perfume, and let them fly loose
about a room, scattering the drops over the guests.

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THE MOTHER SINGS SOFTLY TO HERSELF:

Play, baby, in thy cradle play--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
Grow, baby, grow, with every day--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And babyhood will pass away,
For quick goes time, quick, quick!

Not long can mother watch thee so--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
To pretty girlhood thou wilt grow--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
To womanhood, before we know,
For quick goes time, quick, quick!

Play, baby, in thy cradle play--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And quick goes time, quick, quick!
And some brave lad will come some day--
Tick goes the clock, tick-tick, tick-tick;
And steal my baby's heart away:
Ah, quick goes time, quick, quick!

[Illustration]

Charley Bangs is a nice boy, but it was not right of him to take his big
dog Towser to school when he heard the teacher was going to give him a
flogging-- And then to say he was afraid to send the dog home because it
was so vicious, and might turn on him, and bite him!

_TO THE READERS OF_ HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

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A CHRISTMAS GREETING.

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The publishers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE congratulate their readers on
the approach of the merry holiday season, and take pleasure in
announcing the enlargement of this journal to sixteen pages, beginning
with the Christmas number, which will be published December 23.

This change will enable the publishers to give their young readers every
week an increased variety of stories, poems, sketches, and other
attractive reading, from the best writers that can be secured. The
publishers will also avail themselves of this occasion to present
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE to their subscribers in new and enlarged type,
which will greatly add to the beauty and attractiveness of its
appearance.

No pains or expense will be spared to make HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE the
most entertaining, instructive, high-toned, and popular weekly paper for
the youthful readers of America.

HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE will be issued every Tuesday, and may be had at
the following rat