Pot was so shocked at his conversation, that it dropped down and broke into a thousand pieces. O, he belongs to the radicals," let me tell you!

6. "Now you are talking too much," said the Flint; and it struck against the Steel so that the sparks flew out. 7. "Shall we not have a merry evening?"

8. "Yes; let us talk about who is of highest rank and most genteel," said the Matches.

9. "No; I have no wish to talk about myself," said the Earthenware Dish; "let us have a social and sentimental evening. We will all tell things we have seen and gone through. I will begin. I will relate a tale of every-day life: one can fancy one's self so well in similar situations, and that is so interesting.

10. "On the shores of the Baltic, beneath the Danish beeches

11. "That is a splendid beginning," said all the Plates; "that will certainly be a very interesting story!"

12. "There, in a quiet family, I passed my youth: the furniture was polished, the floor washed, and clear muslin curtains were put up every fortnight."

13. "What an interesting story you are telling us! Isaid the Duster. "It is easy to perceive that it is a young lady who speaks, such an air of purity breathes in every word."

14. "Yes, that one does feel, indeed," said the Water Pail, much moved, and in such broken accents" that there was quite a splash on the floor.

15. And the Dish went on with the story; and the end was as good as the beginning.

16. All the Plates rattled with delight; and the Duster took some green parsley off the dresser, and

crowned the Dish, for he knew this would annoy the others; and, thought he, if I crown her to-day, she will crown me to-morrow.

17. Now let us dance!" said the Tongs, beginning immediately to throw her feet up in the air. The old Arm Chair Covering in the corner burst at the sight. 18. "Am I not to be crowned now?" said the Tongs; and so forthwith she got a laurel wreath too. 19. What a low set!" said the Matches to themselves.

20. It was now the Tea Urn's turn to sing something; but she said she had taken cold; indeed, she could only sing when excited; but that was nothing but pride, for she would only sing when standing on the drawing-room table among ladies and gentlemen.

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21. Behind, in the window, sat an old Pen, that the maid used to write with. There was nothing remarkable about it, except that it was too deeply immersed " in ink; but that was just what it was proud of, and made much ado about. "If the Tea Urn will not sing,' it said, "why, she may leave it alone: but there is a nightingale" in a cage; she can sing. It is true she has been taught nothing. However, this evening we will speak ill of nobody.'

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22. “I find it most improper," said the Tea Kettle, who was kitchen chorus-singer, and step-brother to the Tea Urn,-"I find it most improper that such a foreign bird should be patronized. Is that patriotic? I will ask the Coal Scuttle, and let him decide the matter."

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23. "As to me, I am vexed," said the latter; "thoroughly vexed! Is this the way to spend the evening? Would it not be far better to turn the whole house upside down, and to establish" a new and natural order

of things? In this way each one would find his proper place, and I would undertake to direct the change. That would be something like fun for us."

24. "Yes, let us upset things!" cried all at once.

25. At the same moment the door opened: it was the house-maid! All were silent; not one dared to utter a word.

26. The maid took the Matches to get a light. Bless us, how they sputtered, and then stood all in a blaze! 27. "Now may every body see," thought they, "that we are first in rank. How we shine! What lustre ! What light!"—and so saying, they went out.

1 GENEALOGICAL. Relating to ancestors, or the descent of families. TOUCHING. Pathetic.

8 REVOLUTION. Great or entire change. • VOCATION. Calling, business.

5 PEDIGREE. Line or list of ancestors. 8 CONSERVATIVE. Adhering to existing institutions.

7 RATIONAL. Agreeable to reason, sensible.

extreme measures in political reform.

10 SENTIMENTAL. Relating to senti
mcnt or the finer feelings.

11 ACCENT. Manner of speaking.
12 REMARKABLE. Unusual.
13 IMMERSED. Plunged into,

14 NIGHTINGALE. A small European
bird excelling in sweetness of £ong.
15 FOREIGN. Of another country.
One who busics 16 PATRONIZED. Favored with one's

8 NEWSMONGER.
himself in telling news.

RADICALS.

custom, aided.

People who advocate 17 ESTABLISH. To set up, to create.

1. OLD Santa Claus sat all alone in his den,

With his leg crossed over his knee,

While a comical' look peeped out at his ey
For a funny old fellow is he.

2. His queer little cap was tumbled and torn,
And his wig it was all awry;

But he sat and mused the whole day long,
While the hours went flying by.

3. He had been as busy as busy could be
In filling his pack with toys;

He had gathered his nuts, and baked his pies,
To give to the girls and boys.

4. There were dolls for the girls, and whips for the boys, With wheel-barrows, horses, and drays,

And bureaus and trunks for Dolly's new clothes:
All these in his pack he displays.*

5. Of candy, too, both twisted and striped,
He had furnished a plentiful store;
While raisins and figs, and prunes and grapes,
Hung up on a peg by the door.

6. "I am almost ready," quoth* he, quoth he,
"And Christmas is almost here;

But one thing more,-I must write them a book,
And give to each one this year."

7. So he clapped his specs on his little round nose, And, seizing the stump of a pen,

He wrote more lines in one little hour
Than you ever could read in ten.

8. He told them stories all pretty and new, And wrote them all out in rhyme ;

Then packed them away with his box of toys,
To distribute one at a time.

9. And Christmas Eve, when all were in bed,
Right down the chimney he flew;

And, stretching the stocking-leg out at the top,
He clapped in a book for you.

COMICAL. Exciting mirth, funny.

4 QUOTH. Said.

5 DISTRIBUTE. Deal out.
• CLAPPED. Put hastily.

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1. OUT in the country, close by the road, stands a handsome house. Before it there is a garden with flowers, and a painted railing; and just outside the railing, among beautiful green grass, grew a little daisy. The sun shone upon it as warmly and kindly as upon the large, splendid' flowers in the garden; and so it grew from hour to hour, till one morning it stood fully unfolded, with its small, pure white petals* in a ring round the little yellow sun in the middle.

2. The daisy thought that no one saw it there among the grass, and that it was a poor, despised'