y Arab tribes."

W. A. CURTIS.

KENNIBOY'S CIRCUS.

I'd like to own a circus show. A splendid one 'twould be;
Unlike the circus shows that in these days boys go to see.
I wouldn't have a leopard or a lion in the place,
Nor would I let a monkey show his ugly little face.

But I would fill it up with things like fairies, elves, and gnomes,
Such as we read about in books of fairy tales and "pomes."
I'd have a big volcano throwing flames up to the sky,
And real cold icy icebergs, with great whales a-swimming by.

And in a little side-show I would have a burning lake,
And in another there would be a fearful big earthquake.
And 'stead o' camels, 'rang-o-tangs, and other stupid things,
I'd have a lot o' cages chock up full o' Queens and Kings.

And then I'd have a pair o' huge big ogres with one eye,
And four-and-twenty puppy-dogs all baked into a pie,
For them to eat at show-time, so that little boys could see
How really awful terrible those ogre-men can be.

I'd have a hen to lay gold eggs, and harps that play themselves,
And bags and bags o' bean-stalk beans a-climbing over shelves;
And Jacks and Hopmythumbs to fight the giants every day,
Just as those splendid fairy-story books of mine all say.

I wouldn't charge a penny for admittance to my show.
Of course, 'twould be a most expensive thing to run, I know.
But I could well afford it. I could make that circus pay
By selling off the golden eggs the gold egg hen would lay.

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

JOAN OF ARC.

Every one knows the story of Joan of Arc, and it never fails to be
interesting from whatever point you look at it or study it. But a good
many boys and girls think of the story, as they do of many another read
in school histories, as being nothing more than one of many lessons
learned and to be learned. There is a great deal in the history of
Joan's short life that is interesting as a practical story, to say
nothing of any other interest.

The little Joan of Arc was born in the southern central part of France,
in a little village called Domremy, partly in Lorraine and partly in
Champagne, 484 years ago, and though she led armies in some of the most
famous battles ever fought in France, and crowned a king, she never
reached the age of twenty, and never learned to read or write. Her
father and mother were peasants in Domremy and were poor, as peasants in
France always have been--so poor t