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fourteen to fifteen years of age, who had come to ask permission to copy a picture of Raphael's' which was in the chapel of the cloister. This child was Peter. He was taken back to the palace of the Cardinal, who, after receiving him with kindnèss, placed him in the school of one of the best painters in Rome.

8. Fifty years later, there were two old men, living together like brothers, in one of the handsomèst private dwellings of Florence. It was said of the one-" He is the greatest painter of our day;" of the other" He will be the modèl of friends in all future ages."

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V.

9. THE TWO BOYS.

HERE were two boys, who were bred up together,

Each tried the other's sport, from their first chase,
Young hunters of the butterfly and bee,

To when they followed the fleet hare, and tried
The swiftness of the bird.

They lay beside

The silver trout stream, watching as the sun
Play'd on the bubbles: shared each in the stōre
Of either's garden; and together read

Of him, the master of the desert isle,
Till a low hut, a gun and a canoe,

Bounded their wishes.

Or if ever came

A thought of future days, 'twas but to say

That they would share each other's lot, and do
Wonders, no doubt. But this was vain: they parted
With promises of long remembrance, words

Whose kindness was the heart's, and those warm tears,
Hidden like shame by the young eyes that shed them,

1 Răph'a ěl was a very eminent painter, whose works are the admiration of the world. He lived between the years 1483 and 1520.

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kro' so), here referred to, the hero of DE FOE's great novel, a shipwrecked sailor who for many years led a solitary life on an uninhabited island of the tropics.

But which are thought upon in after years

As what we would give worlds to shed once mōre.

4. They met again,'-but different from themselves,—
At least, what each remember'd of themselves :
The one proud as a soldier of his rank,
And of his many battles; and the other
Proud of his Indian wealth, and of the skill
And toil which gather'd it; each with a brow
And heart ǎlike darken'd by years and care.

5. They met with cold words and yet colder looks:
Each was changed in himself, and yet each thought
The other only changed, himself the same.
And coldness bred dislike; and rivalry'

Came like the pestilence' o'er some sweet thoughts
That linger'd yet, healthy and beautiful,
Amid dark and unkindly ones. And they,
Whose boyhood had not known one jarring word,
Were strangers in their age: if their eyes met,
"Twas but to look contempt, and when they spoke,
Their speech was wormwood!"—and this, this is life.

VI.

L. ELIZABETH MACLEAN.

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2. We were youths together,
And castles' built in air;

Your heart was like a feather,

And mine weighed down with care.
To you came wealth with manhood's prime,
To me it brought alloys'
Foreshadow'd' in the primrose time,
When you and I were boys.

3. We're old men together;

The friends we loved of yōre,*

With leaves of autumn weather,

Are gone forever mōre.

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How blest to age the impulse given

The hope time ne'er destroys

Which led our thoughts from earth to heaven,

When you and I were boys!

GEORGE P. MORRIS.

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SECTION III.

I.

11. NICK VAN STANN.

FRENCHMAN who had ne'er before
Set foot upon a foreign shōre,

Weary of home, resolved to go
And see what Holland had to show.
He didn't know a word of Dutch,

But that could hardly grieve him much :

1 Transient, (trån' shent), passing away; fleeting; hasty.

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* Fōre shǎd' ōwed, announced or declared beforehand by an image, form, or resemblance.

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2. At length our eager tourist' stands
Within the famous Netherlands,
And, strolling gayly here and there
In search of something rich or rare,
A lordly mansion greets his eyes;
"How beautiful!" the Frenchman cries,
And, bowing to the man who sat
In livery' at the garden-gate,
"Pray, Mr. Porter, if you please,
Whose very charming grounds are these?
And-pardon me-be pleased to tell
Who in this splendid house may dwell?"
To which, in Dutch, the puzzled man

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Replied what seemed like " Nick Van Stann."

3. "Thanks!" said the Gaul," "the owner's taste
Is equally superb and chaste;"

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So fine a house, upon my word,

Not even Paris can afford.

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With statues, too, in every niche,"

Of course, Monsieur 10 Van Stann is rich
And lives, I warrant," like a king,-
Ah! wealth must be a charming thing!"

4. In Amsterdam the Frenchman meets
A thousand wonders in the streets,

1 Parley-voo, (pår′ lå vô), here means, speak French.

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Tourist, (tor ist), one who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

3 Livery, the peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; any marked dress or outward appearance. * Niet verstaan, don't understand. 'Gaul, (gål), the ancient name of France; hence, a native or inhabitant of France.

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stately; elegant; showy.

' Chaste, pure, correct, or free from fault.

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Warrant, (wor'rant), to make secure; to declare with assurance,

Superb, (su pårb), grand; rich; or full confidence.

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5. Next day, our tourist chanced to pop
His head within a lottery-shop;
And there he saw, with staring eyes,
The drawing of the Mammoth Prize.
"Ten Millions!-'Tis a pretty sum;
I wish I had as much at home!
I'd like to know, as I'm a sinner,
What lucky fellow is the winner?"
Conceive our traveler's åmāze

To hear again the hackneyed' phrase!

6. "What! No?-not Nick Van Stann again?
Faith! he's the luckiest of men!

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You

may

be sure we don't advance

So rapidly as that in France!
A house, the finest in the land;
A lovely garden, nicely planned;
A perfect angel of a wife,
And gold enough to last a life,-
There never yet was mortal man
So very blessed as Nick Van Stann!"

7. Next day the Frenchman chanced to meet
A pompous funeral in the street,

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And, asking one who stood near by

Răpt' ure, the state or condition of being rap, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; great joy or pleasure.

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3 Măm' moth, resembling the mammoth [an extinct kind of elephant] in size; gigantic; very large. * Hǎck' neyed, common.

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