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it will not be denied, that, taking all circumstances into con- 

 sideration, he has as much time as studious men, taking the 

 average of the year, usually devote to study. 



The source from which he is to derive his knowledge, is 

 chiefly from hooks ; with such aid as opportunity offers from 

 professional men, public lectures, men of talents and learning, 

 whenever he has an opportunity of conversing with them. 

 The sort of books desirable to consult, independent of those 

 connected with his profession, are such as treat on Chemis- 

 try, Zoology, Mineralogy, &c. ; but that which we are of 

 opinion cannot be dispensed with, is a good Encyclopaedia, 

 such as the Encyclopfpdia Metropolitan, now publishing. 

 How much more pleasant and profitable is it for a young 

 man to spend his evenings, in thus improving his mind, by 

 reading in the great book of Nature, and through it to look 

 up to Nature's God, than to be sitting in a tavern, listening 

 to, or joining in, some stupid harangue about politics, a par- 

 cel of stuff that will neither make him wiser in time, nor 

 better for eternity. J\Iind your own business., and if you do 

 well here, you will do well there, and I can say no more, 

 were I to write a whole year. 



Yours, Grant Thorburn. 



Hallet'^s Cove., Long Island., June., 1835. 



Art. III. On the Rose. By an Atviateur, 



Resplendent Rose ! to thee we'll sing; 

 Resplendent Rose ! the flower of flowers, 

 Whose breath perfunios Olympus' bowers, 

 Whose virgin blush of chastened dye 

 Enchants so much our mortal eye. 



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Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower 

 That ever drank the amber shower ; 

 Rose ! thou art the fondest child 

 Of dimpled spring, the wood nymph wild. 

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 Oh ! whence could such a plant have sprung? 

 J\Ioore^s Anacreon. 



Who can paint this loveliest of all lovely flowers, the 

 queen and pride of all Flora's dominions, the rival of Venus 



