It is a delightful thing to be able to say that of the entire sixteen, dull as some of them have been, they have been almost unexceptionally men of recognized purity of character, in ages when poets were renowned for their laxity of morals.

[CONCLUDED.]


THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME.


BY ADA IDDINGS GALE.


Thy deep tones burden all the air

And hearing, strangest thoughts are mine;

Thou’rt calling all the world to prayer,