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A few years ago, a cherished wish was gratified and I was fascinated to visit New England.I had often dreamed of this, usually fancying myself mistress of a New England school house, which thought, some story early read had invested with a charm. But, contrary to my dreaming I went merely as a student to a little village near the center of New Hamp-shire, six miles distant from any railway station. Here, new fears? were around me, I saw new customs, had new paths, new fears and hopes, and fears alternate, vexed my burdened heart, while every fresh perplexity, and many a fancied trial made it unclear earnest longing towards my distant home. But pleasure soon joined hand with sadness, and I was cheered. unclear scenery, so wild