With sunny hair, and eyes of blue,

And lashes fair, dew-laden,

Her wise head gave a thoughtful nod—!

“Perhaps—they sailed—away to God!”

Mrs. M. L. Bayne.

THE DREAM OF ALDARIN.

This selection won a gold medal at a Commencement of the Mt. Vernon Institute of Elocution in Philadelphia. It is a remarkable embodiment of tragedy and pathos.

A chamber with a low, dark ceiling, supported by massive rafters of oak; floors and walls of dark stone, unrelieved by wainscot or plaster—bare, rugged, and destitute.