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James came in and found his beloved wife dead : the burst of pas- 

 sionate sorrow that followed, he had witnessed ; and, himself a man 

 of feeling, he had sympathised with Monson's grief. After this, 

 however, he had seen no more of him : it was one of those casual 

 occurrences which happen to medical men, and he had in a great 

 measure forgotten it. The mother's sorrowful and simple tale was 

 soon told ; the decline of their fortunes, and the ruin of all their 

 hopes, formed a narrative which deeply interested Dr. Herbert, a 

 man of enlarged affections, and whose profession had tended to keep 

 these in play, and not to deaden and paralyse them ; and he left the 

 hospital, after giving them the cheering assurance that their distress 

 was at an end. 



On an errand of charity Herbert was instant and ready : he 

 knew many of Monson's connexions, as well as those of his deceased 

 wife, and upon them he immediately waited. None of them had 

 been aware of the utter misery which had broken down the family : 

 pride and poverty had made the sufferers shrink from notice, and, 

 though known to be in distress, that distress was not supposed to be 

 urgent. Herbert's representations found ready responses in the 

 hearts of many of their connexions; and though, when relief came, 

 Monson would have said as Anaxagoras said, when dying, to his 

 disciple Pericles, who had sent him a sum of money, " Take it back 

 had he wished to keep the lamp alive, he ought to have administered 

 the oil before," his venerated mother fell upon her knees, and poured 

 out her thanks to Him who had been her constant stay and support. 



And the Monsons were again happy : jtime softened James's grief; 

 and an honourable and lucrative employment enabled him to mi- 

 nister to his parents, and to return, in some sort, the kindness which 

 had been so unremittingly lavished upon him. And he performed 

 his part well ; and for many years they presented a most beautiful 

 picture of domestic felicity a son treating his aged and helpless pa- 

 rents with love and reverence, and parents treating their son with love 

 and confidence. 



P. G. 



JUVENILE LITERATURE.* 



WE have long felt considerable surprise that no censorship has 

 been established over Juvenile Literature ; for if the question were 

 asked us, what class of literary productions are of most importance 

 to the social welfare of the country, we should not hesitate to 

 answer, the productions intended to form the intellectual and moral 

 stamina of the rising generation. Reviews, numberless, of all shapes 

 and characters, labour in their vocation to enlighten the ' grown up' 



* The Instructor, Vol. IV. The Calendar The Months The Seasons. J. W. 

 Parker, London. 



