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garment, too, is this little tome clad ! Gold 

 without, and gold within, we pronounce it, at 

 this season more particularly, to be one of 

 the most acceptable presents that could be 

 conferred on youth; nor ought we to exclude 

 from our unqualified approval the handi- 

 work of the printer, whose labor in produc- 

 ing such sharp and effective impressions of 

 the embellishments (on wood) must have 

 been indeed erreat. 



Junius and his Works Compared with the 

 Character and Writings of Philip Dor- 

 mer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. By 

 William Cramp. 8vo. 



Fac-Simile Autograph Letters of Junius, 

 Lord Chesterfield, and Mrs. Dayrolles. 

 By the same Author. 8vo. Hope & 

 Co. 



Mr. Cramp, with much energy of purpose, 

 has labored to prove that Mrs. Dayrolles 

 was the amanuensis employed to copy the 

 MSS. of Junius' letters for the printer ; and 

 he has produced parallels both from Ches- 

 terfield and Junius, that lead to the belief 

 that the former and the latter were identical. 

 The two books are full of curious matter ; 

 and we recomniend a very careful perusal of 

 them. The subject yet possesses sufficient 

 interest to command attention, and when it 

 is considered how intimate Lord Chesterfield 

 was with Mr. Dayrolles, we think Mr. 

 Cramp has probability on his side 



AlflMAL INSTINCT— DOGS, 



We shall have many original anecdotes to 

 relate of the Dog ; meantime, we select from 

 Thompson's " Passions of Animals," recently 

 published, some few particulars that may 

 prove interesting to the admirers of this faith- 

 ful Domestic Companion : — 



" The race of turnspits is almost extinct, as 

 their services have been superseded by machinery, 

 but in some places this has not been of long date. 

 These dogs knew the roasting day most dis- 

 tinctly. At the Jesuits' College at Fleche, the 

 cook took one of these dogs out of its turn to 

 put it into the wheel of the spit; but the animal, 

 giving him a severe bite, ran away, and drove in 

 from the yard the dog whose turn it really was. 

 Arago describes something similar : he saw 

 several dogs at an inn, whose duty it was to turn 

 the spit in regular rotation, one of which skulked 

 away, and obstinately refused "to work because 

 its turn had not come round, but went willingly 

 enough into the wheel after its comrade had 

 turned for a few minutes. A dog, which was 

 in the habit of accompanying his master from 

 Paris to Charenton, where he spent the Sunday 

 with a friend, having been locked up on two 

 successive occasions, ran off alone to Charenton 

 on the Saturday evening, and waited there for 

 its master. A gentleman writing from Edinburgh, 



and speaking of the; Scotch shepherd's dog, de- 

 scribes it as one of the most intelligent of the 

 canine family, as a constant attendant on his 

 master, and never leaving him except in the per- 

 formance of his duty. In some districts of Scot- 

 land, these animals always accompany them to 

 church; some of them are even more regular 

 attendants than their masters, for, by an extra- 

 ordinary computation of time, they never fail 

 resorting thither, unless employed in attending 

 their charge. To a stranger, their appearance is 

 somewhat remarkable in such a spot, and the 

 propriety with which they conduct themselves 

 during the service is remarkably singular. On 

 one occasion, towards the close, one of the dogs 

 showed an anxiety to get away, when his mas- 

 ter, for this unmannerly conduct, very uncere- 

 moniously gave him a kick, which caused him 

 to howl, and break the peace of the assembly ; 

 and, to add to his distress, some of his fellow 

 dogs attacked him, which dogs are wont to do 

 Avhen they hear one of their species howl. The 

 quarrel became so alarming that the precentor 

 was forced to leave his seat, and use his authority 

 in restoring peace, which was done by means of 

 a few kicks. All the time of this disturbance 

 the minister seemed very little discomfited, con- 

 tinuing his preaching without intermission, which 

 showed that such occurrences were not rare. In 

 one parish, great complaints were made against 

 the disturbances occasioned during divine service 

 by the quarrelling or otherwise unmannerly con- 

 duct of the dogs, w r hen it was agreed that all 

 those who had dogs should confine them, and 

 not allow them to come to church. This did 

 very well for the first Sunday or so ; but the dogs 

 not at all relishing to be locked up on a day 

 when they were wont to enjoy themselves, were 

 never to be found on the Sunday mornings, to be 

 tied up : they by some instinct knew the Sunday 

 as well as their masters, and set off before them, 

 whither they had been in the habit of going on 

 that day. It was now evident to the members 

 of the congregatioa-that this plan would not do, 

 and another scheme was laid before them, which 

 was to erect a house close to the church, in which 

 they might be confined during divine service. 

 This was adopted, and the kennel was accord- 

 ingly built, in which the dogs were imprisoned ; 

 but the animals being more accustomed to freedom 

 than confinement, took this restraint upon their 

 liberty in ill-part, and set up a most dreadful howl- 

 ing, to the great annoyance of the people in the 

 church. They however persevered in confining 

 them for a considerable time, thinking the ani- 

 mals would get accustomed to their incarceration; 

 but in this they were mistaken, for instead of the 

 howling diminishing, it got worse and worse. 

 So it was agreed they should again be set at 

 liberty, and have freedom of access to the place 

 of public worship; hut their manners had been so 

 corrupted, that they were with difficulty brought 

 even to their former discipline." 



We have a proof in this last anecdote, how 

 necessary it is to teach even dogs good 

 manners ; and how difficult it is to wn-teach 

 what they have acquired in the way of bad 

 manners. Just so is it with the human race . 

 By the by this book, though interesting, 



