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ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR. 207
easy about lier boy. It wa3 not only tliat he
tliought so much of books and so little of the
City, but that his Saturdays seemed now do-
voted, afternoon and evening alike, to the
pui-suit of pleasure, which to lier was known
only as 'sight-seeing.' What possible use or
delight could it be for a boy to gape in picture-
galleries ? Yet that was what her son was
doing. Every Saturda}' afternoon he spent in
this manner, accompanied by Will, and some-
times by Claii'e. They took kindly to the
world of Art ; it was a new and a wonderful
tiling to wander among the treasures of the
National Gallery. Their minds became filled
with new thoughts and new images. Will, for
his part, speedily assumed a critical attitude,
and pronounced judgment on the execution of
the work ; Allen and Claire considered chiefly
the conception and the thought of it.
Everybody ought, we know, every day to
hear a piece of good music, to see a good
picture, and to read a good i)oem ; he ought,
also, to eat a good dinner, to drink a good