20 The Magi Looking-Glass.

Well, Cissy, this certainly is a curious picture
you have given me. How should we like such
a magic looking-glass as this, which makes
people look so much uglier than they really
are? How disgusted that young couple appear

 

at seeing themselves such frights! Generally,
people think themselves better-looking and
better than they are; but they cannot be set
right by being made to think too ill of them-
selves. See how those mischievous little goblins
behind the glass are chuckling at the dismay of
the young couple. -