pressed the mother's heart. She saw that consumption had surely fixed itself on her lovely child, but though her piety was beyond doubt, she could not bring her mind to a willingness to depart. Why she could not, it is not for us to say perhaps she feared death in itself—or perhaps she, so young and beloved, so surrounded by all that was really desirable and worthy to be loved in life, felt reluctant to leave it-or she might have thought of her mother's desolation and her father's grief, when the joy of their heart should be taken away. Be this as it may, that patient loving mother, prayed, wrestled with God, that the feeling might be removed; and the day before her daughter died, her prayer was answered, for, with a clear strong voice the dying girl exclaimed," Mother, I'm willing to go-I'm willing to go!"

Now, mother, father, and daughter, sleep side by side in the quiet grave yard, just under my parlour window. The eye that reads this too, will soon close in death-your eye young reader! Oh my young friend, seek now the Saviour that Anna sought and served; and then, whether you are called young, as she was, or are spared for a longer period, Christ will be your friend and comforter, as he was the friend and comforter of Anna and her dear mother.

M. F.

THE LITTLE COTTAGER.

THERE is not, to our taste, a prettier object than a neat little English cottage. She who,* in her own sweet poesie, sang

"The stately halls of England,

How beautiful they stand!

Amidst their tall ancestrel trees,

O'er all the pleasant land"

"The cottage homes of England!

By thousands on her plains,

They are smiling o'er the silvery brooks,

And round the hamlet fanes.

Through glowing orchards forth they peep,
Each from its nook of leaves,

And fearless there the lowly sleep,
As the hind beneath their eaves."

Mrs. Hemans.

But what gives the cottage its loveliness, and invests it with so much interest? Not merely its pleasant and healthy situation-the sweet fresh air that breathes around it—or the beautiful flowers that onament it. To all these must be added two other things to make that cottage lovely in in our estimation. There must be piety and prudence. Where these are found there will be industry and cleanliness. All about the cottage

will be tidy, and clean, and sweet. Why, I would really rather pay a visit to such a cottage than to some of the splendid mansions of the great.

Here, in the picture, is little Jessie the cottager's daughter. Her work in the house being finished, and the table spread ready for her father's supper, when he returns from his hard day's toil, she has brought out her knitting, and sitting on the green bank, her little fingers ply the needles, whilst the kitten plays with the ball of worsted as it rolls at her feet.

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Yes and little girls should always be thus accustomed to tidy and industrious habits. It would be a fine thing for them in after life if they were. Not that we would have little folks always confined to their tasks. We do not mean that. We would allow them all proper opportunities for innocent amusement. They ought, however, to be taught how to do many things

which they will be expected to do when they grow up. Let a little girl alone, and never teach her how to sew, or knit, or darn-how to clean a table or a chair—or wash the tea-things-or boil the potatoes-or make a bed-and what will she be fit for? Why she will be a poor dawdling thing-fit for nothing. And if she should ever be married, her husband and family will very likely be poor and uncomfortable, and dirty, and wretched, and all through her slovenly and untidy habits.

But on the other hand, if a girl takes to tidy ways, and is careful and industrious, she will soon be found out. There are many ladies looking about for such girls, and would be glad to have them in their service. Such a girl will know better than to spend her money in fineries in order to show herself off, and try to make people believe she is a lady, when she is only a servant girl. No she knows better than that. She dresses in plain good clothes; and all her clothes are good, and she keeps them in good repair. "A stitch in time saves nine," her mother said, and she remembers that. She does not spend all her wages, but every year saves something. And then if she too is married, she makes her husband and her family happy by her careful, and prudent, and industrious habits.

LITTLE GIRLS! LEARN TIDY WAYS.

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At one of these places I had slept on the ground, near the door of the hut in which the principal man and his wife reposed. I remarked in the morning, that it appeared that some of the cattle had broken loose during the night, as 1 had heard something moving about on the outside of the thorn fence under which I lay. Oh!' he replied, 'I was looking at the spoor this morning, it was the lion;' adding, that a few nights before it sprung over on the very spot on which I had been lying, and seized a goat, with which it bounded

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