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Written for Moore's Rural New-YorEor 
FOR THE SCHOOL BOYS. 
The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher's Companion: 
Containing Rules and Regulations relating to the arts 
of Painting, Gilding, Va’rnishUg and Glass-Staining, 
&c., &c. [12mo.— pp. 2 - 10 .] Philadelphia: Henry Carey 
Baird. 
The tenth edition of this very useful work is upon our 
table. Besides giving rules and regulations for painting, 
gilding and varnishing, it contains numerous valuable 
recipes; teste for the detection of adulterations in oils, 
colors, etc.; a statement of the diseases and accidents to 
which painters, gilders and varnishers are peculiarly 
liable, with the simplest aud best methods of preserva¬ 
tion aud remedy: and directions for graining, marbling, 
sign-writing and gilding on glass It is not designed so 
much to instruct [experienced artisans, as to aid those 
who, from motives of economy or other reasons, may de¬ 
sire to perform work of the nature treated of. We advise 
all such to procure it. 
Few persons are aware of the fact that our prin¬ 
cipal morning journals are not priuted directly from 
the type, but from stereotypes taken from the reg¬ 
ular forms. The whole time consumed in making 
the forms of The Sun is about twenty minutes. It 
is accomplished thus: 
Each page is made up in a separate form, on a 
table in size and height expressly adapted for the 
purpose; the lege of this table are furnished with 
castors, and soon as the forms are locked, the tab’e 
is rolled into the stereotype room. The form is 
then removed to the moulding table; the latter has 
a hollow iron bed, the cavity of which is tilled with 
steam, as heat is one of the requirements in facili¬ 
tating the operation. After the right temperature 
is attained, the form is removed again to the im¬ 
posing table, and two or three sheets of a peculiar 
kind of paper is laid over the surface of the type, 
and they are then beaten down with a brush in the 
same manner that printers proceed in taking a brush 
proof. 
The form is then again slid upon the moulding 
table, another and a heavier sheet of paper placed 
over the first; this is covered with a wet blanket, 
and the whole slipped under the press attached to 
the moulding table, and the power applied. This 
is done almost instantly, when the form is again run 
out, and the paper peeled off is a complete matrix 
of the whole form. A preparation of French chalk 
is now applied to the surface of this paper, when it 
is placed into the mould, the hot metal poured 
against it, and the plate almost instantly formed. 
It is now moved to the plainer, is cut, routed and 
justified, and in a few moments on its way to the 
press-room. These plates are cast iu the exact form 
required for a cylinder press, and are about half an 
inch in thickness.— N. Y. Sun. 
Never look unhappy, boys, 
Be merry while yon can; 
Youth is but a Mayday mom, 
Life is but a span; 
If you meet them with a smile 
Troubles soon will tly, 
So only mark the sunshine, hoys, 
And let (he clouds go hi/. 
Don’t neglect your lessons, boys, 
Wisdom is a prize 
Greater than earth’s riches are, 
Grasp it, ere time flies; 
School-boy days will soon be o’er, 
Be merry while you can; 
A happy childhood soldom fails 
To make an honest man. 
A treatise ON Meteorologt: With a Collection of 
Meteorological Tables, By Elias Loomis, LL. Pro 
feesor ot Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in Yale 
College, and Antbor of a Course of Mathematics, [8vo. 
pp. 299.] New York: Harper & Brothers. 
„ Mcteoroloot, .as defined by Prof. Loomis, treats of 
the constitution and weight of the air, its temperature 
and moisture, the precipitation of vapor in various 
forms, the laws of storms, all kinds of electrical and op¬ 
tical phenomena, and aerolites and shooting stars. Thus 
comprehensive, this branch of science is of uncommon 
interest. The present work upon it is admirably adapted 
to purposes of instruction in schools, and will amply re¬ 
pay pernsal by the general reader. It is not so scientific 
as to be difficult of comprehension: is written in a plain,’ 
forcihle style; and is very fully illustrated throughout. 
It contains a rich fund of useful as well as curious infor¬ 
mation. Sold by Dbwev. 
Porter, N. Y., 1868, 
THE MUTE DETECTIVE 
“ No dogs admitted, sir,” said the porter to a gay 
assemblage, as a young man and his dog appeared at 
the entrance. 
11 Yon most leave him behind, if you go in.” 
“Very well,” said the young man; “stay about 
here, Prince, tilll come back!” 
And he joined the crowd within. 
By-nnd-by the young man wished to refer to his 
watch, wheu, behold I the chain had been snapped 
in two aud the valuable time-piece was gone. He 
considered the case a moment, and then a sudden 
thought flashed through his mind. So stepping out, 
he whispered the fact to the porter, and gained per¬ 
mission to take his dog in for a minute or two. 
“Look here, Prince," said lie, “ you knowing dog, 
my watch is stolen,” aud he showed him the empty 
pocket and the cat chain. “ Do you understand, old 
fellow ? In there, sir, is the thief. You And it, my 
good doggie, and I’ll get you a famous treat. You 
understand, do you ?" 
Prince wagged his tail, and gave his master a, very 
knowing and cute look, and theu the two stole 
quietly into the place. Quietly this dumb detective 
glided around among the people, Bmelling away at 
this one’s coat and that one’s chain, until at last he 
set his teeth firmly into the coat skirt of a genteel 
looking man, and could not be Bhaken off. 
The young man quietly made know the case to the 
bystanders, who had gathered around hint, and had 
the thief's pocket duly searched. 8ix other watches 
were found upon him, which he had gathered up in 
the course of the morniug, and which the rightful 
owners were very glad to get their hands on. 
Prince selected out his master’s property in a 
twinkling, as that was all he cared for, and gave it 
to him joyfully. It would have taken a very keen 
policeman to do the work so neatly and quickly, and 
all agreed that he merited as good a dinner as a dog 
could have. A good beef bone aud a howl of milk, 
however, abundantly satisfied all his wants, and then 
he was iust as ready to do the same favor over 
again. 
ARTIFICIAL SPAWNING BED — FOR BREEDING PURPOSES. 
trivances, trout especially would often be attracted, 
and be content to stop and spawn in places which 
they would not otherwise frequent, and where it 
would be convenient to keep them." 
An artificial spawning bod is illustrated above. 
The rapid depletion in numbers of our best species 
of fish should prompt to the construction of similar 
ones in rnaoy of our smaller rivers and streams. 
The salmon or trout will not live in every stream, 
but there are many species which, though inferior 
to those, are nevertheless very excellent as food, 
and which could be propagated with profit in ponds 
and streams now of no value whatever. In Europe, 
especially in Germany and France, submerged land 
is made almost or quite as valuable as that which is 
tillable, by fish breeding; and in some situations 
laud which shows signs of cultivation is flooded aud 
converted into ponds, iu which fishes or the fer¬ 
tilized spawu are distributed, yielding in due time a 
generous harvest. We trust that sooner or later our 
waters and waste lands will be utilized in like manner. 
CURIOUS FINNY SPECIMENS. 
As curiosities in pisciculture, we give illustrations 
of two notable specimens of the finny tribe — the 
Qour ami and Ambon scandcvs. The native home of 
the Gmru.tni is the fresh waters of the Malaccan 
islands —Java, Madura, Sumatra and Borneo; and 
among the inhabitants of those islands it has always 
It has been clearly proven that ova can be 
fecundated and transported long distances, for 
breeding purposes, with complete success. This 
being the case, there is no reason why streams and 
ponds everywhere may not be stocked with excel¬ 
lent fish, and thereby contribute bountifully to 
the tables of the people. Trout spawu were sent 
to the Rocky Mountains from Rochester iu March 
last. Writing from Fort Banders, concerning the 
ratherunusualremittance, Col. GiRBONsays:—“The 
spawn was immediately placed in a breeding trough, 
and nearly all the eggs are now hatched out and the 
fish doing well.* This demonstrates perfectly that 
brook trout spawn from your ponds in the State of 
New York can be sent by mail to the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains without injury." 
ARTIFICIAL SPAWNING BEDS. 
But though artificial fecundation can be practiced 
successfully in the propagation of some species, par¬ 
ticularly salmon and trout, there are others for which 
it cannot be employed with equal advantage. The 
preparation of artificial spawning beds is frequently 
Tee Life of Ulysses (5. Grant, General-in-Chief r. S. A. 
By Hon. J. T. Headley. Author of “ Washington and 
his Generals 1 '• Napoleon and his Marshals,"'" Sacred 
Mountains,* 1 M Farragat and our Naval Commander*.’’ 
etc., etc. Illustrated. [8vo,— pp. 4,53.1 New York: 
E. B. Treat <fc Co. 
In this handsome octavo wc have one of the many 
biographies of General Grant which have been prom¬ 
ised to the public. It is written in the brilliant, graphic 
style which renders all of Mr. Headley’s narratives so 
interesting, and is a? readable as a romauce. The his¬ 
tory begins with the boyhood of its subject, and is 
brought dowu to his yielding up of the War Department, 
upon the re-inetatement of Secretary Stanton by the 
Senate, A very excellent portrait of the Genera) forms 
the frontispiece Of the volume: aud it is further embcl- 
lished by several fine steel engravings, one of which 
represents the General’s birth-place. Sold onlybySub- 
scription. 
Left to himself, alone in a dismasted ship, the 
Vice-Admiral never thought of yielding to the eight¬ 
een Spanish galloons. To the repeated summons 
of Don Luis Fazardo that he should surrender, he 
remained obstinately deaf. Knowing that it was 
impossible for him to escape, and fearing that he 
might blow up his vessel rather than surreuder^the 
enemy made no attempt to board. Spanish chivalry 
was hardly more conspicuous on this occasion than 
Dutch valor, as illustrated by Admiral Haultain. 
Two whole days and nights Klaaszoon drifted about 
in his crippled ship, exchanging broadsides with his 
antagonists, and with his colors flying on the stump 
of his mast. The fact would seem incredible were 
it not attested by perfectly trustworthy contempo¬ 
rary accounts. At last his hour seemed to have 
come, llis ship was sinking; a final demand for 
surrender, with promise of quarter, was made. Out 
of his whole crew but sixty remaiued alive, many of 
them badly wounded. He quietly announced to his 
officers and men his decision never to surrender, in 
which all concurred. They knelt, together upon the 
deck, and the Admiral made a prayer, in which all 
fervently joined. With his own hand Klaaszoon 
then lighted the powder magazine, and the ship was 
blown into the air. Two sailors, all that were left 
alive, were picked out of the sea by the Spaniards 
and brought on board one of the vessels of the fleet. 
Desperately mutilated, those grim Dutchmen lived 
a few minutes to tell the tale, and then died defi¬ 
antly on the enemy’s deck .—Motley’s Dislory of the 
Netherlands. 
Margaret: A Story of Life in a Prairie Home. By 
Lyndon. il2mo.— pp. 360.] New York: Chas. Scrib¬ 
ner & Co. 
We do not know what identity the nomde plume of 
“Lyndon" conceals, but, whoever the anthor of “Mar¬ 
garet” may be, he or she groups the common happenings 
of life with rare grace. The story made up of such 
groupings was originally published as a serial, in the 
columns or the Examiner and Chronicle, and merits pre¬ 
servation in the very neat dress in which it now appears. 
It can be taken into any Christian home with good ell'ect. 
Margaret Crosby's character is a worthy pattern l'or 
daughters everywhere to follow; and though Robert 
Russell may be pronounced Quixotic by some incapable 
of appreciating his generous nature, we heartily wish 
there were more such Quixotic ones. To do good as 
A GOOD RESOLVE 
“ Mamma, when I am a man, I will begin to love 
Jesus.” 
These words fell from the lips of a fine little fel¬ 
low scarcely six years old. 
His mamma had endeavored, time after time, to 
impress on his youthful mind the necessity of early 
piety; but, hitherto, all her persuasions seemed in 
vain. 
When he uttered these words, she said, “ Rut, 
my dear, suppose you do not live to be a man?" 
He remained silent for some minutes, with his 
eyes fixed on the ceiling, as if iu deep thought; and 
then, with u resolute countenance, added, “Then, 
mamma, I had better begin at once.” 
Now, my dear young readers, will you follow 
Eddie’s example, and “begin at once?” There is 
no time like the present for serving the Lord. If 
you put it off a little longer, you will, perhaps, 
find that you have put it off' a little too long. You 
have been frequently reminded in these pages, and 
perhaps by incidents occurring around you, that the 
youngest is not too young to die. But neither are 
you too young to give your heart to Jesus, If you 
go to Him now, you will not regret it when you be¬ 
come men and women; but, on the contrary, will 
find God’s care and protection to be over you at all 
times, and that he fulfills His promises in ways that 
you cannot fully uoderstand .—Early Days. 
Steven Lawbence, Yeoman. A Novel. By Mrs. Ed¬ 
wards. Author of “ Archie Lovell, ’’ “ Ordeal for 
Wives," and Miss Forrester.'’ Elegantly Illustrated. 
Author’s Edition — printed from Advanced Sheets. 
[8vo.—pp. 422.] New York: Sheldon & Co. 
Intensely interesting a- this novel is, the interest 
springs from nothing highly wrought or unnatural. 
There may be few natures thoroughly simple and honest, 
like that of Steven Lawrence, hut experiences aud 
heart struggles similar to his are abundant. As strange 
combinations of accident aud design as for a time 
wrecked his life, have conspired to press all the real 
sweetness ont of the life of many another. The story is 
prolific in graphic word-pictures, and is finished out, in 
all its parts, with an artistic regard for details. It is one 
of the best, of the English school, that we have of late 
perused. For sale by Dewey 
OSPHROMENU9 GOURAML 
advisable — places suitable for the deposit of the 
ova and milt of such fishes as it is desired to propa¬ 
gate, aud which will instinctively be resorted to by 
them. This practice has been followed in France, 
and has been warmly advocated by M. Blanchard, 
in a work on the fresh-water fishes of that country. 
A paper on “ Fish Culture with reference to Amer¬ 
ican Waters,” by Theodore Gill, M. D., in the 
Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the 
year 181315,— to which we are indebted for most of 
the information given in these articles,—has a trans¬ 
lation from M. Blanchard’s work, touching upon 
this point, from which we extract as follows: 
“Among fishes, some, as the salmon, deposit 
their ova in slight excavations, in gravel, or in the 
interstices between stones; others, as the perches 
aud cy prill ids, (carp, bream, roach, &c.,) attach their 
ova, agglutinated together by means of a viscid mat¬ 
ter, to aquatic plauts, stones, or any bodies to which 
their eggs can be fixed. It is especially for the last 
that artificial spawning beds might sometimes be 
advantageously prepared. 
been esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It is re¬ 
markable because of peculiar reservoirs or organs, 
developed from the first of the gill arches, which 
receive and contain a supply of water sufficient to 
moisten the gills, and enable them to perform their 
functions of aerating the blood long after the fish is 
removed from the water. Because of this singular 
provision it is enabled to leave its customary abode, 
we are informed, and travel on land for some, dis¬ 
tance, to seek more favorable resorts. 
Efforts to acclimatize the Gourami iu regions dis¬ 
tant from its nativity, have been repeatedly made, 
but have never yet proved successful. The fact that 
it attains to a large size,—six feet in length, at times, 
it is said,— has caused it to be an object of unusual 
interest among fish cultnrists, and particularly the- 
French. They met with some success in taking it 
to the Isle of France, but sustained utter failure in 
the West Indies and elsewhere. It probably can 
never be acclimatized in cold countries; but it is 
thought that the fish can be reared in American 
waters as far north as Virginia. It would be a very 
At Patna is one of the two great opium factories 
of India. It is the greater of the two, and may, 
therefore, be fairly styled the largest poisoning 
agency in the world. The establishment faces the 
river (hinges, whose bed is here four miles across— 
at this season a desert of caked mud, with the river 
far away on the other side of the waste. The opium 
is shipped to Calcutta in a steamer, and it is a good 
Instance of the fickleness of Xndiau rivers—those 
plagues of engineers—that last year, and for 
The Readable Dictionary ; Or. Topical and Synonymic 
Lexicon. Containing Several Thousands of the More 
Useful Term- of the English Language. Classified by 
Subjects, aud arranged according to their affinities of 
meaning; with Accompanying Etymologies, Definitions 
and Illustrations. To which are added, I.—Lists of 
Foreign Terms aud Phrases frequently occurring in 
English Books; II. —A Table of the Common Abbre¬ 
viations; III.—An Alphabetical List of Latin and 
Greek Roors, with Derivatives. For the use of Schools 
and Private Students. By John WiLLtAMS, A. M. [8vo. 
—pp. 360 ] New York: A. 8. Barnes & Co. 
Having given the full title-page, of this new venture in 
lexicography, we need add little more. The chief value 
of the work lies in the topical classification of words, 
and this is what gives it readability. It wifi add interest 
to what is generally regarded as a dry branch of learning. 
Sold by Darrow & Kempsuall. 
many 
years before, the sacred stream ran so elose to Patna, 
that wharfs were erected from which the chests 
could ho put right on to the steamers, and on to 
which the timber wherewith to make thenextyear’s 
chests could be landed. This year the Ganges has 
retired, and the chests have to be carried a mile or 
so before being shipped, aud that can only be done 
by small boats, aad at considerable expense. 
The opium packing for 18(57 was just over at 
Christmas, and nearly 30,000 chests of China opium 
had been sent down to Calcutta, worth about 
£4,000,000. Each chest contains forty cakes, the 
dark, sticky stuff ingeniously enclosed in a coating 
of dried poppy leaves, so that each cake (weighing 
about two pounds) presents the appearance of a 
Dutch cheese or a cannon ball. This has given rise 
to the saying that in war the British give the Chinese 
cannon balls of iron, and in peace cannon balls of 
opium, thus giving them the choice of being shot or 
poisoned, and makiug them pay smartly for either 
attention. Iu return for this they feed us with tea, 
and clothe ns in silk, which seems to show a truly 
celestial spirit.— Bonds/n. Doper. 
A beautiful block of marble was brought, some 
years ago, all the way from Paris, for the great 
sculptor, Canova, to fashion out a statue of the 
great Napoleon. It was very pure and beautiful, 
and Canova was proud of having such a splendid 
block of marble to work upon. And he thought of 
how he would fashiou that rough-hewn block into 
an elegant and graceful figure, and how it would 
stand in the king's palace, aud be admired by thou¬ 
sands and thousands. But Just when he was about 
to commence working upon it his eye discovered a 
tiny red line running dowu one of its sides. It was 
a very little cue, and many people would have 
thought nothing about it; but Canova said—“ I can 
not work upon this; it has a flaw. It is not per¬ 
fectly pure aud white. I will not lay my chisel 
upon it." And he did not. 
So, dear children, will it be with your souls. If 
there is on them the smallest taint of sin when you 
die, God will say—“ I can not receive this soul. It 
is not perfectly pure.’' No, there must not be the 
faintest red line,—but they must be perfectly pure 
and white, and there is only one way by which they 
become so, and that Is by their being washed in the 
blood of Jesus. 
A New Treatise on the Elements of the Differen¬ 
tial and Integra i. Calculus. Edited by I. F. Qutn- 
by, A. M., LL. D., Professor of Mathematic? and Nat¬ 
ural Philosophy, University of Rochester. [8Vo,—pp. 
412.] New York: Ivison, Phirmey, Bfakeman & Co. 
This is one of Robinson's Mathematical Series, which 
are too well known in schools to require any word of 
oommendation from os, It treats very amply of the sub¬ 
jects under consideration, aud is very well adapted to 
the wautH or students in the higher schools and colleges, 
The volume is beautifully printed, on tinted paper, and 
well bound iu leather. Sold by Adams & Ellis. 
A Sister’s Bye-Hours By -Jean Ingklow. [12mo,- 
pp. 406.] Boston ; Roberts Brothers. 
Seven stories make up this, Miss Ingei.ow’s latest 
volume. “Laura Richmond” is the longest. It can 
hardly bo called a story, being rather an outline sketch of 
quiet home life, giveu without any elaborateness ol detail. 
Poor Matt; Or, The Clouded Intellect," is very touch¬ 
ingly told, and can scarcely be read with undimmed eyes. 
The author's ability as a prose writer is manifest through¬ 
out. Sold by Darrow & Kempsiiall. 
The Huguenots. —It is rare that a persecuted 
people like the Huguenots have so uniformly “lit 
on their feet"—to use a common phrase — when 
scattered to the ends of the world, with little save 
their hands as a reliance for the struggle against 
poverty. Yet, in almost every instance where few 
or many of these Huguenots found asylums abroad, 
they were independent and self-reliant from the 
start; and wherever they settled prosperity quickly 
followed, and remained as a permanent inheritance 
of these brave and ingenious workers, so that the 
countries which gave them refuge had not long to 
wait for practical evidences that tolerance was a 
profitable virtue. 
ANA BAS SCANDISKS - 
“ The construction of an artificial spawning bed is 
a very simple matter. A framework of sticks or 
laths should be made, aud to such framework, 
boughs, furze, and aquatic plauts should be fastened 
by cords, iu such a way as to form irregular struct¬ 
ures. It is also easy to give to structures of this 
kind a circular form, by taking hoops for frameworks. 
The form, and especially the size to be given to 
these spawning beds, would necessarily vary, accord¬ 
ing to the character or the size of t he body of water 
in which they are to be immersed. They should be 
held to the bottom of the water by stones, aud fast¬ 
ened to a stake or post on the bank. When kept in 
place in this way they can be easily drawn out of 
the water, if it becomes necessary to do so. 
“It will he readily understood that these artificial 
spawning beds will be especially serviceable in those 
streams and canals which are so clear as to be devoid 
of any natural spawning beds. 
“For the salmonids, which spawn on a gravelly 
bottom, and whose ova remain free, artificial spawn¬ 
ing places are very simple and readily prepared. It 
is only requisite to coyer in certain places the beds 
of rather shallow and rapid streams, near the bank 
or the bottom of rivulets, with a thick layer or gravel 
or pebbles, and to prepare slight excavations or fur¬ 
rows, like those made by the salmon or trout, to 
deposit their eggs in. M. Millet also recommends 
that small heaps of pebbles should be raised at the 
edges of these fuvrows. By means of these con- 
■“ CLIMBING FISH.” 
valuable acquisition, especially as it is herbiverous. 
The Anabtxs wandens belongs to the same family as 
the Gourami. This is the very wonderful climbing 
perch of the East Indies, which has long been cele¬ 
brated for its powers of leaving the failing streams, 
ascending the banks, aud proceeding overland to 
some spot where its unerring instinct warns it that 
water is yet to be found. The fishermen of the 
Ganges subsist largely on these fishes, and are accus¬ 
tomed to put them into an open jar as soon as 
caught; and though uo water is supplied to them, 
they exist very well without it, sometimes living 
this strange life five or six days. 
Jeanie’s Quiet Life. A Novel. By the Author of " St 
Claves,' "Janita’s Cross." “Alec’s Briuo," & c . &c. 
[8vo.—pp. 12.3.] New York: narper & Brothers. 
Tub title of this story will indicate its character. It 
is a very quiet, unpretending narration, and would not at 
all please the lovers of sensational literature. It is no¬ 
where dull, however, and there is a singular charm la its 
simplicity which is only too rarely found. We should 
like to read mauy more stories of such quiet lives as that 
of Jeanie Lyneton, For sale by Dewet. 
I well recollect, in the course of my labors, a 
poor Hindoo youth, who followed me about the 
garden of the school, asking of me to make him a 
Christian. 1 said: — “It is impossible, my dear 
boy; if it is possible to do so at all, it is possible 
only through the Lord Jesus Christ to make you a 
Christian. Fray to him." 
How well 1 recollect the sweet voice and face of 
that boy when he soon after came to me and said: 
“ The Lord Jesus Christ has taken His place in my 
heart.” 1 asked:—“How is that?” He replied: 
“ I prayed and said, ‘O Lord Jesus Christ! if yon 
please, make me a Christian! ’ And he was so kind 
that He came down from heaven, and has lived in 
my heart ever since.” 
How simple and how touching! “ Lord Jesus 
Christ! if you please, make me a Christian t" Can 
you say that you have made a similar appeal in such 
,jkj uooumea mat aosence or mental irritation, and a a spirit as this poor Hindoo boy? And can you say, 
careful cultivation of stupidity, would be good for my young friends, that Jesus Christ has come down 
long life. from heaven to live in your hearts ?— llev. Dr. Boom. 
A Huge Chimney. —The tallest chimney in the 
world is said to be at the Port Dundas works, Glas¬ 
gow, Scotland. Its bight from the foundation is 
458 feet; above the ground, 444 feet, the foundation 
being 14 feet deep; the outside diameter, on a level 
with the ground, is 34 feet, at the top, 12 feet 8 
inches; thickness at the ground, 7 bricks, at the 
top, 1)4 bricks; the internal diameter at the base is 
20 feet, which gradually contracts at the tup to 10 
feet 4 inches diameter. 
Bleak House. By Charles Dickens. [12mo.—pp. 352.1 
New York: D. Appleton As Co. 
“In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt, upon the ro¬ 
mantic side or familiar things." So says Mr. Diceene 
m his preface to the story. The Ai-i-letons' cheap edi 
turn enables any person, whatever the condition of his 
j exchequer, to see lAtniliar things on their roxuantic side 
(Si the novelist sees them. Sold by Adams & Ellis. 
The Modern Practice of Photogbapuy Bv R 
Carey Baird 0 ' S ‘ [8vo ' _ P p - Philadelphia : Hei 
The photographic art is very concisely explained 
this tasty pamphlet. Persons desirous of pressing ■ 
sun into their Service as a limner, and any who are ci 
ous concerning that luminary’s process of working a 
the aids he needs, should read it. 
Mark free use of printers’ ink. Let your pledged 
word ever be sacred. Nothing is more valuable to 
a man in business than the name of always doing 
as he agrees, and that, too, at the moment. A 
strict adherence to this rule gives a man the com¬ 
mand of half of the spare funds within the range of 
his acquaintance.—/’. T. Barnnm. 
