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202 LANTERN SETS. FROM DRAWINGS. THE ENGLISH MERCHANT AND THE SARACEN LADY. From “Jewels Gathered from Painter and Poet” By permission of Messrs. Cassell and Company, Ltd. It was there he net 'with a Saracen maid. 5 Together they trod the lonely shore. 6 And a figure steps from the shadows forth. 7 He spake, and on board he leapt. 8 Beading-, The wall was steep, yet 6he dared to leap. The listening peasants would round her come. Murmuring “ Gilbert,'’ as she went. God send to every valiant knight a lady as true. 60. DOCTOR LARRUP. A quiuieal old man, armed with a rattan. "Who little boys had flogged for many a year. They would contrive, by day or night, to steal. So stood the doctor, with face as red. The entrance through a trapdoor small. Fix'd on this loft to put his fruit in. When one, 'gainst every disappointment proof. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Was gradually lower’d through the hole. The doctor soon perceived his apples strayed. He wisely then concealed himself. When at'him, out the doctor bounded. When being seated snug and steady. When lo I up popt the doctor's nob.* The wicked rascals—let the doctor drow. Beading, 6d. THE GHOST OF THE SAUSAGE MAKER. And drove a trade in porcine sausages, | 4 Stepp’d in forgetting every other thought. . 5 His means were not yet vast enough. I G A brand new engine went to work. His anxious wife in vain. “ It ain't no use to mince the matter.** Beading, 6d. THE FOOLISH TRAVELLER; OR, A GOOD IS A BAD HOME. By Hannah more. Aa great and good as prince could be. An idle, thoughtless kind of lad. The son escaped to foreign lands. In each low joy he took delight. Beading, 6dU Of each wild pleasure rashly tasted The youth the pardon little minded. For ev’ry sport, for ev*ry song. “ Come what will, I’ll take my fill.'* THE PLUM CAKES. By Hannah yore. To m, W ill and Jack loved tops and marbles. 80 with duo care, a sohool he sought. ’Twas just before the closing year. A vast profusion of plum cakes. As with the boys his ride he takes. 6 7 8 9 I gorged them all, both paste and plum. Thanks to the use of keys and locks. But never ate my cake alone. A boy was sick and scarce could eat. Beading, 6d. THE HOLIDAY EXPERIMENTS OF HUMPHREY DEXTER PAGE. By Bobert Bichardson, B.A. Prom ,s The Boys’ Own Paper ” by permission. 7 A Hu strong point was mechanics. The doctor, too, believed in him. We all stood round expectantly. To the follow at the bottom, along the string. When ha undertook to make a new domestic _ lM*P. Then Humphrey placed his lamp upon the table. followed by I pause, next moment dearning crash. 8 It took a quarter of an hour to bring the ladies to. 9 And by the cat’s reproachful ghost was haunted. 10 He tries his 4»lents in some opposite direction. Beading, Gd.