The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing Part 28

Hyacinth, White--Un.o.btrusive loveliness.

Ivy--Fidelity.

Lady's Slipper--Win me and wear me.

Lily, Day--Coquetry.

Lily, White-Sweetness.

Lily, Yellow--Gaiety.

Lily of the Valley--Return of happiness.

Mignonette--Your qualities surpa.s.s your charm.

Monkshead--Danger is near.

Myrtle--Love.

Oats--The witching soul of music.

Orange Blossoms--Chast.i.ty.

Pansy--Thoughts.

Pa.s.sion Flower--Faith.

Peach Blossom--I am your captive.

Pear--Affection.

Primrose--Inconstancy.

Quaking Gra.s.s--Agitation.

Rose--Love.

Rose, Deep Red--Bashful shame.

Rose, Yellow--Jealousy.

Rose, White--I am worthy of you.

Rosebud, Moss--Confession of love.

Shamrock--Lightheartedness.

Straw--Agreement.

Straw, Broken--Broken agreement.

Sweet Pea--Depart.

Tuberose--Dangerous pleasures.

Verbena--Pray for me.

Witch Hazel--A spell.

ALPHABET OF ADVICE TO WRITERS.

A word out of place spoils the most beautiful thought.--Voltaire.

Begin humbly. Labor faithfully. Be patient.--Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

Cultivate accuracy in words and things; ama.s.s sound knowledge; avoid all affectation; write all topics which interest you.--F. W. Newman.

Don't be afraid. Fight right along. Hope right along.--S.L. Clemens.

Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of Language.--W. S. Landor.

Follow this: If you write from the heart, you will write to the heart.--Beaconsfield

Genius may begin great works, but only continued labor completes them.--Joubert.

Half the writer's art consists in learning what to leave in the ink-pot.--Stevenson.

It is by suggestion, not c.u.mulation, that profound impressions are made on the imagination.--Lowell.

Joy in one's work is an a.s.set beyond the valuing in mere dollars.--C. D.

Warner.

Keep writing--and profit by criticism. Use for a motto Michael Angelo's wise words: "Genius is infinite patience."--L. M. Alcott.

Lord, let me never tag a moral to a story, nor tell a story without a meaning.--Van d.y.k.e.

More failures come from vanity than carelessness.--Joseph Jefferson.

Never do a "pot-boiler." Let one of your best things go to boil the pot.--"O. Henry."

Originality does not mean oddity, but freshness. It means vitality, not novelty.--Norman Hapgood.

Pluck feathers from the wings of your imagination, and stick them in the tail of your judgment.--Horace Greeley.

Quintessence approximates genius. Gather much though into few words.

--Schopenhauer.