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THE SONG OF ROBIN HOOD'S EN.

HE moon, half hid in rolling clouds,

No more illumes the sky:

The sun has set, the stars have met,

The night wind wanders by ;
Then forth from hiding glad we come,
For birds of night are we,
Our dark retreat we leave, to meet
Under the greenwood tree.

Now all is dark, and silent all,
The shadows deepen round:
The sweet birds rest in quiet nest,
Their songs no more resound;
But we take up the merry strain,

And loud our horns do blow:

Thro' glade and grove we fearless rove,
And forth a-hunting go.

Our limbs well dight in Lincoln green,
Our feet in leathern shoon,
Thro' brier and brake our way we take
In the clear October moon;
December snow and August sun

Have made us hale and strong:

MEN.

With bows, well strung, on shoulder hu ig,
We lightly bound along.

The leaves are wet with mist and dew,
Heavy and dank and brown,

And wind-borne now from every bough
Come slowly fluttering down;
The woodbine too is fading fast,

The summer blossoms fall,

And the autumn flush, like a sunset blush,
Is deepening over all.

Where branching oaks with hoary limbs
Their spectral shadows throw,
Knee-deep in fern aside we turn,
And into hiding go:

With shaft upon the bow-string laid,
We watch the deer go by,

And, as they pass, from out the grass,
The unerring arrows fly.

Folks say the woods are haunted—well,
Methinks their tale is true,

Full fifty sprites on moonlight nights
Do range the forests through:
No phantoms they, but jovial lads
Who scorn King Henry's rule,
That laugh and run in the summer sun,
And pile the logs at Yule.

Who would not to the greenwood fly
With Robin for a king?

With Little John and the Miller's son
Whose praise the thorps-men sing:
With Scarlet Will and Clym of the Cleugh,
And William of Cloudeslie-

Bold English men from the field and fen
Come hither to be free.

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He need not doubt the gold is safe,
In better keeping now:

It served to dry the tearful eye,
And smooth the careworn brow;
Part in our treasure-chest is laid
At foot of yonder tree,
With plenty more, a goodly store,
All ta'en from such as he.

Oh! happy is the life we lead
In Sherwood's sylvan bowers,
And statelier far her oak-trees are
Than Woodstock's lordly towers;
The king may rest, the king may ride,
The king may rule and reign,
Death comes at last, and, e'er 'tis past.
The song goes round again.

Pert courtiers throng with greedy eyes
Around the monarch's bed-

When outlaws die, fast friends are nigh,
And tears sincere are shed.

The king is lapt in marble shrine,
And hallowed tapers burn-

Our bones shall rest on earth's green breast,
Low couched in forest fern.

We envy not the sculptured roof,
And high embattled walls,

Heaven's azure dome o'erhangs our home
A roof that never falls :

The storm that lays the palace low,
The bolt that fires the tower,
Stirs up the blood of Robin Hood,
But mocks the tyrant's power.

Fair is our home when primrose buds
Are peeping in the dells,
When in the fields the cowslip yields
The scent of nodding bells:
But fairer still the woods appear
When dawns the laughing May,
The hawthorn throws her living snows
About the branches grey.

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N the SENIOR DIVISION we have awarded the PRIZE to ELIZE

popular abroad as it is in this country. John W, In- I ANNIE: TAYLOR (19), 10, Tenter Street South, Goodman's

vercargill, New Zealand, writes thus:

"DEAR SIR,-I must let you know how much I like YOUNG ENGLAND. I am very pleased with it-highly delighted. I wish you every success, and hope to see your magazine get better and more popular every day." W. F. The reason why your name did not appear in the PRIZE AWARDS was probably because it arrived too late: for we are under the impression that there were no rejected papers in the Senior Division that month.

A READER.-1. Yes. We have had fresh illustrated handbills prepared, of various kinds, and all illustrated, bearing a short summary of the principal articles arranged for in the new volume which commenced in October. 2. If you did not receive the prospectuses you wrote for, why did you not let us know?

J. E. (Peckham).—We cannot undertake to return MSS. for which stamps have not been enclosed. METEOROLOGIST.-A hurricane, in the strict sense of the word, is a wind that moves with a velocity of eighty miles per hour: this is not, however, an onward movement, but a rotatory one; the progress which a hurricane usually makes from one district to another is only about fifteen miles an hour. M. L. writes as follows:-"Dear Sir,--I am trying my best to obtain new subscribers to your highly interesting and instructive magazine. I find the leaflets answer much better than a mere recommendation of YOUNG ENGLAND, they are so extremely bright and captivating. YOUNG ENGLAND only needs to be seen: praise quickly follows. Its reputation as the best magazine for young people is prevalent among all who have seen it and to whom I have shown it. With many good wishes for continued prosperity, Believe me, &c. &c."

AN INQUIRER.-1. The meaning of the verse is that we ought not to grumble or fret because of present untoward circumstances, but ought to meet trouble and good fortune, as far as possible, with equal cheerfulness and composure. It certainly does not mean that we are to rest content with our religious state; otherwise, all aspiration and efforts at selfimprovement, and all longings after a purer and holier life, would be useless and wrong. 2. We are unable to answer your question here in full, it being a broad and many-sided question. We would refer you to John x. 30, and xiv.

8-11.

PATIENCE. We are very sorry that we have not been able to answer your query before, but as our Magazine has necessarily to be printed rather in advance, questions often arrive too late to be answered in the current number. You will find all the particulars you want in a series of articles which appeared in YOUNG ENGLAND commencing with Part 52 (24th December, 1880), entitled "All about the Magic Lantern."

We have received from a reader in Cheltenham the following appreciative letter:

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MY DEAR SIR,-Will you kindly forward me some prospectuses? I shall have great pleasure in trying to obtain a few subscribers for the new volume. The list of subjects published in the September part is a splendid one, and ought to absorb the attention of all your readers; whilst reading that list I saw in the dim future many an intellectual feast. am most thankful to find that you have a good array of such subjects as "Your Own Bible and How to Read it," "The Great Victories of Bible Days," ""Eccentricities of Genius," | "Other Boys," "Kings and Queens of Thought and Action," "Missionary Perils," &c. These are brilliant topics, and the more we can have of them, the better for our youthful minds; they come to us with a powerful influence, they cause us to think, and give us most valuable information. Wishing you every success in your efforts to promote our

Fields, E.

CERTIFICATES have been gained by JAMES BLOSSOM (Sheffield); ADA C. JEFFREY (Cheltenham); and KATE DODD (Willenhall). We HONOURABLY MENTION MARY LEWIS and LUCY E RATCLIFFE,

In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION the PRIZE has been won by ERNEST LOUIS HOLLOWAY (15‡), 26, Harvest Road, Tollington Road, N. We award CERTIFICATE to KATE WELLINGS (Croydon). We HONOURABLY MENTION EVELYN A. BUCKENHAM, T. N. KELYNACK.

In the JUNIOR DIVISION the PRIZE is gained by ALEIDA A. VAN DER MEULEN, Sussex House, Graham Road, Dalston. We award CERTIFICATE to HOWARD MOSELEY (Nunhead).

HYMN FOR HARVEST THANKSGIVING. In the SENIOR DIVISION we are pleased to be able to announce a marked improvement in the style of the compositions sent in. We congratulate the writers on the merits of their verse. The PRIZE has been won by CHARLES AUGUSTUS COOPER (20), 125, Richmond Road, Hackney.

CERTIFICATES have been well earned by PATTIE E. VARNAM (Leicester); ELEANOR E. ARCHER (Leamington); CHARLES WHEELER (Chesham); BLANCHE DEANE (Uxbridge); ADA C. JEFFREY (Cheltenham). We HONOURABLY MENTION LOUISA S. FLEETWOOD, FREDERICK WARD, NATHAN BARBER, JOHN H. GREENWOOD, ALFRED J. BARNARD. In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION we have awarded the PRIZE to WILLIAM F. TUPMAN, 139, East Street, Bedminster, Bristol. CERTIFICATES are gained by JAMES E. ARCHIBALD (Alston); AUG. H. SCALES (Brompton); EDITH HELENA COOKE (Newcastle), J. W. VERRIER (Taunton).

We HONOURABLY MENTION T. N. KELYNACK, J. W. ASHTON. The PRIZE in the JUNIOR DIVISION is gained by C. MAUD BATTERSBY, Cromlyn, Rathowen, co. Westmeath, Ireland. We have awarded a CERTIFICATE to AGNES ARCHIBALD (Alston).

MY IDEA OF A SUMMER DAY'S ENJOYMENT.

In the SENIOR DIVISION we have awarded the PRIZE to GEORGE ARVELEY (20), Westfields, Harbury, Leamington.

CERTIFICATES are gained by ELEANOR E. ARCHER (Leamington); PATTIE VARNAM (Leicester); HUGH W. STRONG (Liskeard); ARTHUR CHRIMES (Peckham); ALICE M. AUSTEN (Reading); ALICE E. HERITAGE (Coventry).

We HONOURABLY MENTION JAMES BLOSSOM, LUCY E. RATCLIFFE, MARY LEWIS, CHARLES CARTER, ALICE H. BACOT, FREDERICK WARD, A. E. RUSSELL. In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION we assign the PRIZE to ETHEL MAUDE JEFFREY (163), Leamington House, Pittville, Cheltenham. CERTIFICATES have been gained by ANNIE E. POTTER (Coggeshall); ELIZABETH LAKE (Surbiton); AUG. H. SCALES (Brompton).

We HONOURABLY MENTION H. S. MILLER, MARSHALL LANG, CHARLES W. SHORNEY.

In the JUNIOR DIVISION We have much pleasure in awarding the prize-a well-earned one-to HARRY WILLIAMS SMITH (13), Toronto Cottage, Bredgar, Kent.

We HONOURABLY MENTION ALEXANDER HAYTHORPE, ROBERT W. COLE, WILLIAM A. WARNE, ALEIDA VAN DER MEULEN.

spiritual, moral, and intellectual welfare,-I remain, ou. IN

&c."

ANNIE STEPTO.-You will notice that we have entertained your suggestion.

DECLINED WITH THANKS :-"To Ireland," and "The Sea," (E. L. H.); "A Psalm of Death" (J. E. A,); "Faith and Light; "Luna; ""Fisherman Joe,"

HARVEST HOME.

N the SENIOR DIVISION We award the PRIZE to HUGH W.
STRONG (20), Fore-street, Liskeard, Cornwall.
ANNIE PAULIG (New Malden) gains a CERTIFICATE,
We HONOURABLY MENTION EDWARD C. DODWELL, JAMES
BLOSSOM, and Toм В. BENFIELD.

In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION the Prize is won by WILLIAM
F. TUPMAN (16), 139, East-street, Bedminster, Bristol.
We HONOURABIY MENTION FLORENCE STEELE,

The PRIZE in the JUNIOR DIVISION is gained by ROBERT W. HUTTON (10), 10, Tenter Street South, Goodman's Fields, E.

We are sorry to have to say that neglect of the RULES laid down has disqualified two very fair papers, one by ARTHUR CHRIMES (Peckham), which exceeded the prescribed limits by 260 words, a most unfortunate oversight, and the other by FREDERICK ROBINS (Ilfracombe), whose composition was only seventeen words too much. We are exceedingly sorry to have to exclude the two MSS. on this account, but it will show our readers how needful it is to count the words in their papers before sending them in for competition.

OUR PIONEER COLUMN.

with in the past, we propose to reserve a portion of our N consideration of the help which we have been favoured space each month for what will in future be known as

OUR PIONEER COLUMN.

HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF A SCHOOL PRIZE who are willing to render us voluntary assistance in making

IN

GIVING.

this competition we have been much disappointed; the merit of most of the papers sent in being far below the average. Offering, as it did, such scope for lively description and original humour, we reckoned on receiving a far more spirited response. Midsummer holidays and sea breezes were, however, the probable cause of this deterioration, our readers being anxious to forget in present enjoyment the memories of schools and school-days.

In the SENIOR DIVISION, the PRIZE is awarded to ARTHUR E. BRACKENBURY (18), 44, Doughty-street, W.

We award CERTIFICATE to WALTER KELSEY (Brockley). We HONOURABLY MENTION WILLIAM H. BATEMAN, ALICE H. BACOT, ROGER C. MACPHERSON. In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION WE HONOURABLY MENTION

PERCY F. THOMAS.

THE POET I LIKE BEST, AND WHY.

WE heartily congratulate our readers on the productions of

their pen. The papers sent in were excellent, and it was no easy task to decide which was the best. We have awarded the PRIZE in the SENIOR DIVISION to PATTIE E. VARNAM (19), Thornton, Leicester.

HIGH COMMENDATION is also due to the following, who have won CERTIFICATES-HUGH W. STRONG (Liskeard, Cornwall), GORDON GRAY (Huntly, Aberdeen), EDITH E. SAYERS (Lewisham), SPARKHALL BROWN (Norwich), ANNIE PAULIG, EDWARD C. DODWELL (Pentonville), JAMES BLOSSOM (Sheffield).

Next in order of merit the following well deserve HONOURABLE MENTION-FREDERICK WARD, ROGER C. MACPHERSON, CECIL N. SMITH, JAMES G. GREEN, ISABELLA M. WILKINSON, CLARA CARLISLE, J. P. DENYER.

In the INTERMEDIATE DIVISION the PRIZE has been won by JAMES EDWARD ARCHIBALD (15), College-villas, Alston, near Preston.

We award CERTIFICATES to W. H. JOHNSTONE (Wolverhampton), ELEANOR WILKINSON (Birmingham), CAROLINE J, THOMPSON (Holbeach), HERBERT E. CRABB (Orphan Working School, N.W.).

We HONOURABLY MENTION ARTHUR RICHARDS and T. N. KELYNACK.

No awards are made in the JUNIOR DIVISION.

A creditable little paper was sent in by Ophelia J. Hunt, Lewisham, aged 11, but unfortunately the subject of the competition had been entirely misunderstood.

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In it will appear the names of those readers of our Magazine YOUNG ENGLAND more widely known, both in their own neighbourhoods and elsewhere. We have had a large number of illustrated prospectuses prepared, and a packet of these may be had, post free, at any time, if our readers will forward us their names and addresses. These attractive leaflets, given away with a word or two of recommendation, will go far towards promoting the interests of our already popular Magazine. The Editor invites his readers, young and old, to communicate with him on the subject; all letters will be sure to receive prompt attention. A closer bond of union will thus be formed between him and the boys and girls who have made YOUNG ENGLAND their own Magazine.

Last month we published a short list of readers who had shown their loyalty in this manner. The following may now be added to the number :

NOVEMBER.

Frederick Robins, High-street, Ilfracombe.
Clara Carlisle, Cranberry-terrace, Southampton.
Evelyn Ratcliffe, Eton Villa, Blandford, Dorset.
Albert E. Dangerfield, South Western-terrace, Cheltenham.
Annie Paulig, Devonshire Villa, New Malden.
William Marshall, Firgrove, Cotlands-road, Bournemouth.
Ross Houston, Duke-street, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
H. J. Forshaw, Alder-street, Lime-grove, Seaforth, near
Liverpool.

Arthur Dorling, Knighton Villas, Buckhurst-hill.
William L. Dormer, Grosvenor-park, Camberwell.
C. Greenwood, Anne's-road, South Hackney.
Arthur E. Brackenbury, Doughty-street, W.
Charles A. Cooper, Richmond-road, Hackney.

Elize A. Taylor, Tenter-street South, Goodman's Fields.
Mary A. Grierson, Selwood-place, South Kensington,
Blanche Deane, East View, Uxbridge.

Oliver Johnston, John-street, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.

Lottie Robertson, Maryfield, Peebles, N.B.
Harry W. Smith, William-street, Sittingbourne.
James Blossom, Washington-road, Sheffield.
Herbert Ham, Victoria-street, Plymouth.
John W. Verrier, Priory House, Taunton.

W. C. Prescott, Beer, near Axminster, Devon.

Edith Helena Cooke, Addison-road, Heaton, Newcastle-on

Tyne.

Roger Macpherson, Strathbaan Cottage, Dollar, near Stirling.

William F. Tupman, East-street, Bedminster, Bristol.
Annie S. Penn, Brook-street, Gloucester.

Gordon Gray, Torry-street, Huntly, Aberdeen.

Mabel Burleigh, The Fort, Lisburn, Ireland.

A. E. Rumbold, London-street, Andover.

V. A. Way, Grove-road South, Southsea.

A. Boone, Sherington, Newport Pagnell.

R. West, Robert-street, Plumstead.

Frederick Ward, North Marston, Buckinghamshire.

We heartily thank the above readers for the help they are rendering us.

OUR readers are informed that from the beginning of the New Year "EXCELSIOR" will be incorporated with YOUNG ENGLAND, and its most popular features will be continued in these pages. The Editor of " EXCELSIOR," Mr. W. H. GROSER, B.Sc., will co-operate in making YOUNG ENGLAND acceptable to the large number of senior scholars and others who are readers of this Magazine, and as an earnest of his kind services, we may refer to the series of "Your Own Bible, and How to Read It," which commenced in October. He has also undertaken a scientific department, entitled "OUR 'OLOGY PAGE."

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5. A copy from which to
work.

III.-DIAMOND PUZZLE.

1. A consonant.

2. An article.

3. A toilet requisite.

4. The answer.

6. A wild beast's retreat.
7. A consonant.

Central letters, read down, make the noise of cloud-warfare.

LIZZIE PETERS.

IV.-BURIED VOLCANOES ACROSTIC.

The initials of the following buried volcanoes name a volcano remarkable for its frequent eruptions.

1. Edith Ualal aided James in his scheme.

2. Those lines were written by the poet Nash.

OUR PRIZE COMPETITIONS.

We must caution our readers against overlooking or disregarding the rules and conditions stated below. On several occasions we have had to reject papers sent in, on account of their exceeding the prescribed length. Competitors should carefully count the words in their MSS., and record the number at the head of the first page.

JE offer a PRIZE OF BOOKS TO THE VALUE OF HALF A GUINEA VALUE OF SEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE to those under Seventeen; and a THIRD PRIZE TO THE VALUE OF FIVE SHILLINGS to those under Fourteen, for the best description of a

PAPER CHASE.

MSS, must not contain more than 1,000 words.

We offer a PRIZE OF BOOKS TO THE VALUE OF HALF A GUINEA to Competitors under Twenty-one; a SECOND PRIZE TO THE VALUE OF SEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE to those under Seventeen; and a THIRD PRIZE TO THE VALUE OF FIVE SHILLINGS to those under Fourteen, for the best

POEM ON THE SHIPWRECK OF ST. PAUL. The above may be of any metre, but must not exceed 100 lines.

We offer BOOKS TO THE VALUE OF HALF A GUINEA to Competitors under Twenty-two ; a SECOND PRIZE TO THE VALUE OF SEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE to those under Seventeen; and a THIRD PRIZE TO THE VALUE OF FIVE SHILLINGS to those under Fourteen, for the best account of

HOW I SHOULD SPEND £100 IN FURNISHING A
SMALL SIX-ROOMED HOUSE.

The above will necessarily have to be an imaginary description, but this need not make it any the less practical. We hope all our young lady readers especially will take up the subject with spirit, and that every one of our subscribers, old

3. While they were in the cart a journey of twenty miles and young, will try his or her hand. Competitors will do well was accomplished.

4. They saw him slip a ring on her finger.

5. This is a Guatemalian volcano.

V.-HORTICULTURAL PUZZLE.

to confine the length of their descriptions within reasonable limits.

Conditions applicable to the above Competitions ;

Papers must have name, age, and address of competitor on

Of what flowers or plants are the following things sugges. the top of the first page. tive?

1. A toilet requisite of a certain goddess.

2. A favourite bird moulting.

3. The hoof of a young horse.

4. An imitation of a geological substance.

5. The Parsee's flower.

6. A young lady and her natural adornment.

7. Part of the mouth of a useful animal.

8. To injure, a pronoun, and a metal.

9. A monarch and his drinking-vessel.

10. The housemaid's flower.

11. The astonishment of a country.

12. A venomous reptile, and something it never possessed.

13. The flower to be seen at a pantomime.

14. The flower used at a Christmas party.

15. The conceit of a famous city.

16. A schoolboy's winter defence.

17. Quietude of the seat of life.

18. An evening shadow.

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