sight of the feathery suit of wings.

How his eyes

sparkled! He danced for joy, and taking down the robe carried it to his neighbors. All were delighted, and one old man said that the fairy must herself be near by.

10. So with feathered robe in hand the fisherman went out again to the strand, and took his place near the pine tree. He had not waited long before a lovely being appeared before him.

11. "Please, good sir, give me back my feathered robe," said she, in a sad voice of liquid sweetness, though she seemed greatly frightened.

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'No, I must keep it as a sacred treasure, a relic from a heavenly visitor, and dedicate it in the shrine yonder as a memorial of an angel's visit," said the fisherman.

12. "O wicked man! what a wretched and impious thing to rob an inhabitant of heaven of the robe by which she moves! How can I fly back to my home again? Give me your wings, O ye wild geese that fly across the face of the moon, and on tireless pinions seek the icy shores in springtime, and soar unwearied homeward in autumn. Lend me your wings!" But the wild geese overhead only whirred and screamed.

13. "O ye circling gulls! lend me but for a day your downy wings! I am a prisoner here!" cried the weeping fairy. But the graceful gulls hovering for a moment swept on in widening circles out to farther

sea.

14. "O breezes of the air, which blow whither y list! O tide of ocean, which ebbs and flows at will Ye may move all; but I am prisoner here, devoid o motion!-O good sir, have pity, and give me bac my wings!" cried the moon-maiden, pressing he hands together in grief.

15. The fisher's heart was touched by the pathos o her voice and the glittering of her tears. "I wil give back your wingéd robe if you will dance and make music for me," said he.

"O yes, good sir! I will dance and make music but first let me put on my feather robe, for withou it I have no power of motion."

16. "Not I!" said the suspicious mortal. "If give you back your wings you will fly straight t heaven."

"What! can you not believe the word of a heavenl being without doubting? Trust me in good faith."

17. Then, with shamed face, the fisherman hande to the moon-maiden her feathered robe, which sh donned, and began to dance. She poured out suc sweet strains from her upright flute, that, with eye ar ear full of rapture, the fisherman imagined himself i heaven. Then she sang a sweet song, in which sl described the delights of life in the moon, and t pleasure of celestial residence.

18. The fisherman was so overjoyed that he long to detain the fairy. He begged her to dwell with hi on earth, but in vain. As he looked he saw her risir

A fresh breeze, rippling the face of the sea, now sprang up, and wafted the pearly maiden over the pine-clad hills, and past Fusiyama. All the time sweet music rained through the air until, as the fisherman strained his eyes toward the fresh-fallen snow on Fusi's crest, he could no longer distinguish the moon-maiden from the fleecy clouds that filled the thin air.

19. Pondering long upon the marvelous apparition, the fisherman resolved to mark the spot where the fairy first descended to earth. So he prevailed upon the simple villagers to build a railing of stone around the now sacred pine.

20. Daily they garlanded the old trunk with festoons of tasseled and twisted rice straw. Long after, when by the storms of centuries the old pine, in spite of bandages and crutches, and tired of wrestling with the blast, fell down, like an old man, to rise no more, a grateful posterity cleared the space and built the shrine. of Miwo, which still dots with its sacred inclosure the strand of Suruga on which the fairy danced.

LANGUAGE STUDY.

I. Write the analysis of: enraptured (rapere); direct (regere); undulate (unda); innocent (nocere); curiosity (cura); suspicious (specere); ponder (pondus).

II. In paragraph 12 select a declarative sentence; an interrogative sentence; an imperative sentence; an exclamative sentence.

III. Select references to objects and ideas that you think characteristic of the Japanese.

Point out a simile (see Definition 2) in paragraph 1; a metaphor (see Definition 3) in paragraph 18.

18.-Oliver Cromwell.

a-băshed', humbled and confused. | doŭb'let, thick undercoat.

(1.) King James I. James VI. of Scotland (son of Mary Queen of Scots) became James I. of England, on the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603. A vivid picture of the peculiarities of this king will be found in Sir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel."

PART I.

1. Not long after King James I. took the place of Queen Elizabeth on the throne of England, there lived an English knight at a place called Hinchinbrooke. His name was Sir Oliver Cromwell. The old house in which he dwelt had been occupied by his ancestors for a good many years. In it there was a great hall, ` hung around with coats of arms and helmets, cuirasses and swords, which his forefathers had used in battle.

2. This Sir Oliver Cromwell had a nephew, who had been called Oliver, after himself, but who was generally known in the family by the name of little Noll. The child was often sent to visit his uncle, who probably found him a troublesome little fellow to take care of. He was for ever in mischief, and always running into some danger or other, from which he seemed to escape only by miracle.

3. Even while he was an infant in the cradle, a strange accident had befallen him. A huge ape, which was kept in the family, snatched up little Noll in his arms, and clambered with him to the roof of the house. There this ugly beast sat grinning at the affrighted spectators, as if it had done the most praiseworthy thing imaginable. Fortunately, however, he brought the child safe down again.

4 One morning, when Noll was five or six years old, a royal messenger arrived at Hinchinbrooke with tidings that King James was coming to dine with Sir Oliver Cromwell. This was a high honor, to be sure, but a very great trouble; for all the lords and ladies, knights, squires, guards, and yeomen, who waited on the king, were to be feasted as well as himself.

5. However, Sir Oliver expressed much thankfulness for the king's intended visit, and ordered his butler and cook to make the best preparations in their power. So a great fire was kindled in the kitchen; and the neighbors knew by the smoke which poured out of the chimney that boiling, baking, stewing, roasting, and frying were going on merrily.

6. By and by the sound of trumpets was heard approaching nearer and nearer; and a heavy, oldfashioned coach, surrounded by guards on horseback, drove up to the house. Sir Oliver, with his hat in his hand, stood at the gate to receive the king. His majesty was dressed in a suit of green not very new: he had a feather in his hat, and a triple ruff round his