TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM.

_ INTRODUCTORY TO “THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN,”

ITE golden days of October passed away, as so
<a] many other Octobers have, and brown Novem-
ber likewise, and the greater part of chill De-
cember, too. At last came merry Christmas, and Eus-
tace Bright along with it, making it all the merrier bv
his presence. And, the day after his arrival from col-
lege, there came a mighty snow-storm. Up to this time,.
the winter had held back, and had given us a good many.
mild days, which were like smiles upon its wrinkled vis-.
age. The grass had kept itself green, im sheltered places,
such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes, and along the
lee of the stone fences. It was but a week or two ago,
and since the beginning of the month, that the children.
had found a dandelion in bloom, on the margin of Shadow
Brook, where it glides out of the dell.

But no more green grass and dandelions now. This
was such a snow-storm! Twenty miles of it might have
been visible at once, between the windows of Tangle-
wood and the dome of Taconic, had it been possible to.