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Engineers' and Mechanics’ Pocket-Book. Con¬ 
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Mensuration of Suriaecs and Solids; Trigonome¬ 
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Animal Stren.th : Wind Mills; Strength of Mate¬ 
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Heat; Water; Gunnery; Sewers; Combustion; 
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Steamers, Mills, etc.; Orthography of Technical 
Words and Terms, etc , etc-, etc. Tweuty-iirst Edi¬ 
tion. Revised and enlarged. By Chas. H. Hab- 
WBLL, Civil and Marine Engineer. New York: 
Harper & Brothers 
Having given the very comprehensive title of this 
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Nearly everything in the line of information on prac¬ 
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CATCHING SUNBEAMS, 
The Bovs is Bt.CE: Or, Heroes of the “Rank and 
File." Comprising Incidents and Reminiscences 
from Camp, Battle-Field and Hospital, with Nar¬ 
ratives of ihe Sacrifice. Suffering and Triumphs 
of rhe Soldiers of the Republic,' By Mrs, A. II. 
Hook, Assistant Manager of the North-western 
Branch of th IT. S. Sanitary Commission, Chicago. 
New York: E, B. Treat & Co. 
Mbs. Houe labored for nearly three years among 
the soldiers of Ihe South-west, and the Incidents 
which came under her observation, illustrative of the 
patriotic devotion which thrilled the hearts of the 
country’s defenders there, were such as, In a great 
measure, occurred throughout the entire Army of the 
Union, Writing of these has been with her a labor 
of love. Her narrative Is intensely interesting. It is 
often peculiarly charming in style, and passages so 
touchingly pathetic aa to brim the eyes with tears are 
of frequent recurrence. The hook is gotten up in a 
style befitting the subject. It is a large octavo vol¬ 
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beautiful steel engravings and a number of wood cuts; 
and is handsomely bound in bine muslin, gilt. It 
should be in every home in the land There will 
come a time when those who were “veterans in the 
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Reaching after sunbeams, 
With a dimpled hand— 
That is right, my darling, 
Grasp the golden band. 
Fold it to your bosom, 
Let it cheer your heart; 
Gather radiant sunbeams, 
Bid the clouds depart. 
When your feet shall wander 
From my side away, 
You will find that evil 
With the good may stray. 
Never heed It, darling, 
Let it pass the while; 
Gather only sunbeams, 
Keep your heart from guile 
Grief may bo your portion, 
Shadows dim your way; 
Clouds may darkly threaten 
To obscure the day— 
Dou't despair, my darling, 
There's a Father’s love; 
How could there be shadows, 
With no light above ? 
Dictionary op the English Language. Explana¬ 
tory, Pronouncing. Etymological and Synonymous, 
with a copious Appendix. Mainly abridged from 
tho Quarto Dictionary ol Noah VV kbstkr, LL D., 
a? revised by Ciiacnoky a. Goodrich, D. D., and 
Noah Porter. D. D By W hxia m A. Wheeler. 
[Svo . pp. 1040,] Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Mor- 
riain. 
For all practical purposes this “National Pictorial” 
edition of “Webster” is quite as desirable us any 
that has heretofore appeared. The Vocabulary is full 
and complete, so far as regards words now in actual 
use, the only omission being of words obsolete and 
very rare; and also includes many scientific terms.and 
important phrases. It is a handsome octavo, finely 
bound, and contains over six hundred pictorial illus¬ 
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TALKS WITH OUR BOYS AND GIRLS, 
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote, New York: D. 
Appleton & Co. 
The Spanish literature is wondrously rich in prov¬ 
erbs. Probably none other In the world can equal it 
in this respect- A distinguished Spanish scholar, 
Juan Yriarte, gathered a manuscript, collection of 
proverbs numbering between twenty-five and thirty 
thousand. The hook of Don Quixote— the “ Knight 
of the rueful countenance”—is a book of proverbs, 
poem* and aphorisms, in which there is much grave 
thonghtftilness, and rare, quiet humor. Every one 
has heard of Sancho Panza, through that oft-quoted 
line of his—“ God bless the man who first Invented 
Bleep ’’ Sancho Panza served tho Don during his 
knight-errantry, as Squire, and uttered a deal of 
quaint proverbial philosophy. Somewhat of its pith 
may be lost by its translation into English, but It is 
very pithy still. There is much suggestive matter In 
this little book of 161 pages, so neatly gotten up. 
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BY UNCLE PAUL. 
WHAT THE FROST DOES. 
Charlie, Maggie uud Kate went off nutting 
not very many days ago. After that first frost 
which Charlie saw when driving up the cows, 
tho subject of a nutting excursion was talked 
about nearly every hour, when they were awake, 
by our home trio. They wanted to go the uext 
day, which was their weekly holiday, but, much 
to their sorrow, the rain kept them iu doors. 
So for a whole week they talked ubout going, 
and were busily planning to have a good time. 
A half-dozen of their classmates were invited, 
because, as they all agreed, it was to bo a real 
merry-making, and mustn’t fail from waut of 
help. Maggie and Kate tried to do consider¬ 
able. iu the way of cooking a dinner for the lit¬ 
tle party, but didn’t get along very well until 
their mother kindly took hold of the matter. 
Then they were certain that a capital diuuer 
would be provided. 
When the uext Friday night came they won¬ 
dered if it was “going to rain.” The weather 
did look rather uncertain, and they would have 
gone to bed quite downhearted if Charlie 
hadn’t remembered hearing some one Bay the 
moon lnul changed and we should have a dry 
spell, which statement lie repeated witli an air 
of wisdom not unbecoming an almanae-makor. 
Next morning they were up before the rest ol' 
the family awoke, and aroused us all with their 
enthusiastic running about to get things in road* 
iucss for a day’s ramble in the woods. They 
didn’t eat much breakfast, they were so anxious 
to get oil' early, but went away with buskets 
bountifully filled with good things, and hearts 
happy In anticipation of the store of chestnuts 
they would bring home, 
A Stoiiy of Doom, and other Poems. By Jean Inge- 
low. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 
In this tasteful volume arc the last productions of 
this gifted English woman, who, since Elizabeth 
Browning and Adelaide Proctor passed on to an¬ 
other life, is held by many first in poetic genius, and 
is prized by many for the goodness and beauty of her 
private life. 
The Webster Elementary Reader. Designed 
to follow Webster’s Elementary Spelling Book. 
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
A new readiDg book for beginners, in which the 
lessons are progressively arranged, and presented in 
an attractive guise For sale by Adams & Ellis. 
country he found that machines were bciug 
made which infringed on his patent, and he Im¬ 
mediately took means to defend his rights, and 
was driven into litigation to secure bis patent 
from piracy. This occupied years and demanded 
large sums of money. In the meantime this 
invention began to pay, and from a few hundreds 
of dollars a year It rose to at least $175,000 an¬ 
nually. It was not until 1854 that Mr. Howe’s 
claims were acknowledged. Having, ourselves, 
been employed and consulted by him from the 
date of his first patent, until his final success, we 
understand thoroughly the painful and arduous 
labors which In Mr. Howe’s case were necessary 
to bis triumph, The merit of ills invention and 
the persistence of his character combined, were 
the elements of his prosperity. Iu his death 
the world has lost a useful mechanic and society 
a valuable member. 
One trait in Mr. Howe’b character should not 
be unnoticed; his useful patriotism. When the 
country was in need of soldiers he contributed 
money largely, aud at a public meeting In 
Bridgeport he enlisted as a private Boldicr in 
the 17th regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. 
Tie went to the field and performed bis duties 
as an enlisted man. More than this, when the 
Government was pressed for funds to pay Its 
soldiers he advanced the money necessary to 
pay tho regiment of which he was a member. 
The recent death of Elias TTowe, Jr., widely 
known as the inventor of the Sewing Machine, 
has already been briefly chronicled in the Rural, 
but. the departure from earth of so great a public 
benefactor demands a more extended notice. 
We therefore give a very good portrait of Mr. 
ITowe. 
one that will at once be recognized by 
those of our readers who have seen tho orllgual 
of late years,— with a brief sketch of his life. 
The Scientific American thus Bkctehes Mr. 
Howe’s career 
Harpers’ Writing Books. Symmetrical Penmanship, 
with Marginal Drawing Lessons. In 10 Numbers. 
New York: Harper & Brothers. 
The first four numbers of this new series of lessons 
m penmanship are on our table. Are unique in style, 
and very attractive. The system la baaed upon the idea 
expressed by Horace Mann— “ r believe a child will 
learn both to draw and write sootier, and with more 
ease, than ho will learn writing alone." Each page 
of copy has a tinted margin, whereon are drawing 
lessons. As those are In white lines the first work 
of the pupil is merely to mark them over with 
his pencil, thus making an accurate copy. It is 
claimed that a correct tracing of straight and curved 
lines in this way will give freedom aud accuracy of 
movement In the formation of characters In writing. 
Anythin..' that will serve to improve the chirography 
of the young (and of many of the old too, for that 
matter,) should be greeted as a blessing. For sale by 
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AMERICAN ADMIRALS, 
His personal appearance made 
him a marked man among those who did not 
know him by his Intrinsic worth. His life is an 
instance of success under difficulties and a lesson 
for all who believe in the power of perseverance. 
He was born in 18111 at Spencer, Mass., the son 
of a farmer, who also carried on the business of 
a miller. His youth was spent on the farm, but 
when still a young man he learned the trade of a 
machinist. While working at, this business in 
Boston he conceived the idea of a sewing ma¬ 
chine. Ho succeeded in 1845 iu producing a 
working machine, which would cost at, least, 
$300, even if manufactured in large quantities. 
So much opposition was medo in this country to 
his invention that he was Compelled to try to 
find a market in England. He succeeded in (lis- 
Admiral Farragut is the only full Admiral 
afloat, and his blue llag, with its four stars, the 
insignia of bis office, has the highest uaval rank 
In the world, equal to that ol’ tho Lord High 
Admiral of England, when there is one. The 
first Lord High Admiral, in commission was 
James, Duke of York, afterwards James the 
Second, appointed by Charles the Second. The 
last wa£ William, the Duke of Clarence, who 
resigned In 1828. Since that time the office has 
been conducted by a commission—the Lords of 
the Admiralty. The place can only be filled by 
a l’riuce of the blood. Prince Alfred, the Duke 
of Edinburgh, Is now In training for it, as the 
public sentiment of England now will not tole¬ 
rate the appointment of green-horns to high 
posts where the honor of the country is con¬ 
cerned, which of old was too much practiced. 
There were in the British navy three grades of 
admirals—ml, white, and blue, and three of each 
grade—admiral, vice-admiral and rear-admiral; 
now there is but one grade of color, that of 
white, and three grades of rank to that color. 
The llag is the white ensign with the red cross, 
the admiral wearing his at the main, the vice- 
admiral at the fore, aud the rear-admiral at the 
mizzen ; aud none but officers of that rank can 
hoist these ilags. 
The insignia of rank hi our service is: 
First—The Admiral, who wears a square flag, 
blue, with four white stars, worn at the main. 
Second—Vice-Admiral, square flag, blue, with 
three wliite stars, worn at the fore. 
Third—Rear-Admiral, square flag, blue, with 
two white stars, worn at the mizzen. 
Fourth—Commodore, broad pennant, blue, 
with one white star, worn at the main. 
Prior to the rebellion, the highest legal rank 
in our navy was that of post-captain; the title 
of commodore was one of courtesy. The indif¬ 
ference or jealousy of the country against the 
navy was so great that no higher rank could be 
obtained from Congress, although the navy won 
ihe first battle in the war of 1812. It was only 
after the unparalleled acts of the navy during 
the rebellion that, ranks assimilating to those of 
foreign nations could be created for the navy. 
Caste. A Novel. By the Author of “Mr. Arle." 
New York: Harper & Brothers. 
This— No. 279 of Harper’s Library of Select Nov¬ 
els— l» an attempt to Illustrate the hollowness of so¬ 
cial distinctions as to class, and to prove that birth is 
not noble or ignohlr; according to the old English 
creed, The story is English In style, as in location. 
It is deeply interesting, although not of the sensa¬ 
tional order. Dealing mainly with quiet home fife- 
vibrating between tbe cozy rooms of a tradesman 
and the lordly mansions of the gentry—there are few 
attempts at scenic display, and no confused tangling 
of plot and counter-plot. Isabel Wold, the princi¬ 
pal character, is the tradesman’s daughter, and a 
pretty good Illustration of a nature in which sensi¬ 
tiveness perverts pride, develops scorn and hate, and 
reaps a fruitful harvest of unhappiness. Sold by 
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Charlie knew just 
whereto go to find these in greatest abundance, 
aud elected himself Captain-General oi the expe¬ 
dition by leading the way. 
At sunset the little party came back. They 
showed us flushed faces, but no nuts. It was 
not their fault that none were gathered. The 
Captain • General had successfully conducted 
them to the chestnut groves, aud the nuts had 
been found in large numbers, but only here and 
there had one fallen from its bur. Charlie bad 
picked up another bit of wisdom on the way 
home, and told us that there hadn't been frost 
enough to open the burs. And lie was right. A 
week later they went oil again, and gathered a 
line lot, just as we hope all our young friends 
have done. 
Now, Boys and Girls, you see that the frost 
does some good. It kills the flowers, and may¬ 
be does other things Avhich make you grieve a 
little; but it helps you to uuts, and makes all 
the skating for you, and really does more good 
than we enn tell. Will you understand us if we 
talk to you a moment or two about things that 
are like frost, cutting aud cruel, and that may 
be seen iu every season of the year ? 
HOW PAPER COLLARS ARE MADE 
an infected person ought not to sleep in the 
same bed. Experiments have been made upon 
rabbits and other animals, by innoeuhitiug under 
tbe skin the matter from tubercles, and those 
innoculatcd animals die consumptive iu three 
months’ time. The discussions of the congress 
established no new doctrine In a positive way, 
but they brought out many valuable facts which 
will put. the profession a step iu advance In the 
right direction .—Paris Cor. N. Y. Tribune. 
A correspondent describes the process of 
making paper collars and cuffs at a factory in 
Biddeford, Maine. The paper from which they 
are formed comes in large sheets of the required 
thickness. Some forty of these sheets are placed 
one npou another, and then moved under the 
die which cuts through the whole, giving the 
requisite shape of forty collars. The paper Is 
moved under the die again, aud forty more 
cut, and so on to the end. The button holes 
are next made. Some half dozen collars are 
placed under the dies, and the three holes 
cut iu each instantly. Next the collars arc placed 
one at a time under a die or mould which im¬ 
presses the stitchlug upon them and marks the 
line by which the collar Is to he turned or 
doubled. The collars are then doubled or turned 
over one at a time by hand, run through a ma¬ 
chine whicli presses them, and they are flmshctL 
They are then packed in boxes of ten each, and 
ten of these boxes put in a larger one, when 
they are ready for market. 
The cuffit are cut with dies after the same man¬ 
ner as the collars, the button holes cut by simi¬ 
lar method; then they are stitched, and then 
packed for market. Three styles of collars are 
made—plain, enamel and linen surface, the paper 
beiug finished iu a particular manner for each of 
these different styles. The average size of necks 
is lAJ^inchca. Some collars are made inches 
long; but mostaresoldof 14}£, 14and 15Inches. 
The present capacity of this manufactory is 25,- 
000 collars a day, but with a new cutting ma¬ 
chine nearly ready, its capacity will be more 
than doubled. Most of the work is done by 
females. Twelve hands are now employed, but 
in the autumn double this ntimber will be re¬ 
quired. 
Ancient History. Illustrated by Colored Mans, 
and a Chronological Chart, for the use of Families 
and Schools; by 0. A. Blobs, Revised and im¬ 
proved by Joum J. Anderson, A. Ms, author of a 
series of School Histories of the United States. 
[16 mo., pp. 415.] New York: Clark & Maynard. 
This is a revision, prepared at the suggestion of 
several eminent educators, of a valuable text boob 
which some time since passed out of print. The 
subject matter is well arranged in it, and, by aid of 
the Charts, must, be rendered quite attractive to tho 
student. A comprehensive and yet not bulky com¬ 
pendium of Ancient History is much needed for 
schools, and such this volume most certainly is. For 
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THE ODDITY OF HOLLAND, 
Everything in Holland is interesting, and 
almost everything is queer. There is a piquant 
oddity in the artificial nature of tho whole 
country; the sandy soil, which is a triumph of 
patient Ingenuity and creative skill; the wind 
pitted against the water to keep the land from 
flooding; the canals instead of roads; the ditches 
instead of hedges ; and the unvarying level of 
the broad flats, there being no such thing as a 
rising ground fifty feet high from one end of 
Ilolland to the uther. i’erhapB nothing strikes 
the English in Holland so much as the want of 
stones. You cannot find so much as a pebble 
to throw at a dog—if, indeed, the Dutch dogs 
were uot fur too well behaved (which they are) 
ever to Buggest such tm outrage. You do, it is 
true, see in their proper places vast masses of 
granite aud large blocks of basalt; but all these 
came from Norway, and are brought here at 
great expense; and are economized as elsewhere 
people economize porphyry and marble. Iu fact, 
stones iu Holland are as much an article of im¬ 
port, of foreign merchandize, of purchase, as 
wine is in England. Countless vessels arrive, 
or have arrived here, laden with no other cargo. 
You guess 
so ? Well, we guess so, too. 
The frost opens the burs, and lets the good 
that is in them drop out. Just so the sharp and 
cutting circumstances that often surround us iu 
life bring out that part in character which is 
worth the most. If the boy grows to bo a men, 
without undergoing any frosts—any hard tilings 
to master—any severe lessons to learn—he wont 
amount to much. All, or at least many, of the 
men whom you hear your parents speaking ot 
most often—men who are famous—had a pretty 
frosty time of it when they were boys. We sus¬ 
pect they thought it was rough work to over¬ 
come every hindrance, aud get ahead any; and 
like all of you they must have been not a little 
discouraged, at times. But the frosts kept com¬ 
ing; the worthless part of their natures — the 
burs— gradually opened; and by-and-by the 
good came out where every one could see it, aud 
then they were looked up to as great men. 
Do you want to grow wise, aud good, and 
great? Well, every trouble or hard experience 
that comes to you is only a touch of frost which 
will be of help If you accept it in the right spirit. 
Only don’t think the frost, is going to kill you, 
and it will open for you a better and richer liie. 
You may need to think of this considerably; we 
hope you will. Whenever you see a frost, con¬ 
sider what the frost does. 
Works of Charles Dickens. Globe Edition. Illus¬ 
trated from Designs by Darlet and Gilbert. Lit¬ 
tle Domin'. Four volumes iu one. New York: 
Hurd and Houghton. 
Tim -, the tenth issue of the inimitable Globe Edi¬ 
tion of Dickens, is in no wise behind its predecessors 
in point of typographical excellence and beauty. It 
numbers 1231 pages in all, and has four finely execu¬ 
ted engTavinga. “ Little Dorrit ” has been so widely 
read that we need uot make mention of the story 
itself. It has charmed many, heretofore; in its new¬ 
est and handsomest dress it will doubtless charm 
many more. Sold by Dewey. 
Engraving. —It is announced that to such 
wonderful extent has the engraving of test ob¬ 
jects for microscopes been carried, that a Prus¬ 
sian artist has engraved lines upon glass so close 
together that, upwards of eighty thousand would 
go in the space of au inch. Several series of 
these lines were engraved upon one slip of glass. 
By these the defining power of any object-glass 
could be ascertained. As test objects they are 
equal to, and even rival, many natural objects 
which have hitherto been employed for this pur¬ 
pose. The delicate lines are not more than one 
one-huudred-thousandth part of an inch apart. 
First Book on Ctvil Government. Being an In¬ 
troduction to the Government Class Book. De¬ 
signed for the Younger Classes in Schools. By 
Andrew W. Young. New York: Clark & May¬ 
nard. 
This little text hook ol 192 pages treats, as simply 
as possible, or "The Principles of Government,” 
of “State Governments,” and of the “Government 
of the United States,” and presents a synopsis of the 
different State Governments. We doubt if it ever 
come- into general u- S| -, though our youth should be 
better posted concerning what it treats of than they 
now are. Sold by E Darrow & Kempshall. 
Nature Unchanging. —Man dies, butnature is 
eternal. The seasons keep their appointed time; 
day returns with its golden splendor, and uight 
with its el oquent mystery. The same stars wliieh 
lit the ghastly battle field of Troy, rongh with 
the dead bodies of ancient heroes—which shone 
on tho marble streets of imperial Romo, and on 
the sad eyes of vigil-keepers in the living glow 
of inspiration — the watch fires of the angels 
which, through centuries of devastation and 
change, have still burned on unceasingly—apeak 
to ns as they did to Dante and Shakspcare and 
Milton, of the divine glory, the omnipotence, 
the everlasting beauty and love of God. 
CONSUMPTION PRONOUNCED CONTAGIOUS, 
loads in Switzerland. 1 here is not in the The first question discussed In the medical 
whole of Switzerland a toll gate. The Govern- congress was a question which reaches and in- 
ment forbids by law anything which may tend terests more dire'ctly, perhaps, than any other, 
to interrupt or interfere with travel in or be- ,-very family. It was the question of tubercle, 
tween the different cantons. The magnificent Hb contagiousness aud prophylactic. The dis- 
publieroads which one tiuds everywhere through- cussion turned mainly on these two points : Is 
out the country are kept iu order at the expense tubercular consumption contagious, and may it 
ot the cantons through which they run, the fed- not be prevented by innoculatlon ? I should tell 
eral authorities having each paid, however, at the you that the profession, tired of being baffled 
construction, one-half of the expense. by a disease so slow in its progress and yet so 
- certainly fatal, have been experimenting of late 
Tile total length oi electric telegraphs in the years nil over Europe, and that enough new facts 
world, not including the submarine, amounts to have been arrived at to warrant a certain number 
upward of 180,000 miles, which is more than of the experimenters to declare that tubular 
enough to go round the earth half a dozen times, phthisis is contagious, and that a healthy and 
Birds of Prey. A Novel. By M. E. Braddon, Au¬ 
thor of “Aurora Floyd,” &c. New York: Harper 
& Brothers.—1867. 
A story with a complicated plot which it wifi re¬ 
quire another volume to work out to completion. 
The characters are diversified, and their acts, as for 
as delineated, presented in a readable form. It is a 
scramble among unprincipled parties to appropriate 
a large intestate estate by the customary means of 
imposture and fraud. Sold by Stosle & Avery. 
If a bee sting you, will you go to the hive and 
destroy it ? Would not a thousand come upon 
you? If you receive a trilling injury don’t be 
anxious to avenge It. Let it drop. It is wis¬ 
dom to say little respecting the injuries you 
have received. 
Our minds are as different as our faces; we 
are all traveling to one destination—Happiness; 
but few are going by the same road. — Colton. 
