S + JEjU. 



'.'tMA- 





MOORE'S &U&AL HEW-YOKKEH. 



PUTTING BOOKS. 



. , P that An 

 literary Briorcus of the 

 the patriot and 

 told ui the need ol i 



■ 

 . ea the need of men who 

 ■ -i- against ihii rolnwoi tmj ol 



I 

 . ,-i,t of American in*" 

 „.,, .1,, from 11.. i n> ■ «»P«dpi«itI- 



• tic praise, and 



,,, „„ prase »f««wr» l "M the r<a* 



ioo from the Metropolis, 



, , ,1.11, I! 



uud afar oral 

 ■ 



Dot then none department of pulling U> wine!) 



■i. ■../.. School 



....... bore i« a plOM wb«M no excuse 



,i i-t allow tb« adooator to help a publisher 



[a need, often- 

 i buyai Bholl t « i i-t the ■ 



■ n-'hoproft ■■ B1 lea '.'■■' am the need of the 



purchaser. Thitoaoher Borolj .should bo sparing 

 ol pnl b nnttl IhorowgUy qualified by 



■ i in regard to the works rccOmmend- 



,,i gill htm i- Itl Plainly, the same atylc of 



i,.» book is crammed down 



[naexttm Hon 



Tin- 



broadens! fn'in publishing I *>■< in introduce new 



works, and «<■ BIO sorry to nay thai sorne teachers 



. .,;„, ,ii,, ,u tor mom", making We 



bare in - I, now, " tcachei ol N'om 1 ork, who 



... department often, i than the i- 



.... i lulved when wo 



for thosebooks, 

 and would affori them try loiifor oort— (has 



funking thin ,-■■ 



Tin,-. In' wtiuM change In ■ 



ague?. 



..I nil in.- cm r.u.HinM.r uiul Ollieial 



mPh. ,\i institutes, ToMbw ■' I 



the agent alyly works Mi way Into th 

 of the uoaophialioatedj scatters llboi 



■I! 







"Take ««oi 

 pounds will take care of theme 

 that should bei 

 grave, "Oth ! by the powcra'." . 



able 



■ f.nj. 



small a spoce, 

 Pope, ai they i 



I pence and the 



Poor Richard's 



a newly arrived 



mnrtherin fool, 

 ..lien we shall 

 soon be when 



full." A true philosopher that. *' Drink deep or 



lASte not the I'irriau Spring." Now, a truce to this 



i - lertioD, ihui 



I. outraged in so 



i or lines from 



pally receiv.l h 



then do they con- 

 Itftnte (In most powerful plea in behalf of igno- 

 rance that was ever uttered. 



We ihonld, however, think Iba mai 

 mlschieroiudy a : f counsel the 



starving beggar to reject a crust an. 1 b 



in another direction, is received as inspired wis- 

 dom. We have nothing to do with the writer's 

 intention in penning these lines, hut with the fact, 

 that be is hailed n- Sir Oracle in the utterance of 

 a sentiment so utterly repugnant to nature and to 

 truth. Of what other good under the whole heaven 

 docs wisdom thus warn us to beware r Yot this is 

 wisdom! Aye!— forgive me this apparent be- 

 trayal of my ancestral home — it is wise nonsense. 

 — M. 1', C.,in if, Y. 'J 



i i nil. Now, we 



ii the teachers so much, yel 

 i., be more Indepon li ni when ncting as ngentsfur 

 i ely, tin 1 patrons and youth. Let us 

 Iiiim- a elasi of active, independent teachers. 



\ word i clnlivc to the ullleiol specially of 



thlS State, tlieCnlllltlisyi ■,-:. It l t.Mj tllie.that 



Hum- in..' burdened willi d ■•; V « ■ I Hm should he 



...... i,. i I ■ -1 : i I I I.m, and lln'n 



■■ In I.,, liei ;ilih 4 In pulilisllel .. 



let them say nothing, or what i* just, both to the 



l,.„,l; Mini ni i,u,l I.....I. ii >. i- I. el iluin mil impose 

 ii|". i, I.,,,, i people who trust lo their judgment, 

 by the too common practice ni dressing up fra/A in 

 tin' (ilrniin inhi's i>l nllniiil l'iiiIj. 



Fiuully, let us not have careless King ]'nj}\ 

 chiiiiipi I review*, l.nn honest thoughts nl hull- 



Great Valley, N. T., April, ISM. 



A LITTLE LEAENING. 



V.i.i i. ..i, nil Irtiuglits Intoxicate tlio brain, 



llnl .IrlnVliis largol] suliiri at ayaln." 



■ily conceived, 



BO gracefully expressed^ ha* heeo received for gen- 



i iiniii which it were madness for any 



1 1 has become a port of our provi-rhod 



philosophy. It has insinuated itsalf everywnoro 



i owlish language is known. HI,,- in 



woven iUolf into our very thought — has aaaumed 



.■■ our honsehold words— oonslitutoi 



a [iirt of out educational creed. It meets the tyro 



at the very outset of bia oaroor. Ii is dimly traced 



Mi. i. ii,. gates of the little rond-slft chapel, which 



nlW>.li* him Ins tir-l resting place as he begins 



(limber op ttie (amoul "lldl of Botonc*. 11 It 

 pictured upon the doors and lintel* of the nu 

 .! uetiire, higher up the dillicult mom 

 It i» tmhlatoned on the wmlla of the gorgeous tc 

 i. [up. And 

 he B oea forth Ihtnae, it takes on airy shapes. He 



>i"t the light whispers of toe gro 

 In th,- tamptaVe x ill, 10 the ripple of the brook, 

 ocean's rear, in the crowded thoronghfara, in the 

 quiet seehis,.,,! ofhomt~.«A hlU, learning is i 

 dangerous thing." 

 Kow, whaldoaa all this m .ao» Why— for thii 



h Iki OOBM »"» «"'■ ■■ pUuon— auknab , 9 bettei 



than Iwilighl; bliiidnew it to be preferred l<> ai 

 A .tineas of s.ght; .Vter Ignorance, U 

 m*r« scrape of knowledge. There is danger ux thi 

 ml usher* in the day — j D that sUt* 

 men as tree* walking, indicative o 

 coming sight— in thoae fragmanUry fruiuof the 

 tr*e of knowledge which create an ar 

 B mure. Tread cautiously ye who 

 Inowrt *in'e base, for ye walk 

 an Irwcheroua (jround. Tarry not, ya thirsty 

 1 "^ ii'dnok at the little rills whose waters mad- 

 den the brn n , but hasten onward to slake your 

 thirst wub »ob»r drau K hU at the bubbling pools of 

 •be parent fount "Make haste slowly,' 

 u... n.itit,.. day of email "th 



THE SCHOOL-BOOM A LITTLE WORLD. 



TnE school-room is often called a little world, 

 and a little world it should he in more respects than 

 the term usually implies. There is perhaps n fal- 

 lacy in the aphorism of Tupper, " A kingdom is a 

 Dfi«1 of families, and a family, a small kingdom;" 

 but in regard to the school, we say, let it be a 



There are little boys, fellow-classmates, who will 

 soon bo fellow-citizens. Let them learn in their 

 juvenile intercourse those, courtesies and princi- 

 ples of action, that will be requisite when they be- 

 come men. Dr. Carpenter says in his Physiology, 

 that the brain grows to the condition under which 

 it is habitually exercised. If this be true, and I 

 suppose no one will question it, it is a matter of 



,,,im in,, mi -nl In i.'uii-.i.lrv the hv-1 inudc of CXITCIS- 



mt.l inn- «j bruin now plastic in 

 theachool-houses of onr country. Mykersof survey- 

 ing in-li nmints arc very careful to graduate the 

 arcs, which will indicate ihe direction of the tele- 

 •...pi., mil, the utmost accuracy, us the minutest 

 error will be vastly magnified in the position of ihe 

 distant object. So in the school-room, the micro- 

 concentric with (be macrocosm, or 

 EbV world's wide stage, the smallest error in direc- 

 iion will h ml in a <h.|imiuie which no traverse 

 tabic can indicate. 



If it be true that knowledge is composed of id/a», 

 " which ore the joint product of the mind on the 

 .. i..- part, and of external causes on ihe other,"— it 

 is manifest that the opportunities of observing the 

 i.i.ji'i in i.', nee u i(_-i i ill iuipoiiniiecin an educational 

 tTen ci -mil an apartment. aa Dickens de- 

 ■ i ■ i r . was strongly bricked out, as 

 lull.iig.iu- .mil gusi..;- wi.'iv bricked in, should never 

 tie elected i'l.r u school-room. On the other hand, 

 as much of nature us is possible should be intro- 

 duced, ami so arranged as to arrest the pupil's at- 

 tention whenever his eye may wander from his 

 book. It is objected that the book will receive but 

 htie iiilciiinm ' 1 w mill] suv, he it .so, so long as no 

 interest isfelt to learn its contents. But in getting 

 knowledge, as in getting money, the more we have, 

 the more we want; and from observation and oral 

 instruction alone, a thirst for knowledge is often 

 icquircd which libraries cannot supply. 



Lot Aquaria exhibit the living wonders of the 

 deep; let tieologieul cabinets present ihewoudrous 

 forms and huge [unponions of former animals and 

 ; Let collections of minerals display the glit- 

 orcs and symmetrical crystals of the rugged 

 urn-., shew llowcis from the wild wooda and 

 cultivated garden, in the wny of the youthful hero— 

 for such should every school-boy determine to 

 ami make tbc school, as in ancient times, a pleasant 

 dace of resort. Dut men, not boys, attended those 

 inci.'iii schools or places of recreation and leisure 

 i inn the active duties of life. Boys are better thai 

 non, uud will make belter use of the privDcee 

 i Horded them. Such at least, is the experience of 

 >ue who has been a teacher for twenty years, — 

 I'uriosily is the untccedeul of attention, wb 

 iiilispcnsalile to every learner. Let curiosity be 

 properly directed, and, as far as possible, grntitied. 

 Cultivate the perceptive faculties by constantly 

 cm. nisi ng them— bring to aid the organs of sc 

 the telescope and microscope, models of engi 

 pumps, and various machinery, as well as drawings 

 and diagrams. See in every linyshot, the nianifei 

 tat ions of the same law which made the earth 

 gh.be , in ihe school-boy's sling, the principle tin 

 changed the globe to u spheroid ; in every rollin 

 hoop or spinning top, the cause of the procession 

 of the equinoxes, and departure of the polar e 

 far from its place, that in 13,000 years it wil 



is well known thot the harbor of Vera Crui, 

 deed it maybe called a bnrboT, nflbrda but 

 slight protection i ■ ■■ ' ■ ' Lor. when the 



terrible tornadocalledthe tforte, or .V 

 the Gulf of Mexico. R. A. W.r.,,-,. 



:■ . ofwhicb we shall apeoS 

 a subsequent number, thus describes a tempest 

 which be witnessed : 



The port was lillcd ivtlh -hipping, whon a well- 

 known monitor, the sinking ofthe atmosphere upou 

 lOuntain northward, foretold the impending 

 danger. A crowd gathered upon the shore, from 

 ttrnctiou of mutual sympathy so keenly felt 

 towards men in imminent peril. All looked in- 

 tenth- ut the heavens, as they gathered black, and 

 iaw far oft" on the horizon the clouds and waves 

 niugled together in one great ronoroilB mass.— 

 S'ow and then were brief intervals o| bright skies ; 

 igftin to he quickly overcast, ami shrouded by a 

 nore intense darkness, while the temperature fell 

 o a degree of chilliness unusual in the 'hot 

 •ountiT.' The howling of the wind was terrific. 

 The crowd was near enough to see, or at least to 

 catch a glimpse of the shipping. Every extra 



, I&MSBPMHSS'. 



VERA CRUZ IN" A. STORM. 



anchor that could be got at was soon thrown out. 

 But to little purpose: u coral bottom is bul pOOJ 

 holding ground in a Norther; and oue by one the 

 ileet began to drag; BTen the > a-He, ,S-j» Juan do 



■ .mill nl I lines US thOUgb it would be 



torn from its rocky foundations and dashed upou 

 the towu. The terror of those on land was hardly 

 to be described, us they BOW tbc apparent destruc- 

 tion of both vessels and screws so nigh. Now and 

 then one would hold it liflle by some new obstacle 

 the anchor caught, btft the resistance giving way, 

 it soon moved again, approaching tbo shore, to 

 which all tended, excepting Itnrsv sheltered under 

 the lee of the castle and island. They did not all 

 drag at once, or together, but one by one, as their 

 powei ■ of eii.im moi ■■ i* >- out , and one pj one 

 they drove towards the beach with little of he' p, or 

 hope, if the storm continued, liven that little gave 

 place to despair, as vessel after i i-sd approached 

 the land; and, as tbey were dashed upon it, men 

 held their breath, watching the hardy seamen 

 slnu'ejling in the waves. One staunch vessel with- 

 out cargo being carried broadside on, her crew 

 leaped out of her and ran off safely." 



©Ijc Rcuiciucv. 



Bl nu \ . OTS 1 i . 

 ri;i, Mi.in:"lia. II"' llifilur Mr) 

 and part nl (Vnlral Asia. It)' ' 

 1'hiludelpiila: J. W. Bradley. 

 Tins is a compilation. The ai 

 riist, inni travel! i to gratlTj I 



Books Received. 



o. By 6 



in .1 M'.l:, 



i the i: 







ud make the school as far as possible a lii tie world, 

 is is the case with tbe symmetry of large 

 ic model will afford the best opportunity 

 ly end investigation.— >. B. Wbdster, in 

 onai Sews. 



A Smart Spbli, — A gentli 

 ter, Vermont, tiro or three w 

 priie a copy of Wet 

 to the one of tbe seh 



in town who should "spell all the others dowi 

 Seven schools were accordingly represented, a 

 about a doicn teachers and a large crowd of pp 

 utora were preaenl, when the trial took place 

 lb* .ili nit But one trial woe U be bad on a wo 

 *nd Hie unfortunate who missed must take his 

 her seat. Eighty scholars contested for the hoi 

 and the priie, and after fire hours' trial, five ] 

 pils remained standing, and the cntbu: 

 ence soon raised ihe needful to purchase each 

 kreoi Unabridged*. 



orlh Ches- 



weeks sioco offered as a 



Unabridged Dictionary 



the public >. .-hoots 





■ ruivunity ol l-Jdm 1-11^1. ; 



French of « '1 

 ilir General T 



.,.,.|,jr t,enen,l nl 



[on: Phillip-, Sbi 



"Ohr.Btiau Morals." ole. I'tiiUdelptjia : J 

 A Sot. [lGmo.-pp.84I] Bold bj Dm 

 ntSTTuiMis; of Ihe He*i'lop-ri. nl ..fit 



Jons Loan Cinra*' "-. '- L u - £* 

 ter to J. Pav^i Colli". I" *'i ■ r . . 

 Applclon « Co. Bold by Dtwar. 

 Lot* a Uma, Lovi m Lo^o."* 

 auibor of -Ii is never too Wale 

 Liee,"etc. New York : U»rp«r±J 

 435.] FortatebjDtwtT. 



[lorno!— pV *M ) ' ^ old *» D*war, 



6 pages.] Soldbj Diwit. 

 m^'Coialion*. Tmtj Dancuil Oonin 



LONDON BANKS. 



TnEiiE arc nine jomt-stock banks in London, 

 with a combined capital of uenrly four millions 

 sterling; and current deposits nearly forty mil- 

 lions sterling ; aud circulation— none. Their pay- 

 ments in bank-notes are made in tbe notes of the 

 Bank of England. The immense increase in 

 bonking buoincr,- W f l..-.n.l.,o elooa inimawn by 

 .in in.. ...... 1 1 : 1 _- _■ 1 ! ■ lT ; 1 1 1- > of deposits in the nine banks 



Tbe balances at the Clearing House are paid by 

 checks for the precise amount on the Bank of Eng- 

 land. Tbis obviates entirely tlie tedious andve.XU' 

 tious payments of coin aa still pursued at tb( 

 Clearing" House in Wall street. 



terior— the If. ink of Enirlimd i-Miing none under 

 „., p.. mi- -iw- ,1 cteadmess to the bank-noti 

 [snerj which iawell worth consideration. Thi 

 ger bills enter iDto the operations of commerce 

 t the petty transactions of the day. anything 

 der five pounds— or twenty-fire dollars— ire a 

 justed by the medium of gold and silver. Th 

 tbe lower classes of people, market people, tradt 

 men, etc., are not annoyed with small bills, which 

 here uniformly ate the beginning of a crisis. 



We submit these tubular statements for those 

 who have the currency question under considera- 

 tion, suggesting that the bank-note system of Eng- 

 land may be well worth adopting here.— if. T. 

 Courior and Enquirer. 



A 



PLEASURE GARDENING FOR CHILDREN. 



. ..1.1 , 



1.1 



" iU - c " ] Ivvnie.it,, \. , . 



is some may think I ban knrrred at 



hood, and can makcmyi 



point, -Mr. Editor, I will h ■ 



But. I am on old gardener, my f»ih,., 1 



to love giiiiliniiiL-, and mymolliri limi,-. ,,,, Mi . 

 names of the dowers, and to love them teo_»nd 

 that was long, long ago, I have no :'. 



il...< I . .11: I.I, .,!■■ ,,: ....!■ ..... .. :m,l 



would to teach tbe great liurnl F.im. i.., ,l i 

 understand the matter neht, Mr. Kin.u., you bare 

 a very large family .if yoiun.- folks, inmil.icring 

 Bavoral Hionsands. 



As everything should bare u ii-.nJ— I Impc all the 

 l.,.., . .iii.l .nils iv ho 11 :i.l tins will ge! I heir's full of 



wisdom— I bave placed /" 



the bead of this article. Now,' all 

 gardening to me is /''- 7- 

 as much pleasure, I think, from raisin:- . 

 of corn, or splendid melons, as I do in 

 shrub, or tree, or flower. Tin pleasure of garden- 

 ing is mainly in doing everything just us well as it 

 can be done— 11 little belt, r, 

 ever doDe before. I "out. I nl any til 

 a finely grown Beet or (Mulijlowt-r, than a poor, 

 balf-slarved, neglected RosO. One looks like a 

 fftntltmaitin rags, pride ami poverty united— the 

 other like a well fed, honest laborer, of the first 

 class, wbfl 1 ■ ■'" tie . lino.- to be, n 'th 



jm-a 1. 1 1 11 hai he is not. If boys will learn this, uud 

 feel so too, they will never make poor farmers, nor 

 braiulcss dandies— nor will tliey ever value line 

 appearances above true Worth. 



But. I am mil getliug nl my oihjcct, tor old men, 

 like children, are fond o!" talking, and I must com- 

 mence. I take it for granted tliat nil Ihe rlnhben 

 who read the IluaAL, can have a small piece of 

 ground for their own gardens if they will tuke core 

 of it. It is to-day the 20th of April, and if this is 

 printed my young render* v, ill probably get it be- 

 Ebre tbe lsl of May. At any rate, as soon os yon 

 get this number have your garden nicely dug up, 

 deep, nnd raked smooth, Your little gardens are 

 not large enough to grow peas and early potatoes, 

 and those kinds of things, nnd they will be provid- 

 ed plentifully in tbe gardens of your parents, WO 

 hope, for we pity tbe poor children who have not a 

 good supply of good peas, and corn, and radishes, 

 and Lima beans, nnd melons, during the summer. 



There are a. g 1 many suehy r children, although 



some of their parents arc very rich. The larger 

 children, however, if they can get ground enough, 

 may grow plenty Of such kind of things. The 

 UorticvUural Dtpartmtnt will tell you how it is 

 done, so I need not fill up tbis column with direc- 

 tions. After the little patch is dug up I .,1 . .1, 



then getapiece of narrow board with a/alcaignf 



,-iL'e, lor a ruler, lay it upon the ground and make 

 your name iu printing letters, or tbe first letters of 

 your name, by forming shallow dulls from OHO to 

 two inches wide. Iu these drills sow lettuce seed 

 and cover them nicely, and in two or three weeks 

 after you will see your name in living pre. in letters 

 Then make your tittle brother's or sister's name in 

 the same way, and sow the seed of curltd cra$, or 

 pepper grass, which is the same, and in one week, 

 if the weather is fine and warm, this pepper gross 

 will be up, and afford the little one a good deal of 

 pleasure. In a week or ten days after, the flUfj 

 may be cut, and is excellent with bread and butter 

 for tea, or cut up with vinegar. 



I designed to tell tbc boys how to raise a few 

 melons and radishes nice, but I have talked so 



Divioixg One's Time.— Someploddinggeniusbas 

 discovered, while spending his own time, that the 

 word Time itself, when artificially transposed, or 

 metagrotnmfltized, will form the following words, 



placed in 



ill form what may be termed £ 



Tbis word Tiiib is the only word in the English 

 language which can be thus arranged; and the 

 different transpositions thereof arc all, at the same 

 time. Latin werds. These words in English, as 

 well as in Latin, may be read either upwards or 

 downwards. Tbe English words, time, item, meti, 

 and emit (to send forth 1, arc mentioned above; and 

 ofthe Latin ones— Time, signifies fear tbou ; Item, 

 Likewise; Ueti, to be measured; Emit, be buys. 



Animal asp Vegetable Lira,— There is neih 

 Bhort of revelation that more beautifully or sa 

 fuctorily proves the existence of an Almighty mi 

 than the fewness and simplicity of the ultun 

 elements of animal and vegetable life. Thus, there 

 ore but four elementary principles essentially nec- 

 essary, nod but six generally employed, to form 

 every variety of organic life ; nitrogen, carbon, 

 oxygen, and hydrogen arc the basts, to which sul- 

 phur, and phosphorus may be considered «upp e- 

 mentary. With these, infinitely varied in their 



atomic proportions, are built up not only tl hole 



animal kingdom, but also every variety ..f the veg- 

 etabteworld-frum wheat, the "staff of life 

 poison of the deadly Upos ti 

 of remark, that these four el* 

 those also of 

 posed, so tb; 

 truth and fat 

 organic lifc- 



s also worthy 

 eutal principles ace 

 both air and water arecom- 

 l irater may b# considered in 

 log the original element* of 



oOai 



DON'T THLNK. 



Walking in the country one morning, in early 

 spring-time, we seated ourselves to rest on a large 

 stone near mi orchard gate. Very soon WO observed 

 a large man banging to tbe topmost limbs of asmall 

 apple tree by one hand, while with the other he 

 was culling off twigs and braucbes. We bad. him 

 good morning. He answered cheerfully, and ire 

 venture! to hint that the tree ho had climbed bore 

 a heavy burden. "Yes," he said, " tho trees all 

 need pruning, but I can only attend to a few of 

 them. The others would not bear my weight ." 



" Why don't you fasten your saw to a pole, stand 

 upon the ground, and prune euch trees aa mo3 





asked. 



,„|.| . 



Well. I declare," he answered, "tl 

 —I didn't think of it." fession 



Tbere was n valuable lesson in that con 

 " I didn't think of it." It explained why, in many 

 respects, the farmer was not P'°|P e ' 

 a hard worker. He end( * BT . <>r „._ „ 

 but he was olwoys t 

 yield abundoutly 1 bis 

 often poor, 



c economical, 



Jlis orchard didn't 



hud disease; bis grain 



,ald only sell at a low 



was oten poor, an- — ■> 



1. . *, ■■■ I-/' ■■ '••• llehad noverlcarn- 

 pnee-ow^'- 



°" _° bp d 'jj not understand bow judicioua 

 v 1 „, t insists hand-work. 

 ■ ■ 11 .(n't Unuk!" — that is the sorry eiplonatian 

 f ucb error, of many a crim«, of many a failure, 

 of many • hardship, and many an abase. 



Little boys and girls, beirin mind that Ttjhatevcr 

 advantage you may have at home, in school, in 

 business or society, unless you think, your lives 

 will be sad and your efforts unsuccessful. Learn, 

 then, while you are young, the art of thinking- To 

 be great and good you must understand the art ot 

 reflection, as well as appreciate tba pleasure of 

 rn e m o ry . — Selected. 



To Rauova Orbase mow Booas.— Lay upon o 

 spot a little magnesia or powdered chalk, a« 



Mto^L'e"' o°d'.'cd"°™ill l» Jl ^ted «Dd 



