THE RUSSIAN CHILD.

LITLE subject of the-Czar,
Tell us what your projects are.

“Oh, beneath the singing pine
I will build a palace fine
All of sparkling snow and ice,
Decked with many a rich device!
And I’ll not be there alone,
For I'll build a royal throne
And Pll make a Czar of snow
And trim courtiers bowing low.
On his head a crown he'll wear,
In his hand a sceptre bear !
Then a guard of snow I'll set,
With an icy bayonet,
At the door to keep afar

All who plot against my Czar.”
Edith M. Thomas.