paper, and in the same manner as the hedges, only FIC میں much larger and of various sizes, also leaving more length for the trunks, and giving more shape to the outline; they must also vary in size and form. The trunks may be supported by twisting a piece of paper round the five cuttings, and fix or paste. A village church, cottage, or farm may be represented in the distance, according to the taste and talent of the artist. It will not be necessary to make your horses, dogs, or fox fixtures, so that you may enjoy a fresh hunt as often as you have leisure. Old railings, stumps of trees, and other objects, may be made of twigs, roots, and small branches of natural trees; broken pieces of ground may be formed by a combination of all, with the addition of pieces of stone and moss, or such other things as may suggest themselves to the taste and fancy of the maker. THE THAUMATROPE. THIS is a very pretty philosophical toy; its name is derived from two Greek words, one of which signifies wonder, and the other to turn. It is founded upon the well-known principle in optics, that an impression made on the retina of the eye lasts for a short time after the object which produced it has been withdrawn. When you have made one you will understand it better than by any written description. The Boy and the Donkey.-Take a common card or piece of cardboard, say five inches by three; on one side of it sketch a donkey running, and paint it black with Indian ink, with a lighter wash for the ground (fig. 3); and in like manner draw and paint a boy in a sitting position, on the reverse side of the card, as shewn in the cut (fig. 2). Fasten two pieces of thread, one on each side, at opposite points in the centre of the card; take these between the fore-finger and thumb in each hand, twirl them round, which will make the card quickly revolve, and the boy will appear to be riding upon the donkey, as in fig. 1. A rat in a trap, a bird in a cage, a cricketer and bat, and numerous other subjects may be produced upon the same principle. A |