Bring them to light, where all is bright, See if they grow? Yes, stem and leaf are green, While, hid in crimson sheen, The petals glow. Girl blossoms, too, love the sun and dew, And the soft air: Hidden from love's eye they fade and die, In city low or cloister high, Yes, everywhere. Give them but love, the fire from above, And they will grow, The once cold children of the gloom, Rich in their bloom, shedding perfume On high and low. * * * * * We beg leave to remind our readers that Mr. LELAND'S new book, _Sunshine in Thought_, retail price $1, is given as a premium to all who subscribe $3 in advance to the CONTINENTAL MONTHLY. Will the reader permit us to call attention to the following notice of the work from the Philadelphia _Evening Bulletin_: 'A beautiful volume, entitled _Sunshine in Thought_, by Charles Godfrey Leland, has just been published by Charles T. Evans. No work from Mr. Leland's pen has afforded us so much pleasure, and we recommend it to all who want and relish bright, refreshing, cheering reading. It consists of a number of essays, the main idea of which is to inculcate joyousness in thought and feeling, in opposition to the sickly, sentimental seriousness which is so much affected in literature and in society. That a volume based on this one idea should be filled with reading that is never tiresome, is a proof of great cleverness. But Mr. Leland's varied learning, and his extensive acquaintance with foreign as well as English literature, combine with his native talent to qualify him for such a work. He has done nothing so well, not even his admirable translation of Heine's _Reisebilder_. He is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of his motto, '_Hilariter_,' and in expressing his bright thoughts, he has been peculiarly felicitous in style. Nothing of his that we have read shows so much elegance and polish. Every chapter in the book is delightful, but we especially enjoyed that on 'Tannhaeuser,' with the fine translation and subsequent elucidation of the famous legend.' But the boldest and most original chapter is the concluding one, with its strange speculations on 'The Musical After-Life of the Soul,' and the after-death experience of 'Dione' and 'Bel-er-oph-on,' which the author characterizes in the conclusion as 'an idle, fantastic, foolish dream.' So it may be, but it is as vividly told as any dream of the Opium-Eater or the Hasheesh-Eater. Mr. Leland is to be congratulated on his _Sunshine in Thought_. It is a book that will be enjoyed by every reader of culture, and its effect will be good wherever it is read.'