ffttifi r 
New PhtmooXOMt ; Or, Signs of Character. as Man¬ 
ifested through Temperament and External Forms, 
and especially in “The Unman Face Divine." By 
Samttei. B. well?, Editor of the Phrenological 
Journal and Life Illustrated. With more than one 
thousand Illustrations. [12mo. — pp. 765.] New 
York: Fowler & Wells. 
Wbatrvuk the mass of the people may profess to 
believe with respect to Physiognomy, it is certain 
that ninety-nine in every hundred rely upon physio¬ 
logical developments and conformations in forming 
their estimate of character on making a new ac- 
c-tiaistance, People may deny the truthfulness of 
Physiognomic 3igns as being significant of personal 
character, yet in act they concede their correctness 
by estimating character according to them. In the 
volume before ns the truthful teaching of Physiogno¬ 
my is assumed and numerous illustrations of histori¬ 
cal and living personages given to show that the 
character and intellectual developments of each cor¬ 
respond with great exactness to what the Physiog¬ 
nomy of the different personages would indicate to 
be or to have been the leading characteristics of each. 
The volume is made up with much jndgment and 
good taste, and can scarcely fail to arrest the atten¬ 
tion of the thoughtful, whatever may hitherto have 
been their impressions with respect to the value of 
the science which it is designed to elucidate and 
commend to public favor. 
I’LL NEVER USE TOBACCO 
“I’u. never nse tobacco, no, 
It is a nasty weed: 
I'll never put it in my mouth," 
Said little Robert Reid. 
11 Why, there was idle Jerry Jones 
As dirty as a pig, 
Who smoked when only ten years old 
And thought It made himjblg. 
“ Uc'd puff along the open street, 
As if he had no shame ; 
He’d alt beside the tavern door. 
And there ho'd do the same. 
“ He’d spend his time and money, too, 
And make his mother saa; 
She feared a worthless man would come 
Of such a worthless lad. 
“Oh no, I'll never smoko or chew, 
’Tla very wrong Indeed; 
It hurts the health. It makes bad breath, 
Said little Robert Reid. 
AND THEN.” 
The following story ia told of St, PhUlippo 
NeriHe was living at one of the Italian uni¬ 
versities, when a young man, whom ho had 
known as a boy, ran up to him with a face full 
of delight, and told him what he had been long 
wishing above all things In the world was at length 
fulfilled, his parents having just given him leave 
to study the law; and that thereupon he had 
come to the law school in this university on ac¬ 
count of its groat fame, and meant to spare no 
pain3 or labor in getting through his studies as 
quickly and as well as possible. In this way he 
ran ou a long Lime, and when at last he came to 
a stop, the holy man, who had Jbeen listening 
to him with great patience and kindness, said: 
" Well, and when yon have got through your 
course of studies, what do you mean to do then.” 
“ Then I shall take my doctor’s degree,” an¬ 
swered the young man. 
“ And then V ” asked St. Phillippo Neri, again. 
‘‘And then,” continued the youth, “I shall 
have a number of diiliculb and notty cases to 
manage, and shall catch people’s notice by my 
eloquence, my zeal, my learning, my acuteness, 
and gain a great, reputation.” 
“ And theu?” repeated the holy man. 
“ And then,” replied the youth, “ why then 
The Farmer's Record and Account Book; With 
appropriate Headings and Ruline’s for recording 
Business Transaction*; embracing Family and 
Farm Expenses, general accounts date of bills re¬ 
ceivable and payable. Names of Employees, when 
their eervlcea began, when finished, price agreed 
on per year, month or day, and entire amount, &c. 
Also, the number of acres of each growing crop, 
the quantity raised, the amount sold, price per 
bushel, pound, Arc., and the entire amount of tho 
whole, so etasHliied, arranged and consolidated as 
to present the result of each year's business trans¬ 
actions, in the smallest possible compass, Bnd also 
so simple that the balance sheet can be easily and 
correctly adjusted. Together with valuable infor¬ 
mation for farmers, tables of weights and meas¬ 
ures, rules, and the Annnal Report of Income 
required to be made to the Assessor of Internal 
Revenue. By W. C. Munson, Chicago: Adams, 
Blackme: & Lyon.— 1306. 
The preceding title tells all that It ia essential to 
know In reference to this excellent Record and Ac 
count Book for the nse of the farmer. By procuring 
one of these, and filling it up according to directions, 
the farmer will have his whole business under com¬ 
mand, enabling him, at any time, to tell jnat how and 
where he efands. It should find a place on the desk 
of every agriculturist. 
8E.V-81DE PICNIC — LADIES I'KEPABtNO POU TUB BATH, 
GRAND PICNIC OF N. J. FARMERS, 
adds zest to the ecene of preparatl»u. It is fre¬ 
quently tho case that families, with Improvised 
lardere, amply stocked, travel 50 miles or more 
to do honor to the day, and it Ls not unusually 
the cose that whole nights are spent in journey 
Ing towards Amboy, the favorite place of the 
gathering. The scene at the beach, on the arri¬ 
val of the various parties, Is more than enliven¬ 
ing, it is cheerful in the extreme, and bespeaks 
the true spirit engendered by a day’s relaxation, 
after a season of honest toil. Tho buxom 
country lads and lasses vie with each other in 
their efforts to make the day a happy one; and, to 
the honor of New Jersey farmers, it can truth¬ 
fully be said that, at their many annual meetings, 
no unpleasant occurrence has ever transpired to 
unr the hours spent on tho sea-beach. 
The two illustrations given herewith — “The 
Ladies preparing for tho Bath," and “a8ketch 
on the Beach”—are among the scenes pre¬ 
sented at the last annual gathering of the farm¬ 
ers and their families at Raritan Bay, Amboy, 
New Jersey. 
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper tells us that 
for several years it has been the custom of many 
New Jersey fanner*, after harvest time, to visit 
the sea shore with their families, for tho purpose 
of recreation, picnic, bathing and “a good 
time.” The custom had its origin in private 
expeditions, which became so general that it 
wub finally decided upon, by common consent, 
that the second Saturday in August should be 
honored ns a holiday, and that the day should be 
sot apart for the enjoyment of aquatic sports. 
So well recognized Ls the custom, that for -eve- 
oral years the farmers, for miles in the vicinity 
of the gea beach, have given it careful observ¬ 
ance, and days arc frequently spent in making 
the necessary preparations for the journey. 
Many arc the good tilings provided by the care¬ 
ful housewife; and the happy countenances of 
the children, who, through (he “ heated term,” 
fondly anticipate the pleasure of/ 1 going to the 
salt water,” as the expedition is usually termed, 
OLD AND YOUNG GENERALS. 
Tub momentous question as to the capacity 
of elderly gentlemen for commanding armies in 
the field is very naturally now again under dis¬ 
cussion in Europe. Sir Edward Cast writes to 
the London Times and gives the names of the 
sexagenarian and octogenarian general under 
whom. Austria has at different times suffered her 
worst disasters. The whole history of the 
world to a certain extent confirms Sir Edward's 
opinion that no man above fifty should be put 
la command of a large host in actual warfare. 
Hannibal was commander-in-chief of the Car- 
thagcnlan armies when he was only twenty-four, 
and he was only thirty-one when he won the 
battle of Connie. Alexander the Great had con¬ 
quered Greece and Persia, and achieved his 
other wonderful conquests, when he died at the 
age of thirty-one. William the Conqueror made 
himself master of England at thirty-nine, and 
Henry V. heat the French at Agincourt when a 
youth of twenty-seven. Cromwell was forty-six 
at his victory at Nazehy, and Nelson was forty- 
seven at Trafalgar. Frederick, the Great of 
Prussia was but twenty-eight, when he opened 
his first campaign against Austria; when thirty- 
three he was victorious at the close of the sec¬ 
ond Blleclau war, and at the end of the Seven 
Years’ War he had Just entered on the period 
at which Sir Edward Cost thinks that military 
incapacity begins to show itself. Turenue, an¬ 
other of the “great masters” of modern days, 
was but thirty-seven when the peace of West¬ 
phalia resulted from his wonderful gifts as a 
soldier. On the other hand, Cifisar spent almost 
all his youth in civil occupations, and was forty- 
two when he took the field ia command of the 
Roman forces at Helvetia and Gaul At fifty- 
two he fought and won the battle of Paarsalia 
over Pompey, who was then fifty-eight. The 
Duke of Marlborough, again, was fifty - four 
when he won the victory of BLcnheim; he was 
fifty-six at Ramifies; at Malptaquet, when he 
showed the very extreme of daring, he was fifty- 
nine; and when at lust he took the forces of 
Bouchain, he was as much as elxty-ons. Nev¬ 
ertheless, on the whole, there can be no doubt 
that substantially Sir Edward is in the right. 
As to the special case in hand, it is important to 
know how old are the Prussian generals who 
have just beaten their Austrian elders. 
The Office of tub Hour Communion in the Book 
or Common Prater. A Series of Lectures deliv¬ 
ered in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Pad¬ 
dington. By Edward Mkybich Goulboctbn, D. D. 
Adapted by tae author to the Communion Office 
according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church In the United States of America. I l2mo.— 
pp. 354 ] New York; D. Appleton & Co. 
These Lectures, as the title of the volume con 
Uinlng them Importe, were designed to give a histo¬ 
ry of the communion and the services accompanying 
it, as understood and practiced by tac Episcopal 
Church. The author docs not regard the Sacrament 
or Lord's Sapper as an institution commencing with 
the apostolic age, bat as a fragment torn from the 
Jewish ritual and adapted to the New Dispensation. 
His reasons for this view of the question, will be 
found set forth in the first Lecture, to which, and the 
following one3, the attention of the reader la especial¬ 
ly directed. For sale by Adams & Ellis. 
Tided and True ; Or, Love aud Loyalty. A Story or 
the Great Rebellion. By Mrs. Biclla Z. Si'Enckk. 
(Umo.—pp. 394.] Springfield, Mass.: W'. J. iloi- 
land.—1966. 
Thu volume is presented in beaatifui etyle. It 
purports, under an attenuated veil of fiction, to give 
the experience of the writer while accompanying de¬ 
tachments of the Union army in their various move¬ 
ments during the Southern Rebellion. So far as It 
partakes of a political character, the book is in sym¬ 
pathy with the negro population of the South as 
against tfis mass of the white people there. It will 
find numerous readers st the North, whatever its fate 
may be in a more southern latitude. Regarded 
simply as a literary effort it is certainly worthy of the 
commendation beetowed upon it by the principal 
Republican presses of the North and West, It ia 
published by r.ibscription, as wifi be seen by the 
agent's notice elsewhere. 
SOWING LITTLE SEEDS. 
Little Bessie had got a present Jof a new 
book, and she eagerly opened it to look, at the 
first picture. It was the picture of a boy sitting 
by the side of a stream, aud throwing seeds Into 
tho water. 
“ I wonder what this picture is about,” said 
she; “ why docs the boy throw seeds into the 
water V” 
“ 0, i know,” said her brother Edward, who 
had been looking at the book; “ he is mowing 
the seeds of water-lilies.” 
“ But how small the seeds look 1” said Bessie. 
“ It seems strange that such large plants should 
grow from such little things." 
“You are just sowing such tiny seeds every 
day, Bessie, and they will come up large, strong 
plants after awhile,” said her father. 
“0, no, father; I have not planted any seeds 
for a long while.” 
“ I have seen my daughter sow a number of 
seeds to-day.” 
Bessie looked puzzled, and her father smiled 
and said, “ Yes, I have watched you planting 
flowers, and seeds, and weeds to day.” 
“ Now I know that you are joking, for I would 
not plant ugly weeds.” 
“ i will tell you what I mean. When you laid 
aside that Interesting book, and attended to 
what your mother wished done, you were sow¬ 
ing seeds of kindness aud love. When you 
broke the dish that you knew your mother val¬ 
ued, and came instantly and told her, you were 
sowing seeds of truth. When you took the cup 
of cold water to the poor woman at the gate, 
you were sowing the seeds of mercy. These are 
all beautiful flowers, Bessie. But I hope my lit¬ 
tle girl has been planting the great tree of ‘ love 
to God/ and that she will tend and watch it, 
until Its branches reach the skies aud meet be- 1 
fore his throne."— Selected. 
Woodward's Architecture, Landscape Garden¬ 
ing and RirnAL Art. No. 1.-1367. By G«o, E. &■ 
F. W. Woodward, Editors of the “ Horticulturist," 
authors of " Woodward’s Country Homes," “Wood¬ 
ward’s Graperies," etc. New York: Geo. E. & F. 
W. Woodward. 
In the preface to this volume the publishers say: 
“ This la the fir9t number of a permanent annual 
publication, to be issued from the office of the Horti¬ 
culturist, and Intended to supply a demand for plans 
and information in all departments of Rural Art. 
Bach number will be thoroughly illustrated with orig¬ 
inal and practical designs, adapted to the require¬ 
ments of men of moderate means." There are nu¬ 
merous illustrations of dwellings, out-houses, garden 
plats, and plans for the construction of roads, &e., 
&c., afi interesting to rural readers. It Is a neat vol¬ 
ume, and worthy of public favor. For sale by E. 
DaRROW & KSMFSILALL. 
SEA-SIDE PICNIC—SCENE ON THE BEACH. 
FUGITIVE PRINCES. 
TO SAVE A PERSON FROM DROWNING, 
SEEING THROUGH WATER 
A German journal gives a list of dethroned 
princes who now live lu different parts of Eu¬ 
rope. First, there is Don Miguel, dethroned in 
lhoO, who resides in Germany, having married a 
German princess; next, the Count deChambord, 
in exile since 1830, residing generally in Austria. 
With him may be classed the Orleanist princes, 
who reside nwmtly in England, Leopold and Fer¬ 
dinand of Tuscany, Francis V. of Modena, and 
Robert of Parma, were driven from their States 
in 1351). The three first reside in Austria, the 
last ia Switzerland. The following year Francis 
II. was sent to increase the list of retired kings. 
In 1382, KingOtho cf Greece, was driven from 
his throne. King George of Hanover, the Elec¬ 
tor Frederick William of Hesee, and the Duke 
Adolph, of Nassau, have just been added to the 
list, which may further be augmented by the 
addition of Prince Couza, who now resides in 
Paris, and the Prince of Augostenburg, who 
lives in Bavaria. 
A pebsoh may be saved from drowning by the 
proper use of a man's hat and pocket handker¬ 
chief, which being all the apparatus necessary, 
is to be used thus: Spread the handkerchief on 
the ground, and place a hat with brim down¬ 
ward, on the middle of the handkerchief, and 
tie the handkerchief around the hat as you 
would tie up a bundle, keeping the knots as 
near the center of the crown as may be. Now, 
by seizing the knots in one hand and keeping 
the opening of the hat upward, a person with¬ 
out knowing how to swim, may fearlessly plunge 
into the water with what may be necessary to 
save the life of a fellow creature. If a person 
should fall out of a boat, or the boat upset by 
going foul of a cable, or should he fall off the 
quays, or indeed fall into water from which he 
could not extricate himself, but must wait some 
little time for assistance, had he the presence of 
mind to whip off his hat and hold it by the brim, 
placing his fingers inside the crown, and hold it 
so, (top downward ) he would he able by this 
method to keep liis mouth well above water till 
assistance could reach him. It often happens 
that danger is descried long before we are in the 
peril, and time enough to prepare the above 
methods, and a courageous person would in 
seven cases out of ten, apply them with suc¬ 
cess.— Land and Water. 
Cubuents in the very bed of a river, or beneath 
the surface of the sea, may be watched by an ar¬ 
rangement that smugglers used in the old days. 
They sank their contraband cargo when there 
was an alarm, and they searched for it again by 
the help of a so-called marine telescope. It was 
nothing more than a cask with a plate of strong 
glass at the bottom. The man plunged the 
closed end a few inches below the surface, and put 
his head into the water. The glare and confused 
reflections and refractions from and through the 
rippled surface of the sea were entirely shut out 
by this contrivance. Seal hunters still use it.— 
With this simple apparatus the stirring life of 
the sea bottom can be watched at leisure and 
with great distinctness. So far as this contriv¬ 
ance enables men to see the land under the 
waves, movements underwater closely resemble 
movements under air. Seaweeds, like plants, 
bend before the gale; fish, like birds, keep their 
heads to the stream, and hang poised on their 
fins; mud clouds take the enape of water clouds 
in air —impede light, cast shadows, and take 
shapes which point out the directions in which 
currents flow. It is strange, at first, to hang 
over a boat’s 6idc, peering Into a new world,— 
Aud the interest grows. There is excitement in 
watching big fish swoop, like hawks, outof their 
seaweed forest, after a white fly sunk to the tree- 
tops to tempt them, and the fight which follows 
is better fun when plainly seen. Some one has 
suggested plate glass windows in the bottom of 
a boat; it would bring men and fish face to face; 
and the habits of the latter could be leisurely 
watched. 
Tim Internal Revenue Laws Act, Approved June 
30,1864, as amended by Acts of March 3d, 1865, and 
July 13th, 1866; together with the Acts amendato¬ 
ry; with copious Marginal References. A com¬ 
plete Analytical Index, and Table- of Taxation and 
Exemption. Compiled by Horace Dresser. New 
\ ork D. Appleton <St Co.—1866. 
The title page Is sufficient’./ explanatory of the 
character aud object* of this volume, and we will 
only add that it is neatly printed and will be found of 
great service to all who have property to be taxed for 
support of the Government. For sale by Adams & 
El us. 
Mr. Winkpield. A Novel. New York: The Amer¬ 
ican News Company.—1S66. 
This is a disjointed affair, it has some tolerable 
sketches of character, and reminds one occasionally 
of a volume published some years since entitled 
“ The Winkles." The volume is not destined to be 
remembered long, we appreneud, even by those who 
have the pat:ence to go through with it. For sale by 
Dewet. 
The Home Life : In the Light of its Divine Idea. 
By James Baldwin Brown. B a.. Author of tbe 
*«*> »• 
Tmsia emphatically a home or family volume, de¬ 
signed to foster the heart affections, guided by' the 
teachigs of the Scriptures as the only safe basis for 
moulding the characters of the young for the great 
struggle of life. For sale by Adams & Ellis. 
England and Scotland.— An Englishman 
and a Scotchman were discussing, over the 
dinner - table, the relative greatness of their 
respective countries, when the former put Lu 
what he considered a poser: — “Youwill," he 
said, “at least admit that England is larger in 
extent than Scotland 1” “Certainly not,” was 
the confident reply. “You see, sir, ours is moun¬ 
tainous, yours is a flat country. Now, If our 
hills were rolled out flat, we should beat you by 
hundreds of square miles.” This reminds us of 
a Vermonter who claimed that his State had 
more land to the acre than any other, because 
they set it up edgewise and cultivated both sides. 
Love is a severe critic. Hate can pardon more 
than love. They who aspire to love worthily, 
subject themselves to an ordeal more rigid than 
any other. 
Thou may’st be more happy than ever were 
Alexander and Ctesar, if thou wilt be more 
virtuous. 
Bv how much lower the 8aviourwas made for 
me, by so much the dearer may he be to me.— 
Bernard. 
It is beauty’s privilege to kill time, and time 
kills beauty. 
The most winsome and wayward of brooks 
only draws now and then some lover’s foot to Its 
intimate reserve, while the spirit of a bursting 
water-pipe gathers a gaping crowd forthwith. 
Men cannot conceive of a state of things so 
fair that it cannot be realized. 
