"Ah, you are wrong. You have memories, talents-
Madame Merle interrupted her.

"What have my talents brought me? Nothing but the need of using them still, to get through the hours, the years, to cheat myself with some pretence of action. As for my memories, the less said about them the better. You will be my friend till you find a better use for your friendship."

"It will be for you to see that I don't then," said Isabel. "Yes; I would make an effort to keep you," Madame Merle rejoined, looking at her gravely. "When I say I should like to be your age," she went on, "I mean with your qualities— frank, generous, sincere, like you. In that case I should have made something better of my life."

"What should you have liked to do that you have not done?"

Madame Merle took a sheet of music-she was seated at the piano, and had abruptly wheeled about on the stool when she first spoke and mechanically turned the leaves. At last she said

"I am very ambitious!"

"And your ambitions have not been satisfied? They must have been great."

"They were great. I should make myself ridiculous by talking of them."

Isabel wondered what they could have been-whether Madame Merle had aspired to wear a crown. "I don't know what your idea of success may be, but you seem to me to have been successful. To me, indeed, you are an image of success.' Madame Merle tossed away the music with a smile. "What is your idea of success?"

"You evidently think it must be very tame," said Isabel. "It is to see some dream of one's youth come true."

"Ah," Madame Merle exclaimed, "that I have never seen! But my dreams were so great-so preposterous. Heaven forgive me, I am dreaming now." And she turned back to the piano and began to play with energy.

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE

CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vainthat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

November 19, 1863.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN PART X

JOLLY TOPER-FRANZ HALS.

Hals was a great genius. Few painters have ever been able to transfer to canvas the scenes familiar to them with such a masterly touch, such fidelity to the spirit as well as the form. It was generally understood that he loved the ale-house as well as his art, and many of his most remarkable pictures give indication of this indulgence.

HELEN FOURMENT AND SON-RUBENS.

Rubens married Helen Fourment-his second wife-when she was but sixteen. He was proud of her beauty and her fair face appears frequently in his pictures. He was also fond of painting his son, very much like the mother in appearance. In pictures where both children are shown, the boy's superiority is made to contrast strongly with the little girl's humility.

PORTRAIT OF HIS MOTHER-REMBRANDT.

This is one of the finest pictures in existence, for the reason that it immortalizes the idea of mother, and from this standpoint appeals to all. This portrait and Whistler's Mother are most famous of their kind. From his mother Rembrandt inherited many of his sterling qualities, and in its sweetness and repose this face looks out to one with touching beauty.

YOUNG FARMERS OF THE NORDFJORD COUNTRY.

From this picture one may gain a fair idea of the average country cottage in this far northern land. The roof is plainly covered over with sod out of which grass and shrubs are growing. Beneath the sod and above the wooden rafters of the house are thick sheets of birch bark which form the roof. The chinks are filled with clay and altogether this makes a snug dwelling for the bitterly cold winter weather of Scandinavia.

GREEK CHURCH-RUSSIA.

When the Mongols invaded Russia many hundred years ago, they brought with them the style of onion-shaped domes so commonly seen in this country. Later when the Russians were strong enough to drive out the Tartars, they had grown so accustomed to these domes that they retained them.

The Greek form of Christianity prevails in Russia. Ages ago it was decided that no images should be used in the worship of the Greek church. Should you visit a Greek church, you would find pictures everywhere, but no images or statues whatever. There are two Greek churches in America-one in Sitka, one in New York.

BUSY STREET AT THE NIJNI NOVGOROD FAIR.

Nijni means lower, and this place is called Lower Novgorod to distinguish it from Novgorod, the much larger town.

In Nijni Novgorod is held each year a great Russian Fair which lasts for two months. It is conveniently situated on the Volga-"Mother

BUSY STREET AT THE NIJNI NOVGOROD FAIR-Continued. Volga," the Russians affectionately call this valuable stream-and the Volga leads directly to the Caspian Sea. The prices obtaining here control the prices for the whole Russian Empire, and every merchant of considerable wealth keeps a branch shop here. During the busy summer season there are sometimes as many as 200,000 people on these grounds in one day, and during the two months the Fair lasts, $200,000,000 changes hands. In Mediaeval times there were many of these fairs. This is one of the few continuing to our day and it is an experience never to be forgotten to visit the various quarters of the nationalities convened here and to examine the wares exhibited.

BULL FIGHT-Seville.

This ancient form of amusement lives on in Spain and in Mexico. Such demonstrations, so common once in Rome, have long been abandoned in all but Spanish countries, and probably in no far distant time they will be abolished even in these. The account of the Bull Fight by Sienkiewicz should be read in this connection.

INDIAN GIRLS WEAVING BASKETS-HOPI RESERVATION.

Year by year the reservations set aside by the government for the use of the Indians have grown smaller and smaller throughout the country. Only a few large reservations are found today-these being for the most part in the west. In Arizona and New Mexico one may see Indians living today much as they lived long ago. They are more peaceable and quiet, having been held in order for years; again, the schools are educating Indian children and the old war-like spirit is dying out. Besides, these southwestern tribes were never actuated with the ferocity of the northern tribes.

With the rapid change from uncivilized to civilized living, mortality is great among these people. For this reason it is likely that in no remote future baskets such as these will no longer be obtainable,

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.

Perhaps only comparatively few who visit this national museum stop to inquire into its origin. James Smithson, son of Sir Hugh Smithson, Duke of Northumberland, died in Genoa in 1829. He left his fortune to a nephew, stipulating that should this nephew die leaving no children, the property should be left to the United States "for the purpose of founding an institution at Washington, to be called the Smithsonian Institute, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The nephew died without heirs in 1835 and over one-half million was paid into the United States treasury for the above mentioned purpose. By 1846 this had increased to $750,000. The government donated the land and with part of this sum a building was erected. It was built to provide for library, museum, and art gallery. The National Museum here should be of interest to all citizens of this country, for it contains much that is closely interwoven with our history.

HUDAH INDIANS-ALASKA.

The Indians of the north are wholly different from those of the south. The totem pole before the house records the lineage of the chief who dwells here. Totem poles served three purposes: to mark the burial place of the dead, to give the genealogy of the chiefs, or to commemorate

HUDAH INDIANS-ALASKA-Continued.

a place of victory. In the National Park in Sitka one may see many totem poles. To be sure, these are now resplendent in new paint and have been gathered here from many places. Nevertheless, this was the site of a battle once waged between Russians and Indians; the Indians were victorious and raised totem poles to publish their triumph.

HELEN HUNT FALLS.

Helen Hunt Jackson endeared herself to the American people as a whole, but particularly to the people of the west. Here she lived and wrote her stories, notably Romona, in which she roused sympathy for the Indians. Many years of her life were spent in Colorado, and in accordance with her wish she was buried high up on a mountain-side. This spot became such a mecca for tourists that the remains were finally brought down again and re-interred. These Falls, a short distance from Colorado Springs, are named for her.

OLD FAITHFUL-YELLOWSTONE.

This is the most famous geyser in the world. Every hour, or sometimes with intervals of one hour and fifteen minutes, it bursts forth with a stream of boiling water. Between its eruptions, which last for about five minutes, one may examine the mound of geyserite, oblong, about 145 by 215 feet in size. This is streaked with rose, saffron, orange, brown and gray-in proportion as the water has carried various minerals in solution. When the stream bursts forth it rises in a nearly perpendicular height, while the breeze blows the cloud of steam above in the air-a "pillar of cloud by day." It is estimated that 33,000,000 gallons of water are thrown out every twenty-four hours.

ROTUNDA GALLERY-CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.

This wonderful library was begun in 1889 and completed in 1897, costing $6,000,000. The exterior of the building is built of New Hampshire marble; the interior is finished in marbles brought from all parts of the world, and is dazzling in brilliancy.

The Library of Congress has had several backsets. In 1814 the British burned the library that had already been accumulated. Congress soon after bought Jefferson's private library of 7,000 volumes and made that a nucleus around which to collect other books. In 1851 the library was again destroyed by fire, only 20,000 out of 55,000 volumes being saved. The final home of the Congressional library is planned to withstand the storm and stress of centuries.

LOOKING DOWN FROM INSPIRATION POINT.

This view down the Grand Canyon is one of the most inspiring in the world. No river has ever cut down a more remarkable channel than the Colorado, the canyon of which defies description. The rocks reflect the light of the sun and produce a sight seldom seen anywhere. Every year this section of our country is visited by many foreigners, as well as by large numbers of Americans.