not be guilty
of disobedience."

"I hope there is not the least constraint," cries Allworthy.

"Why, there," cried Western, "you may bid her unsay all again if you
will. Dost repent heartily of thy promise, dost not, Sophy?"

"Indeed, papa," cried she. "I do not repent, nor do I believe I ever
shall, of any promise in favour of Mr. Jones."

"Then, nephew," cries Allworthy, "I felicitate you most heartily, for I
think you are the happiest of men."

Mr. Allworthy, Mr. Western, and Mrs. Miller were the only persons
present at the wedding, and within two days of that event Mr. Jones and
Sophia attended Mr. Western and Mr. Allworthy into the country.

There is not a neighbour or a servant, who doth not most gratefully
bless the day when Mr. Jones was married to Sophia.

* * * * *

CAMILLE FLAMMARION

Urania

Camille Flammarion is one of the most remarkable of modern
French scientists. Born on February 25, 1842, he was
apprenticed at an early age to an engraver, but, attracted by
astronomy, he studied so well that, when a lad of sixteen, he
was admitted as a pupil to the Paris Observatory. There is no
doubt that the great French mathematician, Le Verrier,
regarded Flammarion with a certain disdain as more of a poet
than an astronomer; but he soon vindicated, by several
important discoveries, his title to be regarded as a man of
science. "Urania," which appeared in 1889, is an excellent
example of his ability as a thinker, and of his charm as a
writer. The work is hardly a novel, though it is far more
popular than many books of fiction. It is really an essay in
philosophy dealing with the question of the immortality of the
soul; and it has an especial interest for English readers
owing to the fact that much in it that seems to be pure
fantasy is based on researches undertaken by the British
Society for Psychical Research. The plot and the characters
are of secondary importance; they are only used for the
purpose of illustrating certain ideas.

_I.--The Muse of Astronomy_

I was seventeen years old when I fell in love with Urania. Was she a
fair, young, blue-eyed daughter of Eve? No; she was an exquisite statue
of the Muse of Astronomy, chiselled by Pradier in the days of the
Empire. She stood on the mantelpiece in the study of the famous
mathematician, Le Verrier, w