You know how we used to wonder what kind of a home The Nest was, and how I would like it, and what I would think of the world. Well, I am going to tell you now, dear. You are aware, The Nest is not really my home, but my Guar dian's, and I am only to stay here a year, till Mamma comes home from Europe. But I love it now as my home, dearly, dearly, and oh! I just wish you could see it 1. I think if you were here with me, it would be twice as sweet as it is, but it is very sweet anyhow.

The house is of gray-stone, with ivy clinging to it every where. It is circular in form, and buried in trees, truly like a nest. In these trees, thousands of birds live and sing all day long. The grounds are like places you read of in fairy tales, full of grottoes, and rustic bridges, and summer-houses, and all kinds of beautiful surprises. They're not laid out like a garden anywhere, and yet they are full of the most exquisite flowers. But I need n't try to describe them, or the inside of the house either, which is quite as odd and beautiful, for I never could. You must see them.

My room is a little gem. It is octagon-shaped, with rose colored walls, and snowy ceilings bordered with wood-work of carved flowers. There is a pretty carpet with a pattern of rose-buds on a light ground the chairs are willow, and the other furniture as delicate and bright as any could be. The windows are Shaded by plain, white curtains, and out of every one of them you look upon a lovely view. There are some beautiful pictures on the walls, and a charming selection of books arranged on some curiously-made book-shelves. When my Guardian first brought me up to it, I thought It was a dream of enchantment, and said so. He smiled, and answered: You are easily enchanted, little school-girl; nothing here is very grand or costly either.

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