"LIFE'S MORNING," AND "LIFE'S EVENING," ETC. BIBLIOTHER JUN 79 BODLEIANA LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; ow lovely is the spring-time, with its tender buds and delicate blossoms, its soft air and its warm sunshine! The trees and hedgerows, clad in their fresh-tinted leaves, no longer appear bare and dismantled, and the earth is carpeted with the richest green. Very pleasant is it, after the silence of winter, to listen to the music of the birds, to the liquid song of the thrush, the joyous twitter of the chaffinch, the deep mellow tones of the blackbird, and the plaintive sounds of the ringdoves cooing to each other in the quiet woods. Very pleasant, too, is it to look for the early flowers-for the pale primrose, the deep blue violet, and the star-like daisy-the warm, sheltered banks are full of them,while the coltsfoot covers whole fields with a mantle of beauty, and the little celandine scatters itself over the sunny slopes, delighting the eye with the brilliancy of its colour. It is the season of freshness and growth; there is an air of sweet novelty about everything, because nothing has yet arrived at maturity. Winter, on the other hand, is not without its charms. It is the period of rest. Nature has been working hard; and now, after the ingathering of |