. St. Nicholas [serial]. the boy-hero of Crecy doing chivalroushonor to the boy-hero of Poitiers ! Mary N. Prescott. Sometimes there s a flock of sheepTraveling landward, where the grass Grows so green and fresh and deep,They might crop it as they pass. Now a castle rises there, Broken casements, turrets rent;Here a bit of crazy stair, Or a ruined battlement. Sometimes there s a school of fish,Slowly swimming out to sea, Perch or mackerel, as you wish,Scales as bright as scales can be. And anon, a mountain peakShines beneath eternal snows, Where the venturous might seekFor the li
. St. Nicholas [serial]. the boy-hero of Crecy doing chivalroushonor to the boy-hero of Poitiers ! Mary N. Prescott. Sometimes there s a flock of sheepTraveling landward, where the grass Grows so green and fresh and deep,They might crop it as they pass. Now a castle rises there, Broken casements, turrets rent;Here a bit of crazy stair, Or a ruined battlement. Sometimes there s a school of fish,Slowly swimming out to sea, Perch or mackerel, as you wish,Scales as bright as scales can be. And anon, a mountain peakShines beneath eternal snows, Where the venturous might seekFor the little Alpine rose. Or, perchance, a face looks out,Like a seraphs, faint and far, Just to see what we re about,In this distant star ! 7o A FEW PRETTY THINGS IN FANCY WORK. [November, A FEW PRETTY THINGS IN FANCY WORK. By Eliza Howe. These pretty things are to be made by thehands of skillful girls, not bought out of girls begin to knit, or crochet, when they areeight or nine years old ; and, at ten years of age,. METHOD OK CROCHETING. are sufficiently expert to follow printed directions,plainly expressed. In this way their minds andfingers become educated in designing and makinga variety of simple articles, and they are prepared,when a little older, to learn the higher branches offancy work,—what we call artistic needlework. These little things that you girls like to take offto an obscure corner, or to your own rooms, to doprivately, that you may surprise the friend forwhom they are intended, often afford more satis-faction to giver and receiver than morecostly gifts, not fashioned by your ownhands. Perhaps I can suggest somepretty presents that will be new to you. How would you like to make a pairof mittens for your baby brother, orsister ? Baby will be proud of them,and Mamma will be pleased by yourloving thought, and then, too, she can-not buy such pretty ones as cheaply asyou can make them. If you have nobaby at home, there must be some dearlittle one among your
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