If he died, many of his wives, slaves and soldiers would be killed to go with him into the spirit-world.

A dainty samovar, a tiny tea-pot, a spirit-lamp and the rest, all in the wonderful silver-work of the Slavonski Bazaar in Moscow.

No certain visions of the hidden things Thou seest in that far mystic spirit-land? MABEL.

"Yes," said the spirit voice, before Bosio could answer.

By means of a spirit-level, he laid the top layer of stones quite horizontal; and he introduced into it several blocks of wood instead of stones.

Mr. Calvin R. Brownbetter known as the husband of Mrs. Anne L. Fish, a famous "spirit medium" in New Yorkhaving died, we read the following notice of the funeral:"After prayer, the Rev. S. Brittan delivered an address, in which he dwelt with much earnestness upon the superiority of the life of the spirit, as compared with that of the body.

" At the age of fifty-eight, he thus summed up the principal work of his life: "Modern Painters taught the claim of all lower nature on the hearts of men; of the rock, and wave, and herb, as a part of their necessary spirit life...

" Shelley, on the other hand, is most satisfying and original when his individual spirit forms in night, cloud, skylark, and wind are made to sing, not as a reflection of his own mood, but as these spirit forces might themselves be supposed to sing, if they could express their song in human language without the aid of a poet.

And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest.

Soon with despair's whole weight his spirits sink; Bread has he none, the snow must be his drink; And, ere his eyes can close upon the day, The eagle of the Alps o'ershades her prey.

Or roams with thee a spirit band, Blending sad voices with thine own, Voices that once with cheerful tone Made music round the sleeping land?

A sunny frankness and openness of spirit breathe in the pleasant chat of his books, and what he was in his books he showed himself in his daily converse.

At times, I whispered back, and my whispers brought to her spirit face, once more, an indescribably delicate tintthe bloom of love.

Oft when my spirit doth spred her bolder winges, In mind to mount up to the purest sky, It down is weighd with thought of earthly things, And clogd with burden of mortality: Where, when that soverayne beauty it doth spy, Resembling heavens glory in her light, Drawn with sweet pleasures bayt it back doth fly, And unto heaven forgets her former flight.

Whereupon he again fulfilled the promises of youth, the leadings of his birth star and the promptings of his spirit guides, and told all he knew about the whole Watson family, not forgetting the roses he had taken to her, and Mrs. Crock's diagnosis of it all.

Thus fade wethus our hopes and joys, rose-bright, Yield up their sweetness ere they reach their prime, And their poor fabrics lie within our sight, Stript of their radiance e'en in summer-time Their spirit hath gone from them, and they wither,

A rake, by every passion ruled, With every vice his youth had cooled; Disease his tainted blood assails; His spirits droop, his vigour fails; With secret ills at home he pines, And, like infirm old age, declines.

Aye, that were next in my desire To Athens, where good spirits dwell.... ANOTHER.

The world hears of the Kaiser's "Ich und Gott," of his mailed fist beating down his enemies, but those who have lived in Germany know that exactly the same spirit reigns in every class.

"Cruel was the spirit-power thou gavest Fatal, O Apollo, was thy love!

Weary of Christological and soteriological questions, weary of disputes concerning the angels, the thinking spirit longs to make himself at home in the world it has learned to love, demands real knowledge,knowledge which is of practical utility,and no longer seeks God outside the world, but in it and above it.

Add spirit tales, by Arnold Fountain, pseud.

Snuff-taking and spirit-drinking must not be included in her habits; but these are happily much less frequent than they were in former days.

Happy for her that she was in Protestant and common-sense England, and in a country parish, where mesmerism and spirit-rapping were unknown.

* "A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL" Composed 1799.Published 1800