THE BROOK AND ITS BANKS. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., Author of "The Handy Natural History."

"Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays, As through the glen it dimpl't; Whyles round a rocky scaur it strays; Whyles in a weil it dimpl't; Whyles glittered to the nightly rays, Wi' bickering, dancing dazzle; Whyles cookit underneath the braes Below the spreading hazel." Burns: "Halloween."