ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN OF NIGHT.

THE unwearied sun is gone to light
The other half of earth;

To thee, fair moon, is given the night;
We hail thee queen of all that's bright,
And bless who gave thee birth.

We bless thy light, we call thee Moon, We know not what thou art; Received from Heaven a gracious boon, As dear to us as he of noon,

Cold warmer of the heart!

All things are bright beneath thy beam, So clear, so soft, so pale,

And yet so lovely; it would seem

As thou hadst kissed the dark-blue stream, And smiled upon the vale.

Adieu to thee, thou glorious thing!
So far and yet so bright;

'Tis late, and I no more may sing;
Accept the homage that I bring.

Good night, sweet moon, good night!

INSTRUCTIONS IN TURNING.

No. 1.

IN cold, snowy weather, what a delightful and healthy amusement turning is for little boys, instead of idling their time, or perhaps getting into mischief and disgrace. Let us go into the carpenter's shop, and look at a lathe, and perhaps we may even be allowed to turn it. See how steadily yet swiftly the wheel goes round, carrying with it the wood, which is screwed upon a brass hoop called a chuck. But first let me explain the use and power of a lathe. Its great perfection is, that it enables you to make objects perfectly circular, and the workman by its aid can perform neatly, exactly, and swiftly, work, that if done by the hand, that is, with chisels and saws, would require great labour and much time. By whom this useful and ingenious machine was first invented, is not exactly known; but as it was used by the Greeks and Romans, it must be of great antiquity.

There are lathes of various kinds, but at

present we will speak only of the one usually used by carpenters and joiners. Put your foot on the board underneath, called the treadle, gently, do not press it too hard; there now, let it rise by itself, it requires but very little labour to make the wheel turn easily, lightly, and smoothly.

Now take up this tool, which is called a gouge; you will observe its shape, hollow down the middle, and rounded at the edges, to prevent its catching in the wood. With this tool you work off the roughest part of the wood. Place this long piece of steel, called the rest, a little below the middle of the wood, and quite close to it. Hold the tool upon the rest, your right hand grasping the handle, and your left pressing upon the steel part, to keep it quite firm. Now turn the wheel, and as the wood revolves, let the tool slightly touch it, so as to remove the roughness and inaccuracies, at first gently, or the tool will either be suddenly forced away, or else it will splinter the wood. When your work is become tolerably smooth and round, press the gouge nearer still, and let it slide gently up and down the rest, so as to make every part of an equal size. To do this it is not necessary to make the wheel go very quick, and a little practice will enable you soon to turn it without fatigue; use first one