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Winter already. Tlie moan of winds cliant the war-songs of 

 the Ic}' King. Let liini encaniji and bring np his forces : let 

 him besiege. Within our sti-cnig defences we will carry on the 

 accustomed routine, nor heed the assailant, and by leaping fire- 

 light we will still broider and s[)in till lie retires with his army 

 away to northern borders 



FLORENCE V. R. BROWNE. 



CHILD REX'S DE P A RTM EXT. 



If any of the departments of the Fair this year failed to come 

 up to the usual standard, we feel quite certain that the Chil- 

 dren's Department is not to be reckoned among them ; and the 

 articles, about one hundred and fifty in number, brought in 

 by eighty-eight children, — a larger number of contributors 

 than has ever before been reported, — presented the usual 

 attractions to old and young. 



If the tables were not as full as they have been at some 

 former Fairs, owing to the scarcity of worsted work on canvas, 

 and other work suitable for laying upon the table, one onl}' 

 needed to look a little higher to the variety of framed mottoes, 

 cardboard, and other articles suitable for hanging upon the 

 walls, to see that the deficiency was fully made' up. Among 

 the more noticeable hanging articles may be mentioned the 



