father William is the Zigzag the Mouses tale TOWER OF SAN ZENONE, VERONA. THE BELL-TOWERS OF ITALY. By John Ward. We know how important a place was held bytowers in the church and city architecture ofthe Middle Ages. In those days they serveda double purpose, beauty and use. Now theirair of romance has a peculiar charm. As welook up at these grand old towers, on whichwere lavished the genius and the wealth ofthe Middle Ages, we are impressed by theirstrength, their grace, and their nobility; while,within, it seems as if the spirit of the Old Worldstill lived and moved among the empty winding staircase, seeming to have no end,reaches far above us. The dust of centurieslies thick on the rough stone walls. We climbupward through the dark tower, until lightdawns again, and we find ourselves in a largespace with great timbers around and overhead. This is where the huge bells hang; some arerung from below with a cord or chain, othersare struck by hand from above. They are thewatchmen of the tower; the
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