lire 
Three Litt SrAHEs. Bv the Author of “Dollar? and 
Cents.” “ Mr. Rutherford's Children,” “Casper,” &c. 
[lBino.—pp. 288.] New York: Harper & Brothers. 
This is a charming work about gardening, especially 
the culture of flowers, designed for the entertainment 
and instruction of the little folks. It is not a profes¬ 
sional book, yet, being from the pen of a lady who was 
evidently bovn in a garden, and has lived among flowers 
all her life, very pleasantly tells the why? and wherefores, 
and the modus operandi, of culture and management. 
In her preface, Miss Warner addresses her young friends 
in this wise“ Children, I have written this little book 
to help you to get acquainted with a set of the sweetest 
friends a child can have. * * I want you all to be gar¬ 
deners. If yon have not a dollar to spend for seeds, take 
fifty cents; and if not that, take ten. Begin with one 
little five cent paper of mignonette, one tiny cutting of 
a rose or a geranium; and then work with it, aud you 
will find it the best play yon ever did in your life. Only 
love your dowers enough, and they will be almost sure to 
grow. And then when you have learned to know and to 
love them, God will let them teach you wouderful things. 
His flower? can do that.” Altogether the work is greatly 
to be commended at.this eeason of preparation for plant¬ 
ing earth's most beautiful treasures—flowers. It is writ¬ 
ten as a story, contains several illustrations of flowers t 
and iH none the less valuable for making honorable men¬ 
tion of James Vick, the prince of florists and seedsmen. 
For sale by Dewey. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE TTJRNING-POINT. 
San Francisco and Valencia gossipped last night 
over the telegraph wires in a most remarkable man¬ 
ner. Never before, we believe, were messages ex¬ 
changed between California and Ireland so directly. 
The weather was favorable, and the operators on 
the great circuit between the Uaited States and 
Great Britain improved it to have an electrical chat, 
putting a girdle of sociability one-third of the way 
around the globe in less than no time, for ,t,he mes¬ 
sage from Valencia arrived here eight hours and 
fourteen minutes before its date. The followiug is 
the dispatch aud the reply thereto: 
“Valencia, Ireland, 6:54 a. m., Feb. 1, 1868.—Re¬ 
ceived at Sail Francisco 10:10 p. at., Jan. 31.—Valen¬ 
cia greets San Francisco. Blowing hard, sea heavy, 
and the wind shaking out here.” 
“San Francisco, Jan. 31, 10:40 p. m.—W e greet 
yon. Weather beautiful, clear and calm. Every¬ 
thing lovely here.” 
That beats time in a style that Julien, Maretzek, 
or Herold never approached. But the San Francisco 
operators were not satiatied with this bit of electric 
thanmatnrgy. They transmitted 77 words direct to 
Heart’s Content (N. F.) in less than three minutes. 
This is said to he the longest stretch of telegraph 
ever worked without repetition. The distance from 
San Francisco to Heart’s Content, following tele¬ 
graph meanderlug, via New York, which was the 
route taken last night, is about 6,000 miles; and for 
this distance 77 words were sent in less than three 
minutes. The Valencia dispatch could have gone 
across the cable from Heart’s Content, 1,845 miles 
further, mailing 7,845 miles in all, in a few seconds 
more, but for the difference in instruments requir¬ 
ing it to he repeated. Previous to the above feat, 
no message had been sent direct from this city fur¬ 
ther than Portland, Me., a distance of 4,000 miles. 
Messages were sent last night exchanged with 
other points, 09 words being sent to New York in 
three minutes. A return message was received from 
Heart’s Content. The difference in time between 
the various points communicated with will be ap¬ 
parent from the following table, showing the hour 
at which the several dispatches were transmitted and 
received: 
Feb. 1. Jan. 31. Ap’t diff. 
Buffalo, 1:06 a. m . .San Fran., 10:15p. m ....2:05 
New York, 1:40 a. m .San Fran,, 10:22p. m .3:18 
Heart',- Content, 3:10 a. m San Fran., 10:33 p. m . .. . 4:37 
Valencia, Irel’d, 6:54 a. m. . .San Fran., 10:40 p. m .8:14 
Thus the dispatch which left Valencia, Ireland, 
at 6:54 this morning, was received in Sau Francisco 
at 10:40 last night, and the operator in this city 
could wish “the top o’ the morning" to his Irish 
brother before his owu bed time. This knocks 
“smithereens” out of Leap Year, for the day that 
BT EBEN E. UEXFORD. 
“What a good man Mr. Allan is,” Charley 
Pratt said, one day after he had been down town 
on an errand. “ I like to go to his store best of any 
I know of. I guess everybody likes him." 
“ I remember when he was a poor boy," said his 
mother. “ I shall never forget the turning-point in 
his life, and I think be never will.” 
“ The turning-point ?" asked Charley, at a loss 
to understand her meaning. 
“ Yes, the turning-point in his life, when he began 
to be something. He used to be a very poor little 
feUow, I assure you. His parents were dead, and he 
lived with an aunt. She was a bad, thoughtless 
woman, who eared nothing for the Sabbath, or the 
morals af her children, and it is not to be wondered 
at that they grew up without any good developed in 
their characters, for no one set them an example 
that they could follow daily, and if a constant guide 
is not placed before children they cannot be expect¬ 
ed to seek good of their own accord. 
“Neddie Arlan, as everybody called him, used to 
do very much as his cousin Ralph did, for Ralph 
■ was older than Neddie, and constant association 
together gave him a control over the younger boy. 
Ralph’s disposition was a very bad one naturally, 
and the way in which he was allowed to grow up 
made him all the worse. He was always in some 
mischief, and If an orchard was robbed, or a garden 
plundered of ito melons, suspicion pointed at 
to Ralph Draw, 
OLD VAULT. 
OUR ALLIE, 
Visitors to the great Metropolis, particularly in 
the warm season of the year, deem a ride over to 
Greenwood Cemetery one of the things not to be 
forgotten. There, in the silent “ City of the Dead,” 
are beauty and loveliuess such as delight the be¬ 
holder, aud seem to woo him to the loug rest which 
shall never be broken by the bustle and din only a 
little way removed. Art adds all its charms to those 
of Nature, and every where are the two combined and 
harmonized with the greatest care. Living iB sweet, 
anywhere,—so must all think who appreciate life: 
sleeping must be sweet — even the sleep that is 
dream less — when the sleeper lies under the beauti¬ 
ful blossoms and the whispering leaves; when grace¬ 
ful statues—white-robed sentinels—keep guard about 
his conch ; when marble tablets seem never cold, but 
warm aud bright,—and when the bine sky floats just 
above the tree-tops, kissing them and all things into 
new life where we commonly think death only reigns. 
Our illustration represents two views in Green¬ 
wood,—the Old Vault in Dawn Path, upon the door 
of which is the grim aud significant motto, “Wel¬ 
come; ” and a child’s tomb—“ Our Allie.” Every 
“ Allie " that has goue skyward was '■'•our Allie,” 
in some home; and we know of many mothers who 
will look at the picture, given above, and then at a 
little pair of shoes that nobody wears now—that are 
worn red on the toes—and sigh for the patter of the 
little feet that filled them, and the caresses of little 
hands long Btill! 
Singing the Same Old Song. Song and Chorus. Roch¬ 
ester: J. P. Shaw. 
This admirable composition, both the Poetry and Music 
of which were composed by one of onr associates, Prof. 
A. A. Hopkins, {and briefly noticed by us some weeks 
ago,) seems to have been well received by the press and 
musical public, and must enhance the reputation of the 
author. Prof. H. is not only at home in the field of ppesy 
and music, but is also a meritorious prose writer, as the 
readers of the Rdral New-Yorker can attest —and we 
are pleased to note the increasing popularity of his pro¬ 
ductions. The Song above entitled is thus noticed by 
the Rochester Evening Express: 
“ This is a new edition of a beautiful piece of music 
written by A. A. Hopkins of this city, and published by 
J. P, Shaw. 43 State Street. We are glad to learn this 
evidence of the popularity of Prof. Hopkins’ music, 
which indicates an excellent popular taste. The songs 
by Prof. Hopkins are characterized by a peculiar refine¬ 
ment and elevation of tone, aud he has composed some of 
the most beautiful pieces of music evor written." 
once 
I suppose Neddie Allan was 
often with his cousin on those occasions,—but peo¬ 
ple never blamed him as they did Ralph, for he waa 
too young, and had never had a chance to know that 
such conduct was wrong. I say ho did not know; 
perhaps I ought to say that he did not fully realize 
how bad such conduct was, for I thiuk all children 
know when they do wrong, though the way in which 
they have been brought up from their boyhood, and 
the lessons they have learned from those who should 
set examples for them to follow, have a great deal to 
do with the force with which they receive impres¬ 
sions of good and evil. Of course, if a boy has had 
no good examples, and has been familiar with evil 
all his life, he does notjlook on any wrong action 
with the same degree of dislike that the boy does 
who has been taught to shun evil and wrong, and 
has had lessons of good constantly set before him. 
So we all blamed Ralph a great deal more than we 
did Neddie, though perhaps Ralph was not so much 
to blame, after all, as his mother was. 
“ One bright Sabbath morning I started for Sab¬ 
bath School. I was alone, ’till the minister overtook 
me. He came up with me, and we went along, talk- 
ing pleasantly. He had a very kind, winning way, 
aud everybody loved him. 
“As we came to a turn in the road we met Ralph 
and Eddie. They had their fishing-rods on their 
shoulders, and we knew well enough where they 
were going. 
“ ‘Good morning,’ said the minister, pleasantly. 
Neddie answered the salutation with a bow, but 
Ralph gave an insolent look and kept on. 
“ ‘ Wait a moment, please,’ said the minister. ‘ I 
want to talk with you.’ 
“ Neddie stopped, but Ralph answered back that 
he couldn't wait to talk, he was in a hurry. 
“Themioister sat down on alog by the road, and 
had Neddie ait down by him. Then he told Neddie 
of the evil of Sabbath-breaking, and the bad effect 
such a coins'* pursued in youth had on a person’s 
character as he grew up to manhood. Ralph came 
back when he saw that Neddie had stopped, and sat 
down on the fence a little way from the place where 
we were. At last the minister said it was time he 
went along, and asked Neddie if he would go too. 
He had told him of the many things to he learned 
at Sabbath School, and of the pleasant hours spent 
there,—much more pleasant than the long tramps in 
the woods or the fishing excursions he had been 
used to. 
“Ralph saw that Neddie was about to yield to 
the minister’s persuasions, aud called him to him. 
He talked in a very excited manner, and I knew that 
he was coaxing Neddie to give up the idea of going 
to Sabbath School. It was the turning-point in 
Neddie Allan’s life. He had to choose between 
good and evil, and his choice was on the side of 
good. He came back to us with a flushed face, and 
1 knew that It had been hard work to throw off the 
influence Ralph had gained over him, But he had 
triumphed, and we went along to Sabbath School 
together, and Ralph went on his way, evidently 
very angry and excited. 
“ Neddie attended Sabbath School regularly after 
that. It was not lo*g before he was taken to live 
with a very respectable family who had no children 
of their own, and his course waa thenceforward on¬ 
ward and upward in the path of life. He became a 
noble and respected man, and his influence is great 
and powerful on the side of good; while Ralph 
But now Henry, seriously, just attend to the 
Now ‘ I strike’ is active, 
active and passive voice, 
you see, because if you strike you do something. 
But ‘ I am struck’ is passive, because if you are 
struck you don’t do anything, do you?" 
“ Yes, I do—I strike hack again I” 
Sometimes his views of philosophical subjects 
were offered gratuitously. Being held rather of 
a frisky uattire, his sister appointed his seat at her 
elbow, when she heard her classes. A class in 
Natural Philosophy, not very well prepared, was 
stumbling through the theory of the tides. “ I can 
explain that,” said Henry. “ Well, you see the gun 
catches hold of the moon and pulls her, and she 
catches hold of the Bea and pulls that, and this 
makes the spring tides.” 
“ But what makes the ueap tides?” 
“ Oh, t,hat’6 when the sun stops to spit on his 
hands,” was the brisk rejoinder. 
After about six months, Henry was returned on 
his parent’s hands with the reputation of being an 
inveterate joker and an indifferent scholar. It was 
the opinion of his class that there was much talent 
lying about loosely in him if he could only be 
brought to apply himself, 
The Elements of Physiology and Hygiene. A Text- 
Book for Educational Institutions. By Thos. H. Hux¬ 
ley, LL. D., F. K. S., and Wm. .Tay Yeomans, M. I). 
With numerous Illustrations. [12mo.—pp. 420,] New 
York: D. Appleton & Co. 
“ Of the making of many (school) hooks there shall be 
no end.” They multiply rapidly. Many of them serve no 
earthly purpose save to put money in the purses of au¬ 
thors and publishers. They are not made because of any 
real demand. They are execrable specimens of typogra¬ 
phy, illustrated with still more execrable engravings. 
This new work on Physiology Is tolerably well printed, 
however, the paper is good, and illustrations fair. The 
subject matter seems to he well arranged. Prof. Hux¬ 
ley’s part, in the work consists of Elementary Physiology, 
to which Dr. Yeomans lias appended several instructive 
chapters on Elementary Hygiene. For Bale by Adams & 
Ellis. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
The Good Man’s Legacy. A Sermon by Samuel Os¬ 
good, D. D, New York: Sam’l R. Wells. Price 25 cents. 
Prevention and Cure of Consumption by the Swed- 
ish-Movement Cure. With Directions for its Home 
Application. By David Wakk. New York S. R. 
Wells. Price 30 cents. 
The Education of the Heart; Or, The Necessity of 
Proper Moral Culture for Ilumau Happiness. By Hon. 
Schuyler C’olfax. New York: S. K. Wells. Price 10 
cents. 
These three pamphlets are neatly printed, and are all 
worthy of perusal. The Sermon by Dr. Osgood was sug¬ 
gested by the death of Dr. Richard Rothe of Heidel¬ 
berg. The Swedish-Movement Cura for Consumption is 
illustrated by cuts of the different movements practiced 
In that system. “Education of the Heart” is an Address 
delivered by Mr. Colfax at the Commencement of the 
Aurora Seminary, Ill. It contains many important l.raths. 
In the Atlantic for March, Dr. Helmuth tells ns 
that there are several compartments and. chambers 
within the globe of the human eye; there is a cur¬ 
tain which divides these chambers; there is an 
elastic doorway, which [expands and contracts in 
accordance with the quantity of light to he admit¬ 
ted. Take a candle and endeavor to look into those 
mysterious recesses, and you can see nothing; and 
the reason is obvious — the rays are reflected back 
again, and arc brought to a convergence at the flame 
of the candle; in other words, the flame is a focus 
of reflection, and the eye cannot occupy the same 
position as the flame, nor see through it. 
But modern surgery has explored these hitherto 
unknown and mysterious regions, and has invented 
an instrument by which the rays of light coming 
from a lamp placed behind aud at one side of the 
head can be so caught, reflected und brought to a 
foens, that the chambers and depths of the globes 
of the eye can be fully and readily explored: and 
the result has beeu that this Instrument (called the 
opthalmoscope) tells the surgeon of to-day that 
four-fifths of what was written and surmised con¬ 
cerning the diseases affecting these hitherto unex¬ 
plored regions is conjectural and wrong; its intro¬ 
duction has rendered obsolete all that was taught 
by our grandfathers on the subject. How many 
eyes have been blinded by treatment based on con¬ 
jecture and ignorance, may only be imagined; it is 
well for ns that no data can be found, and that for¬ 
ever such unsatisfactory information will be buried 
in oblivion. 
Since the creation of the world fourteen thousand 
millions of human beings have fallen in the battles 
which man has waged against his fellow creature— 
man. If this amazing number of men were to hold 
each other by the hand at arm’s length, they would 
extend over fourteen millions, five hundred and 
eighty-three thousand, three hundred and thirty- 
three miles of ground, and would encircle the globe 
on which we dwell six hundred and eight times! If 
we allow the weight of a man to bo ou an average 
one ewt. (this is below the mark,) we shall come to 
the conclusion that six millions, two hundred and 
fifty thousand tons of human flesh have been man¬ 
gled, disfigured, gashed, and trampled under foot. 
The calculation will appear more striking when we 
state, that if only the fore-Angers of every oue of 
those fourteen thousand millions of human beings 
were to be held in a straight line, they would reach 
more than six hundred thousand miles beyorul the 
moon; and that if a person were to undertake to 
count the number, allowing nineteen hours a day, 
and seven days in a week, at the rate of six thousand 
per hour, it would occupy that person three hun¬ 
dred and thirty-six years. And, awful is the consid¬ 
eration ! three hundred and fifty thousand pipes of 
humau blood have beeuspilt in battles ! Who would 
not exclaim with Bishop Hall—“Give me the man 
who can devise how to save troops of men from 
killing, his name shall have room in my calendar. 
There is more true honor in a civic garland for the 
preserving of one subject, than in a laurel for the vic¬ 
tory over many enemies. 
A French Country Family. By Madame DeWitt, nee 
Guizot. Translated by Dinah Mulock Craik, Au¬ 
thor of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” “ Christian's Mis¬ 
take,” “ A Noble Life,” “ Two Marriages,” etc. [8vo. 
pp. 216.] New York: Harper & Brothers. 
Ouk young friends, and some of the elder ones, will 
thaHk Mrs. Craik for this translation of a charming pic¬ 
ture of French home-life, 
The authoress evidently took 
her views of both nature and human nature from a rare 
combination of the real and imaginary, and the translator 
has not deprived them of their peculiar grace. The 
story is full of incident and interest, and is happily in- 
Amid the large number of books for the 
structive, 
young, it is refreshing to come across one really worth 
putting into their hands. We hope Mrs. Craik will give 
as more such translations, 
Sold by Dewey 
Life in the West ; Or, Stories of the Mississippi Valley. 
By N. C. Meeker. [12mo.—pp. 360.] New York: 
By N. C. Meeker. 
Samuel R. Wells. 
As its title indicates, this is a collection of stories of 
the Mississippi Valley, illustrative of the character, 
habits and manner of living of its people, as seen by one 
Some of 
Who has resided among them for many years, 
the stories are founded on incidents in the late war, and 
show in a good light the spirit of the Western boys. 
There are thousands of readers all over the country who 
are acquainted with the author as a long-time correspon¬ 
dent of the N. Y. Tribune from the West, and more re¬ 
cently as its Agricultural Editor, who will find special 
attractions in this volume. 
The blood is to the body what currency is to the 
community. In a condition of health its quality is 
perfect, its quantity exactly adapted to the needs of 
the organs among which it circulates. Seen through 
a microscopo, the blood is apparently composed of 
nuggets, discs, and ingots, corresponding very 
closely to the component parts of a bullion cur¬ 
rency. Blood may be too plentiful in certain parts 
of the animal economy, resulting in plethora and 
congestion. Similar evils attend the concentration 
of coin in any of the great centers of society. 
When the blood is debased or lacking in quantity 
the community may be said to be sick, and displays 
the same symptomo that are known in physical 
pathology as cachexy and anemia, the result of poor 
blood or scarce blood. Aud as money is only pow¬ 
erful through the use that Is made of it by individ¬ 
uals composing the community, so is the influence 
of the blood more dependent ou the manner in 
which it is taken up and converted by the various 
vital organs than on its owu especial characteristics. 
Likewise, in order to preserve the money circulation 
of a country pure aud of uniform value, it is neces¬ 
sary that it should from time to time pass through 
centers (mints and assay offices,) where it is tasted 
and, if need be, purified. So in the physical econ¬ 
omy the blood regularly undergoes test and purifi¬ 
cation by the action of the lungs, kidneys and liver. 
— N. Y. Commercial. 
Or, with Bishop Taylor 
—“ If men were only subject to Christ’s law, then 
could they never go to war with each other.”— Dr. 
Thomas Dick. 
Good Stories. Part III. [Svo.. paper—pp. 172.] Bos¬ 
ton: Tickuor & Fields. 
Here are six stories specially suited for reading ou 
Winter evenings. They are entitled “Christmas with 
the Baron;” “Stephen Yarrow;” “AFamily Christmas 
in Germany;” "The Christmas Banquet;” “Three of a 
Trade, or lied Little Krias Kringle,” aud “ Adventures 
of a New Year’s Eve.” There arc four admirable illus¬ 
trations, by the first artists. The volume is very attrac¬ 
tive, both in contents and appearance. 
Good physical health lies at the very foundation 
of success and happiness, and should be most, highly 
prized am] every available means taken to retain it 
by those who possess it, and to regain it by those 
who haye lo&t it. With health man can accomplish 
almost anything he wills, but without It he is like a 
giant bound, helpless. Horace Manu onee truly and 
beautifully 6aid;—“All through the life of a pure 
minded, but feeble bodied man his path is lined with 
memory’s gravestones, which mark the spots where 
noble enterprises perished for want of physical vigor 
to embody them in deeds.” The great study ot 
mankind is man, and man’s first duty is to obey the 
laws which God has implanted in his very being for 
his guidance.— Herald of Health. 
HENRY WARD BEECHER AS A BOY. 
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, In her late work 
On Men of the Time, treats of her brother Henry 
Ward Beecher in an interesting manner. She says 
wheD Henry was eleven years old he was placed in 
his sister’s school in Hartford. All the other pupils 
were girls. Here is a school scene: 
The school-room was divided into two divisions in 
grammar, under leaders on either side, aud the gram¬ 
matical reviews were contests for superiority, in 
which it was vitally important that every member 
should be perfected. Henry was generally the latest 
choice, aud fell on his side as an unlucky accession, 
being held more amusing than profitable on such 
occasions. 
The fair leader on one of those divisions took the 
boy aside to a private apartment, to put into him 
with female tact and insinuation those definitions 
aud distinctions on which the honor of the class 
depended. 
“ Now Henry, A is the indefinite article, you see 
—and must be used only with the singular number. 
You can say a man—but you can’t a men, can you?” 
“ Yes, I can say Ameu, too,” was the ready rejoinder. 
“ Father says it always at the end of hla prayer.” 
“Come, Henry, uow don’t he joking, decline He.” 
“Nominative he, possessive his, objective him.” 
“ You see, Ills is possessive. Now you can say, his 
book, but you can’t say him book.” “Yes, I do 
say Hymn book, too,” said the impracticable scholar 
with a quizzical twinkle. Each one of these sallies 
made his young teacher laugh, which was the victory 
he wanted. 
Little Henry had been quite siek. When he was 
slowly recovering, and just able to be up and about 
the room, he was left alone a short time, when his 
sister came in eating a piece of cake. Henry’s 
mother hhd told him he must eat nothing but what 
she gave him, and that it would not be safe for 
him to have what the other children did till he was 
stronger. 
His appetite was coining back; the cake looked 
inviting; he wanted very much to take a bite of it, 
aud liis kind sister would gladly have given it to 
him. What did he do'? 
“Jenuie,” said he, “you must run right out of 
the room away from me with that cake, and I'll keep 
my eyes shut while you go, so that I shan't want it.” 
Wasn’t that a good way for a little boy of seven 
years to get out of temptation? I think so. And 
when l heard of it, I thought that there are a great 
many times when children, and grown people too, 
If they would remember little Henry’s way, would 
escape from sin and trouble. 
“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, 
aud quicken thou me in thy way,” was the Psalm¬ 
ist’s prayer; aud it is a good one for each of us.— 
Young Pilgrim. 
Sooner or Later. By Shirley Brooks, Author of 
“ The Silver Cord.” “ The Guardian Knot,” etc. With 
Illustrations by G. Dc Maurier. [Svo.—pp. 318 .1 New 
York: Harper & Brothers. 
This novel certainly has not the merit of brevity, II 
has other merits, however: and other demerits than pro¬ 
lixity. We do,'not like its general tone; its characters 
seem to run more to the had than to the good, and tu cast 
a shadow over morality and religion. For sale by Dewey. 
Preserving Youth.—Cardinal de Salis, who 
died 1785, aged 110 years, said;— "By being old when 
I was young, l find myself young now I am old. I led 
a sober and studious, bat not a lazy or sedentary 
life. My diet was sparing, though delicate; I rode 
or walked every day, except in rainy weather, when 
I exercised within doors for u couple of hours. So 
far I took care of the body; and as to the mind, I 
endeavored to preserve it in due temper by a scru¬ 
pulous obedience to divine commands. By these 
mesUB I have arrived at the age of a patriarch, with 
less injury to my health and constitution than many 
experience at forty.” 
Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-day Life and 
Every-day People. By Charles Dickens. [Svo.— 
paper, pp. 194.] New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
These sketches first brought their now distinguished 
author into notice as a writer, and are too well known to 
require comment. They are presented in attractive garb 
in this cheap edition. For sale by Adams & Ellis. 
Goethe has said, somewhere, that a man of genius 
who proposes to himself to be happy in this world, 
must lay down to himself the fixed and unalterable 
rule, to consider liis genius as one thing, and his 
personal life as another, never to suffer the feeliugs 
of the author to interfere with the duties of the 
man—to forget altogether when his pen is not in his 
fingers, that it has been and will again bo in their 
grasp. 
Guy Mannering ; Or, The Astrologer. By sir Walter 
Soott, Bart. [Svo.—pp. 182.] New York: D. Appleton 
w L*0. 
We welcome every newly-appearing volume in this 
cheap edition of the Waverly Novels. The one before us 
is No, 4 of the series. The whole sot —25 volumes — is 
furnished by the enterprising publishers for six dollars, 
single numbers 25 cents. Sold by Adams & Ellis. 
A Professor in Europe has invented an apparatus 
by means of which the beatings of the heart are not 
only registered, but photographed. The pulsations 
are made to act upon the surface of a bent tube 
containing mercury, the fluctuations of which are 
noted in the same way as those of the thermometer 
and barometer are photographed. 
Socrates lived before his time, and perished iu 
conflict with error. One of his prayers which is left 
us, beautifully illustrates the character of the man: 
“Father Jupiter, give us all good, whether we ask it 
or not; and keep us from all evil, though we may 
not pray thee so to do. Bless all onr good actions, 
and reward them with happiness and success.” 
Great Expectations. By Cuarles Dickens. [12 mo,, 
paper—pp. 183.] New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
The issues of the Popular Edition of Dickens follow 
each other rapidly, aud do not grow less excellent in 
typography. As a cheap collection of the celebrated Au¬ 
thor’s works this is by far the best extant. 
Douglas Jekrold once said to an ardent young 
gentleman who was anxious to see himself in print : 
“ Be advised by me, young man. Don’t take down 
the shutters before there is something in the win¬ 
dow." A good thought for the young. 
