el's grandfather, was able to buy Bobby of the
Zoological Society, who had bought him of a sailor from Calcutta so
Mabel had her pet again.

He seemed the same intelligent, affectionate bird as ever. He had
forgotten nothing he had ever known; but he had learned some rather
rough sayings of the sailors, on his voyage from India, which did not
go very well with the good things his gentle little mistress had taught
him. But for all that, he was a great comfort to her, and she never
was homesick any more.

After a few years, Mabel's papa, mamma, and little brother came to
England to live--never to return to India. Ah, there was a joyful
meeting one morning, in Leicester Square. Sir John and Lady Howard
were overjoyed to see their darling only son again; and he, bronzed and
weather-beaten soldier as he was, felt as glad to get home as he had
ever been when he was a homesick school-boy at Eton. Mrs. Howard was
welcomed as a real daughter, and her beautiful little boy almost
smothered with kisses. Mabel was half wild with happiness, and her
parents were surprised and delighted to find her grown so healthy and
handsome. The faithful Katuka kissed the hands of her master and
mistress with tears of joy--while Bobby, grown impatient at not being
noticed, called out sharply from his perch--"Avast there shipmates!
what a hullabaloo! Bobby wants breakfast!"

St. Paul's Cathedral

STORY OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul's is the largest religious edifice in
London, and one of the largest in the world. It stands on high ground
in the centre of the city, and can be seen for a long distance in
several directions, though it is too closely surrounded by other large
buildings to show to the best advantage. It is less beautiful than
some of the old English minsters, but in size grander than any. It is
built in the form of a Greek cross, and covers more than two acres of
ground. The dome is nearly as large as that of St. Peter's, at Rome,
and from every part of the vast city of London you can see it looming
up toward the sky--a dark, stupendous object--sometimes gilded by the
setting sun, sometimes wreathed by the mists of morning. The dome is
surmounted by a cupola, called "the lantern," over which is placed an
immense ball of gilt copper, weighing five thousand six hundred pounds,
and bearing above it a gilt cross, weighing three thousand six hundred
pounds.

The interior of the cathedral is