The favorite Chinese toy remains the theatrical scene where the family is treated à la Molière.

His first toy was a half-bushel measure, which he called his "bushee!"

But I have come to see that toys in a house are its real adornments.

Another favourite toy was a tiger on wheels.

His first experiments are with his body, "his first toys are his own limbs," and his first play is the use of "body, senses and limbs" for the sake of use, not for result.

Toys were the simplified essences of things, pure, perfect and manageable.

Chin Toy was a shoemaker until he accepted my invitation to become a Missionary Helper.

this pretty toy To pass an hour, with vapours haunted, Is quite the thing I wish'd and wanted; I do not so far condescend As serious mischief to intend, But just to show my powers of pleasing In flattery, badinage, and teasing; But should she, for young girls, poor things!

Toys are great aids in overcoming these tendencies.

Toys for the playground should be provideda sand-heap, a seesaw, a substantial wheel-barrow, hoops, balls, reins and perhaps skipping-ropes.

" "Godliness with contentment," said the apostle, "is great gain;" and though these are not the only worthy ends of human effort, yet he who has made them his has secured for himself a treasure which faileth not, which will endure when the gilded toys for which men strive and sweat are dust and ashes.

If the toy be a horse, they take imaginary journeys together, and the road is doubly delightful because never traveled alone.

At this period the well-beloved toy, the dumb sharer of the child's joys and sorrows, becomes the nucleus of a thousand enterprises, each rendered more fascinating by its presence and sympathy.

As we approach the foaming cascade, the toys become larger and more glittering, movable stalactites, which the water tosses merrily upon their flexible stems.