PRIZE COMPETITIONS. THE Translation Prize for December is awarded to "Chingleput." The winner of the Translation Prize for November is R. T. Ozanne, Esq., 14 De Parys Avenue, Bedford. Un soir que Melchior dînait en ville, Gottfried, resté seul dans la salle du bas, tandis que Louisa couchait les deux petits, sortit, et alla s'asseoir à quelques pas de la maison, au bord du fleuve. Christophe l'y suivit par désœuvrement; et, comme d'habitude, il le persécuta de ses agaceries de jeune chien, jusqu'à ce qu'il fût essoufflé et se laissât rouler sur l'herbe à ses pieds. Couché sur le ventre, il s'enfonça le nez dans le gazon. Quand il eut repris haleine, il chercha quelque nouvelle sottise à dire; et, l'ayant trouvée, il la cria, en se tordant de rire, la figure toujours enfouie en terre. Rien ne lui répondit. Étonné de ce silence, il leva la tête, et s'apprêta à redire son bon mot. Son regard rencontra le visage de Gottfried, éclairé par les dernières lueurs du jour qui s'éteignait, dans les vapeurs dorées. Sa phrase lui resta dans la gorge. Gottfried souriait, les yeux à demi fermés, la bouche entr'ouverte; et sa figure souffreteuse était d'une tristesse et d'un sérieux indicibles. Christophe, appuyé sur les coudes, se mit à l'observer. La nuit venait la figure de Gottfried s'effaçait peu à peu. Le silence régnait. Christophe fut pris à son tour par les impressions mystérieuses, qui se reflétaient sur le visage de Gottfried. Il tomba dans une vague torpeur. La terre était dans l'ombre, et le ciel était clair: les étoiles naissaient. Les petites vagues du fleuve clapotaient sur la rive. L'enfant s'engourdissait; il mâchait, sans les voir, de petites tiges d'herbes. Un grillon criait près de lui. Il lui semblait qu'il allait s'endormir. Brusquement, dans l'obscurité, Gottfried chanta. Il chantait d'une voix faible, voilée, comme intérieure ; on n'aurait pu l'entendre à vingt pas. Mais il y avait en elle une sincérité émouvante; on eût dit qu'il pensait tout haut, et qu'au travers de cette musique, comme d'une eau transparente, on pût lire jusqu'au fond de son cœur. Jamais Christophe n'avait entendu chanter ainsi. Et jamais il n'avait entendu une pareille chanson. Lente, simple, enfantine, elle allait d'un pas grave, triste, un peu monotone, sans se presser jamais, avec de longs silences, puis se remettait en route, insoucieuse d'arriver, et se perdant dans la nuit. Elle semblait venir de très loin, et allait on ne sait où. Sa sérénité était pleine de trouble; et, sous sa paix apparente, dormait une angoisse séculaire. Christophe ne respirait plus, il n'osait faire un mouvement, il était tout froid d'émotion. By CHINGLEPUT." One evening when Melchior was dining out and Louise was putting the two little ones to bed, Gottfried, who had been left alone in the sitting room down stairs, went out and sat down by the river close to the house. As Christopher had nothing else to do, he followed him and, as usual, began to tease and annoy him after the manner of a young puppy-dog. When he had exhausted himself he rolled about on the turf at his feet; then, lying on his stomach, he buried his face in the grass. As soon as he had recovered his breath he tried to hit upon some fresh piece of impertinence, and, having found one, he shouted it aloud, wriggling all the while with laughter, his face still buried in the ground. But no answer was forthcoming, and, puzzled at the silence, he raised his head and was about to repeat his latest witticism when he beheld Gottfried's face shining through the yellow mist in the last gleams of the fading light. But the words remained unspoken; Gottfried was smiling with half-closed eyes and parted lips, and his pinched features were an expression of indescribable gravity and sadness. Leaning on his elbows, Christopher began to watch him intently. Gottfried's face gradually faded into the gathering darkness. All was silent, Christopher was seized in his turn by the mysterious impressions reflected on Gottfried's countenance; he fell into a vague torpor. The earth was in darkness, the sky clear, stars appearing one by one. Little waves were rippling on the river bank A kind of torpid numbness overcame the boy. Without seeing them he began to chew the blades of grass. Near him there was a cricket chirping. He felt as if he were falling asleep. All at once, in the darkness, Gottfried began to sing. His voice was feeble, low, coming from within. You could not have heard it twenty paces off. But it possessed a poignant sincerity. He seemed to be thinking aloud, and the depths of his soul were laid bare through the music as if through water, clear and limpid. Christopher had never heard singing like this in his life and he had never heard such a song. Slow, simple, child-like, it went gravely, sadly, somewhat (Continued on page 46.) COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC AND ACCOUNTS. By A. RISDON PALMER, B.A., B.Sc., Head of Matric. Dept., and JAMES STEPHENSON, M.A., M.Com., B.Sc. (Econ.), Head of the Higher Commercial Dept., The Polytechnic. Now READY.-Parts I and II, 2s. net each; with Answers, 2s. 6d. net. Also in One Vol., 3s. 6d. net; with Answers, 4s. net. Mr. Pendlebury's Latest Book. REVISION PAPERS IN ARITHMETIC. For the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations, County Council Examinations for Minor Scholarships, &c. By CHARLES PENDLEBURY, M.A., late Senior Mathematical Master of St. Paul's School. Crown 8vo, cloth. 18. Messrs. BELL would remind Teachers that they Publish Standard Mathematical Textbooks by Messrs. 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The author is at once a musician and a landscape painter. The prevailing mistake was to press the force of the imperfects, as the prize translation shows. "Dining in town" was a common mistake. Agaceries de jeune chien: "puppy-like sallies." For "on his stomach" read "on his face" and keep the nose." Voilée, "veiled," is a recognized musical term. Comme intérieure : as if to himself.' Séculaire : " old world," or "the agony of all the ages."' 44 We classify the 101 versions received as follows: First Class.-Areopagitica, Johnny, Avent, C.G.B., Penguin, C.P.G., Chingleput, Tod, Novice. Second Class.-Rameses, H., Horatius, Mancunian, Jubilate, Gazeley, A.E.L., Scardeburg, Brenda, K.S.H., Dune, Che Farò, M.M.T., F.F.B., The Fox, Emile, Schattenlos, Bulbul, Moriendo Vivo, Tigrane, K.E.M.D., Storms, Clairinck, Vive la France, Newcomen, G.C.C., Fidelio. 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Engel :— So führt' er den Staunenden fort von Uebel zu Uebel, aus der sichtbaren in die unsichtbare Natur und mit immer schwellender Wonne weihte er ihn ein in jene höhern Erkenntnisse, deren ganzes Geheimniss dem sterblichen Blicke keine sterbliche Hand entsiegelt wie durch alles Wogen und Empören des Endlichen der Unendliche seinen Weg hindurch geht in seiner Herrlichkeit, dass kein Fehl und kein Irrthum da bleibt in aller Tiefe und Weite der Schöpfung vom ersten bis zum letzten Gestirn; und wie in der Welt der Seelen Leiden die Thätigkeit weckt und Mutter und Pflegerin wird jedes grössten und jedes schönsten Gefühls der Menschheit; und wie unter dem fremden Himmel der geraubte Sklave Eindrücke sammelt - einen Besitz für die Ewigkeit --Eindrücke, in denen der seligen Erkenntnisse zu vielen Tausenden schlafen, sowie im Fruchtkorn die Ernte schläft, oder im Schössling der Wald, und wie in höhern Zeitpunkten des Daseins aus seiner duldenden, geängsteten, zerrissenen Seele jede Tugend hervorblüht, und ihre Blüthen die sanfteste, edelste krönt, sie, der Sittlichkeit Wipfel und der Menschheit Vollendung, Liebe, die auch denɔlfeind umfängt; und wie er selbst, der Peiniger und Untertreter der Unschuld, so krank und wund und zerrüttet jede Kraft seiner Natur ist, vom Verderben genest, so dass all' sein Gericht nur Verzug seines Heils war, nur rauherer, dornenvollerer Umweg, der sich weit vom Himmel hinwegschlang und doch wieder heimführt zum Himmel; wie an der Spitze der Bosheit das Elend aufsprosst, und in dem Elend die Reue, und in der Reue die Tugend, und in der Tugend die Seligkeit, und in der Seligkeit immer höhere Tugend; wie jeder Misslaut der Erde hinschmilzt in Harmonien, und jeder Klageton in Jubel. when sweeping. 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PORTSMOUTH EDUCATION COMMITTEE. GIRLS' SECONDARY SCHOOL. Miss A. M. KENYON HITCHCOCK, B.A (Lond.), L.C.P. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SCIENCE Applications are invited for the position of an Applications must be received at once. Further particulars and application form may be obtained by forwarding stamped addressed foolscap envelope to the SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE, at the Municipal College, Portsmouth. CITY OF NOTTINGHAM EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MUNDELLA SECONDARY SCHOOL (MIXED). Wanted, after the Christmas Holidays, a FORM MISTRESS for the above named School. (Graduate of a British University preferred.) Applicants should possess special qualifications in must have had experience as a responsible Teacher French and English, and in History or Latin, and in a Secondary School. Salary £150 to £160 per annum, according to qualifications and experience. The appointment will be made for the period of the War, and may become permanent when normal conditions prevail. Forms of application, which must be returned not later than 13th January, 1917, may be obtained from the EDUCATION OFFICE, South Parade, Nottingham, on receipt of stamped addressed envelope or wrapper. W. J. ABEL, ADVERTISEMENT and other the School for 12 periods weekly of 40 minutes each. matter for FEBRUARY issue should reach the office by January 24th. Urgent Notices of Posts Vacant and Wanted can be received up to January 25th (first post). Salary £50 per annum. Classes for teachers will be formed in the County at a salary of not less than £50 per annum, and there is also an opening in the town for remedial work and massage.-Apply with testi-monials to the HEAD MISTRESS. |