THE author of "Friends in Council" has, in a recent work, "Companions of my Solitude," advanced many sound arguments in favor of a better system of female education in England. His last work, which the British reviewers commend as "altogether a thoughtful book, full of wisdom as well as gentleness and beauty," owes its chief interest to the subject of woman's wrongs, and the means of her improvement. He says, "If we consider the nature of the intellect of women, we really can see no reason for the restrictions laid upon them in the choice of employments. They possess talents of all kinds." p. 143. And again, "How well women might work under direction! In how many ways, where tact and order alone are required, they might be employed! and also in how many higher ways, where talent is required!" p. 144.

One of these "higher ways" is now familiar to the American people. Thanks to the Puritans for establishing the common school system, which gives girls as well as boys access to the "well of English undefiled," if not yet an equal participation in the "waters from the Castalian Spring." Then our republican institutions, making the diffusion of knowledge among the people imperative, has led to the employment of female teachers in the common schools: at first, because their services were less expensive, and now from a conviction that women are the best instructors.

In our last number, we dwelt at large on this subject, offering a humble petition to Congress for aid in qualifying the daughters of the republic to fulfil the duties of their noble profession as educators of American children.

That paper, we are happy to record, has met with kind approbation. Men, eminent in the halls of Congress, have promised to lend their aid in advancing the plan. We now subjoin a few of the many reasons which may be urged for the appropriation of such a portion of the public lands as will enable each State and Territory, on becoming a State, to found and endow one Free Normal School, for the preparation of Female Teachers of Common Schools.

1st. That there are now two millions, at least, of children and youth in the United States nearly destitute of school instruction, requiring, at this moment, 20,000 additional teachers, if we give to each instructor the care of one hundred pupils, quite too many for any common school with only one teacher.

2d. That to find 20,000 young men, who would enter on the office of pedagogue, would be utterly impossible, while the Great West, the mines of California, and the open ocean laving China and the East, are inviting them to adventure and activity.

3d. That, therefore, young women must become the teachers of common schools, or these must be given up. 4th. That young women are the best teachers has been proved and acknowledged by those men who have made trial of the gentle sex in schools of the most difficult description (see Reports of the "Board of Popular Educa tion," "Reports of Common Schools in Massachusetts," &c.), because of the superior tact and moral power natural to the female character.

5th. That female teachers are now largely employed, on an average of six of these to one male teacher, in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and wherever the

common school system is in a prospering condition; and everywhere these teachers are found faithful and useful. 6th. That, to make education universal, it must be moderate in expenses, and women can afford to teach for onehalf, or even less, the salary which men would ask, because the female teacher has only to sustain herself; she does not look forward to the duty of supporting a family, should she marry; nor has she the ambition to amass a fortune; nor is she obliged to give from her earnings support to the State or Government.

7th. That the young women of our land, who would will ingly enter on the office of teacher, are, generally, in that class which must earn their livelihood; therefore these should have special and gratuitous opportunities of preparing them for school duties: thus the Normal Schools, in educating these teachers of Common Schools, are rendering a great national service.

8th. That, though the nation gives them opportunity of education gratuitously, yet these teachers, in their turn, will do the work of educating the children of the nation better than men could do, and at a far less expense; therefore the whole country is vastly the gainer by this system. 9th. That it is not designed to make a class of celibates, but that these maiden school teachers will be better prepared to enter the marriage state, after the term of three or four years in their office of instructors, than by any other mode of passing their youth from seventeen or eighteen to twenty-one. That earlier marriages are productive of much of the unhappiness of married women, of many sorrows, sickness, and premature decay and death, there can be no doubt. We look to the development of this system of constituting WOMAN THE EDUCATOR OF THE YOUNG, giving her the fitting requirements, as a measure which will not only preserve all her natural gifts and graces of person and character, but enhance them a hundredfold, making her truly what the Apostle declares her to be, "the glory of the man."

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.-It is the intention of the Faculty of the "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania," to open a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, in Philadelphia, as soon as possible. We state this before quoting the following heart-stirring appeal lately put forth by a popular English journal. We are glad to state, also, that this American Child's Hospital will be under the charge of a female physician, who can consult, when necessary, with the Faculty of the College; but to woman's tender care the little "drooping buds" will be given. Woman is gifted with insight to understand the nature of children. God has endowed her for this mission; and when she is encouraged to cultivate her gifts, and permitted to exercise them in treating the diseases of women and children, the world will see a marked improvement in the health of our people.

"DROOPING BUDS.-In Paris, Berlin, Turin, Frankfort, Brussels, and Munich; in Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, Prague, Pesth, Copenhagen, Stuttgard, Grätz, Brünn, Lemberg, and Constantinople, there are hospitals for sick children. There was not one in all England until the other day.

Dickens's "Household Words."

"No hospital for sick children! Does the public know what is implied in this? Those little graves two or three feet long, which are so plentiful in our churchyards and our cemeteries-to which, from home, in absence from the pleasures of society, the thoughts of many a young mother sadly wander-does the public know that we dig too many of them? Of this great city of London-which, until a few weeks ago, contained no hospital wherein to treat and study the diseases of children--more than a third of the whole population perishes in infancy and childhood. Twenty-four in a hundred die during the first two years of life; and, during the next eight years, eleven die out of the remaining seventy-six.

"Our children perish out of our homes; not because there is in them an inherent dangerous sickness (except in the few cases where they are born of parents who communicate to children heritable maladies), but because there is, in respect of their tender lives, a want of sanitary discipline and a want of medical knowledge. What should we say of a rose-tree, in which one bud out of every three dropped to the soil dead? We should not say that this is natural to roses; neither is it natural to men and women that they should see the glaze of death upon so many of the bright eyes that come to laugh and love among them-or that they should kiss so many little lips grown cold and still. The vice is external. We fail to prevent disease; and, in the case of children, to a much more lamentable extent than is well known, we fail to cure it.

"Think of it again. Of all the coffins that are made in London, more than one in every three is made for a little child; a child that has not yet two figures to its age. Although science has advanced, although vaccination has been discovered and brought into general use, although medical knowledge is tenfold greater than it was fifty years ago, we still do not gain more than a diminution of two per cent. in the terrible mortality among our children."

Nor will the mortality ever be much diminished till women are instructed in their own nature, and encouraged to study the laws of health and of disease peculiar to themselves and their children. Female physicians must be trained to practice among these patients, and thus the Knowledge so necessary and salutary will be diffused. This plan of "A Hospital for Sick Children," under the care of an educated Female Physician, should be welcomed by every Christian philanthropist. Who will aid? Funds are wanted. Let Philadelphia lead the way, and soon every large city in our land will have its hospital for sick children.

OLD AND NEW ENGLAND.-Out of every hundred persons in England, forty cannot write their names. In Massachusetts, according to the last census, but one person in every two hundred is in this condition; and nearly all these are recent emigrants from Europe.

DEACONESSES.-Extract from a letter dated Paris, 1852: "The Protestant clergy of France have revived the order of Deaconesses. They have a house in Paris called 'Le Maison des Deaconesses,' an hospital comprising schools for the lower classes, from infancy to a comparatively advanced age; a retreat for those unhappy outcasts who wish to retrieve their past errors; a chapel and a hospital for both sexes. This admirable institution, of great extent, is conducted entirely by these Protestant Sisters of Charity, or Deaconesses, who choose to devote themselves to so pious a work, but who are not bound by any vows to remain in it longer than they feel disposed. A detailed account of the institution would occupy more space, perhaps, than a mere letter should occupy; but suffice it to say, that never

did a place breathe more of the spirit of order, cleanliness, cheerfulness, and industry, or appear more completely to fulfil its object."

PROGRESS IN THE EMPIRE STATE.-The Board of Education of New York has determined to establish a free academy for females, in New York city, in which the higher branches of education will be taught.

CULTIVATION OF THE HEART.-It is easier to educate the mind than to educate the soul; and no training is more difficult than that of the moral affections, though the results of the latter, in this and the future world, are infinitely more important than the former. "It is much easier," says Flavel, "to pull up many weeds out of a garden, than one corruption out of the heart; and to procure a hundred flowers to adorn a plot, than one grace to beau tify the soul."

TO CORRESPONDENTS.-The following articles are accepted: "To Mary," "Stanzas," "The Land of Beauty," "What is True Love?" "Then-Now," "Lines," "The Hidden Love," "We Parted," and "Life.”

The following articles are declined:-(Several of these deserve notice, as only wanting a very little improvement to make them worthy of a place in the "Book." Young writers must not "make haste" to send off their productions to the editor. Be sure you have done your best to correct and polish your poem before submitting it to the critical examination of a stranger.)-"The Blossoming of the Trees," "The Brave Boy of Tyrol," "A Land of Dreams," "The Blue Bird," "Death," "The Children of the Wilds," "The Household Treasure," "The War Spirit," "To my Cousin Marion," "The Sleeping Magician," "The Hours," "Unrest," "Sins of Superstition," "The Farewell of the Heart," and "Their Memory is Mine."

OUR TREASURY.

THE MINISTRY OF WOMAN.

BY THE REV. CHARLES WADSWORTH.

HEREIN is set forth the high ministry of woman, even in evangelical utterances. Nobler, indeed, her commission than that of the twelve disciples. Not in apostleship unto the world was she sent, but more glorious far-in apostleship to the apostles. She might not preach Christ crucified unto the Gentiles, but better, and higher, and holier-she could preach Christ risen unto the faint-hearted disciples. Not hers to point the stricken multitudes to the cross of Calvary, but hers a loftier task-to point the apostles themselves to the presence of their risen Lord on the mountains of Galilee.

Oh, it was an honor eclipsing forever man's loftiest-put by Christ, in the hour of his triumph, on these meek sisters of his ministry! It was woman's voice that first made proclamation on this ransomed world of a Risen Redeemer.

"That was a task of glory all her own;

Nobler than e'er the still small voice assigned To lips in awful music making known

The stormy splendor of some prophet's mind.
'Christ is arisen by her, to wake mankind,
First from the sepulchre these words were brought:
She was to send the mighty, rushing wind

First on its way with those high tidings fraught—
'Christ is arisen!" "

Yes, loftier her credentials than those borne along earth's circumference by the wonder-working disciples of Jesus,

Literary Notices.

From the EDITOR, Philadelphia :

THE PRESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW. B. J. Wallace, Editor; Albert Barnes, Thomas Brainerd, E. D. Gilbert, Joel Parker, Associate Editors. With the assistance of the New York Union, Auburn and Lane Theological Seminaries. Vol. I., No. 1, June, 1852. We need hardly add, after giving the above list of distinguished clergymen as coworkers in this enterprise, that the rumber is rich in its literary merits, as well as marked by a high tone of religious zeal. The first article, "Our Church and our Review," sets forth the reasons, powerfully, that led to the publication. Christians of this denomination will hardly allow such a noble effort to fail for lack of patronage.

THIRD ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND CATALOGUE OF STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Located in Philadelphia, at 229 Arch Street. For the Session commencing September 13, 1852, and ending January 31, 1853. There have been fifty-two students in this college, eight of whom graduated last December. A much larger number is expected to enter on the next session. The prospects of the College are highly flattering to its friends and the faculty who sustain it.

From HENRY CAREY BAIRD (successor to E. L. Carey), 8. E. Corner of Market and Fifth Streets, Philadelphia:

A TREATISE ON A BOX OF INSTRUMENTS AND THE SLIDE RULE. For the Use of Gaugers, Engineers, Seamen, and Students. By Thomas Kentish. The steady sale which several editions of this work have met with, and the approbation it has universally received from practical men, are the best testimonials of its merits.

NORRIS'S HANDBOOK FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGI NEERS AND MACHINISTS: comprising the Proportions for Constructing Locomotives, Manner of Setting Valves, Tables of Squares, Cubes, Areas, dc. dc. This is another of the valuable practical publications for which the public are indebted to the enterprise of Henry Carey Baird.

THE PAPER-HANGER'S COMPANION. A treatise on paper-hanging, in which the practical operations of the trade are systematically laid down; with copious directions preparatory for papering; preventions against the effect of damp on walls; the various cements and pastes adapted to the several purposes of the trade; observations and directions for the panelling and ornamenting of rooms, &c. By James Arrowsmith, author of " An Analysis of Drapery," etc. The value of this little work is fully set forth in the title.

From G. P. PUTNAM, New York, through II. C. BAIRD, Philadelphia:

We have received a complete set of "Putnam's SemiMonthly Library for Travellers and the Fireside." These volumes are printed in large type, on superior quality of paper, and embrace the following popular works, from the pens of authors of literary distinction:-

HOME AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY. From "Household Words." Edited by Charles Dickens.

WHIMSICALITIES. By Thomas Hood. With wood

cuts.

WALKS AND TALKS; or, an American Farmer in England. With illustrations.

THE WORLD HERE AND THERE; or, Notes of Travellers. From "Household Words." Edited by Charles Dickens.

HOOD'S OWN. Selected papers. With wood-cuts. HOME NARRATIVES. Edited by Charles Dickens. UP THE RHINE. By Thomas Hood. With illustrations. First and second parts.

These volumes are sold at the cheap rate of twenty-five cents each; and, from their size, durable structure, and amusing and interesting contents, are admirably suited to administer comfort to the minds of travellers.

From THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & Co., Philadelphia :— A LIFE OF ROBERT EMMETT, the Distinguished Patriot and Martyr. Containing the principal events in his life; his speeches made on various occasions, with his celebrated defence before Lord Norbury; his trial, condemnation, and death. Also, a sketch of the life of Thomas Addis Emmett, of Theobald Wolfe Tone, and other Irish patriots. A brief account of the trial and banishment of Mitchell, Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and their compatriots; with much other valuable matter. By John W. Burke, Esq. Octavo, 388 pages, bound in embossed muslin. Price only one dollar. A book for the people.

From A. HART (late Carey & Hart), corner of Fourth and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia:

PENCIL SKETCHES; or, Outlines of Character and Manners. By Miss Leslie, author of "Kitty's Relations," etc. Including "Mrs. Washington Potts" and "Mr. Smith," with other stories. In two volumes. Price fifty cents each volume. Most of these sketches and stories were originally published in the "Lady's Book," and have been favorites with the public ever since, as they deserve to be.

EOLINE; or, Magnolia Vale. A Novel. By Caroline Lee Hentz, author of "Linda," etc. This is a very interesting novel, the incidents of which are related in the usually attractive style of the author.

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THE ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION: being a History of the Personal Adventures, Heroic Exploits, and Romantic Incidents, as enacted in the War of Independence. By Oliver B. Bunce. The intention of the compiler of this work was to present to his countrymen numerous sketches of extraordinary adventure, and of the most novel and thrilling kind, connected with the history of the Revolution. He has ably performed that duty, and has presented to the American reader numerous grateful memorials of the past, which will not fail in leaving their patriotic impressions upon the future defenders of our country. The work is neatly printed and illustrated.

From BLANCHARD & LEA, Philadelphia:

ELEMENTARY LATIN GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES. By Dr. Leonhard Schmitz, F. R. S. E. This introductory grammar of the Latin language forms one of the classical series edited by Drs. Schmitz and Zumpt, and is intended to be put into the hands of new beginners.

From DANIELS & SMITH, 36 North Sixth Street, Philadel phia:

THE OLD FARM GATE; or, Stories and Poems for Chil dren and Youth. By Richard Coe. The publishers have sent us a copy of this neatly printed work, which we are sure will find a multitude of admirers among the class of readers for whose pleasure and edification it has been espe cially prepared. The readers of the "Lady's Book" have long been familiar with the simple and truthful style of Mr. Coe-simple in its construction, and truthful to the

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COSMOS: a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Uni verse. By Alexander Von Humboldt. Translated from the German by E. C. Otte and B. H. Paul, Ph. D., F. C. S. Vol. 4.

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS. Edited by Robert Chambers. In four volumes. Vol. 2. We have noticed this as a very full and superior edition of the works of the Scottish poet.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF BARTHOLD GEORGE NIEBUHR. With Essays on his Character and Influence. By the Chevalier Bunsen, and Professors Brandis and Lorbell. The subject of these memoirs was an able historian and statesman, and early in his career laid the foundations of a reputation which grew brighter as his years increased.

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THE "FRIEND OF MOSES;" or, the Defence of the Pentateuch as the Production of Moses and an Inspired Document, against the Objections of Modern Scepticism. By Wm. T. Hamilton, D. D., Pastor of the Government Street Church, Mobile, Ala. This is an able work of 552 pages, and on which the learned author appears to have bestowed a great amount of labor and critical research, and in which the sacred authority and the consistency of the Bible are maintained in a masterly manner. Such a volume will naturally attract the attention of all serious seekers after the truths of the Holy Scriptures.

WHAT NOW? For Young Ladies leaving School. By Charles T. Deems, President of Greensboro' Female College, N. C. This neat little volume contains a great deal of excellent advice, intended peculiarly for the class of young persons to whom it is addressed, but which will be found equally worthy of all educated Christian ladies.

From J. S. REDFIELD, Clinton Hall, New York, through W. B. ZIEBER, Philadelphia:-

ON THE STUDY OF WORDS. By Richard Chenevix French, B. D., Vicar of Itchenstoke, Hants; Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Oxford; and Professor of Divinity, King's College, London. From the second London edition, revised and corrected. There are many curious and useful things interspersed through these six lectures on words, which will greatly interest the student and the general reader.

BRONCHITIS AND KINDRED DISEASES, in Language Adapted to Common Readers. B. W. W. Hall, A. M., M. D., VOL. XLV.-17

New York. The author of this book is a gentleman who has had many years' experience in this and European countries, and who believes that he has adopted a system of practice for the treatment of consumption which has been attended with encouraging success.

LILLIAN, AND OTHER POEMS. By Winthrop Maoworth Praed. Now first collected. The present edition of these poems is represented to be much more full than any hitherto published. A brilliant fancy, a warm heart, a playful and agreeable style, and a close adherence to the truthfulness of nature, are the peculiar characteristics of the author of these poems.

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CALIFORNIA ILLUSTRATED: including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes. By a returned Californian. This is a fine volume of more than two hundred pages, with numerous illustrations, in which the author claims that he has endeavored to convey a correct impression of the country, and to have stated only such facts as fell under his own observation.

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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN JACOB C. ARMSTRONG. A very interesting narrative, and full of stirring incidents.

From JAMES MUNROE & Co., Boston and Cambridge:THE AMERICAN MATRON; or, Practical and Scientific Cookery. By a Housekeeper. The above publishers seldom send forth an indifferent work. Their books are good of their kind, as well as good in all belonging to the printer's art. This " American Matron" shows a marked advance in the science of domestic economy, from the books that used to treat only of cookery. Mrs. Child led the way in this kind of literature: her "Frugal Housewife" was an original and sensible little book. She has been followed by a number of our best lady writers, each endeavoring to add some new and useful feature to her own work. The author of this last has given a capital preface, containing facts and suggestions of much value to every housekeeper. The science of preparing food is of great importance; every effort to advance it deserves encouragement and praise.

APPLETON'S POPULAR LIBRARY. An agreeable collection of beautifully printed and tastefully bound volumes, for family reading, at the remarkably low price of fifty cents a volume. Books that, when once read, are not to be thrown by, but will bear re-reading and learning, both from their intrinsic value and the durable style in which they are published. The motto from Cicero is very aptly chosen; a good quotation being an excellent thing, and going a great way as an introduction.

"Books to quicken the intelligence of youth, delight age, elevate prosperity, shelter and solace us in adversity, lov ing enjoyment at home, befriend us out of doors, pass the night with us, travel with us, go to the country with us."

THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL has sweet, womanly grace and excellence portrayed; but most of our readers are familiar with the volume ere this.

In another view, we have "THACKERAY'S YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS," somewhat of the "Vanity Fair" school, purporting to be the private memoirs of James Yellowplush, footman; that is to say, of his various masters, on the principle that "our servants know more of our affairs than we do ourselves." The history of Mr. Deuecace is a