dim memory with the early glory,
That in youth's golden years our hearts imbued.
From the fine world of olden Poetry,
Life-like and fresh, thou bringest forth again
The gallant heroes of an earlier reign,
And blend them in our minds with thoughts of thee,
Whose name is ever shrined in old-world memory.

DISSOLVING VIEWS.

OR, A BELLE IN A NEW LIGHT.

BY F. E. F., AUTHOR OF "AARON'S ROD," "TELLING SECRETS," ETC.

CHAPTER I.

"You had better leave Harry alone about that girl," said Tom Leveredge
to his sisters, who were talking very fast, and sometimes both
together, in the heat and excitement of the subject under discussion.
"You only make Harry angry, and you do no good. Take my advice, and
say no more to him about her."

"And let him engage himself without one word of remonstrance,"
exclaimed Miss Leveredge, despairingly.

"You don't know that he means to engage himself," argued Tom; "and if
he does, opposition wont prevent him. On the contrary, it may settle a
passing fancy into a serious feeling; and if he does not mean it now,
you are enough to put it into his head, with all the talk you make
about it."

"_She'll_ put it into his head," ejaculated Miss Leveredge,
scornfully. "Leave her alone for that. She'll get him--I know she
will," she continued, almost in tears at the thought. "It's too bad!"

"What do you think about it, Tom?" inquired Mrs. Castleton, earnestly.
"Do you think with Emma, that it will end in his having her?"

"I should not be surprised," replied Tom, coolly.

"Then you think he is in love with her?" continued his sister,
mournfully.

"There's no telling," replied Tom. "He's a good deal with her; and if
he is thwarted at home, and flattered by her, I think it very possible
he may fancy himself so, whether he is or not."

"Oh!" exclaimed Mrs. Castleton, "that would be melancholy, indeed--to
be taken in without even being attached to her!"

"Don't be in such a hurry," said Tom. "I don't know that he is not in
love with her, or that he is going to be taken in; but I do say, that
Emma's course is very injudicious."

"What is that?" inquired Mrs. Castleton.

"Oh, abusing the girl so--saying she is vulgar, and--"

"I am sure I did not say any thing that is not true," said Emma, with
some spirit. |

"Perhaps not," replied Tom; "but it is not always wise to be forcing
the truth upon people at all times, and in all tempers."

"Where on earth did Harry become acqu