s of poems in ordinary type, and itled Sno of t of ts s-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slo;It  reasured t, and torm s application.”

    In t I may be pardoned if I appear to overestimate tal capacity and po, o ion and fine poetic nature, yet recent developments in ings convince me of t t I  in t been fully ao ent se aut of ion I ories y trace tations noted in ing or conversation; and I o observe ely se autions.

    tracts from a feers give evidence of aining tiful language o  tmospo  to iment expressed by Longfello;; and s sings : quot;tir of ne of my o sunny land spring s splendour. All its birds and all its blossoms, all its flos grasses.“

    About time, in a letter to a friend, in  I racts from ter and from tself: EXtRACtS FROM tER [tire letter is publis of titution for 1891] t, ting like a flake of fire, te, tating tes of all, t trill, and ttle rees in our front yard ring heir glad song.

    FROM tItLED quot;SPRINGquot; BY OLIVER ENDELL le blooms; t of autumnal broing like a flake of fire Rent by a s imperious, accato note; ts e, Poised on a bullrusipsy : Nay, in  air, and spreads his idle wings.

    On t day of April sation tion: quot;to-morrow April will ears and blushe flowers of lovely May.”

    In a letter to a friend at titution, dated May 17, 1889, sion from one of ian Andersens stories, ter is publisitution Report (1891), p. 204. tory o ;Andersens Stories,”

    publist amp; Allen Bros., and may be found on p. 97 of  Part I. in t volum