Thou hast all charms affection to inspire,— Heart warm with honesty and generous zeal; Brain strong to contrive, and mighty to reveal; Soul full of teeming virtues. All outflow, Blessings of peace and love to free bestow. Henceforth to guide us by thy loving arts, We crown thee sovereign in our heart of hearts. _TABLEAU. The crowning of Peace._ DREAM-SPIRITS. ATTENDANTS. QUEEN MAB. RUBINA. GLORIA. _Bank._ INDUSTRY. SERENA. ART. R. PLENTY. MUSIC, L. SERENA _sits on bank_, C., _facing audience, hands folded across her breast_. GLORIA _stands behind her, placing the crown upon her head_; INDUSTRY R. _of_ SERENA, _seated on bank, facing_ R., _distaff in her left hand resting against shoulder_; ART _in the same position_ L. _of_ SERENA, _facing_ L., _with palette in her left hand_; MUSIC _kneeling in front of_ ART, _facing audience, playing upon lyre_; PLENTY _kneeling on right knee, front of_ INDUSTRY, _outpouring her horn of plenty_; RUBINA L., _back, with her_ ATTENDANTS _grouped behind her_. QUEEN MAB _enters_ R., _with her_ DREAM-SPIRITS, _and group_ R., _back. Appropriate music: then chorus; air, Eichberg's "National Hymn."_ On thee, O Freedom, grand and great! In confidence we lean, Our land to bless, with fond caress Of happiness serene. To hail thy crowning, gentle Peace, Let music joyous soar; While harvests wave, and blessings lave Thy realm from shore to shore. _Repeat._ _Curtain._ NOTE.—All the tunes used in this allegory, with the single exception of Eichberg's "National Hymn" (which is published in sheet-form), are from "The Grammar School Chorus," which furnished the tunes for "The Revolt of the Bees," "The War of the Roses," and "Lightheart's Pilgrimage," by the same author. Published by O. Ditson & Co., and sold by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Price $1.00. THE MERRY CHRISTMAS OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. CHARACTERS. THE OLD WOMAN who lived in a Shoe. SANTA CLAUS, disguised as a Beggar. Ten or twelve CHILDREN, Boys and Girls of various ages. SCENE.—_The exterior of "Copper Toe Shoe House," which is set at back of platform._ _Chorus (invisible); air, "Revolutionary Tea"_ (p. 194, "Golden Wreath").