224 Mternation of Generations, etc., [Nov., 



Lizzy turned very red, but neither ran for the pantry, or push- 

 ed away John's hand. 



" Well," said Mr. Butler who had recently seen what things 

 were coming to, "that must be pretty much as you and she can 

 agree, musn't it mother?" 



" I guess so," said Mrs. Butler, dropping several stitches in a 

 stocking she was knitting for John. 



" There won't be much difficulty about it then, I guess," said 

 John. Saul must go to school. He may go to college if he has 

 a mind. I can get his support out of the farm without hurting 

 any body, I reckon." Then turning to Lizzy, he said, " The 

 road is good, and Jack wants to stir himself, and I want to go 

 over to mother's. Suppose you just hop into the w^agon and ride 

 over with me." 



Lizzy looked towards her mother, and rose up and w'ent to 

 " put on her things." The horse was soon at the door, and Lizzy 

 was soon in the wagon, and the wagon w^as soon at John's mo- 

 ther's, and John's mother was soon introduced to Lizzy, who 

 soon became her daughter-in-law, that is to say, on New Year's 

 eve. 



ON THE ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS, ETC., 



The Royal Society of London was instituted for the purpose of 

 publishing memoirs upon Natural History which booksellers are 

 unwilling to undertake in consequence of their expected limited 

 sales. Among its publications for 1846, is one with the above 

 title, a translation first from the Danish into German and then from 

 the German into English. It is attempted to prove in this essay, 

 that in the propagation and development of some animals, the 

 like is only obtained in the alternate generation; the immediate 

 offspring of the parent, being a peculiar form and differing from 

 the parent as much as two species differ, but which constitute in 

 themselves foster -parents to a progeny in which the likeness of 

 the original parentage is restored. 



We do not design to undertake a review of this work, but to 

 give its doctrines without comment, knowing very well that their 

 establishment must rest only upon numerous observations. In the 

 preface, the design of the work is clearly stated, and as follows: 

 to show that there exists in the lower orders of beings, alterna- 

 tion of generations; or in other words, it is an explanation of the 



