esent my teaco me of tumn leaves, quot;Yes, tiful enougo comfort us for t of summerquot;--an idea direct from Miss Canbys story.

    t of assimilating  out again as my otempts at ing. In a composition  ties of Greece and Italy, I borroions, ions, from sources I ten. I knew Mr.

    Anagnoss great love of antiquity and ic appreciation of all beautiful sentiments about Italy and Greece. I t of poetry or of ory t I t ies, ;tic in t; But I do not understand  a blind and deaf ced t I cannot t because I did not originate ttle composition is te devoid of interest. It s I could express my appreciation of beautiful and poetic ideas in clear and animated language.

    tions al gymnastics. I ion and imitation, to put ideas into  pleased me I retained in my memory, consciously or unconsciously, and adapted it. ter, as Stevenson inctively tries to copy  admirable, and s ion onisility. It is only after years of t of practice t even great men o marshe mind.

    I am afraid I  yet completed t is certain t I cannot alinguiss from t I read becomes tance and texture of my mind.

    Consequently, in nearly all t I e, I produce sometco make o secs of odds and ends--pretty bits of silk and velvet; but t  pleasant to touced. Likeions are made up of crude notions of my oer ts and riper opinions of t seems to me t t difficulty of ing is to make ted mind express our confused ideas, s, inctive tendencies. trying to e is very mucrying to put a Cogettern in mind  in  t fit t matc rying beca