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 ,,birth ,,of ,,ath,n4    7,from a ,vase
 in the ,british ,museum47    ,all      
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,,the ,,elgin ,,marbles4        8,abode 
of gods whose shrines no longer burn40  
,i have now to complete my account of   
the sculptures of the ,parthenon1  that 
wonderfully beautiful temple to ,athn   
7or ,minerva71 at ,athens1  which has   
never ceased to be the centre of        
attraction for all visitors  to ,greece 
from the time it was first              
built--namely1 about #dce years         
,b4,c4--even till the present moment1   
when it stands a shattered wreck on  its
 rocky height4    ,my first article     
dealt chiefly with the long1 sculptured 
frieze  that ran continuously the whole 

length of the walls of the building     
7protected by the outer colonnade71 and 
the ceremonials which that  frieze      
represented4 ,the present article will  
be devoted chiefly to the  fragments of 
the external frieze1 and to the figures 
of the eastern and  western pediments1  
which represented the chief legends     
connected with  the goddess4    ,i will1
 before proceeding1 here pause a moment 
to account for the  shattered condition 
in which those fragments now are4    ,in
 #fcj ,a4,d4 the ,parthenon was         
consecrated for use as a ,christian     
church4 ,like the famous church at      
,constantinople1 it was dedicated to    
,santa ,sophia1 the ,divine ,wisdom4    
,the older temple1 that stood near the  
,parthenon1 called the ,erecthium1 which
 had been far more venerated by  the    
early ,athenians than the ,parthenon    
itself1 was about the same time  also   
consecrated4 ,this latter was dedicated 
to the ,virgin ,mary4    ,long before   
this date1 ,christianity had happily    

become the religion  of the ,roman      
,empire by law established--that is to  
say1 of the whole  civilised world4 ,it 
is evident that in adapting the ,pagan  
temple for  ,christian worship it was   
impossible to allow the fables of       
,paganism to  remain depicted over the  
chief entrance1 however splendid as     
works of  art4 ,accordingly1 we find    
that the entire centre group in the     
pediment  facing the east was completely
 done away with1 a plain surface of     
blank  wall filling the space whereon1  
in all probability1 the inscription of  
the ,christian dedication was placed4   
,the subordinate figures at the two     
extremities were left1 as1 without the  
central group to explain their  object1 
they could have had no intelligible     
meaning4    ,our business for the moment
 is to show what means exist for        
restoring  the lost central group1 which
 was the key of the subject4 ,the       
evidence  is two-fold4 ,there is1 first1
 the ,homeric hymn which gives the      

legend  of the birth of ,athn2 and1     
secondly1 there is the description given
  of the ,parthenon by the ancient      
author1 ,pausanias4    ,pausanias was a 
,greek gentleman1 native of ,lydia1 in  
,asia ,minor1 a  geographer and         
traveller1 who visited noted sites in   
,greece with the  express purpose of    
seeing and describing all that was most 
beautiful  and interesting in ,greek    
art4 ,he lived about one hundred and    
fifty  years after the ,christian era4  
,his travels or 8,itinerary0 has come   
down to us1 and a most curious and      
interesting work it is4 ,he saw and     
described the ,parthenon with much      
enthusiasm1 with all its beautiful      
statues and works of art1 as 8still     
perfect10 though they were1 even in  his
 day1 already considered as ancient art4
 ,he refers to the ,homeric  hymn as    
suggesting the subject of the group on  
the eastern pediment  over the principal
 entrance to the temple4    ,this       
,homeric hymn to ,athn gives the account

 of her fabled birth1 full  grown and   
fully armed1 from the head of her       
father1 ,zeus 7or ,jupiter74  ,it       
describes her1 first as the goddess of  
war1 and afterwards1 when she  has      
thrown off her arms1 as the goddess of  
the peaceful arts4 ,i give  the hymn in 
full4      ,,homeric ,,hymn ,,to        
,,ath,n4        8,i sing the glorious   
power with azure eyes2      ,athenian   
,pallas6 tameless1 chaste1 and wise4    
,trito-genia1#a town preserving maid1   
,revered and mighty1 from his awful head
      ,whom ,jove brought forth1 in     
warlike armour dressed1      ,golden1   
all radiant6 ,wonder strange possessed  
,the everlasting gods that shape to see1
      ,shaking a javelin keen1          
impetuously      ,rush from the crest of
 gis-bearing ,jove4      ,fearfully     
,heaven was shaken1 and did move        
,beneath the might of the cerulean-eyed2
      ,earth dreadfully resounded far   
and wide2      ,and lifted from its     
depths1 the sea swelled high      ,in   

purple billows2 the tide suddenly       
,stood still1 and great ,hyperion's son 
long time      ,checked his swift       
steeds1 till1 where she stood sublime1  
,pallas from her immortal shoulders     
threw      ,the arms divine2 wise ,jove 
rejoiced to view4      ,child of the    
gis-bearer1 hail to thee6      ,nor     
thine1 nor others' praise shall         
unremembered be40    ,such is the famous
 hymn4 ,and from ,pausanias we learn    
that it afforded  to the sculptor1      
,pheidias1 the subject for his chief    
group on the  eastern pediment4 ,but1   
exactly how he treated it we have no    
precise or  definite knowledge4    ,,the
 ,,eastern ,,pediment4--8,doubtless1 in 
this composition1 ,jupiter 7,zeus7      
occupied the centre1 and was represented
 in all his majesty1 wielding  the      
thunderbolt in one hand1 holding his    
sceptre in the other2 seated  on his    
throne1 and as if in the centre of the  
universe1 between day  and night1 the   
beginning and the end1 as denoted by the

 rising and the  setting sun4    8,it is
 probable that the figures on his right 
hand represented those  deities who were
 connected with the progress of facts   
and rising  life--the deities who       
preside over birth1 over the produce of 
the earth1  over love--the rising sun2  
whilst those on the left of ,zeus       
related to  the consummation or decline 
of things--the god of war1 the goddess  
of  the family hearth1 the ,fates1 and  
lastly the setting sun1 or night4       
,whilst the divine ,athn rose from      
behind the central figure in all the    
effulgence of the most brilliant armour1
 the golden crest of her helmet  filling
 the apex of the pediment40    ,i quote 
this glowing description from ,sir      
,richard ,westmacott's  8,lectures on   
,sculpture40    ,this1 however1 is all  
conjecture1 for the space is a mere     
blank4 ,as  some little aid to the      
imagination to help to fill the blank1  
,i give  a sketch of the same subject1  
viz41 the birth of ,athn1 copied from  a

 painting on a vase now in the ,british 
,museum4 ,the artist may have  probably 
seen the ,parthenon1 and may have taken 
a free version of the  subject1 from    
memory1 to decorate his vase4 ,we find  
the same subject  repeated1 with        
variations1 on other vases4 ,zeus       
7,jupiter7 occupies the  centre1 a small
 ,athn springs forth from his head1     
,hephaestos 7,vulcan7  stands by with   
his axe 7with which he has split open   
the thunderer's  head to let forth the  
infant deity71 ,poseidon 7,neptune71    
with his  trident1 behind him2 and      
,artemis 7,diana71 with her bow1 and a  
nymph1  on the other side1 look on4 ,the
 figures on the vases are so extremely  
stiff and formal as compared to the     
grand1 life-like statues of the         
pediments1 that ,i hesitate to give my  
illustration4 ,but it shows the         
probable arrangement of the group4 ,the 
figures on the vase are red on  a black 
ground1 treated perfectly flat1 without 
the slightest modelling4    ,to return  

to the pediment of the ,parthenon       
itself1 the space  immediately          
surrounding the blank1 on each hand1 is 
filled with  different gods1 who appear 
to look with wonder and admiration      
towards  the central group4 ,at the     
extreme end on the left the rising sun1 
,phbus-,apollo1 drives the car of day   
out of the ocean2 while ,seln1  goddess 
of night1 plunges downward with her team
 of steeds1 into the  waves1 at the end 
on the right4    ,of the figures        
referred to1 we may identify the        
following  fragments3--,first1 we note a
 fragment of the sun-god1 his powerful  
throat and extended arms emerging from  
the waves1 as he shakes the  reins to   
urge on his prancing steeds2 before him1
 a splendid head of  one of the horses  
of his car1 the head flung back1 as if  
he tossed  his mane in eager movement to
 rush up into the daylight4 ,next comes 
a recumbent figure1 of heroic manly     
proportions1 the most perfect of  the   
,elgin collection4 ,a lion's skin on    

which he reposes1 leaves little  doubt  
but that it was intended to represent   
the youthful ,hercules1 the  god of     
strength4 ,it is popularly1 but         
erroneously1 known as ,theseus4  ,then  
come two grand1 matronly1 seated        
personages4 ,the attitude and  beauty of
 proportion in these two stately figures
 is considered no  less admirable than  
the subtle arrangement of their flowing 
draperies4  ,they probably represent    
,demeter and her daughter1 ,persephone  
7the  ,ceres and ,proserpine of the     
,roman mythology74 ,the younger one     
leans  her arm lovingly on the shoulder 
of her mother4 ,the mother1 ,demeter1   
raises her arm1 as if in astonishment at
 the news communicated by the  next     
figure1 who comes rushing towards them1 
her drapery flying far  out behind her1 
from the rapidity of her movements4     
,this is doubtless  ,iris1 the messenger
 of the gods1 sent to announce the      
wonderful events  transacting in the    
central group4 ,three fine dignified    

female figures1  on the further side of 
the pediment1 equally distant from the  
centre1  appear to have balanced this   
last group of ,iris1 ,ceres1 and        
,proserpine4  ,these were the three     
,fates1 who spun the thread of human    
life1 named  by the ,greeks1 ,clotho1   
,lachesis1 and ,atropus4 ,two are       
seated1 a little  apart2 the third      
reclines1 half leaning on the lap of the
 second4  ,these three figures are      
equally well preserved1 and equally     
noble and  beautiful with the group to  
which they correspond on the further    
side4    ,the subject of this eastern   
pediment is evidently supposed to have  
taken place on ,mount ,olympus1 the     
highest mountain in ,greece1 the  fabled
 home of the gods1 and the figures were 
intended to represent a  conclave of the
 gods4    ,,the ,,western               
,,pediment4--,the subject of the west   
end1 on the contrary1 may  be supposed  
to have taken place in ,athens itself1  
on the ,acropolis4 ,the  subject here   

was the contest between ,athn and       
,poseidon 7or ,neptune7  for supremacy  
in ,athens4 ,here we find local         
personages1 such as the  river deities  
7the rivers personified71 and the       
legendary kings and  heroes of ,athens4 
,these statues1 with the exception of   
,athn and  ,poseidon1 are a size smaller
 than those on the eastern pediment1    
being  not at all more than life size4  
,the object for which this assembly has 
met is to see which of the two deities  
could present the best gift to  the     
,athenians4 ,poseidon struck the earth2 
the horse appeared1 so the  story runs4 
,athn did the same2 the olive tree grew 
before them4 ,both  were most useful    
gifts2 but the olive tree1 on account of
 its fruit and  the oil which it yields1
 was considered to have the higher      
claim4    ,athn was proclaimed the      
victor4 ,the gods bestowed the city upon
 the  goddess1 after whom it was named  
,athens2 and ,poseidon was so enraged1  
continues the legend1 that he let loose 

the waters of the angry sea  7which1 as 
monarch of the waves1 of course obeyed  
his behests71 and  straightway it       
overflowed its banks and deluged the    
plain round ,athens4    ,such is the    
story1 and in the times of ,pausanias   
were shown the three  great dents on the
 rock1 the marks of the trident of      
,poseidon1 where he  had struck the     
earth1 as well as a small pool of salt  
water4 ,the ,greek  traveller mentions  
having seen these things4    ,strangely 
enough1 these two same old-world        
curiosities were  re-discovered not many
 years ago when excavations were being  
made on  the ,acropolis1 in the very    
centre of the older temple1 near to the 
,parthenon1 where ,athn and ,poseidon   
were once jointly worshipped4  ,athn and
 ,poseidon were the two central figures 
in the midst of their  assembled        
votaries1 the legendary kings and heroes
 of ,athens1 and the  local nymphs and  
river gods4    ,this group is terminated
 at each end by recumbent figures1      

supposed  to represent the two streams  
that water the plain round ,athens--the 
,illissus and the ,cephissus4 ,the      
figure of ,illissus is scarcely second  
to the so-called ,theseus for beauty of 
manly proportions2 it is perhaps  more  
graceful and less vigorous4 8,half      
reclined1 he seems1 by a sudden         
movement1 to raise himself with         
impetuosity1 being overcome with joy  at
 the agreeable news of the victory of   
,athn4 ,the momentary attitude  which   
this movement occasions is one of the   
boldest and most difficult  to be       
expressed that can possibly be imagined4
 ,the undulating flow  given to every   
part of the drapery which accompanies   
the figure is  happily suggestive of    
flowing water40 ,next to the ,illissus  
is a broken  fragment of the nymph      
,callirrho1 who represents the only     
spring of  fresh water in ,athens2 while
 next to the ,cephissus1 on the other   
side1  sits ,king ,cecrops1 the mythical
 first king of ,attica1 with his wife1  

,agranlos 7her name means a 8dweller in 
the fields071 and his daughter          
,pandrosus 7whose name means 8the dew074
    ,of the two heroic figures in the   
centre1 ,athn and ,poseidon1 whose      
contest is the subject of this western  
pediment1 the only fragment  now        
existing is the muscular1               
finely-developed back and chest of the  
sea-god2 and of ,athn1 the upper half of
 the face 7the sockets of the  eyes     
intentionally hollow1 that they might be
 filled in with precious  stones71 also 
one of her feet1 and the stem of the    
famous olive tree4    ,a careful model  
of the ,parthenon in its present        
condition is placed in  the ,elgin      
,room1 and by reference to that we can  
identify the fragments  on the          
pediments1 and can also see the position
 of the various  sculptures4 ,the       
sculptured figures on it are copied from
 drawings  made from the ,parthenon     
itself at ,athens in #afgd1 by a ,french
 artist1  ,jacques ,carey by name1      

before ,lord ,elgin had removed those   
which we  now possess1 and when many of 
the figures were far less damaged than  
they now are4 ,the ,parthenon had been  
used as a powder magazine by the  ,turks
 when they conquered the city in #afhg4 
,it was during the siege  that a bomb   
from the enemy fell into the edifice1   
igniting the stored  gunpowder1 and the 
whole centre part of the ancient temple1
 with a  part of its lovely frieze1 was 
blown into the air4 ,again1 a similar   
misfortune occurred in the ,greek       
struggle for independence and freedom   
in #ahbg4 ,yet1 in spite of the terrible
 gap1 enough of the building  is still  
left for us to admire the wonderful     
beauty of proportion1  and simple1 yet  
grand1 lines of the outline2 and more   
than enough to  recognise the general   
plan and places of most of the          
sculptures that  adorned its walls4     
,,the ,,metopes4--,these are panels in  
alto1 or high-relief1 in the frieze     
which ran above the colonnade of the    

,parthenon4 ,they pourtray the  struggle
 between the youth of ,athens and the   
centaurs--monstrous  creatures1 half    
horse1 half man4 ,this struggle is      
supposed to have been  intended to      
typify the contest between intelligence 
and moral order  on the one hand1       
against the power of lawlessness and    
brute force1 as  represented by the     
monsters1 on the other--a contest1 the  
result of  which was in that day acutely
 realised4    ,there were originally    
ninety-two of these ,metopes1 fourteen  
on each  end1 and thirty-two along each 
side wall4 ,we possess seventeen out of 
the ninety-two4 ,so many having been    
destroyed1 it is impossible to  judge   
with any greater certainty of the       
subject4    ,,the ,,statue4--,my account
 would be incomplete did ,i not add a   
few words  descriptive of the beautiful 
statue of ,athn that originally stood   
within the temple1 facing the east4     
,for1 although all trace of the  statue 
itself has long vanished1 we know its   

form by copies in marble  in several of 
the museums and galleries in ,europe4   
,the one at ,naples is  considered the  
best4 ,we have also1 in the ,elgin      
,room1 two small rough  copies of it4   
,the grand original1 which ,pausanias   
saw and describes as 8perfect10 8a      
thing to wonder at10 was of gold and    
ivory4 ,its robes were of gold1 its     
flesh was of delicately cream-coloured  
ivory1 its eyes flashed with  precious  
stones4    8,lovely1 serene1 and grand10
 its gigantic form filled the centre of 
the  temple1 and the golden griffins on 
its helmet reared themselves against    
the very roof4    ,this statue1 with    
that of the ,olympian ,jove1 was        
undoubtedly the  exclusive work of the  
master1 ,pheidias1 who1 though he may   
have allowed  his pupils to assist him  
in some of the labours of the other     
figures of  the ,parthenon1 assuredly   
hoped that his fame would be secured by 
these  works4 ,their fame now1 alas6    
rests solely upon copies and            

description4  ,i give a sketch of the   
best of the two small rough copies in   
the ,elgin  ,room4 ,like the grand      
original1 she holds the figure of       
,victory in  her extended right hand1   
and grasps the spear in the left1 while 
her  shield1 together with the snake    
7type of the native soil of ,athens7 lie
  at her feet4    ,the art of presenting
 figures in gold and ivory1 for which   
,pheidias is  peculiarly famous1 is a   
lost art4 ,a special name was given to  
these  statues4 ,they were called       
,chrys-elephantine4#b ,the combined     
richness  of the gold with the soft hue 
of the ivory must have produced a       
wonderfully fine and mysterious effect  
when seen in the recesses of a          
dimly-illumined temple4 ,the golden     
robes of the goddess were considered  as
 part of the ,state treasury1 and were  
between the times of the great          
festivals unfixed from the statue1 and  
stored in the treasure house  at the    
back part of the temple4 ,they were from

 time to time carefully  weighed1 and   
were looked upon in the light of        
national wealth1 which  might1 in time  
of need1 be drawn upon for the country's
 requirement4  ,the gold of the robes   
was said to have been worth as much as  
#ajj1jjj4  ,it is supposed that this    
part of the goddess was melted down1 and
  finally reduced to ,byzantine coin    
about the time of the ,roman ,emperor   
,julian--viz41 about ,a4,d4 #cfj4    ,as
 ,athens sunk from her high position    
among the ,greek ,states1 her           
processions and ceremonies fell into    
decay2 but while she flourished1  none  
were more brilliant4    ,other festivals
 there were in ,greece besides the one  
at ,athens in  honour of ,athn1 where   
similar athletic games and feats of     
skill were  performed before the altars 
of other tutelary gods4 ,there were the 
far-famed ,olympic games in honour of   
,zeus 7,jupiter71 in which all the      
,greek ,states competed4 ,the ,odes of  
,pindar have immortalised the ,olympic  

chariot races4 ,there were also the     
,delphic games in honour of ,apollo1    
the sun god1 the god of poetry4 ,the    
practice of these games lasted in       
,greece1 and were in use in ,rome1 till 
long after ,christian times4 ,how       
popular they were in those times we may 
infer from the many references  to them 
in the ,epistles and ,acts of the       
,apostles4    ,professor ,jebb observes1
 in one of the admirable series of      
,shilling  ,primers now publishing1 the 
one on 8,greek ,literature30 8,the      
,greeks were  not the first people who  
found out how to till the earth well1 or
 to  fashion metals1 or to build        
splendid houses and temples4 ,but they  
were  the first people who tried to make
 reason the guide of their social  life4
 ,greek literature has an interest such 
as belongs to no other  literature4 ,it 
shows us how men first set about        
systematic thinking40  ,and1 he         
proceeds1 8neither the history of       
,christian doctrine1 nor the  outer     

history of the ,christian ,church1 can  
be fully understood without  reference  
to the character and work of the ,greek 
mind4 ,under the  influence of          
,christianity1 two principal elements   
have entered into the  spiritual life of
 the modern world4 ,one of these has    
been ,hebrew2 the  other has been       
,greek40    ,of all the many beautiful  
things which the ,greeks produced1 the  
,greek language itself is considered to 
have been the first and most  wonderful2
 and 8no one10 continues the professor1 
8who is a stranger to  ,greek           
literature1 has seen how perfect an     
instrument it is possible for  human    
speech to be40    ,we may remember that 
the whole of the ,new ,testament was    
given to the  world in this beautiful   
and expressive language2 that ,st4 ,paul
 was well  versed in ,greek philosophy1 
and that many of his ,epistles were to  
,greek  cities1 and many of his first   
disciples among the ,gentiles were      
,greeks4    ,we can also be sure that he

 must often have been present at ,greek 
games  such as we have been describing4 
,the frequent references and metaphors  
referring to them prove this4 ,in the   
first ,epistle to the ,corinthians  the 
references to the foot-races run in the 
,isthmean games1 celebrated  at         
,corinth1 occur again and again4 8,know 
ye not that they which run  in a race   
run all1 but one receiveth the prize8   
,so run that ye may  obtain0 7ch4 ix4   
#bd72 and in the following verse1 8,they
 strive for a  corruptible0 7or         
perishable7 8crown1 but we an           
incorruptible0--referring  to the       
fragile crowns or garlands of fresh     
leaves awarded to the  victors in the   
games we have been describing4    ,and  
again1 in the ,epistle to the           
,philippians1 iii4 #ad1 8,i press       
towards  the mark0 7or goal7 8for the   
prize40 ,in the first ,epistle to       
,timothy1  vi4 #ab1 8,fight the good    
fight before many witnesses40    ,the   
first preaching to the ,gentiles was to 

,greek-speaking peoples1  either noted  
,greek cities1 as ,athens itself and    
,corinth1 or ,greek  colonies in ,asia  
,minor4 ,we find 7,acts xii47 how ,st4  
,paul actually  visited this same       
beautiful ,city of ,athens1 whose early 
legends1 like  quaint fairy stories1 we 
have been describing2 how he stood on   
the  ,areopagus 7the ,hill of ,mars7    
facing the ,parthenon1 and must have    
seen  all its lovely statues and grand  
monuments still perfect2 and how he     
8thought it good to be left at ,athens  
alone10 when he there preached to  her  
wise men and philosophers1 and found    
followers and disciples from  among     
them1 whose hearts were opened to a     
higher wisdom than any that  the        
worshippers of the famed ,athenian      
goddess knew4    ,illustration3 ,,the   
,,interior ,,of ,,the ,,parthenon4      
7,the ,giving of the ,prizes4           
,conjectural ,arrangement47             
,,footnotes3    #a ,born by ,lake       
,tritonis4    #b ,chrysos3 gold4        

,elephantus3 ivory4          ,,merle',s 
,,crusade4    ,,by ,,rosa ,,nouchette   
,,carey1 ,author of 8,aunt ,diana10     
8,for ,lilias10 etc4      ,,chapter ,x4 
8,i ,,trust ,,them ,,to ,,you1 ,,merle40
    ,with the early summer came a new   
anxiety2 ,joyce was growing very fast1  
and1 like other children of her age1    
looked thin and delicate4 ,she  lost her
 appetite1 grew captious and irritable1 
had crying fits if she  were            
contradicted1 and tired of all her      
playthings4 ,it was hard work  to amuse 
her2 and as ,reggie was rather fretful  
with the heat1 ,i found  my charge      
decidedly onerous1 especially as it was 
the height of the  season1 and ,mrs4    
,morton's daily visits to the nursery   
barely lasted ten  minutes4    ,dr4     
,myrtle was called in and recommended   
change for both the children4  ,there   
was a want of tone about ,joyce3 she was
 growing too fast1 and  there was slight
 irritability of the brain1 a not       
uncommon thing1 he  remarked1 with      

nervous1 delicately organised children4 
,he recommended sea air and bathing4    
,she must be out on the shore all  day1 
and run wild4 ,fresh air1 new milk1 and 
country diet would be her  best         
medicine2 and1 as ,dr4 ,myrtle was an   
oracle in our household1 ,mr4  ,morton  
at once decided that his advice must be 
followed4    ,there was a long1 anxious 
deliberation between the parents1 and   
the  next morning ,i was summoned to    
,mrs4 ,morton's dressing-room4 ,i found 
her  lying on the couch2 the blinds were
 lowered1 and the smelling salts  were  
in her hand4 ,she said at once that she 
had had a restless night1  and had one  
of her bad headaches4 ,i thought she    
looked wretchedly ill1  and1 for the    
first time1 the fear crossed me that her
 life was killing  her by inches4 ,hers 
was not a robust constitution1 and1 like
 ,joyce1  she was most delicately       
organised4 ,late hours and excitement   
are fatal  to these nervous             
constitutions1 if only ,i dared hint at 

this to ,dr4  ,myrtle1 but ,i felt1 in  
my position1 it would be an act of      
presumption4  ,she would not let me     
speak of herself2 at my first word of   
sympathy she  stopped me4    8,never    
mind about me1 ,i am used to these      
headaches2 sit down a moment2  ,i want  
to speak to you about the children4 ,dr4
 ,myrtle has made us very  anxious about
 ,joyce2 he says she must have change at
 once40    8,he said the same to me1    
,mrs4 ,morton40    8,my husband and ,i  
have talked the matter over2 if ,i could
 only go with  you and the children--but
 no1 it is impossible4 ,how could ,i    
leave just  now1 when our ball is coming
 off on the eighteenth1 and we have two 
dinners as well8 ,besides1 ,i could not 
leave my husband2 he is far from  well4 
,this late session tries him dreadfully4
 ,i have never left him  yet1 not even  
for a day40    8,and yet you require the
 change as much as the children40 ,i    
could not  help saying this1 but she    
took no notice of my remark4    8,we    

have decided to send them to my         
father's4 ,do you know ,netherton1      
,merle8 ,it is a pretty village about a 
mile from ,orton-on-,sea4 ,netherton  is
 by the sea1 and the air is nearly as   
fine as ,orton4 ,marshlands1 that  is my
 father's place1 is about half a mile   
from the shore40    ,i heard this with  
some trepidation4 ,in my secret heart ,i
 had hoped that  we should have taken   
lodgings at some watering-place1 and ,i 
thought1  with ,hannah's help1 ,i should
 have got on nicely2 but to go amongst  
strangers6 ,i was perfectly unaware of  
,mr4 ,morton's horror of lodgings1  and 
it would have seemed absurd to him to   
take a house just for me and  the       
children4    8,i have written to my     
sister1 ,merle10 she continued1 8to make
 all  arrangements4 ,my father never    
interferes in domestic matters4 ,i have 
told her that ,i hold you responsible   
for my children1 and that you will  have
 the sole charge of them4 ,i laid a     
stress on this1 because ,i know  my     

sister's ideas of management differ     
entirely from mine4 ,i can trust  you as
 ,i trust myself1 ,merle1 and it is my  
wish to secure you from  interference of
 any kind40 ,it was nice to hear this1  
but her speech  made me a little        
nervous2 she evidently dreaded          
interference for me4    8,is your sister
 younger than yourself80 ,i faltered4   
8,i have two sisters10 she returned1    
quickly2 8,gay is much younger2  she was
 not grown up when ,i married2 my eldest
 sister1 ,mrs4 ,markham1  was then in   
,india4 ,two years ago she came back a  
widow1 with her only  remaining child1  
and at my father's request remained with
 him to manage  his household4 ,domestic
 matters were not either in his or      
,gay's line1  and ,mrs4 ,markham is one 
who loves to rule40    ,i confess this  
slight sketch of ,mrs4 ,markham did not 
impress me in  her favour4 ,i conceived 
the idea of a masculine1 bustling woman1
 very  different to my beloved mistress4
 ,i could not well express these        

sentiments1 but ,i think ,mrs4 ,morton  
must have read them in my face4    8,i  
am going to be very frank with you1     
,merle10 she said1 after a  moment's    
thought1 8and ,i do not think ,i shall  
repent my confidence4  ,i know my sister
 ,adelaide's faults4 ,she has had many  
troubles with  which to contend in her  
married life1 and they have made her a  
little  hard4 ,she lost two dear little 
girls in ,india1 and1 as ,rolf is her   
only child1 she spoils him dreadfully2  
in fact1 young as he is1 he  has        
completely mastered her4 ,he is a very  
delicate1 wilful child1  and needs firm 
management2 in spite of his faults he is
 a dear little  fellow1 and ,i am very  
sorry for ,rolf40    8,will he be with  
us in the nursery80 ,i asked1 anxiously4
    8,no1 indeed3 ,rolf is always with  
his mother in the drawing-room1 to  the 
no small discomfort of his mother's     
visitors4 ,sometimes he is  with her    
maid ,judson1 but that is only when even
 ,mrs4 ,markham finds  him unbearable4  

,a spoilt child is greatly to be pitied1
 ,merle2 he has  his own way nine times 
out of ten1 and on the tenth he meets   
with  undesirable severity4 ,adelaide   
either will not punish him at all1 or   
punishes him too severely4 ,children    
suffer as much from their parent's      
temper as from over-indulgence40    8,i 
am afraid ,rolf's example will be bad   
for ,joyce40    8,that is my fear10 she 
replied1 with a sigh4 8,i wish the      
children could  be kept apart1 but ,rolf
 will have his own way in that4 ,there  
is one  thing of which ,i must warn you1
 ,merle4 ,mrs4 ,markham may be disposed 
to  interfere in your department2       
remember1 you are responsible to me and 
not to her4 ,i look to you to follow my 
rules and wishes with regard to  my     
children40    8,oh1 ,mrs4 ,morton10 ,i  
burst out1 8you are putting me in a very
 difficult  position4 ,if any           
unpleasantness should arise1 ,i cannot  
refer to you4  ,how am ,i to help it if 
,mrs4 ,markham interferes with the      

children80    8,you must be firm1       
,merle2 you must act in any difficulty  
in the way you  think will please me4   
,be true to me1 and you may be sure ,i  
shall listen  to no idle complaints of  
you4 ,i wish ,i had not to say all this2
 it is  very painful to hint this of a  
sister1 but ,mrs4 ,markham is not always
  judicious with regard to children40   
8,will it be good for them to go to     
,netherton under these circumstances80  
8,there is nowhere else where they can  
go10 she returned1 rather sadly2  8my   
husband has such a horror of lodgings1  
and he will not take a house  for us    
this year--he thinks it an unnecessary  
expense1 as later on we  are going to   
,scotland that he may have some         
shooting4 ,all the doctors  speak so    
well of ,netherton2 the air is very fine
 and bracing1 and my  father's garden   
will be a ,paradise to the children40   
,we were interrupted here by ,mr4       
,morton4    8,oh1 are you there1 ,miss  
,fenton80 he said1 pleasantly 7he so    

often  called me ,miss ,fenton now72 8,i
 was just in search of you4 ,violet1    
your  sister has telegraphed as you     
wished1 and the rooms will be quite     
ready  for the children to-morrow40     
8,to-morrow60 ,i gasped4    8,yes10 he  
returned1 in his quick1 decided voice2  
8you and ,hannah will  have plenty of   
work to-day4 ,you are looking pale1     
,miss ,fenton2 sea air  will be good for
 you as well as ,joyce4 ,i do not like  
people to grow  pale in my service40    
8,i have been telling ,merle10 observed 
his wife1 anxiously1 8that she  is to   
have the sole responsibility of our     
children4 ,adelaide must not  interfere1
 must she1 ,alick80    8,of course not10
 with a frown4 8,my dear ,violet1 we all
 know what your  sister's management    
means2 ,rolf is a fine little fellow1   
but she is  utterly ruining him4        
,remember1 ,miss ,fenton1 no unwholesome
 sweets and  delicacies for the         
children2 you know our rules4 ,she may  
stuff her own  boy if she likes1 but not

 my children10 and with this he         
dismissed me1  and sat down beside his  
wife with some open letters in his hand4
    ,i returned to the nursery with a   
heavy heart4 ,how little we know as  we 
open our eyes on the new day1 what that 
day's work may bring us6 ,i  think one's
 waking prayer should be1 8,lead me in a
 plain path because  of mine enemies40  
,i was utterly cast down and            
disheartened at the thought of leaving  
my  mistress4 ,the responsibility       
terrified me4 ,i should be at the tender
  mercies of strangers1 who would not   
recognise my position4 ,ah6 ,i had  got 
to the ,hill ,difficulty at last1 and   
yet surely the confidence  reposed in me
 ought to have made me glad4 8,i trust  
you as myself40 ,were  not those sweet  
words to hear from my mistress's lips8  
,well1 ,i was only  a girl4 ,human      
nature1 and especially girl nature1 is  
subject to hot and  cold fits4 ,at one  
moment we are star-gazing1 and the      
majesty of the  universe1 with its      

undeviating laws1 seems to lift us out  
of ourselves  with admiration and       
wonder2 and the next hour we are        
grovelling in the  dust1 and the        
grasshopper is a burthen1 and we see    
nothing save the  hard stones of the    
highway and the walls that shut us in on
 every side4  8,lead us in a plain      
path40 ,oh1 that is just what we want2 a
 ,divine ,hand  to lift us up and clear 
the dust from our eyes1 and to lead us  
on as  little children are led4         
,these salutary thoughts checked my     
nervous fears and restored calmness4  ,i
 remembered a passage that ,aunt ,agatha
 had once read to me--a quotation  from 
a favourite book of hers2 ,i had copied 
it out for myself4    8,do as the little
 children do--little children who with  
one hand hold  fast by their father1 and
 with the other gather strawberries or  
blackberries along the hedges4 ,do you1 
while gathering and managing  the goods 
of this world with one hand1 with the   
other always hold fast  the hand of your

 heavenly ,father1 turning to ,him from 
time to time to  see if your actions or 
occupations are pleasing to ,him2 but   
take care1  above all things1 that you  
never let go ,his hand1 thinking to     
gather  more1 for1 should ,he let you   
go1 you will not be able to take another
  step without falling40    ,just then  
,hannah came to me for the day's orders1
 and ,i told her as  briefly as possible
 of the plans for the morrow4 ,to my    
astonishment1  directly ,i mentioned    
,netherton1 she turned very red1 and    
uttered an  exclamation4                
8,netherton--we are to go to            
,netherton--,squire ,cheriton's place6  
,why1  miss1 it is not more than a mile 
and a half from there to ,dorlecote and 
,wheeler's ,farm40    8,do you mean the 
farm where your father and your sister  
,molly live80  ,i returned1 quite taken 
aback at this1 for the girl's eyes were 
sparkling1 and she seemed almost beside 
herself with joy4 8,truly it is  an ill 
wind that blows no one any good40       

8,yes1 indeed1 miss1 you have told me a 
piece of good news4 ,i was just         
thinking of asking mistress for a week's
 holiday1 only ,master ,reggie  seemed  
so fretful and ,miss ,joyce so weakly1  
that ,i hardly knew how ,i  could be    
spared without putting too much work    
upon you2 but now ,i shall  be near them
 all for a month or more4 ,molly had    
been writing to me the  other day to    
tell me that they were longing for a    
sight of me40    8,i am very glad for   
your sake1 ,hannah1 that we shall be so 
near your  old home2 but now we must see
 to the children's things1 and ,i must  
get ,rhoda to send a note to the        
laundress40 ,i had put a stop to the    
conversation purposely1 for ,i wanted to
 know my mistress's opinion  before ,i  
encouraged ,hannah in speaking about her
 own people4 ,how did ,i  know what     
,mrs4 ,morton would wish8 ,i took the   
opportunity of speaking  to her when she
 came up to the nursery in the course of
 the evening4  ,hannah was still        

packing1 and ,i was collecting some of  
the children's  toys4 ,mrs4 ,morton     
listened to me with great attention2 ,i 
thought she  seemed interested4    8,of 
course ,i know ,wheeler's ,farm10 she   
replied at once2 8,michael  ,sowerby1   
,hannah's father1 is a very respectable 
man2 indeed1 they are  all most         
respectable1 and ,i know ,mrs4 ,garnett 
thinks highly of them4 ,i  shall have no
 objection to my children visiting the  
farm if you think  proper to take them1 
,merle2 but of course they will go      
nowhere without  you4 ,if you can spare 
,hannah for a day now and then ,i should
 be glad  for her to have the holiday1  
for she is a good girl1 and has always  
done her duty40    8,i will willingly   
spare her10 was my answer1 for ,hannah's
 sweet temper  and obliging ways had    
made me her friend4 8,i was only anxious
 to know  your wishes on this point1 in 
case my conduct or ,hannah's should be  
questioned40    8,you are nervous about 
going to ,netherton1 ,merle10 she       

returned1 at  once1 looking at me more  
keenly than usual4 8,you are quite pale 
this  evening4 ,put down those toys2    
,hannah can pack them1 with ,rhoda's    
help2  ,i will not have you tire        
yourself any more to-night40    8,i am  
not tired10 ,i faltered1 but the foolish
 tears rushed to my eyes4  ,did she have
 an idea1 ,i wonder1 how hard ,i felt it
 would be to leave  her the next day4   
,as the thought passed through my mind  
she took the  chair beside me4    8,the 
carriage has not come yet1 ,anderson    
will let me know when my  husband is    
ready for me2 we shall have time for a  
talk4 ,you are a  little down-hearted   
to-night1 ,merle2 you are dreading      
leaving us  to-morrow40    8,i am sorry 
to leave you10 ,i returned1 and now ,i  
could not keep the  tears back4    8,i  
shall miss you1 too10 she replied1      
kindly2 8,i am getting to know  you so  
well1 ,merle4 ,i think we understand    
each other1 and then ,i am so  grateful 
to you for loving my children2 no one   

has ever been so good to  them before40 
8,i am only doing my duty to them and   
you40    8,perhaps so2 but then how few 
do their duty8 ,how few try to act up to
  so high a standard4 ,i am dull myself 
to-night1 ,merle4 ,no one knows  how ,i 
feel parting with my children2 ,i try   
not to indulge in nervous  fancies1 but 
,i cannot feel happy and at rest when   
they are away from  me40    8,it is very
 hard for you10 was my answer to this4  
8,it is not quite so hard this time10   
she returned1 hastily2 8,i feel  they   
will be safe with you1 ,merle1 that you 
will watch over them as  though they    
were your own4 ,i know you will justify 
my trust40    8,you may be assured that 
,i will do my best for them40    8,i    
know that10 returned my mistress1       
gently4 8,you will write to me1  will   
you not1 and give me full particulars   
about my darlings4 ,i think  you will   
like ,marshlands2 my sister ,gay is very
 bright and winning1 and  my father is  
always kind40    8,mrs4 ,markham80 ,i   

stammered4    8,oh1 my sister ,adelaide2
 she will be too much occupied with her 
own boy  and her own affairs to trouble 
you much4 ,if you are in any difficulty 
write to me and ,i will help you4 ,now  
,i must say good-night4 ,have ,i done   
you any good1 ,merle8 ,have the fears   
lessened80    8,you always do me good10 
,i answered1 gratefully1 as she put out 
her  slim hand to me2 and1 indeed1 her  
few sympathising words had lifted  a    
little of the weight4 ,when she had left
 the nursery ,i sat down and  wrote a   
long letter to ,aunt ,agatha1 bidding   
her good-bye1 and speaking  cheerfully  
of our intended flitting4 ,when the next
 day came ,i woke far  more cheerful4   
,the bright sunshine1 ,joyce's          
excitement1 and ,hannah's  happy looks  
stimulated me to courage4 ,there was    
little time for  thought1 for there was 
still much to be done before the        
carriage came  round for us4 ,mrs4      
,morton accompanied us to the station1  
and did not  quit the platform until our

 train moved off4    8,remember1 ,merle1
 ,i trust them to you10 were her last   
words before we  left her there alone in
 the summer sunshine4    7,to be        
continued47    ,illustration            
,,christmas ,,in ,a ,,french            
,,boarding-,,school4    ,a ,christmas   
morning of more than twenty years ago is
 breaking over a  picturesque old town  
of fair ,france4 ,the cold wintry sun   
touches upon  the masts of the ships in 
her harbour and upon the crowded houses 
of  the ,lower ,town1 creeps up to the  
leafless trees upon the ramparts1 and   
glints upon the steep roofs and stately 
cathedral of the ,upper ,town4    ,from 
the dormitory windows of a large        
boarding-school some dozen or  more of  
girlish heads are peering into the      
feeble light1 in the hope  of seeing    
across the narrow 8silver streak0 the   
white cliffs of their  ,english home4   
,in vain4 ,a cold1 grey fog is rising   
from the sea1 and  baffles even their   
strong young eyes4 ,the casements are   

closed1 and  as the big school-bell     
sends forth its summons1 the ,english   
boarders  hasten into the class-room    
below4 ,it does not look very inviting  
at  this early hour2 there is no fire   
and little light1 while the empty       
benches and the absence of the usual    
chattering throng of schoolgirls  serve 
only to make those of them who remain   
the more depressed4 ,they  gather1 from 
force of habit1 round the fireless      
stove1 and wish one  another a 8,merry  
,christmas02 but they neither look nor  
feel as if a  merry ,christmas could be 
theirs4 ,with hands swollen with        
chilblains and  faces blue with cold1   
they stand1 a shivering group1 comparing
 this  with former anniversaries1 and   
increasing their discomfort by reminding
  one another of the warm firesides1 the
 ample ,christmas cheer1 and the  lavish
 gifts with which the day is being      
ushered in at home4    ,at length the   
welcome sound of the breakfast-bell is  
heard1 and our  small party descends to 

the rfectoire4 ,here excellent hot      
coffee and  omelettes1 with the best of 
bread and butter1 somewhat reconcile us 
to  our hard lot1 while the different   
mistresses are really very kind to  les 
petites dsoles1 and do their best to    
enliven the meal4 ,we are  told that    
during the ten days' holiday now begun  
we shall be entirely  exempted from the 
necessity of talking ,french1 and shall 
be allowed  to get up and go to bed an  
hour later than during the school terms2
  moreover1 that after service in our   
own church that morning 7for1 to  their 
credit be it said1 these ladies1 devout 
,catholics themselves1  never tampered  
with our belief71 we should have a good 
fire lighted in  the small class-room1  
where we could amuse ourselves as we    
pleased for  the rest of the day4       
,after such good news we set off1 under 
the escort of the ,english  governess1  
in revived spirits for church4 ,it was a
 plain little  building1 but we always  
liked to go2 it seemed a bit of old     

,england  transplanted into this foreign
 town2 and to-day the holly and flowers1
  the familiar hymns1 and our pastor's  
short and telling address1 made  the    
service particularly bright and cheery4 
,we were very fond of our good1 gentle  
little clergyman1 and always  lingered a
 while after the services in the hope   
that he would speak to  us1 as he often 
did1 especially upon any ,church        
festivals2 and to-day  we had quite a   
long talk with him before1 with many and
 hearty good  wishes1 we parted in the  
church porch4    ,as usual1 after       
service1 we went for a walk on the      
ramparts which  encircle the ,upper     
,town4 ,the view was very fine1         
comprising on one  side the ,lower      
,town1 the shining waters of the        
,channel1 and1 on very  clear days1 the 
houses as well as the cliffs of ,dover2 
on the other1  the hills and valleys1   
watered by the ,liane2 if we went       
further still1  and passed the gloomy   
old chteau--now a prison--we could trace

 the roads  leading to ,calais and ,st4 
,omer2 while on a bleak hill to the left
 rose  ,napoleon's ,column4    ,this    
rampart walk was a great favourite with 
us all1 and we generally  liked to make 
two or three turns4 ,to-day1 however1 we
 were to have  an early luncheon1 and1  
besides1 were yearning for our letters2 
so  we contented ourselves with le petit
 tour1 and hurried home4 ,here  we found
 an ample mail awaiting us1 whilst among
 the pile each girl  found a neat little
 ,french billet from mademoiselle1      
inviting us  formally to dinner and a   
little dance that evening4 ,of course we
  sat down at once to write our         
acceptances1 then1 with a cheer for     
mademoiselle1 turned our thoughts to the
 absorbing topic of what we  should     
wear4 ,dinner was fixed for #e p4m41 so 
that after luncheon there  was really   
not very much time left1 especially as  
each girl1 besides  the difficulty of   
choosing and arranging her most becoming
 costume1 had  also to have her hair    

8done40    ,hair-dressing was an        
elaborate science in those days1 puffs  
and  frisettes1 curls and plaits1 being 
all brought into requisition  on state  
occasions1 and if this--a dinner and a  
dance given by  mademoiselle1 the rather
 awe-inspiring though extremely kind    
mademoiselle1 who reigned an undisputed 
autocrat in our little  school-world--if
 this1 ,i say1 was not a state occasion1
 ,i appeal to  every schoolgirl         
throughout the kingdom to tell me what  
was4    ,the dortoir was a gay and      
animated scene as we ,english girls     
repaired  thither after luncheon to 8lay
 out0 7rather a dismal phrase1 but one  
we always used7 our best frocks and     
sashes1 our open-worked stockings  and  
evening shoes1 and our black or white   
silk mittens4 ,one of the  girls was a  
capital hairdresser1 as everyone else   
allowed1 and as  her services were      
eagerly entreated by the less skilful in
 the art1  ,i can tell you her powers   
and her patience were put to the test   

that  afternoon4    ,oh1 the plaiting   
and waving1 the padding and puffing1 the
 crimping  and curling1 that we gladly  
underwent on that memorable occasion6   
,how openly we admired one another1     
and--more secretly--ourselves2 and  then
 how very funny it seemed to be walking 
into the drawing-room as  mademoiselle's
 visitors6    ,kind mademoiselle6 how   
handsome she looked in her dark satin   
dress1  with a little old ,french lace  
at her throat and wrists6 ,how          
pleasantly  she welcomed us all1 while  
she gave extra care to the one child    
amongst  us1 who could only wear black  
ribbons even for ,christmas ,day4    ,of
 course1 all the under-mistresses were  
there1 and one or two of the            
non-resident ones4 ,i particularly      
remember the pretty singing mistress1   
and the head music mistress1 whose      
brother ,i hear of nowadays as the      
first organist of ,europe2 whilst last  
of all to arrive was ,monsieur  l',abb1 
who was a frequent and honoured guest1  

and for whose coming we  had all been   
waiting4    ,the dinner bell rang a few 
minutes after this important arrival1   
and  we all descended to the rfectoire4 
,how good that dinner was6 ,a  soup such
 as one never tastes anywhere but in    
,france2 the bouilli1  which we were too
 ,english to care for2 the turkey       
stuffed with  chestnuts--delicious1 but 
so unlike an ,english turkey2 the plum  
pudding1  very good again1 but still    
with a foreign element about it somehow2
  and1 as a winding up delicacy1 the    
delicious tourte  la crme1 a  real      
triumph of gastronomy4    ,then our     
glasses were filled with claret1 and we 
drank the 8health of  parents and       
relations10 a rather perilous toast for 
some of us1 whose  hearts were still    
tender from a recent parting2 and       
finally coffee  was served--not the     
coffee of everyday life1 but the real   
caf noir1  which we girls drank with an 
extra dose of sugar1 but which to       
seniors  was served with a little       

cognac4 ,then1 as we sat over our fruit 
and  galette1 mademoiselle and her      
mother1 a charming old lady1 with       
bright1 dark eyes1 and soft1 silver     
hair1 combined with ,monsieur l',abb  to
 keep us merry with a succession of     
amusing stories of ,french life  and    
adventure1 until the repeated ringing of
 the hall bell announced  the arrival of
 some of the old pupils1 who had been   
asked to join our  dance4 ,tables were  
quickly cleared1 superfluous chairs and 
benches  removed1 violin and piano set  
up a gay tune1 and then we danced and   
danced away until nearly midnight1 when 
the appearance of eau sucre  and        
lemonade1 with a tray of tempting cakes1
 concluded the fun1 and  gave the signal
 for retiring4    ,illustration         
,illustration          ,,lace-,,making  
,,in ,,the ,,erzgebirge2#c    ,,or1     
,,the ,,result ,,of ,a ,,woman',s       
,,hospitality4    ,,by ,,emma ,,brewer4 
,annaberg is a bright1 thriving little  
town in ,saxony1 and1 from its  pleasant

 situation1 is known to the people round
 about as the ,queen of  the ,erz       
,mountains4    ,its attractions are     
enhanced by the character of its        
population1 whose  kindness1            
cleanliness1 and industry are known to  
all4    ,like many another old town1 it 
has a history1 and boasts of chronicles 
which record many memorable facts       
concerning it1 one of which is          
peculiarly interesting to us1 viz41 that
 a great service was rendered  by a     
woman1 in return for which a great      
benefit was received1 and in  its turn  
given out again to women1 among whom it 
brought forth fruit a  hundredfold2 but 
this we will explain presently4    ,this
 cheery little town is surrounded by    
pine forests1 to which many  of the poor
 inhabitants of the upper mountains come
 in the hot summer  months to pick      
berries and gather mushrooms1 and so add
 to their  scant means4 ,the highest    
point of the ,erzgebirge is only two    
hours  distant1 or about six miles1 and 

it is quite worth while to climb to  it1
 for from it you get a view which does  
your heart good4 ,not that the          
character of these mountains is either  
romantic or wild1 like that of  the     
rugged rocks in the ,bavarian           
,highlands2 on the contrary1 it is soft 
and gently undulating1 conveying rest   
and peace to the heart4    ,illustration
    ,and what of the inhabitants8 ,are  
they as attractive as the mountains8  ,i
 cannot be quite sure4 ,of one thing1   
however1 ,i am certain1 that they  would
 interest you4 ,they are simple-hearted 
and good tempered4 ,by  incessant       
industry they manage1 as a rule1 to gain
 a scant livelihood1  although there are
 bad times when1 in spite of constant   
toil1 many  suffer hunger4              
,illustration    ,potatoes1 and a       
suspicious kind of drink which these    
people call by the  name of coffee1 form
 the chief means of support4 ,those     
dwelling high  up in the mountains      
consider themselves quite happy if they 

are able  to place a dish of steaming   
potatoes on their well-scrubbed pinewood
  table4 ,if1 however1 night frosts and 
long rains spoil these1 they have       
little else to live on than the clear   
water from the spring and the  fresh air
 of the mountains4 ,the result of this  
is that about ,christmas1  which should 
be a happy time1 the ghost of ,typhus   
may be seen stalking  abroad over the   
mountains1 pausing here and there to    
knock at one or  other of the little    
snowed-up huts of the weaver1 the       
toy-maker1 or the  lace-worker1 and the 
gravedigger finds more than enough to do
 digging  graves down through the ice   
and snow4    ,necessity has taught these
 simple people not only to live         
sparingly and  to exercise self-denial1 
but it has given them a wonderful       
cleverness  and readiness in taking up  
any new industry4    ,illustration      
,just as in great towns the fashions are
 continually changing1 so  the demands  
of the markets of the world create new  

trades1 and give  a variety to the      
occupations of even these remote        
dwellers of the  mountains4 ,in the very
 poor huts1 with shingle roofs scattered
 about in  out-of-the-way corners of    
this mountain district1 you would       
scarcely  expect to see the inhabitants 
working a thousand various and tasteful 
patterns of glistening1 sparkling pearl 
articles1 which1 when finished1  go     
forth out of those poor huts to adorn   
the dresses of grand ladies in  ,berlin1
 ,paris1 and ,london2 yet this is the   
fact4    ,illustration    ,in like      
manner and in like houses you may see   
the inhabitants  busy with the beautiful
 art-industry of pillow lace-making1    
which  brings us to the interesting fact
 recorded in the chronicles of          
,annaberg--interesting to us because it 
refers to woman and woman's work4       
,illustration    ,the middle of the     
sixteenth century was a hard time for   
the people of  the ,erz ,mountains4     
,yearly the population increased1 and   

yearly the  means of support grew less2 
for the productiveness of the mines1    
which  up to that time had been great1  
fell off to such an extent that even    
the new tin industry failed to make up  
the loss4    ,it was just when the need 
was greatest that the good ,frau        
,barbara  ,uttman1 a rich patrician lady
 of ,annaberg1 came to the rescue of the
  inhabitants by teaching the poor women
 and girls#d an entirely new            
industry--one that had never been known 
in ,germany4 ,it was the rare art  of   
making exquisitely soft and costly      
texture with the hand by means of       
dexterously intertwining and knotting   
single threads of silk or cotton2  in   
fact1 to make what is known as bobbin or
 pillow lace4    ,barbara ,uttman 7born 
in #aead1 died in #aege71 as the story  
goes1 learnt  it from a fugitive        
,brabantine whom she hospitably received
 into her  house4 ,if this be so1 then  
was her hospitality rich in good fruit4 
,although pillow lace does not hold so  

high a place in fashion at the  present 
time as in the good old days1 yet the   
memory of ,frau ,barbara  is kept in    
affectionate and pious remembrance by   
the good and simple  people of the ,erz 
,mountains4    ,a venerable avenue of   
lime-trees leads to her tomb in the     
8,gottesacre0  of ,annaberg4 ,it is one 
of the most simple in style and         
execution4 ,it  points her out as the   
founder of the bobbin art1 seated at a  
lace  cushion4    ,a good action is the 
most beautiful memorial1 just as        
gratitude is the  highest of virtues4   
,illustration    ,illustration    ,past 
neglect has been in a manner atoned for 
by erecting a worthy  memorial of her   
exactly opposite the ancient grey       
town-hall in the  market-place of       
,annaberg4    ,illustration             
,illustration    ,illustration    ,there
 is a possibility that this memorial may
 be the means of reviving  the industry 
which has been so good a friend to the  
inhabitants2  and yet it is scarcely    

possible that it can ever compete with  
the  machine-made lace of ,nottingham1  
which is comparatively cheap1 and1 to   
the uneducated eye1 scarcely to be      
distinguished from the hand-made        
cushion lace4 ,during the last thirty   
years the poor bobbin villages  would   
have starved on the ever-decreasing     
profits had not other  industries sprung
 up to give them work4    ,many attempts
 have been made to give the pillow lace 
a fresh start1  a new life2 but without 
any permanent good result4 ,standing out
 from  among many noble ladies who have 
made the attempt1 is the ,queen ,carola 
of ,saxony1 who has done her utmost to  
keep it going4    ,she maintains model  
bobbin schools1 wherein children are    
taught the  industry under skilful      
supervision4 ,it was she who gave the   
order to  the poor lace-makers for the  
bridal veil of the ,princess ,maria     
,josepha1  as well as for the lace      
dress4    ,it is the object in all the  
schools to ward off the threatened      

downfall  of the hand-made lace         
industry1 by the production of patterns 
full of  taste and style2 but this only 
goes a short way1 the markets of the    
world must do the rest4    ,ladies might
 do much for the industry if they       
resolved to wear real  lace instead of  
cheap machine lace4    ,a committee of  
ladies in ,vienna have already          
determined to do this1  which may be the
 beginning of better things4    ,quite  
apart from its practical purpose of     
maintaining for the poor  mountaineers a
 branch of business peculiarly theirs1  
we must remember  that1 should the      
cushion lace-making fail1 an ancient and
 noble house  industry will have its    
fall--an industry which is even now able
 to  turn out beautiful works of art1   
worthy of high praise1 one for whose    
success three centuries have laboured4  
,the effect of this industry among the  
people who earn their bread by  it is to
 make them scrupulously clean2 their    
huts have1 as a rule1 but  one floor1   

but the boards are always freshly       
scrubbed1 the walls are  spotlessly     
whitewashed4 ,the kitchen utensils1     
which are hung on the  walls1 are like  
looking-glasses1 so bright are they1 and
 you would  look in vain for dust on the
 poor furniture of the little room4     
,the costly lace requires the most      
particular cleanliness1 as well in  the 
lace-maker herself as in her            
surroundings4    ,the manners of these  
people are those bequeathed them by     
their  forefathers1 and their work is   
carried on as in former days4    ,even  
little children of four years old earn a
 few pence weekly at  the cushion       
towards the housekeeping1 by making     
common wool lace4 ,to  produce tasteful 
hand lace requires not only great       
patience1 but also  such a high         
perfection in the art that it must be   
regularly practised  from childhood1 and
 this explains the reason of such young 
children  being placed at the cushion4  
,the bobbin lace-making industry has    

never brought even a moderate           
competency to the cleverest and most    
industrious worker4 ,how could it1      
when1 if she work from early morning    
till late at night1 the highest  she can
 possibly earn is #es4 a week1 and in   
less busy times not more  than two to   
three shillings8    ,in the hard winter 
days no morsel of meat is seen on the   
table2 and if  the potatoes are all     
consumed1 then dry bread1 and not much  
of it1 is  all the nourishment they get4
    ,how does it happen that such       
valuable work fails to give a fair      
return8  ,this1 with a little knowledge1
 is easy to answer4 ,it takes a very    
long  time indeed to produce the most   
simple lace1 and as to costly patterns  
of rich and tasteful designs1 such as we
 give here as a cover to a  lady's      
sunshade--well1 it would require for its
 production six to twelve  months1 or   
even longer1 according to the pattern   
and the ability of  the worker4 ,this   
lace-cover is bought in the shops of our

 great towns  for the ridiculously cheap
 sum of #e--perhaps #g #ajs4--or1 at the
 very  highest1 #ae4    ,if you take    
into consideration the high duty on     
these articles1 the  worth of the raw   
material1 which is generally the best   
silk1 and  the fee to the middle-man1   
you will see how much remains for the   
industrious artist at her cushion--never
 more than #bs4 #a;d4 a day4            
,supposing that a yard of pillow lace   
cost #g;d4 in the shops1 you must  take 
off quite #b;d4 for the purchase of     
material and the fee for the            
middle-man1 which leaves the worker     
#e;d4 as the price of a day's hard      
work1 for she cannot make more than a   
yard a day4    ,the poverty of the      
pillow lace-maker is no doubt due also  
to the low  market price of the lace1   
and this cannot be remedied1 for lace   
being  not an article of necessity1 but 
only of luxury1 the desire to buy will  
decrease with every rise in price1      
especially as the machine-made lace  is 

produced so easily and in such          
perfection that it is difficult often   
to tell the true from the false4    ,for
 the last ten years it has seemed       
useless to think of bettering the       
position of the lace-maker1 male or     
female4 ,any effort made is rather  to  
prevent an excellent and artistic       
industry from dying out4 ,the           
population has turned itself to other   
industries which pay somewhat  better1  
merely taking up the lace-work when     
others fail4    ,for example1 men who in
 summer seek their bread on the plains1 
either  as bricklayers1 labourers1 or   
artisans1 join the family circle in  the
 winter in making lace1 and it is       
wonderful to see what soft and  delicate
 work is turned out by those hard hands4
 ,it is pleasant to see  the wooden     
stools drawn round the table behind the 
glass globe filled  with water1 through 
which the lamplight falls sharp and     
clear on the  spotless work1 and watch  
the family1 from the aged grandmother   

down  to the toddling grandchild1 take  
their places at their cushions or       
pillows4 ,for those who have never seen 
pillow lace made1 we will give a  few   
words4    ,the pillow or cushion is of  
cylindrical form1 and tightly stuffed4  
,on  this a number of pins are stuck1   
according to the pattern to be worked4  
,the threads1 fastened to small bobbins1
 are thrown across the cushion  and     
placed round these pins2 the threads1   
traversing from left to  right1 or vice 
vers1 often weave at once the pattern   
and the ground4  ,there is a line in one
 of the ,volkslied which runs--         
8,that bobbin lace may prosper ever40   
,we echo the wish1 but fear it will     
never be realised4      ,,footnotes3    
#c ,mountains between ,saxony and       
,bohemia4    #d ,these wives and        
daughters of the miners had always      
worked at point  lace1 but this was a   
quieter and easier work which ,frau     
,barbara taught  them4          8,,no40 
,,by ,,mary ,e4 ,,hullah4      ,,chapter

 ,,ii4    8,do you like this part of    
,london80 asked ,horace1 by-and-by4     
,embrance had taken off her bonnet and  
ulster1 and was sitting by the  side of 
the fire4 ,it was one of her            
characteristics1 owing1 perhaps1  to the
 need of rest after long hours' work1   
that she could remain  perfectly still  
for a considerable length of time4 ,she 
had no desire to  busy herself with     
fancy work or to twirl her watch-chain2 
she did not  throw herself into         
picturesque attitudes1 but sat with     
clasped hands1  listening to her        
visitor's easy flow of conversation4 ,a 
curl of her  dark hair had escaped from 
the stiff plait1 and her lips were      
parted  with a smile4    8,not half so  
alarming as ,i imagined she would be10  
was ,horace ,meade's  thought1 as he    
pursued his inquiries as to her liking  
for ,bloomsbury1  8but why1 in the name 
of all that's wonderful1 does she wear  
such a  frightful garment8 ,it requires 
beauty to carry off a ,cinderella garb  

of that kind40    8,i find it convenient
 to live here10 explained ,embrance1    
while her  visitor's fancy had soared   
far away1 and was drawing her hair high 
on  the top of her head1 putting pearls 
in her ears1 and a mass of crimson      
roses in the lace round her throat4     
8,she would make a good study for  the  
#8ugly princess1'0 he thought4    8,i   
know that you are one of the busy folk10
 he said1 8,joan has told me  about you 
and your hard work4 ,i only hope--0 with
 a certain kindliness  that went        
straight to her heart--8that you are not
 overdoing it4 ,joan  ought to look     
after you40    ,just for a second1      
,embrance's dark eyes looked up at him  
with a flash  of inquiry3 could it be   
that this polite1 soft-voiced man was   
making  fun of ,joan and of her8 ,as if 
ashamed of her suspicion1 she replied   
gently--    8,it is a great pleasure to 
me to have ,joan's company2 we have been
  friends for a great many years1 ever  
since we were little schoolgirls40      

8,and you helped her with her sums after
 hours10 said ,horace1 twisting  the end
 of his moustache4 8,i have heard a     
great deal about you and  your doings1  
,miss ,clemon1 but seriously1 ,i should 
be glad to talk to  you about my cousin1
 if you will let me40    8,please do2   
she has been so looking forward to your 
coming2 will you  be able to suggest any
 line for her to take up8 ,she doesn't  
much  like teaching2 she was not very   
happy at home1 and 7with a slight       
hesitation7 her grandfather makes her no
 allowance while she is here40    8,poor
 girl60 exclaimed ,mr4 ,meade1 8,i      
expected how it would be2 he is  a      
regular old miser4 ,as for ,joan1 with  
all her talent1 she's had no  proper    
teaching herself1 and hasn't an idea    
what real work means4 ,what  has she    
been doing lately80    ,embrance1       
conscious that ,joan had been spending  
the last fortnight in  making herself a 
charming terra-cotta walking dress1     
looked towards  the window1 and said    

that there had been so many fogs1 it was
 bad  weather for artists4 ,mr4 ,meade  
nodded1 then marched up to the easel1   
and examined the drawing--a study of    
roses1 white and pink--that ,joan had   
begun a month ago2 but even before the  
roses 7which had cost as much as  a     
week's rent7 withered1 she had got tired
 of the drawing1 and had put  it on one 
side for a copy of a landscape1 intended
 for the good of her  pupil1 and also   
left unfinished4    ,for some minutes he
 stood there in silence1 took the       
drawings nearer to  the light1 and      
carefully replaced them on the easel4   
8,well80 asked ,embrance1 anxiously4    
8,what do you think of them80    8,i am 
not a judge2 ,i know so little about    
it40    8,very likely1 but look here0   
7she came closer to the easel71 8you are
  accustomed to observe4 ,do you see the
 grouping of the roses is pretty        
enough1 but there1 look1 that is quite  
out of drawing1 and the stalk is  an    
absurdity40    ,embrance could not stay 

there any longer in mute acquiescence3  
8,but she  is so quick10 she            
remonstrated1 8and has a real love0--for
 painting1 she  was about to say1 but   
her sense of truth turned the sentence  
into3 8for  anything that is beautiful60
    ,he turned away from the window with
 a sigh4 8,as an amateur1 it is all     
very well1 but otherwise1 ,i don't see  
what is to be done4 ,poor little  ,joan6
 ,it's a bad business2 how is she       
looking1 ,miss ,clemon80    8,prettier  
than ever1 ,i think40    8,i am glad to 
hear it4 ,she is a charming companion1  
and ,i am very glad  that you like her4 
,it is a comfort to know that she has   
got such a good  friend in you40        
,embrance blushed1 feeling very         
uncomfortable1 and half inclined to     
resent his remarks4 ,it was rather late 
in the day for a complete  stranger to  
interfere in such an old friendship as  
hers and ,joan's4  8,however10 she      
reflected1 8,i am sure he is very fond  
of her2 ,i wish she  would come in40    

8,perhaps10 continued ,horace ,meade1   
8you think that ,i have no business  to 
say this2 but the fact is1 that ,i had  
expected to find1 at least ,i  had not  
expected to find--that is to say----0   
,he stopped abruptly1 and ,embrance     
could not refrain from laughing3 8,you  
had imagined that ,joan had set up      
housekeeping with a strong-minded  woman
 of the most extreme type1 who didn't   
care what became of her40    8,no1 no1  
indeed60 began ,horace1 but she would go
 on4    8,please let me explain to you  
that ,i would do anything1 anything in  
the  world to make ,joan happy4 ,i have 
been looking forward to your visit2 ,i  
hoped that between us we could find some
 way of helping her40    ,it occurred to
 ,horace that this would be an          
advantageous moment to say  something   
complimentary1 and get himself out of an
 awkward predicament1  but he did not   
avail himself of the opportunity4 ,he   
was a person who  believed in his own   
insight of character1 and ,miss ,clemon 

7who was so  widely different from his  
preconceived notion of ,joan's learned  
friend7  interested him very much2 he   
was quite sure that she was open and    
honest as the day4 ,better be           
straightforward1 too4    8,thank you    
very much10 he said1 almost as if she   
had conferred a favour  on him          
personally1 8,i will think over what you
 have said2 we will try  and help her2  
and may ,i come again soon80            
,embrance answered that she would be    
very glad to see him1 and when1  after a
 little more chat1 he took his leave1   
she went singing into the  next room1   
feeling lighter of heart than she had   
done for days4 ,she  liked ,horace      
,meade very much1 and how pleased ,joan 
would be to hear of  his arrival6       
,joan was1 indeed1 delighted to welcome 
her cousin2 ,mrs4 ,rakely invited  him  
to the hotel1 and there were many happy 
days spent in his society4  ,his own    
rooms and studio were in a distant      
suburb1 but he found time to  make      

himself very agreeable to the ladies1   
and to show them the sights  of ,london4
 ,joan was in her element1 but too soon 
there came a period  of reaction4 ,mrs4 
,rakely went back to the country1 and   
,horace began to  work regularly2 he was
 slowly making his way as a portrait    
painter4  ,joan fell into low spirits   
again1 she wrote a great many letters1  
and received bulky communications from  
,mrs4 ,rakely1 about which she          
maintained a silence1 strangely unlike  
her usual talkativeness4 ,now  and then 
she would turn wistful glances on       
,embrance1 as if longing for  sympathy1 
but she made no confidences4 ,and       
,embrance treated her with  great       
tenderness1 believing that some slight  
squabble with ,horace was  the cause of 
her despondency4 8,better not to worry  
her with too many  questions10 she      
thought1 8she will tell me in her own   
good time40    ,horace came to the      
little second floor parlour1 generally  
timing his  visits so as to arrive about

 seven o'clock4 ,he had dined at his    
club4  ,if he might be allowed1 it      
suited him best to drop in at this time4
 ,he  hoped he wasn't in the way4       
,embrance bade him heartily welcome1    
while  ,joan would forget her           
melancholy1 and brighten into fresh     
beauty under  the influence of her      
cousin's pleasant talk4 ,more than once 
,embrance1  busy as she was1 had        
attempted to leave the cousins to       
themselves1  while she laboured at a    
side table2 but ,horace had a knack of  
coaxing  her back to the fireside1      
asking her opinion on some interesting  
topic1 or referring to her laughingly as
 a competent authority4 ,and  she had   
been enticed away to listen to his      
account of his travels1 or  description 
of his housekeeping failures in his own 
rooms4 ,he set ,joan  hard at work      
painting menu cards and photograph      
frames1 saying that he  knew a man who  
would dispose of them at a fair price1  
and now and then  he brought a drawing  

for her to copy1 but he showed no sign  
of being  impressed with the progress   
that she made4    8,do you expect your  
cousin this evening80 asked ,embrance1  
one  afternoon1 about a month after     
,christmas2 8he has not been to see you 
for some time40    8,no10 said ,joan1   
wearily4 ,she was lying full length on  
the hearthrug1  with her head on a      
pillow1 while ,embrance arranged the    
ornaments on the  mantelpiece to her    
better satisfaction2 8but ,i have heard 
from him40    8,what did he say80 asked 
,embrance1 fancying that in ,joan's     
manner she  could trace a desire to be  
further questioned2 8is it a secret1    
,joan1  or may ,i know all about it80   
,joan fixed her great eyes upon         
,embrance1 and raised herself from the  
ground with one arm3 8,i have got a     
secret1 but ,i am not to tell you4  ,did
 you guess that ,i had80    ,embrance   
nodded4 ,she had finished putting the   
ornaments to rights1 and  now came and  
sat on a low chair by the fire4 8,you   

would rather not tell  me about it just 
yet1 ,joan80    8,not yet10 said ,joan1 
excitedly4 8,you will know soon4 ,mrs4  
,rakely  knows4 ,but1 but0--she         
hesitated1 8,i don't know when ,horace  
will come  here again2 he is very       
inconsiderate sometimes4 ,what do you   
think he  proposed ,i should do8 ,i met 
him one day and asked his advice--you   
are  so busy1 ,embrance1 there seems to 
be no time to talk to you4 ,he says     
that ,i had better go back to ,doveton60
    8,he wants to take her away from    
me10 thought ,embrance1 with a pang2    
8perhaps he is right1 and ,i ought never
 to have kept her40 ,she took  ,joan's  
hand and patted it softly4 8,there is no
 occasion to fret about  it10 she said4 
8,would you like to go back1 ,joan80    
8,i don't know10 said ,joan1 half       
crying4 8,i'm sorry ,i quarrelled with  
,horace4 ,i was very disagreeable to    
him4 ,he doesn't think ,i ought to  stay
 with you much longer40    8,i am       
sorry10 began ,embrance1 humbly2 but    

,joan was too much taken up  with her   
own grievance to listen4 ,she went on3  
8,he offered to speak to  the head of a 
firm he knows where they make furniture 
and employ people  7artists1 ,horace    
calls them7 to decorate rooms and paint 
panels4 ,he  said ,i should have to be  
taught to do it2 and1 oh6 ,embrance1 ,i 
should  hate to be shut up all day2 ,i  
should feel as if ,i were in a prison2  
so  ,i said ,i wouldn't go and see his  
friend--that ,i would rather go on the  
stage4 ,and then he advised me to go    
back to ,doveton40 ,joan was sitting    
bolt upright now1 and her eyes were     
sparkling4 8,do you think ,i behaved    
badly80    8,it was very hard for you1  
my poor dear2 but ,i dare say you were  
not so  disagreeable as you imagine4 ,he
 would make allowance for your not being
  accustomed to keep such regular       
hours40    8,it's you who make          
allowance10 cried ,joan4 8,you are very 
good1  ,embrance2 and ,i am keeping so  
much back from you4 ,but don't think    

hardly of me2 promise me you won't4     
,have patience with me1 whatever ,i     
do40    ,a sharp east wind was blowing  
across the park2 the chestnut-trees     
stretched their bare branches grimly    
towards the sky4 ,embrance ,clemon  was 
walking home after her day's work2 the  
dead leaves swept rustling  and dancing 
towards her4 ,a party of noisy children 
were racing after  their hoops a few    
yards in front of her4 ,she had just    
been told by the  mother of a pupil1    
with many expressions of regret1 that   
her services  would not be required any 
more after ,easter4 ,her head was full  
of  plans1 by which she could contrive  
to manage her slender resources1 so     
that ,joan should not be made to feel   
that she was in any way increasing  the 
household difficulties4 ,in truth1 she  
could ill afford to lose a  lesson just 
now4 ,she had heard no more of ,joan's  
quarrel with ,horace  ,meade2 she       
imagined that that was made up long ago2
 the two had met  more than once1 she   

knew1 at a friend's house1 but he had   
left off  coming to call4 ,embrance     
missed his visits2 it was clear to her  
now1  looking back to the last few      
months1 that ,horace ,meade had brought 
a  great deal of happiness into their   
quiet lives--hers as well as ,joan's4   
,and yet1 try as she would1 she could   
not but feel hurt that he should  be so 
anxious to remove ,joan from her        
influence4 8,it doesn't matter1  after  
all10 she reflected1 walking faster and 
faster in the grey  twilight1 8what he  
thinks of me40 ,nevertheless1 it        
mattered so much1  that ,embrance grew  
sad at heart2 there came over her a     
great longing to  throw up the present  
occupation and go away1 anywhere1 and   
begin again2  to shut up her past life  
tight and firm and to start afresh4 ,and
 ,joan8  ,she almost smiled at her own  
folly1 as she recollected how impossible
  it would be to leave ,joan in such an 
unceremonious fashion4    7,to be       
continued47    ,illustration            

,,the ,,shepherd',s ,,fairy4    ,a      
,,pastorale4    ,,by ,,darley ,,dale1   
,author of 8,fair ,katherine10 etc4     
,illustration3 ,,chap ,x--,a ,,false    
,,step4    ,if it had not been for his  
anxiety about ,fairy1 this would have   
been  an excursion quite after ,jack's  
own heart4 ,he delighted in anything    
unusual which varied the monotony of his
 daily life1 and if it partook  of the  
nature of an adventure he was all the   
better pleased4 ,as he and  his father  
tramped along the ,oatham-road1 one     
walking on the extreme  right1 the other
 on the left hand side1 it was natural  
that ,john should  beguile the way with 
reminiscences of other fogs4    8,the   
worst fog ,i ever remember was when ,i  
was courting your mother1  ,jack4 ,it   
was just after ,lewes sheep fair1 and a 
,saturday night1 and it  came on quite  
suddenly1 so that ,i saw it was         
impossible to attempt to  get the sheep 
home that night1 for ,i was on ,mount   
,caburn1 and ,i did not  know the mount 

so well then as ,i do now4 ,but ,i      
always spent ,saturday  evening and the 
best part of ,sunday with your mother1  
and ,i did not  feel inclined to be done
 out of my weekly treat by the fog1 so1 
though  ,i could not get the sheep into 
fold1 ,i thought ,i would leave them to 
take their chance till the fog lifted1  
and then come after them2 ,i knew  ,i   
should soon find them by the help of the
 bell-wethers and ,rover1 so  ,i left   
the sheep1 and set off to try and find  
my way home through the  fog4 ,i knew   
there were one or two nasty places where
 ,i might fall and  break my neck1 so ,i
 went pretty carefully1 you may be sure4
 ,i had no  lantern with me1 and it was 
a darker night than to-night1 and ,i    
think  ,i must have wandered round and  
round the top of ,mount ,caburn for     
three  or four hours before ,i even     
began to descend4 ,at last ,i found ,i  
was  actually on a downward track1      
though ,i had not the least idea which  
side of the hill ,i was1 and ,i think if

 ,i had not been in love ,i should  have
 remained where ,i was till the morning1
 or at least till the fog  cleared4 ,as 
it was1 ,i determined1 at all hazards1  
to go on1 though ,i  guessed ,i should  
get a scolding from your mother for my  
pains2 so on  ,i went1 on my hands and  
knees1 feeling my way before me1 for ,i 
was  afraid to walk upright lest ,i     
should step over a precipice1 and at    
last  ,i reached the bottom in safety4  
,then ,i had no idea where ,i was till1 
luckily for me1 ,i met a man with a     
lantern1 and he put me in the road1  but
 it was too late to go to your mother's 
that night1 and the greater  part of    
,sunday was spent in looking after the  
sheep1 who had wandered  for miles4 ,but
 this fog won't last much longer1 ,jack2
 the wind is  rising10 said the         
shepherd4    8,yes10 said ,jack4 8,i    
wish it would blow those children home  
safely4 ,i  do hope nothing has happened
 to them2 but ,charlie is so careless1  
he  leads ,fairy into danger without    

thinking40    8,she does not want much  
leading into danger2 she is apt enough  
at  running into that1 ,i am thinking1  
,jack4 ,but what is become of ,rover80  
said the shepherd1 stopping and         
whistling4    8,bow-wow-wow10 replied   
,rover1 in an excited tone1 from the    
depths of  the fog4    8,where are you1 
sir8 ,come here10 cried the shepherd4   
8,bow-wow-wow-wow10 answered ,rover1 in 
a still sharper key4    8,come here1    
sir2 what are you at80 cried ,john      
,shelley4    8,i hope he has not found  
the children in that chalk-pit4 ,see1 we
 are  near the first one10 said ,jack1  
crossing over to his father1 and moving 
with him to the chalk-pit1 which was at 
the side of the road4    8,i trust not1 
,jack4 ,here is ,rover2 he has found    
something1 that is  clear4 ,all right1  
,i am coming1 good dog10 said the       
shepherd1 as ,rover  now emerged from   
the fog1 and1 by dint of many barks and 
wagging of his  tail1 gave his master to
 understand that he had discovered      

something4    ,the shepherd throwing the
 light of the lantern in the direction  
the dog  indicated1 followed him1 while 
,jack1 with his heart in his throat1    
dreading at every step that the next    
would bring him face to face with       
,fairy stretched lifeless at his feet--a
 picture his quick imagination  had but 
little difficulty in conjuring          
up--brought up the rear4    ,they were  
at the mouth of a large chalk-pit1 but1 
owing to the density  of the fog1 the   
lantern did not enable them to see more 
than a yard  before them2 moreover1 they
 were obliged to go very carefully1 as  
huge  pieces of chalk were scattered    
over the centre of the pit4 ,suddenly   
,jack kicked against something1 and     
stooping1 picked up a large gingham     
umbrella1 which1 to his joy1 he saw at a
 glance did not belong to ,fairy4       
8,see1 father1 an umbrella2 can this be 
what ,rover is making all this  fuss    
about80 asked ,jack1 handing the huge   
thing to his father to  examine4    8,i 

doubt not2 ,i am afraid we shall find   
the owner of the umbrella next1  ,jack1 
by ,rover's ways4 ,but look1 there is a 
name cut on the handle1  and it looks as
 if it had been cut quite recently1 too4
 ,see if you can  make it out1 ,i can't2
 seems a foreign name to me10 said ,john
 ,shelley1  holding the umbrella close  
to his lantern for ,jack to read4       
8,d-e-t--,no1 it is a capital t2 ,de    
,thorens1 that is the name1 plain       
enough4 ,a foreign one1 too1 as you     
said4 ,it must belong to some  stranger1
 then2 perhaps someone has lost his or  
her way and taken  shelter in this pit4 
,let us shout1 father1 they may hear    
us10 and ,jack  shouted1 but in vain4   
,rover now became more excited than     
ever1 and seizing ,john ,shelley by  the
 skirts of his smock-frock1 dragged him 
forward1 until suddenly  he came to a   
standstill1 and loosing his hold of his 
master1 sniffed  round and round        
something which was lying a step or two 
further on4  ,john ,shelley stooped1    

and1 lowering his lantern1 turned the   
light on  the object1 and saw to his    
horror the apparently lifeless body of  
an  old woman1 which was lying huddled  
together in a shapeless mass4 ,gently   
and reverently the shepherd straightened
 the limbs1 which were already  getting 
cold and stiff1 and then looking at the 
face1 which was not  disfigured by the  
fall1 the old woman having fallen on her
 back1 he  recognised his old           
acquaintance ,dame ,hursey4    8,is she 
dead1 father80 asked ,jack1 in an       
awe-stricken voice1 as he  clutched his 
father's arm1 for it was a ghastly sight
 these two were  gazing on in the cold1 
dark1 foggy night1 by the weird gleams  
of their  lanterns4    8,yes1 ,jack1    
yes2 do you see who it is8 ,poor old    
,dame ,hursey1 the last  person ,i ever 
thought to find here1 for if anyone knew
 the ,downs it was  she4 ,she is dressed
 in her best1 too2 she was not out      
wool-gathering1  that is clear10 said   
the shepherd1 slowly4    8,but what are 

we to do1 father8 ,we can't leave her   
here1 and we have  not found ,fairy and 
,charlie yet40    8,we must leave her   
here for the present1 ,jack2 she is     
dead1 and must  have been killed on the 
spot2 ,i expect ,rover will watch by her
 till we  come back4 ,we must separate2 
you go back to the police station for a 
stretcher and some men1 while ,i go on  
and look for these children4 ,i  hope   
and trust they won't come across this   
sight2 it would give ,fairy  a terrible 
fright4 ,be as quick as you can1 ,jack1 
for if the children  are not on the     
,race ,hill we shall have to go in      
another direction4 ,i'll  meet you at   
the police-station2 ,i shall be back    
there by the time you  have got the poor
 old dame carried there4 ,rover1 stay   
here till ,jack  comes back40    ,no    
need to tell ,rover twice2 he laid down 
by the body at once1 and  there he would
 have remained till doomsday if ,jack or
 his master had  not returned before2   
and ,jack1 though he by no means liked  

his task1  and would far rather have    
gone on to look for ,fairy1 obeyed as   
promptly  as ,rover4    ,and where were 
,fairy and ,charlie on this cold1 dark  
,november evening  in this thick fog8   
,they had not gone to ,mount ,harry     
after all1 though  they had set out with
 that intention1 for as soon as they    
reached the  ,brighton-road ,fairy had  
suggested they should go to ,brighton   
instead1  and though ,charlie1 who was  
rather lazily disposed1 hesitated and   
raised objections1 ,fairy overthrew them
 all1 and finally succeeded in          
persuading him to take her4    ,the     
object of their walk was to pay a visit 
to a bird-stuffer in  ,brighton1 and    
find out the price of an eared-grebe    
which had lately  been shot in the      
neighbourhood1 and which this man1 as   
,jack1 who had  been over two or three  
times to look at the bird1 had told     
,fairy1 was  stuffing and mounting4 ,if 
only the price were reasonable1 a better
  ,christmas present for ,jack could not

 be thought of4 ,he would be wild  with 
joy at possessing this bird1 which      
,fairy described to ,charlie from  a    
picture ,mr4 ,leslie had of it4 ,charlie
 did not care much what the  price was1 
but he was curious to see this wonderful
 grebe with the ruff  round its neck1 so
 he consented to take ,fairy4    8,how  
much do you think it will be1 ,charlie80
 asked ,fairy1 as they  trudged along   
the muddy road in the mist4    8,i don't
 know2 ,gibbons will let us have it ever
 so much cheaper than  anyone else1     
because ,jack so often gives him birds  
and eggs1 and all  manner of            
curiosities4 ,how much can you afford1  
that is the question80    8,well1 mother
 will give me something1 and ,john and  
,mr4 ,leslie will give  me five or ten  
shillings1 and ,i have got seven myself2
 ,i think ,i can  afford a sovereign    
altogether4 ,you must give something1   
too1 ,charlie1  you know40    8,that's  
all the money ,i have10 said ,charlie1  
putting his hands into  his pockets and 

producing twopence halfpenny4 8,that    
won't go far10 he  added1 ruefully4     
8,never mind1 it will help4 ,i do hope  
,gibbons will let us have it for a      
pound10 answered ,fairy2 and buoyed up  
with this hope1 she walked into         
,brighton1 a good eight miles1 without  
once complaining of being tired4    ,the
 bird-stuffer1 who knew ,charlie well1  
showed them the grebe with  pride2 but1 
alas6 ,fairy soon learnt that the price 
was far beyond her  means1 and feeling  
very much disappointed1 for ,jack's     
sake1 she half  repented having taken   
such a long walk1 especially as by the  
time they  left the shop the fog had    
come on very thick1 and the short       
,november  day was coming to a close4   
,in spite of this1 ,charlie insisted on 
going  to the beach to look at the sea  
for a few minutes1 though it was quite  
out of their way1 and ,fairy1 tired as  
she was1 could not refuse to  oblige him
 when he had come so far to oblige her4 
,happily a very brief  peep at the dull1

 grey sea in this deepening fog         
satisfied ,charlie1  but1 nevertheless1 
it was five o'clock before they started 
on their  eight miles walk back to      
,lewes1 and by the time they were quite 
clear  of the town1 which in those days 
was very much smaller than at present1  
and on the ,lewes-road it was so dark   
they could not see the road before      
them1 and were obliged to walk slowly in
 consequence2 moreover1 ,fairy  was so  
tired she hardly knew how to drag one   
leg before the other4    8,there is one 
comfort10 said ,charlie1 8it is a       
straight road2 we can't  lose our way1  
and perhaps we shall meet someone who   
will give us a  lift40    8,i wish we   
could4 ,how dark it is1 ,charlie4 ,are  
we half way yet1 do you  think80 asked  
poor ,fairy1 whose little feet were so  
sore she could not  keep up with        
,charlie4    8,half-way8 ,no1 not a     
quarter yet4 ,you are tired1 ,i know1   
though you  won't own it4 ,i told you it
 was too far for you2 here1 take hold of

 my  arm1 and ,i'll help you along10    
said ,charlie4    ,thus encouraged1     
,fairy plodded on for another mile or   
so1 during which  time one or two carts 
passed them1 but either could not or    
would not  hear their requests for a    
lift1 and one so nearly ran over them in
 the  darkness that they ceased to wish 
for any more to pass4 ,but before they  
were half-way home ,fairy declared she  
must stop and rest a little1 and        
,charlie1 who knew if anything happened 
to her he would get all the  blame1     
began to get frightened lest she should 
faint or be taken ill on  the road1 far 
away as they were from any village4     
8,will you let me try and carry you1    
,fairy80 he asked4    8,you80 laughed   
,fairy1 in spite of her fatigue2 8you   
carry me8 ,why1 ,i  doubt if ,jack      
could1 even4 ,no1 thank you2 let me rest
 a little on this  tree ,i nearly fell  
over1 and then ,i'll go on again40      
8,very well1 but you must not rest long1
 or you'll catch cold2 besides1  we     

shan't get home to-night at this rate4  
,now1 when ,i have counted up  to a     
hundred1 ,i shall haul you up10 said    
,charlie1 beginning to assert a  little 
gentle authority under the              
circumstances4    ,thus they went on1   
,fairy walking about half-a-mile at     
first1 and then  stopping to rest1 but  
each rest grew longer and each walk     
shorter1 and  ,charlie1 who had never   
had a very high opinion of girls in     
general1  much as he admired ,fairy in  
particular1 came to the conclusion that 
they were all pretty much alike1 and    
that there was not much to choose       
between them4 ,poor1 weak things1 they  
got tired directly1 and could  not even 
walk sixteen miles without making a     
fuss6    ,at last1 when they were about 
a mile and a half from the shepherd's   
house1 and ,fairy now could only walk if
 ,charlie supported and led her1  they  
saw a lantern coming towards them1 and  
to their joy found it was  ,john        
,shelley4    8,oh1 ,john1 ,i am so      

glad10 cried ,fairy1 as the shepherd    
turned the  lantern full on her4        
8,fairy6 ,why1 my pretty one1 where have
 you been80 cried ,john4    8,to        
,brighton2 and1 oh6 ,john1 ,i am so     
tired2 ,i shall never get home40    8,to
 ,brighton8 ,charlie1 what do you mean  
by taking her to ,brighton8  ,but we    
will get home first1 and talk about that
 afterwards4 ,take the  lantern1        
,charlie1 and lead the way4 ,the child  
is dead beat2 ,i must  carry her40 ,and 
without another word the shepherd took  
,fairy up in his  strong arms and       
carried her home1 stopping now and then 
to rest1 but  declaring he was not      
tired1 as she was so light1 and he was  
used to  carrying lambs2 and was not she
 his pet lamb8    ,this was one of his  
names for ,fairy1 and finding he did not
 seem to  mind carrying her1 she        
submitted gratefully1 for she was so    
tired she  did not care how she got     
home1 as long as she got there somehow4 
,mrs4 ,shelley was at the gate wrapped  

up in a shawl1 and feeling  dreadfully  
nervous about them1 although ,john had  
not told her of ,dame  ,hursey's        
terrible end when he came in an hour ago
 to say1 just as ,jack  had started off 
to ,mount ,caburn to look for the       
children1 he had heard  they had been   
seen in ,brighton that afternoon4       
8,here they are1 ,polly1 quite safe1    
only ,fairy is tired out10 said ,john1  
as he carried ,fairy into the house1 and
 placed her in his own chair  before the
 fire4    8,thank ,god6 ,children1      
children1 where have you been8 ,but ,i  
must tell  ,jack first2 he has just come
 in1 and was going to have some supper  
and  then start off after you1 ,john4   
,jack1 where are you8 ,they are safe10  
cried ,mrs4 ,shelley to ,jack1 who was  
upstairs4    ,down rushed ,jack to see  
for himself that it was true4 ,he looked
 pale  and anxious1 for besides the     
shock of ,dame ,hursey's death1 he was  
tired  out with his search for ,fairy   
after his day's work on the downs4      

8,well1 a pretty chase you have given   
father and me1 ,mr4 ,charlie1  dragging 
,fairy to ,brighton in this cheerful    
weather4 ,if you are not  ashamed of    
yourself1 you ought to be40    8,i did  
not drag her there2 ,i dragged her home1
 and a pretty tough job  it was1 ,i can 
tell you10 said ,charlie4    8,it was my
 fault1 ,jack1 not ,charlie's2 ,i won't 
have him scolded2 and we  had all our   
walk for nothing1 and as ,john is not   
angry1 ,i don't mean to  be scolded     
either10 said ,fairy4    8,no1 ,john    
never is angry with you2 if he were     
sometimes you would not  be half so much
 trouble2 but come1 it is no use making 
a fuss about  it2 they are home safely1 
thank ,god1 so let us have supper10 said
 ,mrs4  ,shelley4    ,but somehow1 in   
spite of their fatigue and long fast1 no
 one was hungry  except ,charlie1 whose 
appetite seldom failed him4 ,fairy was  
much too  tired to eat1 and ,mrs4       
,shelley too glad and thankful to have  
them all  safe around her1 while the    

shepherd and ,jack could not forget poor
 ,dame  ,hursey's fate1 which they were 
only waiting till ,fairy and ,charlie   
were  gone to bed to discuss with ,mrs4 
,shelley4    ,fairy soon asked to be    
excused1 as she was so tired1 and       
,charlie1  having been sent off with a  
huge piece of bread and cheese to       
consume  at his leisure1 ,john and ,jack
 told ,mrs4 ,shelley of the accident4   
8,oh dear6 oh dear6 and to think it     
might have been that child1 ,fairy1  or 
,charlie1 instead of poor old ,dame     
,hursey6 ,i shall tell them both        
to-morrow1 and ,i hope it will be a     
lesson to them to be more careful  in   
the future4 ,poor old woman6 there will 
have to be an inquest1 of  course10 said
 ,mrs4 ,shelley4    8,yes1 the inquest  
is to-morrow1 but there is no one to    
give evidence  except father and me10   
said ,jack4    ,however1 when ,fairy was
 told the next morning what had         
happened1 it  was found she was able to 
throw a little light on the matter1     

knowing1  as she did1 that ,dame ,hursey
 had gone to meet her son ,george the   
day  her death occurred4 ,she had       
evidently lost her way in the fog after 
leaving him1 and the coroner's jury     
brought in a verdict of accidental      
death without any hesitation4 ,some     
little discussion was raised as  to the 
umbrella with the name ,de ,thorens cut 
on the handle1 but as  it was remembered
 the last time ,george ,hursey was heard
 of in ,lewes  he was living in ,france1
 the coroner suggested the umbrella was 
his1  and that he had perhaps given it  
to his mother to help her home4 ,this   
theory satisfied everyone but ,jack1 and
 he1 for reasons of his own1  kept his  
ideas on the subject to himself4 ,he    
always had thought ,dame  ,hursey knew  
more about ,fairy than anyone1 and      
somehow he could not help  thinking this
 word ,de ,thorens had something to do  
with the child4 ,he  was certain the    
coroner's theory was untrue1 because he 
had seen ,dame  ,hursey with this       

identical umbrella over and over again2 
moreover1 the  name was recently cut1   
and as he knew the old woman could not  
have  done it herself1 he guessed her   
son ,george did1 but why or wherefore   
he could not determine2 only he         
suspected it had something to do with   
,fairy4 ,but though he turned the       
subject over in his own mind again  and 
again as he followed his sheep on the   
lonely downs1 he could make  nothing of 
it1 though he felt sure he held the key 
to the solution of  the mystery of      
,fairy's origin in his hand1 if he only 
knew how to use  it4 ,on the whole1     
curious as he was about it1 he was not  
sorry to be  unable to solve the puzzle 
since he feared its solution would lead 
to  his separation from ,fairy4    ,if  
he could have known how that one false  
step of poor old ,dame  ,hursey's       
prevented ,fairy from being restored to 
her parents1 shocked  as he had been at 
her terrible death1 it is doubtful if he
 could have  regretted her sad end as   

sincerely as he did4    7,to be         
continued47          ,,varieties4       
,a ,,word ,,to ,,pride4        ,say to  
thy pride1 8',tis all but ashes for the 
urn2      ,come1 let us own our dust1   
before to dust we turn40      ,,the     
,,silent ,,lover4        ,silence in    
love bewrays more woe        ,than      
words1 though ne'er so witty2      ,a   
beggar that is dumb1 you know1          
,may challenge double pity4             
--,raleigh4      ,,musical              
,,criticism4--,there are two kinds of   
people who ought to give  their opinions
 about music2 those who know enough     
about it to give an  opinion which is   
really valuable1 and those who simply   
say what they  like and what they don't 
like1 and no more4      ,a              
,,strengthening ,,medicine4    ,a       
,parisian chemist recently advertised   
his strengthening medicine for  delicate
 people in the following terms3--       
8,madame ,s4 was so weak at the time of 
her marriage that she could  hardly     

stand upright at the altar4 ,now1 after 
using several bottles  of my medicine1  
she is capable of throwing the smoothing
 iron at her  husband without missing   
him once40      ,a ,,generous           
,,nature4--,generosity is in nothing    
more seen than in a candid  estimation  
of other men's virtues and good         
qualities4--,barrow4      ,,saving      
,,habits4--,take care to be an economist
 in prosperity2 there is no  fear of not
 being one in adversity4      ,,the     
,,mind',s ,,sweetness4          ,let thy
 mind's sweetness have his operation    
,upon thy body1 clothes1 and habitation4
              --,george ,herbert4       
,,by ,,fits ,,and ,,starts4        ,the 
rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise1
      ,and even the best by fits what   
they despise4              --,pope4     
,,what ,,is ,,wit8        ,true wit is  
nature to advantage dressed1      ,what 
oft was thought but ne'er so expressed4 
--,pope4      ,,self-,,knowledge4--,it  
is not until we have passed through the 

furnace that  we are made to know how   
much dross is in our composition4       
,,fluent ,,speech4--,the common fluency 
of speech in most men and most women1   
says ,dean ,swift1 is owing to a        
scarcity of matter and scarcity of      
words2 for whoever is a master of       
language1 and hath a mind full of       
ideas1 will be apt1 in speaking1 to     
hesitate upon the choice of both2       
whereas common speakers have only one   
set of ideas and one set of words  to   
clothe them in1 and these are always    
ready at the mouth4 ,so people  come    
faster out of church when it is almost  
empty than when a crowd is  at the door4
      ,,an ,,objection ,,to             
,,hatred4--,plutarch says1 very finely1 
that a man should  not allow himself to 
hate even his enemies2 for if you       
indulge this  passion on some occasions 
it will rise of itself on               
others4--,addison4      ,,amusement     
,,for ,,the ,,wise4    ,amusement is not
 an end1 but a means--a means of        

refreshing the mind  and replenishing   
the strength of the body2 when it begins
 to be the  principal thing for which   
one lives1 or when1 in pursuing it1 the 
mental powers are enfeebled1 and the    
bodily health impaired1 it falls  under 
just condemnation4    ,amusements that  
consume the hours which ought to be     
sacred to sleep1  are1 therefore1       
censurable4    ,amusements that call us 
away from work which we are bound to do 
are  pernicious1 just to the extent to  
which they cause us to be neglectful  or
 unfaithful4    ,amusements that rouse  
or stimulate morbid appetites or        
unlawful  passions1 or that cause us to 
be restless or discontented1 are always 
to be avoided4    ,any indulgence in    
amusement which has a tendency to weaken
 our respect  for the great interests of
 character1 or to loosen our hold on the
  eternal verities of the spiritual     
realm1 is so far an injury to us4       
,,fish ,,against ,,fry4    ,the         
following jeu d'esprit was suggested by 

an action at law some  years ago1 in    
which the parties were a ,mr4 ,fry and a
 ,mr4 ,fish3--        8,the ,queen's    
,bench ,reports have cooked up an odd   
dish1      ,in action for damages ,fry  
versus ,fish2      ,but sure1 if for    
damages action could lie1      ,it      
certainly must have been ,fish against  
,fry40      ,,wise ,,words ,,on         
,,reading4    ,one of the common errors 
of the day is indulgence in             
indiscriminate  reading4 ,the greater   
the number of books the more careful    
readers ought  to be in the choice of   
them1 and as a guide to their value     
nothing  could be better than the       
following wise words of ,southey3--     
8,young readers1 you whose hearts are   
open1 whose understandings are not  yet 
hardened1 and whose feelings are neither
 exhausted nor encrusted  with the      
world1 take from me a better rule than  
any professors of  criticism will teach 
you4    8,would you know whether the    
tendency of a book is good or evil1     

examine  in what state of mind you lay  
it down4 ,has it induced you to suspect 
that what you have been accustomed to   
think unlawful may after all be         
innocent1 and that that may be harmless 
which you have hitherto been  taught to 
think dangerous8 ,has it tended to make 
you dissatisfied and  impatient under   
the control of others1 and disposed you 
to relax in  that self-government       
without which both the laws of ,god and 
man tell us  there can be no virtue1 and
 consequently no happiness8 ,has it     
attempted  to abate your admiration and 
reverence for what is great and good1   
and  to diminish in you a love of your  
country and of your fellow creatures8   
,has it addressed itself to your pride1 
your vanity1 your selfishness1  or any  
of your evil propensities8 ,has it      
defiled the imagination with  what is   
loathsome1 and shocked the heart with   
what is monstrous8 ,has it  distracted  
the sense of right and wrong which the  
,creator has implanted  in the human    

soul8    8,if so--if you have felt that 
such were the effects it was intended to
  produce--throw the book into the fire1
 whatever name it may bear upon  the    
title-page4 ,throw it into the fire1    
young man1 though it should  have been  
the gift of a friend2 young lady1 away  
with the whole set1  though it should be
 the prominent furniture in the rosewood
 bookcase40      ,,taught ,,by ,a       
,,robin4--,i am sent to the ant to learn
 industry1 to the dove  to learn        
innocence1 to the serpent to learn      
wisdom1 and why not to the  robin       
redbreast1 who chants as delightfully in
 winter as in summer1 to  learn         
equanimity and patience8      ,,hands   
,,and ,,feet4    ,hands are no more     
beautiful for being small than eyes are 
for being  big2 but many a modern girl  
would ask her fairy godmother1 if she   
had  one1 to give her eyes as big as    
saucers and hands as small as those  of 
a doll1 believing that the first cannot 
be too large nor the last  too small4   

,tiny hands and feet are terms          
constantly used by poets and  novelists 
in a most misleading manner4 ,it cannot 
be possible that  they are intended by  
the writers to express anything but     
general  delicacy and refinement2 but a 
notion is encouraged that results in the
  destruction of one of the most        
beautiful of natural objects--the human 
foot4    ,this unfortunate notion1 that 
the beauty of the foot depends upon  its
 smallness1 leads to the crippling of   
it1 till it becomes in many  cases a    
bunch of deformity4 ,it is a most       
reprehensible practice1 alike  revolting
 to good taste and good sense1 to put   
the foot of a growing  girl into a shoe 
that is not only too short1 crumpling   
the toes into  a bunch1 but1 being      
pointed1 turns the great toe inwards1   
producing  deformity of general shape1  
and1 in course of time1 inevitable      
bunions1  the only wonder being that    
steadiness in standing or any grace of  
movement at all is left4      ,,girls   

,,and ,,their ,,mothers4--,a writer in a
 contemporary calls attention to  the   
very objectionable sharpness with which 
some girls speak to their  mothers4 8,in
 a railway carriage on our journey      
north10 she says1 8the  window seats at 
one end were occupied by two ladies1    
evidently mother  and daughter4 ,the    
latter appeared to be out of temper4    
,the former  mildly remarked1 #8,do you 
not think we had better have the window 
up8'  the reply was1 #8,most certainly  
not1' delivered in ,f sharp key4 ,if ,i 
were a modern ,clebs in search of a     
wife1 ,i should very carefully  observe 
the young lady's manner to her mother   
before asking the  momentous question1  
for a girl must be vixenish at heart and
 unamiable  indeed1 when she can address
 her own mother with such careless      
rudeness  as one too often hears40      
,,modesty4--,modesty is the appendage of
 sobriety1 and is to chastity1 to       
temperance1 and to humility1 as the     
fringes are to a garment4--,jeremy      

,taylor4          ,,answers ,,to        
,,correspondents4      ,,educational4   
,,macaco and ,f4 ,s4 ,d4--8,macaco0     
recommends a correspondence class1      
conducted by a ,miss ,macarthur1 #d1    
,buckingham-street1 ,hillhead1          
,glasgow4 ,we have before drawn         
attention to a little useful shilling   
manual called 8,a ,directory of ,girls' 
,clubs10 chiefly educational1 and       
including religious studies and unions  
for prayer 7,messrs4 ,griffith and      
,farran1 ,st4 ,paul's-churchyard1       
,e4,c474 ,by procuring this a choice can
 be  made1 as the rules and terms of    
most of them are given4 8,f4 ,s4 ,d40   
had  better try again1 by all means1    
when we give another competition4 ,it   
will be found1 as you say1 to do good1  
even to those who do not prove  winners4
    ,,ella4--,you might find the first  
instruction books in history1 geography1
  and grammar at a secondhand bookstall 
for a mere trifle4 ,later on1 you  may  
have the means to obtain the more       

advanced4    ,,alta4--,see our answers  
under the above heading1 so continually 
repeated  in reference to your          
questions4 ,you are too young to be     
received as a  nurse4 ,see our reply to 
8,l4 ,n410 page #ca1 vol4 vi4 7part for 
,october1  #ahhd74    ,,iciple4--,we do 
not recommend teachers and ,board-school
 mistresses to  look for engagements in 
the colonies1 however well supplied with
  certificates4 ,nevertheless1 to render
 the matter more certain you had  better
 obtain information and advice at the   
,women's ,emigration office1  in        
,dorset-street1 ,portman-square1 ,w4    
,,jemima4--#a4 ,we can only say to you  
what we have had to say to many--you    
must accept what terms you can get as a 
governess1 your youth being  against    
you3 a 8fault that will mend40 ,the     
trainer and caretaker1  morally and     
physically1 of children and young people
 under age is paid  for her experience  
and extensive knowledge of many kinds1  
not merely  for her acquirements in     

science and art4 #b4 8,the ,flowers of  
the ,field10  by the ,rev4 ,c4 ,a4      
,johns1 is a nice book of the kind you  
require 7#dc1  ,piccadilly1 ,w474    ,s4
 ,b4 ,o4 ,f4 ,w4--,we think your writing
 would pass for the examination  you    
name2 but if rounded a little it would  
be prettier4 ,if you wish to  know how  
you may serve ,christ1 read ,his own    
words 7in the four gospels7  and those  
of ,his apostles4 ,be much in prayer for
 the aid of the ,holy  ,spirit1 and try 
to perform the daily duties of life as  
in ,his sight4  ,deny yourself for      
others1 control your temper1 and set a  
good example4      ,,music4    ,,dinah  
begs us to give her 8a great #8hunch' of
 advice0 as to the kind of  instrument  
she may purchase for ten shillings1     
because1 having rather  limited means1  
amounting to 8tenpence per week10 she   
8could not give a  high price40 ,she    
thinks 8a bango would suit her1 because 
much like a  nigger10 etc4 ,we advise   
her to go to a musical instrument shop  

and see  what she can get for the price 
she names4    ,,rob ,,roy4--,one of the 
largest organs in the world is1 we      
believe1 that  which you may see in the 
,royal ,albert ,hall1 ,south            
,kensington4 ,it is by  ,willis4 ,it    
contains #aaa sounding stops1 and nearly
 #h1jjj pipes4 ,next  to it is the organ
 in ,st4 ,george's ,hall1 ,liverpool1   
which has #e1gci  pipes2 and the        
,crystal ,palace organ has #d1efh pipes4
 ,the organ may be  splendidly played by
 a woman1 but1 on account of the foot   
pedals1 it is  by no means suitable for 
her4 ,the strain upon the back and lower
 part  of the frame is very apt to      
result in physical injury4    ,,mary    
,,bird4--,there is no reason why you    
should not play the flute1 if  you have 
one1 excepting that it distorts the     
shape of the mouth--at  least1 for the  
time--and it is1 we suppose1 on this    
account unusual as  an instrument for   
female culture4 ,the clarionette would  
be equally  objectionable for some      

faces1 yet it is not unfrequently       
adopted by  women4 ,the oldest tune or  
piece of music in existence is of       
,hebrew  origin--i4e41 the 8,blessing of
 the ,priests10 which is used in the    
,spanish and ,portuguese synagogues1 and
 was sung in the ,temple at  ,jerusalem 
from very remote times4                 
,,miscellaneous4    ,,sister ,,to       
8,,caged ,,beauty40--,your request will 
be considered4 ,we have a  special      
interest in our girls and other readers 
scattered over our  far-off colonies4   
,your letter is well expressed1 and your
 handwriting  is legible and fairly     
good4    8,a ,,bothering ,,girl40--,the 
books of ,esdras are in the collection  
called  the 8,apocrypha10 and this may  
be had from any library4 ,these books   
are  not inspired1 though much that is  
good is to be found in them1 together   
with curious fables and traditions4 ,the
 books of the ,maccabees are  much      
thought of as historical works of great 
antiquity4 ,a list of the  canonical    

books of both the ,old and the ,new     
,testaments is to be found  in all      
,bibles1 and that of the ,lamentations  
of the ,prophet ,jeremiah is  included  
amongst them4    ,,emma4--,the reason   
that some words are printed in italics  
in the ,bible  is simply this3 that     
there are no corresponding words in the 
original  language from which the       
translation was made2 but the ,english  
words  supplied were necessary to give  
the meaning1 which could not be         
understood without them4 ,perhaps when  
we give the following example you  will 
understand what we mean4 ,we all know   
what is meant when people  say1 8,how do
 you do80 but translate it into ,french1
 word for word1 and  the meaning would  
be lost4    ,,dearie should learn to    
spell better4 ,she speaks of the word   
8desert10  which denotes a barren1      
uncultivated waste of arid sandy land1  
but by  which she says she means the    
last course at dinner1 that of fruit1   
ice1 and sweetmeats4 ,now this course is

 called 8dessert10 and the  emphasis in 
its pronunciation is placed on the      
second syllable1 and as  if spelt with a
 8z0 78de-zert071 whereas in the word   
8desert0 it is on  the first1 as        
8dez-ert40 8,bivouac0 is pronounced as  
8biv-oo-ak40 ,her  writing is very      
pretty1 and we thank her for her kind   
letter4    ,,anglican ,,catholic4--,we  
do not give private addresses4 ,st4     
,augustine was  sent over to this       
country by ,pope ,gregory the ,great as 
a missionary1  ,christianity having been
 nearly exterminated by the invasions   
with  which it was so terribly harassed4
 ,he found a ,christian church at       
,canterbury 7,st4 ,martin's71 where     
,queen ,bertha worshipped1 having       
,luithard as her priest and director4   
,she was a ,french princess1 and        
brought him over with her4 ,at that     
early time the ,roman ,church had not   
evolved nor promulgated many of her     
modern dogmas4    ,,mary ,m4--,it is not
 essential that you should send your    

address in  writing to the ,editor1 as  
in many cases it might hinder the       
expression1  feelings1 and difficulties 
with the full freedom necessary to      
ensure  satisfactory advice4            
,,edmunda ,,yorke4--,you had better     
write and tell him that1 having so      
forgotten himself and taken undue       
advantage of the intimacy involved  in  
the relations between a doctor and his  
patient on the occasion of  your last   
visit1 your self-respect compelled you1 
with much regret1 to  forego the benefit
 of his treatment1 and you would be     
obliged if he  would return your book   
and send in his account4    ,e4 ,m4     
,,trill4--,you will receive what you    
require by attending to the  directions 
given at the end of every article by the
 8,lady ,dressmaker40  ,the ,editor     
cannot attend to that department4       
,,one ,,seeking ,,light4--#a4 ,we       
recommend you to join the ,odd ,minutes 
,society1  of which the secretary is    
,miss ,powell1 of ,luctons1             

,buckhurst-hill1  ,essex4 ,she will send
 you all particulars about it1 and we   
think it is  exactly the useful work    
that you require4 #b4 ,read ,isaiah i4  
#af1 #ag1 #ah1  lv4 #g1 and ,ezekiel    
xxxiii4 compared with ,st4 ,john vi4    
#cg1 and ,hebrews  vii4 #be4            
,,violet4--#a4 ,place the steel         
ornaments in oil1 and leave them there  
for some time to soak off the rust1 and 
then rub well with a soft  toothbrush   
and chamois-leather4 #b4 ,your          
handwriting is not formed4  ,spell      
8truly0 without the 8e40 ,final 8e's0 in
 adjectives are dropped  when they are  
formed into adverbs4    ,,allegro1      
,,mab1 ,,gipsy4--,there is ,miss        
,mason's ,home of ,rest for ,christian  
,workers1 #g and #h1 ,cambridge-gardens1
 ,kilburn1 ,n4,w42 seaside branch1      
,burlington-place1 ,eastbourne4 ,terms1 
from #gs4 to #a per week4 ,there is     
also ,the ,cottage ,home of ,rest1 #b1  
,tilsey ,villas1 ,king's-road1 ,norbiton
  7close to ,richmond ,park74 ,apply for

 form of admission to ,mrs4 ,j4 ,m4     
,pearson1 ,the ,grange1 ,kingston-hill4 
,also see our answer to 8,daisy40 ,we   
think that ,cobham1 ,surrey1 would suit 
you4    ,,idalia 7,demerara74--,we read 
your nice letter with interest1 and     
tried to  realise the sketch you give of
 your surroundings4 ,how we wish we     
could  see the 8pink and red morning    
glory10 the 8,hushfalia10 8,waxplant10  
and ,stephanotis 8running all up to the 
banisters on both sides10 etc4  ,accept 
our thanks for the kind wish expressed  
to send us some of them4  ,we do 8take  
the will for the deed40 ,by some means  
your silver bracelet  has become        
oxidised1 and your only plan will be to 
send it to a  silversmith4 ,your        
writing1 if sloped a little from right  
to left1 would  be excellent4    ,,omnia
 ,,vincit ,,amor4--,the form of speech1 
in such common use1 to which you  refer1
 is perfectly understood 7in the real   
meaning assigned to it7 by  the visitors
 to whom it is addressed4 ,thus it is   

not a deception4 ,there  are 8at home   
days10 and 8not at home days40 ,on the  
former your mistress  will be found in  
her reception-room2 on the latter1 she  
will not be  found awaiting visitors    
there4 ,if persons in society agree     
together  to adopt a certain phrase to  
signify a certain thing1 and not as a   
deception1 you may use that phrase1 at  
the orders of your mistress1 in  the    
sense in which she meant1 and her       
visitors will receive it4 ,your  letter 
and the verses1 though incorrect in     
composition1 do you credit1  and we wish
 you ,god-speed6    ,,hope4--,we        
recommend you to get a small sixpenny   
manual on canaries and  their treatment4
 ,your bird has probably been in a      
draught4 ,see our  article at page #gge1
 vol4 iii4 ,our correspondents are as   
numerous as  ever1 and the difficulty is
 to find space for all the answers      
written4  ,your handwriting is not      
formed4    ,,marian4--,the ,jewish year 
begins with ,tisri1 which month follows 

immediately after the new moon following
 the autumnal equinox2 but the          
ecclesiastical year begins with the     
seventh month--viz41 ,nizan or ,abib4   
,the following is the entire            
list3--,tisri1 ,marchesvan1 ,chislev1   
,thebet1  ,sebat1 ,adar1 ,nisan1 ,tjar1 
,givan1 ,thammuz1 ,ab1 and ,elal4       
,,miscel4--,when reading or reciting to 
a public audience1 it is usual to       
stand1 unless the piece to be read be   
very long4 ,you should 7or might7  hold 
the letter4 8,if you were to see        
,so-and-so painted by so poor a         
painter1 and bad at that0 7bad event for
 a bad attempt74 ,this is the  meaning  
of the ,americanism4                    
,,inquirer4--,chemists have signs of    
their trade like other tradesmen4  ,the 
hairdresser has a striped pole1 the     
publican chequers1 or a bush1  etc4     
,divide your ancient from your modern   
coins1 and let each of these  be        
sub-divided according to size and age4  
,have little trays with a  succession of

 shallow circular cells lined with      
coloured paper to  receive them1 deep   
enough to preserve them from any touch  
of the tray  that lies on it4           
,,ignoramus4--,you could clean the large
 white skin hearthrug by means of       
powdered plaster of ,paris4 ,there is no
 difficulty in making a small  copy of a
 large picture2 the difficulty would be 
in enlarging4    ,illustration3 ,,she   
,,stretcheth ,,out ,,her ,,hand ,,to    
,,the ,,poor2  ,,yea1 ,,she ,,reacheth  
,,forth ,,her ,,hands ,,to ,,the        
,,needy4    ,,prov4 ,,xxxi1 #bj4    ,m4 
,w4 ,a4--,on a liberal computation1 the 
cost of keeping a pony varies  from #aj 
to #bj per annum4 ,the grazing will cost
 less than that of a  cow1 and #d or #e 
would cover it4 ,you may give him       
turnips and carrots1  and scraps from   
the house of vegetables and bread4 ,oats
 would cost  about #ajs4 a month2 but   
they are really quite unnecessary4 ,a   
cartload  of hay at a corn-merchant's   
price would be about #e1 more or less1  

and this should last one pony from the  
end of a summer's grass 7about  the end 
of ,october7 till the beginning of ,may 
next year1 when grass  would be resumed4
 ,but unless the animal were groomed and
 harnessed by  yourself1 you must also  
take the expense of a groom into your   
account1  and the cost and repair of a  
trap4    ,,kathleen4--,rest your foot   
for a couple of days1 and if inflamed   
poultice  it a few times2 then cut the  
nail quite straight at the top1 and     
scrape  7with a penknife or scrap of    
glass7 down the centre to thin the nail 
in the middle1 and so dispose the sides 
to rise up instead of bending  downwards
 and inwards1 from the convex 7or       
rounded7 shape of the nail4  ,it might  
be best at first to cut the nail rather 
in a 8u0 or 8v0  shape in the middle1   
instead of quite straight across1 as you
 may do  afterwards4    ,,perplexed     
,,one4--,the only wrong we see about the
 whole matter is that you  did not      
confide all to your mother4 ,a girl     

should keep no secret of her  own from  
her4 ,she is the adviser and the        
protector of her daughter1 and  if      
desirable that you should renew your    
acquaintance with him1 she will  know   
best what steps to take4 ,never let her 
find out by chance what  concerns you so
 seriously1 more especially when anyone 
else has been  made a confidant4        
,,guinevere4--#a4 ,the term 8furniture0 
is too vague to enable us to give  you  
advice4 ,you do not even say whether it 
be wood1 stuff1 or leather4  ,it is very
 hard to remove inkstains1 but if you   
refer to our indexes  you will find more
 than one recipe for removing them4 ,the
 probability  is that in taking them out
 you extract the dye of the material    
likewise4 #b4 ,break up a small stick of
 chocolate into a cup1 and pour  the    
least drop of boiling water upon it4    
,when dissolved1 pour boiling  milk upon
 it1 stirring all the time4             
,,lange4--,sponge the oil-cloths with   
milk and water1 and rub them dry2  then 

rub over with beeswax1 dissolved in a   
little linseed oil4 ,we  8thing0 your   
handwriting is not formed1 but promises 
well4 ,we think  little girls ought to  
be 8shy40 ,it will wear off quite as    
much and as  soon as it will be         
desirable for you to get rid of it4     
,,christabel4--,probably the letter may 
be returned to your friend through  the 
,dead ,letter ,office4 ,you write a     
curious hand1 but it is very  legible1  
which is the great object to be gained4 
,,sharp does not always merit her       
nickname4 ,she says3 8,a gentleman said 
,i  have dreamy ,southern eyes4 ,i am as
 a rule treated kindly4 ,perhaps it is  
because ,i have such pure blue orbs40   
,now1 little lady1 you have made a      
blunder--sharp as you may be--for       
,southern eyes are black1 not blue4 #b4 
,weymouth is a very nice place1 and     
while there we advise you to write      
copies and learn the correct spelling of
 what you call 8,wensday40 ,for  all    
particulars respecting clerkships in the

 ,telegraph ,department1 you  must apply
 to the ,civil ,service ,commissioners1 
in ,cannon-row1 ,w4,c4    ,a4 ,m4       
,h4--,gainsborough's 8,duchess0 was at  
,agnew's when it disappeared4    ,r4 ,s4
 ,v4 ,p4--,clean your white wool shawl  
with flour1 or rinse it in a  lather of 
soft tepid water and curd-soap1 or in   
bran and water4 ,we are  glad that you  
found our recipe for apple pickle so    
satisfactory4 ,we  congratulate you on  
your writing4    ,t4 ,c4 ,s4--,have you 
consulted your mother's wishes          
respecting your  leaving home to be a   
missionary8 ,remember that however      
excellent a  profession may be1 your    
first duty is to your parents4 ,you are 
only  in your teens1 and1 even were you 
of age1 ,god's providence might have    
other work for you to do4 ,your prayer  
should be 8,lord1 what wouldst  ,thou   
have me to do80 and ,he will probably   
answer you through the voice  of your   
parents4 8,requite0 them2 and if they   
approve of your desire1  write to ,miss 

,lloyd1 #adc1 ,clapham-road1 ,s4,w41    
secretary of the ,mission  ,training    
,house for ,ladies1 ,the ,poplars1      
,addlestone1 ,surrey4                   
,,clarrie4--,the author of 8,john       
,halifax1 ,gentleman10 is ,mrs4 ,craik1 
ne  ,muloch4    ,,deeply ,,anxious4--,be
 at peace4 ,you have confessed to ,god  
and a sister1  and have truly repented  
and made restitution4 ,there is no      
occasion for  your telling anyone else1 
nor of doing more than making the little
  present you propose to give4 ,sin     
under all these circumstances is sin    
forgiven4    ,,possie4--,the edelweiss  
is an ,alpine flower4 ,it resembles a   
star1 with  irregular rays1 cut out of  
frosted velvet1 of a cream colour1 and  
there is a pretty centre to it4 ,so many
 travellers have carried away  the roots
 of this plant1 that the ,swiss         
,government has issued an order         
prohibiting it under a penalty4         
,,star4--,we have many times warned     
inquirers that those who advertise  for 

used ,english postage stamps do so for  
nefarious purposes--that is  to say1    
they obliterate the postmarks and       
defraud the ,government by  selling them
 for use a second time4 ,for felony like
 this the severest  punishment is due4  
,do not lend yourself to such evil      
doings4    ,,gwen4--,the little roll or 
piece of bread used at dinner is        
generally  placed within the folds of   
the napkin or at the right of the plate4
    ,,ventnor ,,lassie4--,you should    
take the prescription to a good chemist4
  ,he will understand all about it1 and 
give further directions2 but our  advice
 is1 leave nature alone1 and do not mind
 the quizzing4 ,if they  saw you were   
quite indifferent to it they would      
desist4    ,,margaret4--,there is a     
swimming club held in the ,queen's-road1
 ,bayswater1  just beyond ,whiteley's1  
besides at #cji1 ,regent-street1 ,w41   
and  elsewhere4    ,,mayfly4--,there is 
a ,home of ,rest at ,malvern1 where     
girls in business1  ladies of small     

means1 and servants may be received at  
from #gs4 to  #a per week4 ,members of  
the ,girls' ,friendly ,society are taken
 at the  lowest rate named1 and any     
respectable girls recommended by two    
members  or two associates of that      
society will be eligible and received1  
room  permitting4    ,,grandpapa',s     
,,worry4--#a4 ,we must refer you to     
advice already given in  our pages      
respecting the constitutionally damp    
condition of either  hands or feet4     
,there is no such thing as 8fate40 #b4  
,there is a ,divine  ,providence1 and we
 are told that evils threatened1 and    
even prophesied  by ,god's command1 may 
be averted through repentance and       
prayer4 ,nothing  happens by chance1 and
 not only this world1 but the whole     
universe1 is  ruled and sustained with a
 regularity and method like that of the 
most  perfect clockwork4                
,,smike4--,the #bith of ,february1      
#ahfe1 was a ,wednesday4    ,,scotch    
,,nell4--,we should prefer the ,shetland

 pony1 if well trained and  sure-footed1
 for our own use4    ,,lucy must take   
the pebbles to a lapidary and have them 
drilled4           99       99       99 
99       99    ,transcriber's note--the 
following changes have been made to this
 text4    ,page #agf3 ,dittograph 8not0 
corrected--8does not always merit04