There is a singular effect of light under
and near the cherry-tree on the radiantly
sur.ny days that so benignly help on the
great fete. A strange electric-light glare
of reflection fills tbe very air and dazzles
one. It is all brilliant, intense high
light and thin wraiths of shadows leave a
ghostly tracery of branches on the petal
strewn earth. The popular revel con
tinues as long as the blossoms last; but the
winds and rains are inevitable, the petals
fall in showers, and “the snow-flakes which
are not from the skies” whiten the ground.
Harper's Bazar.
THE NILE.
Pleasures of a Nile Journey—tile Bide of
Kiner Hor-em-saf.
Then, too, there were pleasant evenings,
when men whose patient study had made
Egypt their own, brought their enthusi
asm and their anecdotes to eager listeners.
