MIRIAM MICHELSON,
in _Anthony Overman._


The ocean is a great home. Its waters are full of life. The rocks
along its shores are thickly set with living things; the mud and sand
of its bays are pierced with innumerable burrows, and even the abyss
of the deep sea has its curious inhabitants.

JOSIAH KEEP,
in _West Coast Shells._



MAY 7.


THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD.
(IN CALIFORNIA.)

It was folded, away from strife,
In the beautiful pastoral hills;
And the mountain peaks kept watch and ward
O'er the peace that the valley fills--
Kept watch and ward lest the bold world pass
The fair green rampart of hills.

* * * * *

The rains of the winter fell