FIN DE SIÈCLE CHILDREN.

He. "I SAY, HILDA, I SHOULD SO LIKE TO GIVE YOU A KISS!"

She (who WILL pick up such strange expressions from the Boys). "WOULD YOU, INDEED? 'I LIKE YOUR CHEEK'!"

He. "I'M SURE I SHOULD LIKE YOURS!"


NOT CAUGHT YET!

The Boy and the Bird! And the Bird looks so old;—

Scarce the species of fowl to be easily "sold,"—

And the Boy is so young! It seems almost absurd

To suppose that that pinch is to capture that Bird!