hem in after life. If the practice is begun early
enough children will form the habit of learning those things which they
like, and such a habit is of greatest value. In many schools, during
certain years, the learning of "memory gems" is a daily practice; it
should be no less a practice at home.

Some of the many things in these books which may well be learned in
their entirety are the following:

Volume I, page 66. _A Thought._
Volume I, page 67. _The Swing._
Volume I, page 83. _Singing._
Volume I, page 110. _Rain._
Volume I, page 133. _Little Blue Pigeon._
Volume I, page 144. _The Land of Counterpane._
Volume I, page 204. _Sleep, Baby, Sleep._
Volume I, page 246. _Norse Lullaby._
Volume I, page 262. _Wynken, Blynken and Nod._
Volume I, page 339. _The Owl and the Pussy Cat._
Volume I, page 340. _Time to Rise._
Volume I, page 410. _The Reaper and the Flowers._
Volume II, page 11. _The Baby._
Volume II, page 32. _Lullaby._
Volume II, page 123. _Windy Nights._
Volume II, page 121. _Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks._
Volume II, page 87. _Picture Books in Winter._
Volume II, page 119. _Seven Times One._
Volume II, page 403. _The First Snowfall._
Volume II, page 481. _In Time's Swing._
Volume III, page 347. _Barbara Frietchie._
Volume IV, page 82. _Footsteps of Angels._
Volume IV, page 126. _Nearer Home._
Volume IV, page 127. _Pictures of Memory._
Volume V, page 396. _The American Flag._
Volume V, page 399. _Battle Hymn of the Republic._
Volume VI, page 119. _Annie Laurie._
Volume VI, page 122. _Sweet and Low._
Volume VI, page 133. _The Bugle Song._
Volume VII, page 1. _The Daffodils._
Volume VII, page 4. _To the Fringed Gentian._
Volume VII, page 340. _Those Evening Bells._
Volume VII, page 395. _To a Waterfowl._

While usually it is better to allow each person to learn the lines that
most appeal to him, yet some help should be given children. No two
people will select all of the same things, though probably all would
agree on some few things as being of the highest excellence. Some lines
should be learned because of their beauty in description, others because
of beauty in phraseology, and still others because of beauty in
sentiment. Search should be made, too, for those things which are
inspirational, and which will be strong aids