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and flourishing State of Ohio now boasts of 12,664 schools. Nearly $200,000 was paid by Ohio for common schools in the year 1851."

Such is the record; but there must be some mistake in the figures. If the amount paid by the State be only $200,000, divided among 12,664 schools, it would give but a fraction over fifteen dollars to each school. If the sum is, as we believe, nearly $2,000,000, it would only make an average of about one hundred and fifty-eight dollars to each school. Is there any young man in our land, worthy of being employed as a teacher, who would serve as a schoolmaster for $158 per year? We may see from this how indispensable it is to the success of the common-school system, that the young women of our country should be qualified and chiefly employed as instructors of children and youth.

THE MARRIAGE RELATION.-Addison has left on record the following important sentence: "Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species. with the design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment, have in that action bound themselves to be good-humored, affable, forgiving, patient, and joyful, with respect to each other's frailties and imperfections, to the end of their lives."

THE ROMAN WOMEN.-A writer in a late review, speaking of the Roman women, and their influence during the existence of the kingdom, says: "From the time of the Sabines to Theodora's conquest of Justinian, women seem to have been at the bottom of almost all the memorable events of Roman history. Lucretia, Virginia, Veturia, Fabia, the wife of Licinius, who became, at her instigation, the first Plebeian Consul, are illustrious examples of this; and, whatever may be the changes of manners and opinions, as Hume has well remarked, all nations, with one accord, point for the ideal of a virtuous matron, to the daughter of Scipio, and the mother of the Gracchi." Who, then, will doubt the influence of women?

THE MOTHER-It has been truly said: "The first being that rushes to the recollection of a soldier or a sailor, in his heart's difficulty, is his mother. She clings to his memory and affection in the midst of all the forgetfulness and hardihood induced by a roving life. The last message he leaves is for her, his last whisper breathes her name. The mother, as she instils the lesson of piety and filial obligation into the heart of her infant son, should always feel that her labor is not in vain. She may drop into the grave; but she has left behind her influence that will work for her. The bow is broken, but the arrow is sped, and will do its office."

WOMAN'S INTELLECT.-Mr. Hume, in his "History of England," speaking of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey, has this memorable passage: "She had received all her education with King Edward VI., and seemed to possess even a greater facility in acquiring every part of manly and classical literature." In the conduct of her education, the prejudices against the intellectual character of the sex seem to have been forgotten; and history, as it records the moral worth of this unfortunate lady, at the same time bears high testimony of her intellectual attainments.

In speaking also of Queen Elizabeth, a sovereign whose principal fault was her personal vanity-and great men are not always devoid of this weakness of vanity-the same historian uses the following language: "Her vigor, her constancy, her vigilance, penetration, and address, merit the highest praises. The wise ministers and able men that flourished during her reign, owed all of them their advancement to her choice, and, with all their en

deavors, were never able to obtain an undue ascendancy over her." This last assertion casts some doubt on the truth of the commonly received opinion concerning the vanity of Elizabeth. All the flattery those men could offer her, never succeeded in misleading her judgment, or controlling her sense of the duties of her station.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.-The following articles are accepted: "Nebuchadnezzar's Dream," "Presentiment," "Lines," "To the Evening Star," "The Faded Flower," "The De parted," "To the Faithless," "Away with Care," "The Twins," "Evening Thoughts," "The Newly Married," "Alice Gray," "Love's Elysium," "The Miser," and "Memory's Dreams."

Note.-Will the editor who sent us the poem commene

ing

"Where are the light and happy hearts?"

have the goodness to send us his address? We have lost his letter, and cannot return the poem till we hear from him.

"The Chase" and "Lines" are neither of them quite perfect. The pieces will do better for a newspaper than for the "Lady's Book." They will be returned.

The following are declined; several of these articles are worth publishing, if we had room: "The Rainbow." "Lines to a Friend," "Patience," "Bad Bargains," "The Return," "Twilight Musings," "The Widow's Prayer," "To H," "A Secret hidden in my heart," "Hope," "Songs of Triumph," and "The Forsaken One." Will F. E. F., of New York, please let us hear from her?

OUR TREASURY.

HOW TO MANAGE THE WORLD.

BY MRS. GORE.

WATERTON, the naturalist, who, like Mungo Park, and other bold adventurers into lands beyond the sea, passes for the fabricator of half the marvels he was the first to witness, asserts that, whenever he encountered an alligator tête-à-tête in the wilderness, he used to leap on his back, and ride the beast to death. This feat, so much discredited by the stay-at-home critics, was an act of neither bravery nor braggartry, but of necessity. Either the man or the alligator must have had the upper hand. Il a fallu opter.

Just so are we situated with regard to the world. Either we must leap upon its back, strike our spur into its panting sides, and, in spite of its scaly defences, compel it to obey our glowing will, or the animal will mangle us with its ferocious jaws, and pursue its way towards its refuge in the cool waters, leaving us expiring in the dust. Either the world or the individual must obtain the upper hand. Happy he who hath the genius and presence of mind of a Waterton!

The greatest difficulty experienced nowadays in accomplishing the subjugation of the brute, is to get it on foot, with the view of mounting. Lazy and over-fed, it lies ruminating, half lost amid the springing grass of its fertile meadows, like a Cheshire cow, which, when roused by an occasional impulse of friskiness, goes cumbrously frolicking round the pastures, without aim or end, save that of its own cork-screwed tail, only to subside anew into the apathetic torpor of obesity. What is to be done with such a world? A prick less penetrating than that of a goad will not awaken it from its luxurious and self-sufficing rumina tions; nay, a stunning blow between the horns is absolutely indispensable to overmaster its huge, heavy, and powerful organization.

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Between the somnolence and selfishness of the applauding classes, celebrity has become a thing of yesterday! There is neither courage nor energy left in the world to engender a great reputation. As of old the gods deserted Greece, great men are deserting Great Britain.

WHAT TO TEACH.

BY MRS. EMMA WILLARD.1

WHAT is the best of all possible things to be taught? MORAL GOODNESS. That respects GoD and man; God first, and man second. To infuse into the mind of a child, therefore, love and fear towards God-the perfect-in wisdom, goodness, justice, and power-the Creator, Benefactor, and Saviour, the secret Witness and the Judge-this is of all teaching the very best. But it cannot be accomplished merely in set times and by set phrases; it should mingle in all the teacher's desires and actions. The child imbibes it when he sees that the instructor feels and acts on it himself. When the youth is untruthful, when he wounds his companion in body, in mind, in character, or in property, then show him that his offence is against God; that you are God's ministers to enforce his laws, and must do your duty. Be thus mindful in all sincerity, judge correctly, adopt no subterfuge, pretend not to think the child is better than he is, but deal plainly and truly, though lovingly, with him; then his moral approbation will go with you, though it should be against himself, and even if circumstances require you to punish him. The voice of conscience residing in his heart is as the voice of God; and, if you invariably interpret that voice with correctness and truth, the child will submit and obey you naturally and affectionately. But, if your government is unjust or capricious, if you punish one day what you pass over or approve another, the dissatisfied child will naturally rebel.

Next to moral goodness is HEALTH AND STRENGTH, soundness of body and of mind. This, like the former, is not what can be taught at set times, and in set phrases; but it must never be lost sight of. It must regulate the measure and the kind of exercise required of the child, both bodily and mental, as well as his diet, air, and accommodations. The regular routine of school duties consists in teaching acts for the practice of future life; or sciences in which the useful or ornamental arts find their first principles; and great skill is required of the teacher in assigning to each pupil an order of studies suitable to his age, and then selecting such books and modes of teaching as shall make a little time go far.

ON THE SCHOOL COMPOSITIONS OF CHILDREN.

BY MISS PEABODY.

INSTRUCTORS are not, perhaps, aware how much the art of composition is kept from being developed in children by petty criticism. Children have a great deal to contend with in the attempt to express their thoughts. In the first place, they find it more difficult than better-trained minds do to preserve their thoughts in their memory. For the mechanical labor of holding the pen, of seeing to the spelling, of pointing, and all such details, interferes with the purely mental effort. And even when all this is mastered, and they express original thought, it is like putting out a part of themselves, and they are intensely alive to its reception in proportion to its real originality; and, if it is misunderstood, or its garb criticized, they shrink more than they would at a rude physical touch, and will be very much tempted to suppress their own thoughts on another occa

sion, and only attempt the commonplaces, for which they have heard expressions.

For there seems to be, in all finely attempered spirits, a natural modesty, sometimes even a shrinking delicacy, which instinctively forbids exposure of the invisible exercises of the mind and heart, except to the eye of a generous liberality and a tender love: and it is only time for reflec tion and a fully realized faith, which gives the strength of mind that may separate the sense of personality from the expression of general truth and beauty, and make clear and possible to them the duty of reposing on the intrinsic worth of what is said, and at all events frankly to express themselves.

And is there not a beautiful cause for the modesty of childhood and genius? Is not the ideal, in these instances, more vivid, to which their own actual creation is so painful a contrast, that, if they are forced to attend to the discrepancy, they are discouraged? It has been remarked that the first essays of high genius are seldom in perfect taste, but exhibit "the disproportions of the ungrown giant." This can be easily explained. Genius is apt to feel most deeply the infinite, and, never losing sight of even those connections which it does not express, is unaware of the imperfections of what is seen by others, which is only a part of what is created in its own being. But, if left to a natural development, and unhindered by internal moral evil, the mind always works itself out to perfect forms; while premature criticism mildews the flower, and blasts the promised fruit.

This case of genius is not irrelevant. Intellectual education, as an art, is an embodiment of all those laws and means which the development of genius manifests to be the best atmosphere for the production of creative power. For all minds are to be cherished by the same means by which genius is developed. In the first place, we never know but we have genius to deal with among our pupils, and should therefore always make our plan with reference to it; knowing that the smallest degree of mind is also benefited in its due proportion by the discipline which brings out the highest, and is certainly quenched by those processes from which genius suffers. It would not perhaps be going too far to say, that the period of school education is too early a period for criticism on any original production. There is only one fault which may be excepted from this rule, and that is affectation, a style which proceeds from want of the sentiment of truth. Even this, however, should not be taken up as literary blunder, but as moral evil, of which it is an expression, quite as much as affectation of manners and want of veracity.

LOVE.

BY P. J. BAILEY.

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sun what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of Heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is-
And, if they each should answer "I!"
Let me, too, join them with a sigh.
Oh, let me pray my life may prove,
When thus with thee, that I am love!

Literary Notices.

From BLANCHARD & LEA, Philadelphia:LECTURES ON ANCIENT HISTORY, from the Earliest Times to the taking of Alexandria by Octavianus. Comprising the History of the Asiatic Nations, the Egyptians, Greeks, Macedonians, and Carthaginians. By B. G. Niebuhr. Translated from the German edition of Dr. Marcus Niebuhr, by Dr. Leonhard Schmitz, F. R. S. E., Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. With additions and corrections from his own MS. notes. In three volumes. These lectures, which established a golden reputation for the author during his life, embrace some of the most important acquisitions that have been made to ancient history in our own times; proving, indeed, that much of the past still remains to be developed and authenticated through the zeal and industry of modern investigation. The title of the work, as we have transcribed it, will be sufficiently explicit to attract the attention, and to commend these volumes to the consideration of students of history, and to all such readers as love to search out and contemplate the motives and actions of men in the remote ages of the world.

OUTLINES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. By Thomas B. Shaw, B. A., Professor of English Literature in the Imperial Alexander Lyceum of St. Petersburg. A new American edition. With sketches of American literature by Henry T. Tuckerman, author of "Characteristics of Literature," etc. This is a work which will naturally commend itself to the perusal of every person who desires to be wellinformed in relation to the progress of English literature in Britain and in the United States.

THE CLASSICAL MANUAL: an Epitome of Ancient Geography, Greek and Roman Mythology, Antiquities, and Chronology. Chiefly intended for the use of schools. Compiled by James S. S. Baird, Trinity College, Dublin, Assistant Classical Master, King's School, Gloucester. The object of the author has been to elucidate the Greek and Roman authors usually read in the junior forms of our schools.

From C. G. HENDERSON & Co., Philadelphia:—

A NEW AND IMPROVED STANDARD FRENCH AND ENGLISH AND ENGLISH AND FRENCH DICTIONARY. By A. G. Collot. pp. 1324. We think this the most complete and thoroughly useful work of the kind ever published in our country. Such a one was needed. The long and successful experience of the author in teaching languages gives assurance that he has well studied the difficult subject he undertook; his great learning and persevering talents may be estimated by the able manner in which le has performed it. Those who study French without a master, as many do, will find this dictionary an indispensa ble assistant; and, as a family reference, its good print and large type will insure it favor. The publishers have done their part liberally, and deserve, as does the author, the liberal patronage of the public.

ÆSOP IN RHYME; or, Old Friends in a New Dress. By Marmaduke Park. This very beautiful edition of the fables of the Phrygian dwarf is another proof of the power of genius. The wealth of Croesus has not left a trace of its possessor on earth; but the writings of his servant, Æsop, are now equal to gold in the hands of their publishers, and better than gold in those of their readers. The volume before us is a choice specimen of art for children, because the engravings are really good. A prettier gift book for the young will rarely be found.

From LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & Co. (successors to Grigg & Elliot), No. 14 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia :-WAVERLEY NOVELS. Abbotsford Edition. Volume 2. "The Black Dwarf."

From CHARLES SCRIBNER, New York, through LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & Co., Philadelphia:

EXAMPLES OF LIFE AND DEATH, by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, will be received by wise and tasteful readers as among the literary gems of our country. This book is not only historically instructive, but richly attractive, recommended by great beauty of style and purity of sentiment, and by the TRUTH of its representations. The brief sketch of William Penn contained in these "Examples of Life and Death," affords us an exquisite summary of his remarkable character, sufficient of itself to give value to this volume in the estimation of our fellow-citizens. In the most condensed form, Mrs. Sigourney presents us with an undeniable refutation of Macaulay's calumnies of a man, the facts of whose whole life prove the sacrifice he made in attestation of the holiness of his practice and principles. We would particularly commend the beautiful outline of Monica's life to every mother.

From GEORGE P. PUTNAM, No. 10 Park Place, New York, through LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & Co., Philadelphia :ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH; or, Life in Canada. By Mrs. Moodie. Parts first and second. Price 25 cents each. These amusing volumes are uniform with "Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library for Travellers and the Fireside." It is but just to add, however, that the reader will find something more than amusement in these volumes. Mrs. Moodie is known as a lady of more than ordinary genius and attainments, as a writer of poetry as well as prose.

From HARPER & BROTHERS, New York, through LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia:

THE HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE. By Alphonse De Lamartine, author of the "History of the Girondists." Volume 2. We have nothing to add to the general notice made of this work on the appearance of the first volume.

MARCO PAUL'S VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. By Jacob Abbott. Marco's travels in New York, on the Erie Canal, in Maine, in Vermont, in Boston, and his visit to Springfield Armory, are embraced in four neat little volumes, handsomely illustrated. They contain a great deal of information, in an agreeable form, for young readers.

From GOULD & LINCOLN, Boston, through W. B. ZIEBER, Philadelphia:

CHAMBERS'S POCKET MISCELLANY. Vol. 3. We are always sure that a work from the Messrs. Chambers will be instructive as well as interesting. This series now in course of publication keeps up the credit of the house, and does credit to the taste of those who prepare it for the American public.

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

THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND SCOTLAND. By Henry William Herbert, author of "The Cavaliers of England." This volume contains twenty-four distinct stories, written in Mr. Herbert's animated and fascinating style, and descriptive of men and manners in a most interesting period of the world.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF FITZGREEN HALLECK. A new and beautiful edition.

From BUNCE & BROTHER, New York, through T. B. PETERSON, Philadelphia:

WHITEFRIARS; or, the Days of Charles the Second. An historical romance. With original illustrations by Chapin. Complete in one volume. Price 50 cents. We have had no time to look into this book of 237 pages, but observe that it has been pronounced the best historical romance since "Waverley."

From LONG & BROTHERS, New York :

THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF HARRY RACKET SCAPEGRACE. This is a romance which will greatly interest the reader, from the fact that its pictures of real life are drawn with a master pen; and, although those pictures are not always pictures of virtue, they have blended with them such excellent moral contrasts as will render them salutary lessons to ingenuous minds. The name of "Harry Racket Scapegrace," we admit, is rather indicative of a work of low origin; but the most sensitive have nothing to apprehend on that score, for the language is chaste, and the sentiments inculcated by the author such as might be placed without danger before every class of readers, while the wild and exciting adventures of the hero are candidly and justly traced to their true sources. The work is published as a companion to "Frank Fairlegh." It has several illustrations. Price 50 cents.

BEN BRACE. By Captain Chamier, author of the "Life of a Sailor," etc. Illustrated. This work has been very fairly ranked with the best nautical works of Cooper and Marryatt, by those who are capable of judging of the truthfulness of life and its incidents on the ocean. Price 50 cents.

THE ONWARD AGE: an Anniversary Poem, recited be fore the "Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati," in honor of its Eighteenth Anniversary. By T. Buchanan Read. This is a very beautiful and a very sensible poem on the subject of progress, by a gentleman who has, by his perseverance and industry, made great progress, not only as an artist, but as a poet. There are but few, indeed, of the readers of the Philadelphia periodicals who are not familiar with the name and works of the amiable poet and excellent artist, T. Buchanan Read.

From JAMES MUNROE & Co., Boston and Cambridge:A SELECTION OF ENGLISH SYNONYMS. First American edition, from the second London edition. Revised and enlarged. This work has received high praise from the British critics. The greatest fault found against it is its brevity. Is not this rather a merit? A great book can never become, as this may, the pocket companion of the scholar. And, what is of more importance in our country, men of business can spare time to study this treatise, and thus improve their precision in the use of language; and women will be inclined to perfect their knowledge of words, which it is their department to teach, in the first instance, to each "rising generation." We think the book will be found very useful.

THE OLD ENGAGEMENT. A Spinster's Story. By Julia Day. There are so many novels nowadays, that it is not very easy to find discriminating phrases to set forth their different style and air. But this is a simple story of domestic life, and those who are pleased with an easy, unpretending book will enjoy it.

THE UNIVERSITY SPEAKER: a Collection of Pieces designed for College Exercises in Declamation and Recitation. With Suggestions on the Appropriate Elocution of Particular Passages. By William Russell. Another of a series of Reading Books, &c. &c. There is little need of urging the claims of any work by this author on public attention.

His high standing as a teacher of elocution gives him authority as a writer on the art. But the great variety of choice extracts here presented makes the book of interest for the family circle as well as for the college.

From LITTLE, BROWN & Co., Boston:

REVIEW OF LORD MAHON'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. From the "North American Review" for July, 1852.

From D. APPLETON & Co., New York:

LITTLE PEDLINGTON AND THE PEDLINGTONIANS. By John Poole. As indicated by the name and authorship, these two volumes of the "Popular Library" are satirical sketches of life and society; but rarely do we find satire so well sustained, or so little poisoned with personal bitterness. Shooting "folly as it flies" seems the author's purpose, and the arrow is keen and glittering, and always reaches the mark. It is so full of good things, that we could quote the whole, page by page; but we must satisfy ourselves and our readers, if possible, after the fashion of little Jack Horner, extracting a plum here and there.

The chronicler of "Little Pedlington" had travelled; had exhausted nearly every place of summer resort, when the beauties of this delightful village were brought under his notice by the "Guide-Book of Felix Hoppy, Esq.," and he as suddenly resolves to visit so Utopian a paradise, where illness, discontent, envy, and, indeed, every ill that flesh is heir to, would seem to be forever banished. But, alas! "Little Pedlington" proves to be an epitome of the great world! Social, literary, scientific, and artistic humbugging are rife. Take, for instance, the newly-discovered medicinal spring in the Vale of Hentsh, ye patrons of "acid water" and "cod-liver oil:"

"Taken to the extreme corner of the vale. A man busy planting trees and shrubs about a deep hole. Wondered what that was for. Informed by Hobbleday that Doctors Drench and Drainum-their celebrated physicians, and the proprietors of that portion of the ground-had had the good fortune to discover there a mineral spring, of the nastiest water you ever put to your lips. 'I've tasted it,' continued Hobbleday; enough to poison a dog! So it will be the making of the place, as they say. But what is to become of Cheltenham, Harrowgate, Tunbridge Wells, and such places? However, poor devils, that's their affair!' Fancied I smelt something like the detestable odor of a tanyard. Peeped through the window of a small shed, the door of which was fastened by a strong padlock. Saw a box of sulphur, a couple of bags of iron filings, a pile of stale red-herrings, some raw-hide cut into strips, and a quantity of bark, such as the tanners use. Wondered what that was for."

The press has also its clever hits. The astonishing amiability of the family where,

"In order that things may be toujours tranquille,
They seldom express themselves just as they feel,"

is only to be equalled by the peaceful spirit of the "Little Pedlington Weekly Observer," so pithily set forth in the motto

"All parties to please, and all difference to smother What in one line we state, we retract in another;"

but that surely can have no reference to the professedly neutral prints of the day. And here are the advantages of taking a newspaper, set forth in a most unanswerable style:

"And pray, Mr. Yawkins,' said I, 'which, in your opi nion, is the greater actor of the two?'

"Why really, sir,' said he, that is a question which it is utterly impossible to answer. When I had but one paper to read-the "Observer"-I was convinced that Waddle was the better; but, since the "Dictator" has been established, and the preference given to Souxel, I am greatly perplexed.'

"But have you no opinion of your own?' inquired I, with some degree of astonishment.

"An opinion of my own? Bless me, sir, what an extraordinary question! What is the use of reading a newspaper, if one is to be at the trouble of thinking for one's self after all?'"

We commend the unquestioning faith of Mr. Yawkins to the reading public generally.

Here is a shot at the misnomers now becoming so frequent with us, as well as in England :-

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'Why, then, does the gallant colonel call his place an abbey?' I inquired.

"First,' gravely replied Hobbleday, 'because it's the fashion; and, secondly, because it's a small, square, redbrick house, standing in a cabbage garden.'

"The second, being as good a reason as is frequently to be found for nick-naming residences, of similar pretensions, manors, abbeys, places, and castles, I was satisfied with it."

The drama has a large share of our author's notice; the fine arts, and the rivalry between the votaries of each, are capitally portrayed. We should like room for the portrait of the immortal Daubson, who requests a candid criticism of his pictures, whereupon the following feeling reflection is introduced:

"Can a more agreeable task be assigned to you than that of delivering to an artist, an author, or, indeed, to anybody, a candid opinion of his productions, especially if, in the exeess of your candor, you temper a hundred weight of praise with but one little grain of censure? Let mine enemy walk through the rooms of the Royal Academy even, in arm with an exhibitor, and try it, that's all."

But we have room only for an outline portrait of the present style of progress-women, which, we are quite sure, can give no offence to any who are our friends. The cant has made rapid strides since the portrait was penned, yet the chief characteristics are identical:

"Masculine-minded creature!' exclaimed Hoppy, with a gesture of admiration.

"Thinks for herself on all points, moral, political, and social!' exclaimed Rummins.

"Not a prejudice remaining!' responded the M. C.; 'and has no more religion than a horse!'"

A STEP FROM THE NEW WORLD TO THE OLD, AND BACK AGAIN. With Thoughts of the Good and Evil in Both. By Henry P. Tappan. Since it has become but "a step from the New World to the Old," it is one which everybody feels bound to take, and to give the public the benefit of their observations. We welcome our friend, set down in Chestnut Street, cleven days from Liverpool. "Were you at Rome?" "Oh yes, certainly, four days!" Time was when four months was little time enough to devote to the Eternal City. Mr. Tappan has managed to "do" Europe almost as speedily, and does not hesitate to give us his individual opinion on all subjects; now moralizing, and now predicting. But, having some freshness of thought and feeling, it is, in a measure, imparted to the familiar scenes which he describes, in the two elegantly printed volumes.

THE DAYS OF BRUCE. A Story from Scottish History. By Grace Aguilar. The death of this gifted girl has given to the public several posthumous publications, edited by her mother. We consider the "Days of Bruce" among the best. It is true to history; the stirring scenes of the Scot

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tish war being sketched with vigor, particularly the crowning of Bruce at Scone, the taking of Kildrummie Castle, and the ever-celebrated battle of Bannockburn. Through this runs a vein of romance, developing several beautiful imaginary characters, exceedingly well drawn. It will take the place of the "Scottish Chiefs" with the present generation.

TIME AND TIDE; or, Strive and Win. By A. S. Roe, author of "James Mentjoy," etc. etc. We have a special word of commendation for this little volume, the more so that, remembering its sketchy, unartistic predecessors, we expected little from it. We congratulate the author on a rapid advance, both in management of plot and detail. The story is of American life, a natural, beautiful picture of the faith and feeling still remaining among men in the quiet of country life, while the tale of a city's trials and temptations for the young is warningly set forth. Many of the characters are well drawn, and the general moral is unexceptionable.

All the above publications of Messrs. Appleton reach us through Henderson of this city.

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From T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia: "The Illustrated Old St. Paul's: a Tale of the Plague and the Fire." By William Harrison Ainsworth. The only complete edition ever published.

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Receipts, &c.

TO MAKE A FINE CUSTARD PUDDING, mix by degrees a pint of good milk with a large spoonful of flour, the yolks of five eggs, some orange-flower water, and a little pounded cinnamon. Butter a basin that will exactly hold it, pour the batter in, and tie a floured cloth over it; put in boiling water over the fire, and turn it about five minutes to prevent the egg going to one side. Half an hour will boil it.

TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR when it becomes thin, try the following: Eau de cologne, two ounces; tine ture of cantharides, two drachms; oil of rosemary and oil of lavender, of each ten drops.

TO CLEAN MOTHER-O'-PEARL, wash in whiting and water. Soap destroys the brilliancy.

PREVIOUS to the reign of Charles VIII., the queens of France wore white upon the death of their husbands, and were thus called "Reines blanches." On the death of that monarch, the mourning was changed to black.

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