Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker 
AFTER CHESTNUTS. 
THE HEW SCHOOL SYSTEM, 
BY I.E\VtS DAYTON BURDICK 
Each leaf that flies, aud somber skies 
Proclaim the summer ended; 
With fruit supplies and gorgeous dyes 
Fair Autumn is attended. 
Yet once again we cross the plain 
Where late was blooming clover, 
Ere sun and rain bad ripened grain 
And longest days were over. 
With lavish band, throughout the land, 
Her gifts kind Nature measures; 
In forest grand, a happy band, 
We seek rich Autumn’s treasures. 
Away, O care 1 this morning fair 
Intrude not on their pleasure, 
While maiden fair and youth shall share 
A festive day of leisure. 
Upon the ground among leaves browned, 
Ript) chestnuts now are falling; 
The rustling sound of leaves is drowned 
By sweetest voices calling. 
With right good will our sacks we fill, 
And till the groves with laughter; 
Aud yet tin! lull has chestnuts still, 
For those who may come after. 
The summer hours and summer flowers, 
Now gone from us forever, 
In nature's bowers gave richer dowers 
Of pleasure to us never. 
Hand-Book of Practical Cookery. For Ladies 
aud Professional Cooks. Containing the whole 
Science and Art of preparing Food. By Pierre 
Blow Professor of Gastronomy, aud Founder of 
the New York Cooking Academy [12nio.— pp. 
478.] New York: D. Appleton A Co. 
Here a hook for house-wives. We beg pardon; 
the title-page says differently —"for Ladies," Ac. 
But Professor Blot is a Frenchman, and in France 
all the women are ladles or—the reverse. The table 
d' hole contains over K300 “ specifications.’’ We hnvo 
not ea’en all the way through them yet, and there¬ 
fore cannot at present say anything of the particular 
excellence of each. When we shall have done so, if 
our digestive organs fail not. wo may be enabled to 
speak knowingly. The volume is gotten up to tut; 
handsome style of the house whose imp: lotbvhrs, 
Sold hr Adams & Ellis. 
CHOOL, SEAR WASHINGTON, D. 0, 
and are now *. rv n.ne:all\ .-tr;■- "■ - ; e 
the btuetus derivable there?’om 
The cSorts to prouiiitc cd'ic.iti' n at.s 1 the 
poo’.er C.asseA of Ln'li wh'Gs III, I I nieti at , 
Uic South arc most j .aiscuortiiv, ’v nun 
ami women in all parts of Hu* Uni ; v. Uo hav e 
contiibufetl means and service? to nceomplisli 
the laudu'- e object sought, nr.; on tith’d to groat 
credit for their benevolence and puii.ii.thropv. i 
A vast amount of good lias u'ready f -eti accom¬ 
plished, but mu. h more reni llusto b done to : 
insure the pc-tec and prosperity of b >t'.i races j 
at the South. 
Amo:;- the me 113 schools 1 stibiislied by the 
aid <>f irovi.-riuji nt rnh-sioe iry a--- ciutiolis or 
individual', the AVi -or l Ft> m-S for col:-red 
orphans aud the cldldieu of colored soldiers, 
located near 1'Vashiutrtou, (nnd shown in our j 
engraving,) is pm limn- the most extensive. It j 
whs louuded in ’ l uv(i, is.hi t>v Ii. Ds Mauisl, 
Eot\ , of New York, and un i' the patronage of 
President Johnson, Genera! grant, Major-Gen¬ 
eral O. O. Hoy u;ri, Attorney -General Speed, 
Secretary M’Crm.iK n. ScicB n Doolittle, and 
Marquis de Mon rum ON. V Is ter from France. 
Thifl e6tubiishim :i i- boll, .1 primary school and 
an agricultural om . ft 1 tended to give the 
pupils idl the nee •- iry knowledge in the ele¬ 
mentary branches of in? traction, and, at the 
same time, to make n ea practical and com¬ 
petent farmer. Wi'h this view a farm of one 
hundred acres has l/ en ; . bused, which was 
portly worked la-t f ar lq, the pupils, and this 
season on. a larger stale. The raising of several 
useful cron? has be. I. attm 1 1 with encouraging 
success. It i:; Me ink' ■ • «•>-:- r> ., rn ,.jj,.| 
will have a uio :t rJ'iJi tary influence on its pupils, 
by making them ipctetri farmers by the time 
they leave tin coin 1 ... They will be able 
to act in every captivity, .-m:.. as overseers on uny 
farm or plantation It u the ultimate intention 
of the person? Into rested in this benevolent en¬ 
terprise to suid pupils, as ‘oon as they are able 
to take care of th. use’ 1 . to various parts of 
the South or Soatbn'cst. acre they may eslab- 
li-h themselves 01 pubic lands, under the new 
Homestead 1 fi I rlahlug village, or col¬ 
ony, would 'wi' be formed in a short time. La-t 
spring the farm Lad m pupils, from seven to 
eighteen y<- - of age When the buildings in 
process of r.wb a shall be completed, it will be 
possible to dm,' over > hundred children. 
and voices of heaven in numbers without num- I 
ner, Now it sounds the war note wild and high I 
mingled with the tramp or hosts and the battle . 
hymn of men that march as they sing. And uow 
it warble? “sweet lio;m,“ with a silvery accom¬ 
paniment Of singing birds and murmuring brook 
and rustling foliage around Ihe peasant's ddor. 
Now it chants the unearthly strain of cloistered 
monks, Interwoven with echoes that creep along . 
corridors of stone and climb t.he sepulchral 
arches of the cathedral's long-dra wn alMee. And 
then again it bursts forth with such a tempest of 
sound as shakes the hills w hen storms ure abroad 
among the Alps mnl thunders leap from cloud to 
cloud. And all this mighty flood, this deep- 
resotmdiug sea of instrumental harmony, came 
forth from the band and bruin of one poor man, 
who made its creation the task of Ids life, and 
who withdrew all thought from everything else 
that ho might do one thing well. Aud his suc¬ 
cess shows how much depends upon fixing 
clearly in the mind what to do, and then suffer¬ 
ing no side influence to withdraw attention from 
the chosen task. His experiment proves that 
anything best worth having is within the reach 
of him who has decision enough to choose it 
with till his heart, and self-command enough to 
seek It with all his strength.— \I?cv. Dan. March. 
Swimming, Fencing, Sparring, Cricket and Base 
Ball; together with Rules for Training and Sani¬ 
tary Suggestions. By William Wood. Instructor 
in Physical Education. With one hundred and 
twenty-five Illustrations, New York: Harper & 
Brothers. 
No... that people are beginning to appreciate, in 
some degree, the benefits of Physical Education, a 
Mannai of the same, in which all its details are 
throughly explained and illustrated by well drawn 
cats, as is the case in the work before us. will.supply 
a desideratum. It is a neatly gotten up volume of 
31 a paies. and will prove especially attractive to 
lovers of physicil sports. For sale by Steele & 
Avert. 
The Principles of Biologt. By Herbert Spencer ; 
Author of '• Social Statics.’’ "The Principles of 
Fsyeology,” Essays: Scientific, Political, and 
Speculative,” '-First Principles,” etc. Vol. II. 
New York; D. Appleton & Co. 
Tut? substantial volume of bug page* 'give* ih the 
conclusion of that new system of philosophy, or 
what Is claimed to be such, which iui* been given to 
the world by one of the best English metaphysicians. 
It embrace.- Part.- IV and V of the system—" Morpho¬ 
logical Development,” and ’'Physical Development” 
—and treats most elaborately of animal, vegetable 
and human life and growth. Mr. Spencer is a pro¬ 
found thinker, and though his writings are too ab¬ 
struse lo please the general reader, they find many 
appreciative admirers. For sale by Adam-]* Kan. 
EXERCISE IN NERVOUS DISEASES. 
An English writer aud surgeon, Mr. 8key, 
expresses his strong conviction, iu which we 
heartily join him, that there are many diseases, 
nt least many forms of indisposition, which, with 
a strong will, 'may bo walked away provided the 
exercUebetnuvii o,.„_.,«.....a 
prominent feottiro in the dally treatment. Tone 
is imparted by this means to both mind and 
body, cheerfulness replaces gloom, aud sympa- 
tliy for others a morbid dwelling on self- The 
exercise should be active, aud not consist of 
either strolling or sauntering out of doors, or 
even amateur gardening. A good brisk walk 
should be taken at a pace of at, least three miles 
an hour, but always stopping short of fatigue. 
People will be often heard to say that, they 
take plenty of exercise about the house, and that 
they are @11 their legs many hours of the day. 
What is wanted lor the health is exercise with¬ 
out fatigue ; for fatigue is exhaustion, and the 
desired object is only to be gained on the terms 
just stated. 
The distance walked could be increased daily, 
and it will be found that increasing strength will 
give the readiness and wish for increasing exer¬ 
cise. There U an accumulation of incapability 
iu those who are afflicted with what arc vaguely 
called nervous disorder*, which render such per¬ 
sons restless, fidgety, irritable and full of strange 
fancies, and which is best brought down to a 
healthy standard by exercise iu the open air, and 
its concomitant change of scene and new trains 
of thought. 
HOWDEN’S STATUE 0E WASHINGTON, 
Orn Boys and Girls will bo pleased to see the 
illustration which we give above. They have 
probably all seen many pictures of the “ Father 
of bis country,-- lau. , 4m tn ttixtG v..—• 1 
taken from a plaster east which stands in tho 
Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington, and that 
was copied from the original statue at Rich¬ 
mond, Virginia. 
The Homan Element in the Inspiration op the 
Sacked ScairriiHt:-. Dr T. F. CAam, D.D. ITuW 
York : D. Appleton & Co. 
Ds. Curtis resigned the Professorship of Theo’.o y 
in Lewisbiirg University because ho felt that his views 
ou the subject of I aspiration had drifted away from 
those Commonly entertained by the denomination 
whose future ministers he was instructing, lie re¬ 
signed with the’intention of thoroughly and inde¬ 
pendently examining the subject, and publishing his 
conclusion*. The result which his thinking attained 
is shown in this work of 3SG pages. How far the 
Scriptures were divinely inspired and in how groat a 
degree they were merely human iu origin, is herein 
treated of at. length, and 5a a spirit of apparent fair¬ 
ness, Sold by Adams & Ellis, 
SENSIBLE BOYS 
A son of Scranton, the founder of Scranton, 
Pa., joined the ranks of the laborers in his 
father’s founderies, that he might learn the 
practical part of the iron, business. The son oi 
a well-known and wealthy New York publisher 
used to leave his elegant home every morning, 
with his tin pall, In the garb of a. laborer, and 
betake himself to ft muehinc-shop to labor as 
haul as the hardest, that ho might learn tho 
business. Wc also know the son of an eminent 
college professor who is doing nearly the same 
thing.—A r ow York (J&zettc. 
The “son of a wealthy New York publisher,” 
alluded to above, is Gilbert Jones, son of George 
Jones of the New York Times. He graduated 
from the New York Novelty Works after a 
regular and severe apprenticeship, with all the 
honors. And he is now in a manufacturing 
business in the city of Brooklyn, on his own 
account—a business for which his mechanical 
knowledge aud experience admirably qualify 
him. And young Jones is not only a first class 
machinist, hut quite as much, of a “ gentle¬ 
man” a> If he had graduated at college and had 
regularly rounded off seasons at Saratoga and 
Newport .—Troy Daily Time*. 
The son of the “eminent professor,” is Wm. 
W. Tyler, sou of Professor Tyler of Amherst 
College. Young Tyler graduated at Amherst in 
1804, taking the second highest honor in his 
class, and immediately commenced serving a 
regular apprenticeship in the Ames Company’s 
Works at Chiekopec, where he has remained 
ever since, not only studying the business theo¬ 
retically, but learning to do with his own hands 
all kinds of work. Tho great need of the 
country and the age is for liberally educated 
men in the mechanical and industrial depart¬ 
ments, aud if more young men would graduate 
from college into a machine-shop instead of the 
already overcrowded professorships of law, med¬ 
icine and divinity, they would do a good thing 
for themselves and the WO rid. —‘Spriugftdd Be- 
pn.bluxxn. 
A Fourteen Week? Course in Chemistkv. BvJ. 
Dorman Steele. A. M., Principal of Elmira Free 
Academy. [Lfimo. —pp. SSL] New York: A, S. 
Barnes 0t Co. 
Of this work the author says la his preface, it “ is 
designed for the instruction of youth, and for their 
sake clearness and simplicity have been preferred to 
recondite accuracy.” As au elementary text book in 
chemistry it supplies a want long felt by educators. 
The author wisely devotes most space lo the prac¬ 
tical parts of the science which more intimately 
concern every-day life, and illustrates the subject 
matter with uumerous wood cuts. For sale by E. 
DARROW & KEMPSHALL. 
Various tiojiic 
THE FREYBUEG OEGAN. 
the largest organ in the world. 'When in full 
play it pours forth a tempest of sounds through 
a forest of pipes, “seven thou-and aud eight 
hundred in number,” shaking the walls and tho 
foundations of the old St, Nicholas Church in 
which it stauds. All the musical bands in Bos¬ 
ton, New York aud Philadclpliia combined would 
not make au orchestra equal in power to this 
mighty instrument aloue. 
It is all the work of one man named Aloys 
Moser. Ho was poor; lie was not thought to 
be a master in his art; he never received any 
adequate reward for his labor. Without as¬ 
sistance or suggestion from others, he formed 
the deslgu of building f 
organ which travelers from 
should turn aside from their journeys to hear, 
aud which when heard ia the darkness 
Cathedral at night should make an hour for 
them never to be forgotten. And so poor Moser 
began his life’s work, and he persevered for Long 
years in the face of opposition, aud poverty, aud 
ridicule, unto his task and his life were finished 
together. His aim may not have been the high¬ 
est, nor hi- motive the best 
Is It l'f A Book for Every Man. By Prof. II. R. 
Stoker, M. D., Vice-President of the American 
Medical Association. 
Woman's Riouts. By Rev. John Todd. D. D. Bos¬ 
ton: Lee & Shepard. 
The first of these is No. 3, aud the second No. 4 of 
“Tracts for the People.” They are neatly printed 
pamphlets, aud worthy perusal, The former contains 
154 pages, and treats plainly and forcibly of matters 
concerning the well-being of every man and woman, 
albeit it is, as stated, emphatically “a book for every 
man.” It ought to be read and pondered by all men. 
Sold by Dewev. 
At the city of Medina, 
Earth's Curiosities 
1 in Italy, aud about four miles around it, wher- 
i ever the earth is dug, when the workmen arrive 
j at, a distance of sixty-three feet, they come to a 
EDUCATION OF THE FREEDMEN 
feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit 
before the augur is removed, and upon its ex¬ 
traction the water bursts up through the aper¬ 
ture with great violence, and quickly fills the 
for his native city an newly made well, which continues fall, and is 
from dl-taut nations affected neither by rains nor drouth. But what 
is the most remarkable in this operation is the 
of tho layer of earth as we descend. At the depth of 
fourteen feet are found the mins of an ancient 
city—paved streets, houses, floors and different 
pieces of mason work. 
The Curate’s Discipline. A Novel. By Mrs. 
Eiloart. New York: Harper & Brothers. 
This is No. 298 of Harper’s Library of select Nov¬ 
els. It Is the story of two young lives,— one a Curate 
aud the other a girl whom he loves—their trials and 
sorrows, As with every life other lives arc more or 
leas intimately mterblended, so with the lives of these 
two are traced those of several others, in a pleasant 
and not over-drawn manner. For sale by Steele & 
Avert. 
An Elementary Grammar or the German Lan- 
OUAUE. With Exercises, Readings, Conversations, 
Paradigms, auda Yorabulary. By Jas. H. Woeman, 
A. >L, Librarian at Drew Theolctelral Seminary. 
tl2tno,—pp. 222.j New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 
Another text book is here added to the list already 
tried and approved, or found wanting. A glance— 
necessarily cursory—at its contours, shows that they 
have been carefully arranged and simplified. Sold by 
E. Darrqw & Kempshall. 
! VVV tUUVkVAWUU VW V— 
T 3 . ? crB t; publications, while France, wit 
vered with the hath oi a martyr till las work ^ Uaa but about 500 j< 
was <u>at, cad now U stands among all smfflar j ftzlnea< The solut{on 0 f this Is i 
w, k: t.av* world, like Ml. Blaue among the Switzerland the people all recc 
mountains, pee: less atjd alone. 1\ ben skillful tion> aml con5eque ntly can re 
lii.geis " keys, the mighty jus 1 .rumen, papers, while in France less ti 
responds vita myriad voices mug lug through d 
infinite variation? iu sweetness and compass and ’ ---- 
power. Now It pours forth the heart-breaking A Huge Anchor. — The larg 
notes of the “ miserere ” with a voice so piteous world has been completed for t 
and human that it would seem as if a lost soul at Wolverhampton, England, 
were imprisoned and wailing in it?, wilderness of | eight tons, exclusive of the stoc 
pipes,— row it rolls up the jubilant tjiuuders of : shank, twenty feet six inches ; 
the Hallelujah chorus iu such mighty volume stock, nineteen feet six inches 
that the entranced listener forgets the earthly seven feet four inches. The £ 
temple aud tho work of human hands, and im- \ proved, and found to stand tl 
agines himself surrounded with the trumpets ! hundred tons. 
G(.*d has w ritten on the flower that sweetens 
the air—on the breeze that rocks the flower 
upon the stem—upon the rain-drop that refresh¬ 
es the sprig of moss that lifts its head in the 
desert—upou its deep chambers—upon every 
penciled shell that sleeps in the cavern of the 
deep, no less than upon tho mighty sun that 
warms and cheers millions of creatures which live 
in its light—upon all His works He has written, 
“ None liveth for himself.” 
An Eh ay on Man. By Alexander Pore. With 
Illueirations aud Notes by S. R. Wells. 
The Gobi>el Among tue Animals: Or, Christ with 
the Cattle. By Samuel Osgood, D. D. New York: 
Samuel R. Wells. 
IIeke are two more pamphlets. We think neither 
the illustrations uor notes add much to the rare beau¬ 
ties of Pope’s Poem. The sermon by Dr. Osgood we 
commend to those who have no mercy for beasts. 
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