nished "L'Allegro" by this time; suppose you
learn two of the "Sonnets" next. I wish you to
know your Milton as well as possible, but I am
sorry to have you take it while I am away. Take
Lowell's "Biglow Papers" and learn the Spring
poem. You will find nothing better to have in your
mind in the Tideshead June weather. And so good-by
for this day.

T. LEICESTER.

MR DEAR BETTY,--Your letter is very good, and I am
more glad than ever that you chose to go to
Tideshead. You will learn so much from Aunt
Barbara that I wish my girl to know and to be. And
you must remember, in Aunt Mary's self-pitying
moments, all her sympathy and her true love for us
both, and remember that she has in her character
something that makes her the dearest being in the
world to such a woman as Aunt Barbara. She is a
person, in fact they both are, to be liked and
appreciated more and more. You and your Mary Beck
interest me very much, Are you sure that it is
wise to call her Becky? I thought that she was a
new girl, but a nickname is indeed hard to drop. I
remember her, a good little red-cheeked child.
Let me say this: You have indeed lived a wider
sort of life, but I fear that I have made you
spread your young self over too great a space,
while your Becky has stepped patiently to and fro
in a smaller one. You each have your advantages
and disadvantages, so be "very observant and
respectful of your neighbor," as that good old
Scottish preacher prayed for us in Kelso. Be sure
that you don't "feel superior," as your Miss
Murdon used to say. It is a great thing to know
Tideshead well. Remember Selborne and how famous
that town came to be!

Yours fondly,
T. L.

INTERLAKEN, _July 11th._

DEAR BETTY,--Ada and I mean to take turns in
writing to you,--one letter on Sunday and one in
the middle of the week; for if we write together
we shall tell you exactly the same things. So, you
see, this is my turn