market
gardens, rows of houses, villas, crescents, terraces, and
squares, and in among the rattling pavements. Yo-ho!
Down countless turnings, and through countless mazy 20
ways, until an old innyard is gained, and Tom Pinch, getting
down quite stunned and giddy, is in London.

"Five minutes before the time, too!" said the driver, as
he received his fee from Tom.

--_Martin Chuzzlewit._

1. Tom Pinch traveled by the fast night coach to
London, in the days before railroads. Tell what he
saw, and make sketches.

2. Explain: grays, boot, yo-ho, chaises, paddock,
dowager, rickyards, brake, crescents.

3. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), an English
novelist, is famous for his humor and for the
marvelous characters he has created. Many of his
books attack or laugh at abuses and prejudices of
his time.

ODE TO A BUTTERFLY

BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON

The poet watches the butterfly and speaks to it,
guessing in a fanciful way at its origin,
commenting on its way of life, and thinking of the
symbolic meaning that people in all ages have
associated with it.

Thou spark of life that wavest wings of gold,
Thou songless wanderer mid the songful birds,
With nature's secrets in thy tints unrolled
Through gorgeous cipher, past the reach of words,
Yet dear to every child 5
In glad pursuit beguiled,
Living his unspoiled days mid flowers and flocks and herds!

Thou winged blossom, liberated thing,
What secret tie binds thee to other flowers,
Still held within the garden's fostering? 10
Will they too soar with the completed hours,
Take flight, and be like thee
Irrevocably free,
Hovering at will o'er their parental bowers?

Or is thy luster drawn from heavenly hues-- 15
A sumptuous drifting fragment of the sky,
Caught when the sunset its last glance imbues
With sudden splendor, and the treetops high
Grasp that swift blazonry,
Then lend those tints to thee, 20
On thee to float a few short hours, and die?

Birds have their nests; they rear their eager youn