HOSE who are really awake to the sights and 

 sounds ^hich the procession of the months offers 

 them, find endless entertainment and instruc- 

 tion. Yet there are great multitudes who are 

 present at as many as threescore and ten performances, 

 without ever really looking at the scenery, or listening to 

 the music, or observing the chief actors. ' ' O. W. HOLMES, 



