still pretty abundant. It is strange how utterly I have failed to give
anything of the effect of moonlight in a room.

The firelight diffuses a mild, heart-warm influence through the parlor,
but is scarcely visible, unless you particularly look for it; and then
you become conscious of a faint tinge upon the ceiling, of a reflected
gleam from the mahogany furniture, and, if your eyes happen to fall on
the looking-glass, deep within it you perceive the glow of the burning
anthracite. I hate to leave such a scene; and when retiring to bed,
after closing the door, I reopen it again and again, to peep back at the
warm, cheerful, solemn repose, the white light, the faint ruddiness, the
dimness,--all like a vision, and which makes me feel as if I were in a
conscious dream.

* * * * *

The first manufacture of the kind of candy called Gibraltar rock, for a
child's story; to be told in a romantic, mystic, marvellous style.

* * * * *

An angel comes from heaven, commissioned to gather up, put into a
basket, and carry away everything good that is not improved by mankind,
for whose benefit it was intended. The angel distributes these good
things where they will be appreciated.

* * * * *

Annals of a kitchen.