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KIDD'S OWN JOUENAL. 



Softer and sweeter came her song 



As down the path she wended ; 

 My beating heart grew proud and strong — 



I too the path descended. 

 Gipsy! how fast her dainty feet 



Along the ruts now bore her ! 

 But soon, with step as sure and fleet, 



I breathless stood before her. 



Needs it to tell the burning words 



That hushed her tongue's gay ditty? 

 Needs it to strike the passion-chords 



That moved her heart to pity? 

 Soon was her yielding hand in mine, 



And, where she gathered flowers, 

 Where violets bud and lilies shine, 



We talked of wedding hours. 



The above gems of song are not ours, but 

 they are worthy of " setting " in OUR 

 Journal. We can only give the writer's 

 initials, " E. E M. K." His name he has 

 preferred to withhold, — why, we know not. 

 We should have thought all mauvaise-honte 

 had been removed by the " little reaper." 



As the days of harvest are at hand, and 

 there may be more u little reapers " gather- 

 ing flowers, we say to all whom it may con- 

 cern — ramble out on such a lovely chance. 

 If you fail in securing the heart of a " little 

 reaper," you will yet add to your life some 

 years by the fresh air you will inhale during 

 the pursuit. 



Everybody, now, should live in the 

 open air. There can be no excuse — for it 

 costs nothing. 



OKIGINAL CO&EESPONDENCE. 



Education of Children; " Kidd's Journal" the 

 Bookselling Trade; and Proofs of " Honesty" 

 — My dear Sir, — You must allow me, although 

 a perfect stranger, to address you tims fami- 

 liarly; because I feel, from what I see of you 

 in your writings, that you are a man after my 

 own heart; and if we were personally acquainted, 

 we should soon be very dear friends. I will 

 first explain how I learnt that such a person 

 was in existence, and then what difficulty I had 

 in making your acquaintance. My opinion of 

 education being similar to your own— that it 

 should not be confined to mere head knowledge, 

 but that the affections of the heart should be 

 carefully and constantly cultivated — I have al- 

 ways provided each of my little ones with a 

 " pet" of some kind or other, in order that 

 from their earliest childhood they might be ac- 

 customed to provide for its wants, and care for 

 its comfort. By such practice, their feelings 

 of kindness and affection towards their own 

 rabbit or canary, gradually extend to every 

 living creature. I am firmly of opinion with 

 you, that a child trained to show kindness to ani- 

 mals will never grow up a bad man or woman. 

 On the contrary, a child guilty of cruelty to 

 animals, and with such a disposition unchecked, 

 or even encouraged, "will never make a good one. 

 Such being my ideas, I have at different times 

 purchased rabbits, birds, &c. ; and last year, met 



with a couple of canaries with which we were 

 all very much pleased. Last spring, for my 

 own amusement, and with the intention of 

 breeding from them, I added some more to my 

 stock, but felt considerably at a loss for advice 

 and instruction how to proceed. The "Boys' 

 Own Book," " Bird- Keepers' Guide" and other 

 books professing to give instructions on the 

 subject, were consulted in vain, as their opinions 

 frequently differed (/), and the advice given was 

 too limited. The result has been that I have 

 been unfortunate, having only reared three 

 young birds during the season. However I have 

 made up my mind to try again, and have pro- 

 cured from a friend who is giving up bird- 

 keeping, a few good birds, making up my num- 

 ber to twelve. I intend to add some more during 

 the winter. On looking over the Family Herald 

 lately, I saw a note to a correspondent who 

 wished for some advice on the management of 

 Canaries, recommending Kidd's Journal as a 

 standard authority on such and similar subjects. 

 But no information was given as to how or 

 where it was to be obtained, or whether it was 

 published in the periodical form or otherwise. 

 Thinking that this would be the work I had so 

 long sought (in vain), I put on my hat, and set 

 off to procure it, calling first at a newsvendor's 

 in our own neighborhood. He however " had 

 never heard of it," and to my disappointment, 

 after calling at about twenty places, I met with 

 the same answer wherever I went. I conse- 

 quently gave it up, thinking there might have 

 been a mistake in the Family Herald. A week 

 ago, on looking over another number of the Herald, 

 I found the same advice given to another cor- 

 respondent on a similar subject, who was recom- 

 mended, in the strongest terms, to consult 

 Kidd's Journal, where he was told he 

 would meet with the fullest information. I was 

 puzzled what to do, and at last thought of 

 writing to the Editor of the Herald to know in 

 what form Kidd's Journal was published, and 

 where it was " get-at-able." But just as I was 

 going to do so, a friend came in; and in the 

 course of conversation, I happened to mention 

 my difficulty, when I was told that if it was the 

 same Ktdd who had been writing for the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, he was just the very person 

 who could give me advice how to manage birds 

 of all kinds. He added, that Kidd's Journal 

 was a weekly periodical, and that he had seen it 

 advertised someivhere. This was last Saturday 

 morning. In the afternoon, I spent three hours 

 hunting for your Journal ; and at last met with 

 the four first parts at Miss Meyrick's, Hanover 

 Street, after having called at about thirty places 

 in vain. By most of the booksellers I was told 

 there was no such work ; and by some an attempt 

 was made to palm upon me another and en- 

 tirely different publication. Having secured 

 these parts, I have ordered the remainder, and a 

 regular supply in future. Two parts I have 

 read; and now have to thank you most heartily 

 for the valuable information I have derived from 

 them, and expect to derive from those behind. 

 Your work is exactly the thing I wanted, in 

 every respect; and most sincerely do I wish you 

 success. There are hundreds in Liverpool who 

 are, like myself, desirous of keeping their little 



