CONTENTS.

The Titles of Poetical Pieces are printed in Italics.

Wild strawberries grow plentifully in the woods around Paris, and during the months of July and August they are gathered by boys and girls who gain a scanty livelihood by selling them to the hotels, where they are used as desserts and eaten with powdered sugar.

Ir is summer, it is summer;

How beautiful it looks,

There is sunshine on the old gray hills,

And sunshine on the brooks,

A singing bird on every bough,
Soft perfumes on the air,
A happy smile on each young lip,
And gladness everywhere.

Oh! is it not a pleasant thing,
To wander through the woods,
To look upon the painted flowers,
And watch the opening buds;