Then hurrah for the flag! our country's flag,

Its stripes and white stars too;

There is no flag in any land,

Like our own "Red, White, and Blue!"

- Selected.

SWEET AND LOW.

WEET and low, sweet and low,

SWE

Wind of the western sea;

Low, low, breathe and blow,

Wind of the western sea!

Over the rolling waters go,

Come from the dying moon, and blow,

Blow him again to me;

While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps.

Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,

Father will come to thee soon;

Rest, rest, on mother's breast,

Father will come to thee soon;

Father will come to his babe in the nest,

Silver sails all out of the west,

Under the silver moon;

Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.

-Tennyson.

WY!

DUTCH LULLABY.

JYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe, -

Sailed on a river of misty light

Into a sea of dew.

"Where are you going, and what do you wish?

The old moon asked the three.

"We have come to fish for the herring-fish
That live in this beautiful sea;

Nets of silver and gold have we,"
Said Wynken,

Blynken,
And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sung a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe;
And the wind that sped them all night long,
Ruffled the waves of dew;

The little stars were the herring-fish

That lived in the beautiful sea.

"Now cast your nets wherever you wish,

But never afeard are we!"

So cried the stars to the fishermen three,

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw

For the fish in the twinkling foam,

Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen home;

'Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed

As if it could not be ;

And some folk thought 'twas a dream they'd dreamed,

Of sailing that beautiful sea;

But I shall name you the fishermen three,

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,

And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies

Is a wee one's trundle-bed;

So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,

And you shall see the beautiful things

As you rock on the misty sea

Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three,—

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

- Eugene Field — A Little Book of Western Verse.

GOOD-NIGHT.

OOD-NIGHT, pretty Sun, good-night!

Go

I've watched your purple and golden light

While you are sinking away;

And some one has just been telling me
You're making o'er the shining sea

Another beautiful day;

That just at the time I am going to sleep,

The children there are taking a peep

At your face, beginning to say,

"Good-morning!" just when I say "good-night!" Now, beautiful Sun, if they've told me right, I wish you'd say good-morning for me

To all the little ones over the sea.

-Sydney Dayre.

NOW THE DAY IS OVER.

OW the day is over,

Now

Night is drawing nigh,

Shadows of the evening

Steal across the sky.

Through the long night-watches,
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above us;
Watching round each bed.

When the morning wakens
Then may I arise

Pure, and fresh, and sinless,
In Thy holy eyes.

-Sabine Baring-Gould.

Favorite Supplementary Readers.

POETRY OF THE SEASONS. Compiled by MARY I. LOVEJOY. Three hundred of the choicest nature poems by American and English Poets. 336 pages. Daintily Illustrated.

Price 60 cents.

This attractive book offers a collection of the best poems to be found on plant and animal life, classified according to the seasons. While its selections, apposite to the school work in nature, teach the pupils many facts, they also acquaint them with the best pastoral and lyric poetry. Over one hundred and seventy standard poets are represented in this book.

BRAIDED STRAWS.

By ELIZABETH E. FOULKE, author of "Twilight Stories." 136 pages. Attractive illustrations. 40 cents.

This is a little collection of charming original stories and poems written for children, and about things which children love. It is designed for supplementary reading in primary schools and kindergartens, and the author has taken great care to present only such stories as appeal to the child's best instincts.

THROUGH THE YEAR: BOOKS I. AND II.

By LILLIAN WALLACE and ANNA M. CLYDE. For third and fourth grades. Suitably illustrated. 36 cents each.

These dainty little books are a help to teachers and a delight to children. Book I. follows the school work from September through January and Book II. from February to June. The lessons in description, story and verse, some original and many from the best literature, are designed to correlate carefully with the school work in nature, science, and history.

THE LAND OF SONG: BOOKS I., II., III.

Compiled by KATHARINE H. SHUTE; edited by LARKIN DUNTON, LL.D. For primary, lower grammar, and upper grammar grades. Book I., 36 cents, Book II., 48 cents, Book III., 54 cents. Appropriately illustrated.

"The Land of Song" constitutes a little library containing the best shorter poems in the English language, for all grades. The style and subjects of its selections are varied, and in it are found many poems which, although familiar perhaps, are yet hard to locate elsewhere.

THE PLANT BABY AND ITS FRIENDS.

By KATE LOUISE BROWN. 155 pages. Fully illustrated. 48 cents.

As its title indicates, this nature reader introduces the child to plant life, presenting to him by means of carefully written stories and poems the beginning of nature study, While delighting in the stories as such, the children unconsciously learn many facts, and become familiar with the common terms of botany. Its illustrations, dainty and instructive, add much to the book.

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