The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

THE WAVES.*

THE CALM.

THE Waves are asleep! sweetly calm is their rest,
The pearl beds of ocean are silently press'd;
The crimson-wing'd light, from the western sky
beaming,

O'er the slumbering waters is brilliantly gleaming;
The nautilus floats like a fairy along.

No sound, save the mariner's love-burthen'd song, Or the soft curfew bell, meets the listening earThe earth and the heavens to each other draw

near.

THE BREEZE.

The Waves are awaking, their myriads rise,
The rays of the morning illumine their eyes;
Their crests are all white, and their voices begin
To speak of the battle, with murmur and din;
They are woo'd by the winds, and the troth of the
pair

Was never excell'd by the loves of the fair.
There are legions advancing, and legions have
gone,

And legions unnumber'd ride carolling on.

THE STORM.

The Waves they are raging, their fury is high,
They leap in their wrathfulness up to the sky;
They lash the wild shore, and an echoing moan
Is heard where the sway of the ocean is known.
The barque which so proudly hath triumph'd before,
Is seiz'd by the surges, and dashed on the shore;
And the caverns laugh out with a terrible glee,
As the mariner sinks 'neath the conquering sea.
THE GROUND-SWELL.

The Waves are lamenting the deeds they have done,

Their proud heads droop down, though the battle they've won;

They are stealing along, with a murmuring roll, Like the sighings of grief that burst forth from the soul!

Around the torn wreck their deep wailings are heard,

With the sorrowful cry of the storm-beaten bird:
And sad is the requiem sung by the waves,
Where the mariner sleeps in the gloom of the
R. KEMP PHILP.

caves.

THE THREE STUDENTS.
[AFTER THE GERMAN.]

THERE came three students o'er the Rhine,
And said to the hostess-" Bring us wine"-
"Where is that beautiful daughter of thine?"
In the eye of the hostess swell'd a tear,
As she answer'd-" The wine shall soon be here,
But my daughter lies on her funeral bier."

The students sought the inner room,
Where the daughter lay in funeral gloom-
A rose, death-wither'd in full bloom.

*These words have been set to music by Mr. J. F. Duggan, with the most complete success. Every line has been translated into a rich piece of musical painting The four aspects of the sea forming the subject of the poem have been rendered by the composer in a manner which will secure to this production an undying celebrity. The Song forms one of the "Descrintive Series," published by Houlston & Stoneman.

The first, he clasp'd his hands, and cried-
"Oh, Marie, if thou hadst not died,
I had been happy by thy side!"
The second came and raised the pall-
"Oh, Marie dearest, hear my call,
Still, still my heart thou dost enthral!""
The third, he kiss'd the lips so blue,
And whisper'd-" Marie, fond and true,
I love thee now and ever too!"

J. BAXTER LANGLEY,

AN AUTUMN STORM AMONG THE
MOUNTAINS.

IT was not winter, though the sere leaves fell
From spreading chestnut-tree and waving lime;
Mid the dark foliage of the mountain ash
Gleam'd the rich hues of Canaan's sunny clime;
Scented verbena, and that fragrant rose

By pilgrim hands from far Damascus brought, Still bloom'd, well nigh as brightly as in hours When every breeze with summer's breath was fraught.

It was not winter, yet the mountain heights
Were strangely wrapp'd in tempests; storm-
clouds sped

Like giant armies through the darken'd sky,
And light and beauty from their presence fled.
Each of those solemn mountains had its tale
Of ages past-of battles fought and won;
Their very names were glorious monuments
Of valiant deeds-and kings and heroes gone.
I marvell'd why the tempest should come then,
Ere flowers had faded and the trees were bare;
But long ere day had waned, the storm was hush'd,
And all again was beautiful and fair;
Glad sunshine dried the tear-drop from the grass,
The sea grew bright beneath his joyous beam,
And rainbow colours glisten'd in the foam

Which light winds wafted from the bounding

stream.

'Twas long ere the dark clouds quite pass'd away From the high mountain summits, but at length The glorious sunshine scatter'd them afar,

Careering in the greatness of his strength; And then I mark'd that on Llewellyn's height, And Carnedd Davydd, and on Snowdon's brow, Fairer than moonbeams, purer than the dew, There rested a bright diadem of snow.

Do we not marvel oft when sorrow comes

In springtide or the summer hours of life? Mourn we not sadly o'er some cherish'd one Whose lot it is to brave the tempest's strife? Ah, let us hush our murmurings-true, the clouds Of earthly woe from earth's dark scenes arise; But, though they shroud awhile the Christian's path,

Sunlight shall chase them soon-the sunlight of the skies.

A Father's love permits those storms to burst
In angry rage around his trembling child;
And oft the chasten'd one can scarcely see
A Father's hand mid tempests fierce and wild;
Yet as the clouds upon the mountains left
A type of purity-fresh-fallen snow,
So shall affliction to the child of God
Bring hallow'd blessedness from deepest woe.

J. T.

TRIFLES.

HARD words mostly flow from soft heads. THERE is more to do with one jackanapes than all the bears.

THREE things affect a man's spirits :-A dull day, an empty pocket, and being in love.

THE most fashionable way of using books is to serve them as men do lords-learn their titles, and brag of their acquaintance.

BISHOP BUTLER says:-" A sot is like a statue in a moist air-all the lineaments of his humanity are mouldered away with the moisture.

AN American paper says:-We have a correspondent in the West country who writes us such

long letters that they never reach us.

A MAN'S character is frequently treated like a grate-blackened all over first, to come out the brighter afterwards.

D-E-B-T are the initial letters of "Dun Every Body Twice." C-R-E-D-I-T are the initial letters of "Call Regularly Every Day-I'll trust."

THE WORK-TABLE FRIEND. OCTAGON COVER FOR AN EASY CHAIR.

Errata.-Some errors having occurred in a portion of our impression, in the 69th and 103rd Rows, we reprint them with the necessary corrections:

69th Row.-K 6, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, T, K 5, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 2 +, K 2, Tf, K 2+, TF, K 1, Tf, K 2 +, Tf and K 3 + 3 times, Tf, K 2+ twice, Tf, K 5, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf and K 3 + 3 times, Tf, K 2+, Tf, K 1, TE, K 2 +, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 5, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, Tf, K 6.

PLATO compared his wise master, Socrates, to the gallipot of an apothecary, which had on the outside apes, owls, and satyrs, but within, precious, drugs.

"GUILTY, or Not Guilty?" said the judge to a native of the Emerald Isle. "Just as your honour pleases; it's not of the likes o' me to dictate to your honour's worship," was his reply.

COMICAL LATIN-ENGLISH.

103rd Row.-K 2 +, K 5, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2 + twice, T, K 3, Tf, K 2, K2+, K 2, K 2 + K 1, K 2 4, TE, K 2 +, Tf, K T, K2, K 1, TE, K 1, Tf, K 2 +, K T K 2 +, Tr, K 3 +, Tf, K 2 +, Tf, K 5, T, K 2+, K 1, K 2 +, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 2 + twice, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, K 1, Tf and K 2 + twice, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 2, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 3, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 5, K 2 +.

(Continued from Page 108.)

113th Row.-K 6, Tf, K 1, Tf, and K 2 + twice, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 4, K 2+, K 1, K 2+, Tf and K COLERIDGE gives the following artful combina-2+ twice, Tf and K 3+ twice, Tf and K tion of Latin, so as to produce sensible English sounds, as one of the most witty productions of Dean Swift:

THE TOILET OF ELEGANCE.*

Without which no gentleman can be a gentleman. For preserving the Complexion-Temperance. To prevent the breath from smelling of Tobacco

-Abstinence from the weed.

For whitening the Hands-Honesty.
For the Moustachios-The Razor.
For sweetening the Breath-Truth.
To remove Stains-Repentance.
Easy-shaving Soap-Ready Money.
For improving the Sight-Observation.
A beautiful Ring-The Family Circle.
For improving the Voice-Civility.

The best Companion to the Toilet-A Wife.
To keep away Moths-Good Society.
N.B. To promote Sleep-Dispense with the
latch-key.

*See "The Ladies' Toilet of Beauty,"

46.

2 + 3 times, K 1, K 2+, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2 +, K 1, K 2 +, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf and K 3+ twice, Tf and K 2 + 3 times, K 1, K 2+, K 4, K 2 +, K 2, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + twice, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 6.

115th Row.-K 5, K 2+, Tf and K 2 + 3 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 2, K 2+, K 2, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf and K 3+, Tf and K 2+ 3 times, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 2 +, K 2, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 2 + 3 times, Tf, K 3 +, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf, K 2, K2 +; K 2, K2, K 2, Tf, K 3, Tf, K1, Tf and K 24 times, K 5.

117th Row.-K 5, K 2+, Tf and K 2 + 3 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2, K 2twice, K 2, Tf and K 2 + twice, Tf, K 3+, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2 +, K 1, K 2 +, Tf and K 23 times, TE, K 3+, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, K 2 +, K. 2, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + 4 times, K 5.

119th Row.-K 5, K 2 +, Tf and K 2

K2, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 2+, K 3, K 2
+, Tf and K 2 + 4 times, K 1, K2+,
Tf and K 2 + 3 times, K 3, K 2+, T,
K 2, K 2+, K 2, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 3,
Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 5.

+ 3 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, K1, K2 | 4 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 2, K2+, +, K4, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 1, Tf, K3+, Tf, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 2, Tf, K 2+, K 1, K 2 +, Tf and K 2 +3 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2 + twice, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2, K 2+, K4, K2+, K1, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + 4 times, K 5. 121st Row.-K 6, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 +3 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, K 1, K 2 +, K 2, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 3, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 5, Tf and K 2 + 3 times, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 3, Tf, K 2, K 2+, K 2, K 2+, K 1, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2+32 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 6.

123rd Row.-K 5, K 2+, Tf and K 2 +4 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, K 1, K 2

twice, K 2, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2+, K 4, Tf and K 25 times, K 1, K 3+, Tf and K 2+3 times, Tf, K 4, K 2+, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2, K2+ twice, K 1, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 5.

125th Row.-K 5, K 2+, Tf and K 2 ++4 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2, K 2

K 4, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 2+, K 3, K 2+, Tf and K 2 + 4 times, Tf, K 3+, Tf and K 24 times, K 3, K 2+, Tf, K2, K2, K 4, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 1, Tf, K1, Tf and K 2 + 5 times, K 5.

127th Row.-K 5, K 2+, Tf and K 2 +

129th Row-K 2+, K 5, Tf and K 2+ 4 times, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 2, K2+ twice, K 2, Tf, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf and K3+ twice, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf, K 3+, Tf and K 2+ twice, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 3+, Tf, K 2, K2 + twice, K 2, Tf, K 5, Tf, K 1, Tf and K + 4 times, Tf, K 5, K 2+.

(Continued at page 227.) vs 10 niss

A BABY'S BOOT.

SIX Skeins of Pink, and half an ounce of 4 thread White Berlin Wool. No. 2 Penelope Hook. This Boot will fit a child three months old; but required larger or smaller, make the foundation (that is, the chains upon which the front is commenced) either three chains more or less, and the leg the same. The Boot should be worked tight, except the foundation chains.

With Pink make 12 chain, turn back, work 5 De into successive loops, and into the 6th loop; increase, by working 1 Dc, 1 chain, 1-Dc, more into same loop; then 5 De into successive loops (this forms the foundation of the front); then I chain (this

X Open-Worked Knitted Stocking for a Child.-By Mrs. Warren.

chain is to turn, and must be made at the end
of every row, otherwise one stitch would be
diminished.
This chain must never be worked
into) The Boot is to be worked in
ridged crochet, which is the same as the
ordinary De, only, after having worked a
row, turn it on the reverse side, and work
every row into the lower loop instead of the
upper. Now work 10 rows, or 5 ridges, of
this crochet, increasing in the centre 1
chain of every row, as in the 6th loop of
foundation row; then make 1 chain to turn,
and join on the White with a weaver's knot,
and work 8 rows or 4 more ridges. (The
ridge is complete when it terminates the same
side as the end of the foundation.) Then
work another half row, as far as the 1 chain
in the centre of the front, which will be 23
stitches; but not increase in this 1 chain.
Then make 13 chain, turn, and De down
this to where the 13 chains commence, and
also into the 1 chain. (There should be only
12 stitches, as the 13th was the turn stitch.)
Then continues to work the ridged crochet
to the end of the front; then turn, and con-
tinue working ridged crochet for the half of

the leg, working 20 rows, or ten ridges; then cut off the wool to within four inches. Then commence for the other side of the leg, working De down the leg, on the 12 chain; then down the front, having only 23 stitches on the front, and work the same number of rows as the first side of the leg. Then, with needle and White wool, join up the leg behind on the wrong side, joining every loop together, but not so tight as to cause the wool to snap with stretching.

For the Border which turns over the top.

With Pink make a chain of 63 stitches, and unite. (This chain must be made of sufficient length to go round the top; but as the size of this depends on the manner the Boot is worked, the number of stitches must be left, in some measure, to the Worker's judgment-so that it is an uneven number.) Then work 3 rows of De round this; but in the last two rows, in the centre loop of whatever number of stitches there may be, increase, by working 1 Dc, 1 chain, 1 Dc, more into same loop. Then take the White

work 2 stitches White and 2 of Pink al

ternately, without increasing; then a row of White without increase. Then the Pink Fringe must be worked thus:-* Make a De stitch in one loop of last row, then 1 chain, then draw the loop that is now on the hook through, of sufficient length for the loop of fringe, which should be rather more than an inch in length, that is, two inches the double length; then withdraw the hook from this double loop, place it through the 1 chain, and through the next stitch of Border; now repeat from. This border must be sewed on the wrong side of Border, but right side of Boot, to the top of the leg.

For the Sole.

9th Round.-K 3, K 2+, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2 +, K 1, K 2 +, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2 +, K 3.

10th Round.-K 2, K2 +, Tf, K 3, Tf, S1, K2+, pass the stitch over, Tf, K 3, TE, K 2 +, K 2. 11th Round.-K & TE, K T, K 1, Tf, K 1, K 3

K 3.

12th and 13th Rounds.

round.

1, K 3 +, K

+, K 1, Tf,

Same as last

14th Round.-K 4, TE, K 2 +, K 2 +, Tf, K 1, TE, K 2 †, K 2 †, TË, K 4. 15th Round.-K 2+, T, K 3, Tf, K 2 +, K 3, K 2 +, Tf, K 3, K 2 +.

16th Round.-K 2, T, K 2+, K 2, Tf, K 2+, K 1, K 2 +, Tf, K 2, K 2 +, Tf,

Make 15 chain, turn back, having pre-K 2. viously made the 1 chain at the end, and work sufficient rows in De backwards and $ 1, K 2+, pass the S stitch over, Tf, K 17th Round.-K 3, Te̱, K 2 †, K 2, Tf, forwards, but not in ridged crochet (28 2, K 2+, T, K 3. rows will be sufficient, but this, again, depends on the manner the Boot is worked). Then for three rows decrease one stitch at every row, break off the wool; commence at the other end, and decrease a stitch every row for 3 rows. Then sew the sole very neatly inside of the Boot, and carefully run in the ends.

OPEN-WORKED KNITTED STOCKING

FOR A CHILD.

18th Round.-K, TE, K 2 +, K 1, Tf, $ 1, K2 +, pass the S stitch over, Tf, K 2, TEK 4. Round 19th –K 2, K 2 2+, K2.

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2+, Tf,

20th Round.-K 3, K 2 +, Tf, K 2+, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, K 2+, Tf, K 2+, K 3.

21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th Rounds. -The same as 20th.

NEEDLES No. 21. No. 40 Evans's Boar's Head+, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, K 2 +, K 1, Tf, 26th Round.-K 2, K 2 +, Tf, K 1, K2

Cotton.

Explanation of terms:-K, knit-P, pearl-T thread forward-E, encrease— +, together, S, slip.

Cast on 54 stitches on 1 needle, 51 on the 2nd, 38 on the 3rd. Knit 3 and pearl 3 stitches for the length of an inch; then knit plain for the length of three inches, pearling the first stitch in every alternate round for the seam; then commence the Border as follows, knitting 3 plain stitches at the beginning and end of each round, besides the seam stitch.

1st Round after the 3 plain stitches.-K 8, Tf, K 2 +, K 7.

2nd and 3rd Rounds.—Knit plain. 4th Round.-K 7, Tf, S 1, K 2+, pass the S stitch over, Tf, K 7.

5th and 6th Rounds.-Knit plain.

7th Round.-K 6, Tf, K 2+, K 1, K 2 +, Tf, K 6.

8th Round.-Knit plain.

K 2+, K 2.

27th Round,—K 1, K 2 +, Tf, 3+, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 1, T, K 3 +, K1, Tf, K 2 +, K 1.

28th Round.-K 5, Tf, K 2, Tf, S 1, K 2 +, pass the S stitch over, Tf, K 2, T†, K 5.

29th Round.-K 3, K 2 +, TI, K 7, TE, K 2 +, K 3.

30th Round.-K 2, K 2 +, Tf, K 9, TH, K 2 +, K 2.

31st Round.—K 1, K 2 +, Tf, K 3, K 2 +, Tf, K 1, Tf, K 2+, K 3, Tf, K 2+ K 1.

32nd Round.—K 2 +, Tf, K 13, Tî, K2+.

33rd Round.—K. 1, • TE, K 4, TF, K 2 +, K 3, K 2 +, Tf, K 4, Tf, K 2+, re peat from *.

34th Round.-Knitted plain. 35th Round.—K 4, Tf, K 2 +, K 7, K 2 Tf, K 3.

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