ymentalfootholdagainaagriponmyfaculties.Uptothetimeofthe"FrostKing"episode,Ihadlivedtheunsciouslifeofalittlechild;nowmythoughtswereturnedinward,andIbeheldthingsinvisible.

    GraduallyIemergedfromthepenumbraofthatexperiehamindmadeclearerbytrialandwithatruerknowledgeoflife.

    Thechiefeventsoftheyear1893weremytriptoWashingttheinaugurationofPresidentCleveland,andvisitstoNiagaraandtheWorldsFair.Undersuchcircumstancesmystudieswerestantlyinterruptedandoftenputasideformanyweeks,sothatitisimpossibleformetogiveaectedatofthem.

    WewenttoNiagarainMarch,1893.ItisdifficulttodescribemyemotiooodonthepointwhichstheAmeriFallsaheairvibrateahtremble.

    ItseemsstraomanypeoplethatIshouldbeimpressedbythewondersaiesofNiagara.Theyarealwaysasking:"Whatdoesthisbeautyorthatmusitoyou?Youotseethewavesrollingupthebeachorheartheirroar.Whatdotheymeantoyou?"Ievideheymeahing.IotfathomordefiheirmeaninganymorethanIfathomordefineloveioodness.

    Duringthesummerof1893,MissSullivanandIvisitedtheWorldsFairwithDr.AlexanderGrahamBell.Irecallwithunmixeddelightthosedayswhenathousandchildishfanciesbecamebeautifulrealities.EverydayinimaginationImadeatriproundtheworld,andIsawmanywondersfromtheuttermostpartsoftheearth--marvelsofiion,treasuriesofindustryandskillandalltheactivitiesofhumauallypassedundermyfiips.

    IlikedtovisittheMidlaisaseemedlikethe"ArabianNights,"itwascrammedsofullofyandi.HerewastheIndiaofmybooksinthecuriousbazaarwithitsShivasandelephant-gods;therewa