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Aunit Judy's Magazine, for July. (George Bell and Sons.)—Atitit Judy. is more various and lively than usual this month. She is less didactic and more amusing, and appeals more to the heart than the intellect,—a state of feeling in which we should like to see her in- dulge more frequently. Mrs. Ewing's verses, put into the mouth of the soldier's little boy, are full of spirit, and the long and unequal lines, ending with a very boyish rhyme, are exceedingly amusing, quaint, and touching. The very genius of humour and pathos is always present when Mrs. Ewing writes of children. Here are seven lines of the poem about a "church parade," which the children have invented for a Sunday game ; and we recommend all lovers of children to got the verses and read them all :—
" I should have liked to parade tho lead soldiers, but I didn't, for mother says, ' What's the good of being a soldier's son, if you can't as you, re bull"
But we thought there'd be no harm in lotting the box be there, if we kept on the lld.
Disk could not pray out of the Prs.yer.boolc, bonne° be's backward, with being delicate, and ho omit road,
Be ho had to make a prayer out of his own head, and I think he did it very well indeed.
He began, 'God save the Queen, and the Army, and the Navy, and the Irregular Foroes, and the Volunteers I
Especially Old Father (he went out with the first draft, and he's acaptain in the But tsailnqurorg—think "God save the Queen" is a proper prayer, I think its only a sort of three ohms.' " Tlie paper on "Cats" shows a delightful sympathy with the gentle creatures—the very thought of whom is full of a fooling of com- fort and repose—as well as an extensive knowledge of the curious history of their antecedents. "Debby's Wash-tub," and the historical account of the origin of the free Russian village of Karnovo, are, in very different ways, equally attractive, touching stories of true hero- ism. "We and the World" and "Mother Molly" progress satisfac- torily, and are, of course, the backbone of the number.
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