Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind,And as the night grew drearer, Lord Ullins Daughter 25 Adown the glen rode armed men,Their tramphng sounded nearer. O haste thee, haste! the lady cries,Though tempests round us gather; Ill meet the raging of the skies,But not an angry father. The boat had left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her,—When, oh! too strong for human hand. The tempest gatherd oer her. And still they rowd amidst the roar Of waters fast prevail
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind,And as the night grew drearer, Lord Ullins Daughter 25 Adown the glen rode armed men,Their tramphng sounded nearer. O haste thee, haste! the lady cries,Though tempests round us gather; Ill meet the raging of the skies,But not an angry father. The boat had left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her,—When, oh! too strong for human hand. The tempest gatherd oer her. And still they rowd amidst the roar Of waters fast prevailing:Lord Ullin reachd that fatal shore, His wrath was changed to wailing. For sore dismayd, through storm and shade. His child he did discover:—One lovely hand she stretchd for aid. And one was round her lover. Come back! come back! he cried in grief, Across this stormy M^ater:And Ill forgive your Highland chief. My daughter!—oh my daughter! Twas vain: the loud waves lashed the shore, Return or aid preventing;The waters wild went oer his child, And he was left lamenting. SIR WALTER SCOTT By Grace E. Sellon. ^F the old and honorable families ofScotland there are perhaps none moreworthy than those from which were de-scended the parents of Sir WalterScott. In the long line of ancestors oneither side were fearless knights andbold chiefs of the Scottish Borderwhose adventures became a delightful heritage tothe little boy born into the Edinburgh family ofScott in 1771. Perhaps his natural liking forstrange and exciting events would have made himeven more eager than other children to be told fairystories and tales of real heroes of his own land. Buteven had this not been so, the way in which he wasforced to spend his early childhood was such thatentertainment of this kind was about all that hecould enjoy. He was not two years old when, aftera brief illness, he lost the use of one of his legs andthus became unable to run about as before, or evento stand. Soon afterward he was sen
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