... measure, on habit and practice, and I one of the many advantages of what we call ash extemporaneous speaking is, that it trains us to Fri think quickly and speak promptly. It is possible in, at to overdo mental preparation. Many orators have spoken at the moment ...

... perhaps so ; but I'm not mad, for all that, Phil: I and I'm afraid you will one day see that I speak *tbe truth. I What do you mean by the shadow of whichT vou speak 9 ' asked Philip, wondering whether it would be better to make him explain himself furthers ...

... life in the Cas msost powerful influence in the world. I No fault can be as bad as the feeling which is nle quick to see and speak of the faults of others. wh One of the best rules in conversation is mever hut to say anything that anyone present can wish ...

... calm and quiet In thc light of that golden wed, And softened by the shadowvd i That whisper of coming rest. t. For nature speaks to our spirits, a I As her lights and shadows play. I Like the stars that sang together iat At the dawn of creation'S day ...

... but since T muust tell you. C is 600,000 ?? ?? Are you quite sure it, ii not more ?? ' Qaite buve.' X crv well. &tu I L will speak to him.' He went back to the Emperor, and told him i that be had t'moa Jr Josephine cr- ing, andin desnair. 'Aln.-5he1s crying ...

... ilre ifltY anld pleasant as far as they go, But the lid iIC the mllornlig is rare. t merels a din, teunder face, with a heart-speak- Tat, has need of no other adorningl Than tiie eloquent smile-than the beautiful T11tju thke smile that I see iu. the morning ...

... not the goal, but the course, which makes as lapPy.-JEAN PADL R1CRTER. The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails. -SElAsKESsr'ARIT. IC He that knew-. the world will not be bashful; c he who knows uimself will not be impudent-C. ...

... some, of course, t another, The nearest perfect is my good old mother. I One at the church is always to be found, r Ready to speak the praises of the Master, a His words with logic tearfully profound, Ilis object to avoid a world's disaster. '1 Yet in the ...

... if you will. The a'nonut of happiness which you can l produce is incalculable, if you will only show a a amiliug face, end speak pleasant woxds. As fdowers carry dew-drops, trembling oe the e: edces of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of ...

... balance' when men praise you, Guard your steps with double care: , D Flattering tongues can wound, reullem er, e Often when tney speak mosi fair. heep your balance wvben the doubter c Scofis and sneers at holy things; Stagger not, though bold preeumpto . Right ...

... demned to Siberia for life, reads most like an ng effort of fictiPn. .68 Remarkablv attractive and good-leoloing, and a11 speaking fluently Russian,I Roumanian, German, he French, and English, she had been married six. ut teen times, and in turn ran away ...

... iready for his recital. p 3 Why We Speak Badly.i In a i In the May number of the Religious Review of I .Revieqw Canon Fleming has another article on 9 the art of reading. He shows why the average v Englishman speaks faultily :-Look at a knot of i' little ...