... THE VOICE IN SPEAKING AND SINGING. TnE second of the series of lectures in connectior with the Ladies' Collegiate School was delivered it Ist night in presence of a large audience by 1r,. i Walter Buck, Professor of Singing and Vocat r Physiolo,,. ...

... Joetrp?. SE L E CT ED. SPEAK GENTLY. Speak gently! it is better far To rule by love, than fear- Spenk gently-let no harsha words mar TIhe good Nye might do here! Speak gently I Love doth whisper lowr ITbe vowvs that true hearts bind And gently frierdship's ...

... true, or hence to darknes flee. Speak boldly, Prophet! Let the fire Of Heaven come down on altars curst. Where Baal priests and seers conspire To pay their bloody homage first. Be true, 0 Prophet! Let thy tongue Speak fearless, for the words are thine; ...

... and deep, with measured tone, It speaks both night and day; You hear it both When close at hand And many miles away. By day when all the world's agog, It speaks though all be talking; Speaks tbough not spoken to, and speaks To testing, running, walking. ...

... RINDNESS-A PARAPHRASE. SPEAK kindly to thv brother man! He may havc griefs thou canst not see, Deep sorrow dwelling in his heart, And many a bitter care mav be Gnawing the very strings that give Vitality to all that live. Speak kindly to thy brother man ...

... tide. Speak lindly to the outcast! there may be within her yet A retrospect of purer days, which she would fain forget: A truiting laither's last fond look, a dying mother's sighi, III some deep cavern of her hcart, upbraiding, still may lie. Speak kindly ...

... llilrtaO J?Ipdql. SPEAK GENTLY. Sl'EAI gently-el I one word of love Mly soothe the broken heart; Little we klnow the healing balm l ove's magic tones imipart. Speak gently-very gently- 'to t he merry little one; For harsh and cruel words may mar The young ...

... vith years, Or warped as ve, Who think it strangc to see Suchi pretty flawors, like to orphans young, Speaking by tears before ye have a tongue. Speak, wlbiip'ring younglings, and make known The reason wbi Ye droop and weep; Is it for wvant of sleep, Or ...

... ?? tlai6 vattly. SPEAKC NO ILL. NAY, speak no ill; a kindl 'y Word ('am never letvi a sting behind; And, oh t to breathe each tatc ?? 1l0tid Is far bencath a noble mind. Fuill oft a better ?? is sowVn, BY choosing thuls a kinder tsi ht; For, if but little ...

... patiently to find Security for wcdded bliss In fellowship of mind. Together speak on things of earth, Speak of a Heaven above, And draw the soul's deep secrets forth Before you speak of Love I ans, ABDY, ...

... the wintor's day ? Svallows, whom rsweetirope pursues- Hlither even acrots tile sea, Dbubtless ye of Frnnce have news- Speak, ohl, speak of irome to me!' 'Three years have I pray'd for ruth That sadina token ye would bear From that vale which saw my youth ...

... yezar since, Mr. John Fleming ac- )centuated the fact that in Irish-speAking districts the results fees earned for teachers by pupils are c.ensiderably higher than those in English-speak- ing. He gave in detail the statistics which bore out his contention ...