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THE FIRST DRINK. 
Lake George : Its Scenes and Characteristics, with 
Glimpses of the Olden Times. To which is added 
some Account of Ticonriemga, with a Description of 
the Route to Schroon hake and the Adirondack* wuh 
an Appendix containing Notes on Lake Champlain 
With LI lustrations. By B. F. DbCosta. [tfimo.-pp. 
131.] New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. 
Tourists, and readers generally, will he greatly in¬ 
terested in perusing this elegantly printed little volume, 
There is no more interesting region of country upon the 
Continent than that of which it treats,—none which has 
greater charms for the lover of nature, or about which 
there clusters more of the romance of history, Mr. De- 
Cobta has evidently written cm arrive, and yet. very con¬ 
scientiously. The historical chapters manifest much re¬ 
search, and a purpose to sift mere legends from facts and 
present a strictly reliable narrative. As a brochure of 
Colonial Days and Revolutionary scenes, then, the book 
is valuable. and as a guide-book to Lake George and the 
Adirondacks it will supply a need much felt by ramblers 
thitherward. Sold by Harrow & Kkmpshall. 
BY EBEN E. REXFORI), 
I sometimes wonder if any of my little friends 
think liow entirely little circumstances may rule a 
person’s whole lifetime? A single action, though 
very trilling in itself, often exerts an influence that 
is felt till the last hour of existence. Let me tell 
you a story to illustrate what I mean. 
Benny Gray was ten years old before he took his 
first drink of liquor. His parents were very good, 
respectable people, and had always taught him to 
shun the saloons where intoxicating drinks were 
sold. They told him of the evil effect of strong 
drink, and more than once he had the opportunity 
to see for himseir the fearful wretch that liquor will 
make of a strong, healthy man, for his home was in 
a large village, and drunken men were often seen 
staggering down the streets. 
One day be was walking slowly down the street 
in company with a boy of about bia own age. 
Robert Wade was not such a boy as Mr. or Mrs. 
Gray would have chosen as an associate for their 
son, but he had formed Benny’s acquaintance in 
some way, and had gained considerable control over 
him. Bad boys very easily gain a strong inffuence 
over those who associate with them who are not as 
bad as themselves. They are willing to lead the 
way into mischief and wrong-doing, and in a very 
little while their companions will follow. 
Benny and his companion walked along that 
afternoon, watching those around them on the 
street, and talking very busily. At length they 
stopped before a saloon, where various kinds of 
sparkling wines and glittering liquors were exhibit¬ 
ed in flashing decanters in the large windows, like 
shining decoys, to lure men on to temptation and, 
finally, ruin. 
“•Let’s go in aud have a drink,” said Robert 
Wade; “I’Ll pay for the liquor.” 
“ Oh—no!" answered Benny, with a little hesita¬ 
tion in his manner, “ I guess not,” 
A Commentary on tub Hour Scriptures: Critical, 
Doctrinal and nomiletica'. with Special Reference to 
Ministers and Students. By -John Peter Lange. D. 
D., in connection with a number or Eminent European 
Divines. Translated front the German, and Edited 
wit h Additions, by Pinur Sen err, D D., In connec¬ 
tion with American Divines or Various Evangelical 
Denomination?, Vol. VI, of the New Testament: 
Containing the two Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians. 
[6vo —pp. •'%. | New York: Charles Scribner <fe Co. 
Another volume of the series of Lange’s magnificent 
Bihelwerk is here given. It forms an almost invaluable 
addition to our scripture commentary. Dr. Rung, an 
eminent Germau scholar, wrote this portion of the Bibet- 
wtrk, and its translation has been accomplished by Dr. 
Daniel W. Poor of Newark, N, J., and Dr. Conway P. 
Wing of Carlisle, Pa. The Translators have aimed to 
give the spirit, rather than the phraseology, of the origi¬ 
nal, and have introduced such modifications of method 
and style as were required to adapt the work to American 
readers. Important additions have also been made. Sold 
by Ada M3 & Ellis. 
Portraits or Celebrated Women. By C. A. Sainte- 
Beuye. Translated from the French by II, W. Pres¬ 
ton. [16mo.-pp.3SI.] Boston: Roberts Bros. ^ 
Tue character and lives of the representative'women 
of Frauce have been long before the world in a series of 
celebrated essays by M. SAtNTE-BEtrvx. Nine of these 
essays have now been rendered Into English by a compe¬ 
tent Translator, and are produced in tasteful style in the 
hook before us. They treat of Madame* De Sevigne, 
De LaFatette, De Souza, Roland, De Stael, Db.Du- 
sas, De Rbmusat. De Krudener and Guizot,— women 
noted in the world of French letters and politics, and 
whose characteristics afford profitable study for woman¬ 
hood everywhere. Our American ladies can learn much 
from these (once) queens of the French salon, who united 
rare social graces with still more rare mental endow¬ 
ments : aud wo hope they will peruse this book thought¬ 
fully, and with a desire for personal improvement. Bold 
by Steele & Avert. 
The Cottage Bible and Family Expositor: Contain¬ 
ing the Old and New Testaments, with Practical Expo¬ 
sitions and Explanatory Notes. By Thomas Williams. 
To whicU are added the References and Maruinal 
Readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with Original 
Notes, and SnleCtions from Bagster’s Comprehensive 
Bride, and other Standard Works, Introductory aud 
Concluding Remarks on each Book of the Old and New 
Testaments, and a Valuable Chronological Index. The 
whole carefully Revised, and adapted to the use of 
Sunday Schools, Bible Classes and Christians Gen¬ 
erally. Embellished with Maps aud Engravings. Ed¬ 
ited by Rev. William Patton, D. D. Complete in two 
Volumes. Yola. I. and II. Hartford: ISrainard & 
Sampson. 
In two large crown octavo volumes of 1,500 pages, 
fairly printed, handsomely bound, and embellished with 
six maps and fifteen steel engravings, we here have the 
Holy Scriptures, with ample expository notes. The mar¬ 
ginal references and readings are well arranged, and in 
every respect the edition seems to be a desirable one. 
Sold only by Subscription. 
Lord Brougham was most earnestly and usefully 
employed for many years of his life in the work of 
extending education among the working classes; 
and the amendment of the eomniou law and judicial 
administration. He was instrumental, more than 
any other single man, in the formation of the pres¬ 
ent prosperous Society for the Diffusion of Useful 
Knowledge, the origination of the schools and me¬ 
chanics’ institutes of the present time, the starting 
of the famous Penny Magazine, and the creation of 
the London University. Brougham goes down to 
history remembered rather as a law and social re¬ 
former, the friend of popular education, and the 
enemy of slavery, than as a violent partisan politi¬ 
cian and lawyer; and this brighter phase of his 
character is what posterity will best love to look 
upon and read about. 
Henry Brougham —Baron Brougham and Vaux 
— who has recently died, and of whom we give an 
admirable portrait, was born in Edinburgh, Septem¬ 
ber 10, 1T7S. He descended from an ancient West¬ 
moreland family, and was, through his mother, the 
grand nephew of William Robertson, the histo¬ 
rian. He was educated at the High School and Uni¬ 
versity of Edinburgh, where he was distinguished 
for his devotion to mathematics and physical sci¬ 
ences. When under eighteen he wrote a paper ou 
the refraction and reflection of light, which being 
sent to the Royal Society, obtained a place In the 
“Transactions," though the fact of the extreme 
youth of its author was unknown. He pursued the 
study of the Scottish law at Edinburgh, traveled on 
the Continent, and was admitted a member of the 
Edinburgh Society of Advocates in 1800. 
The Gospel in toe Trees: With Pulpit Opinions on 
Common Thing? By Alexander Clark [lt’.mo.— 
pp. 305.] Philadelphia: J, W. Daughaday & Co. 
One of the most attractive religious books which ha9 
appeared in a long time is this, by the Editor of that 
very popular juvenile magazine, “Our Schoolday Visi¬ 
tor,” It is the embodiment of lectures delivered by the 
author before bis congregation at Pittsburgh, Pa. “ The 
Gospel in the Trees” traces the similitude between the 
life of the Christian and the Apple, Cedar, Olive, Myrtle, 
Willow and Palm Trees, and illustrates very happily the 
beauties of natural theology as seen in bonghs and leaves 
and fruit; while “Pulpit Opinions on Common Things ” 
treat of subjects never uninteresting because common, 
and to which the writer imparts a new charm. 
and occupied many elevated posil \as, including that 
of Lord Chancellor of England, ill began his politi¬ 
cal and literary career simultaneously with Palmer¬ 
ston, Jeffrey and 8ydney Shith, and survived 
them all. Not only that, but lie survived the old 
social and political wrongs which, in conjunction 
with or in opposition to those famous men, he so 
vigorously fought. His first practical efforts had for 
their object the abolition of slavery in the English 
colonies; he lived to see abolition accomplished in 
every civilized country, and ths work of universal 
abolition fairly begun. He begin early in life a cru¬ 
sade against the practice of fiogg'mg in the British 
army, bub met with little encouragement. 
work. Would there were fewer of these idle, frivo¬ 
lous young men and women! 
But 6ome of your fearless, manly, energetic ones, 
Bet us a new example; and when you are tilling your 
rich prairie, or woodland redeemed from nature, 
think how much worthier is the cause you are prose¬ 
cuting than to crowd into some already over-stocked 
business, or profession in an Eastern home, with 
only one object in view—to hive white hands and 
immaculate clothing, and to be always struggling 
with your limited meaus to keep, up with those in 
outward seeming who are much wealthier than 
yourselves. It belittles one to be always making 
shift in one way or another, to keep up appearances. 
Some of the brave and ambitions ones have set an 
example of what should be done; let there be more 
to follow; let us see more of the strong, energetic, 
fearless ones, who alone are fit to stand as rulers in 
Berry Briar. 
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Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
EMIGRATE. 
begin life with, or perhaps has nothing but a pair of 
strong and willing hands,—I would say to all young 
and poor farmers,—emigrate to the wide, unlimited 
West, where you can make selection from the thou¬ 
sands of acres yet unappropriated. Do not stay 
about the old homestead, waiting until the old gen¬ 
tleman, your father, steps out of ills shoes so that 
you can step in. Do not be afraid of toil, but set 
an example to the weak, lazy, loiterer about home, 
by going West, and purchasing your forest and 
broad prairie, and putting your hand to the plow. 
We know it will cost your young wife (who was 
never long away from her father’s roof,) some pangs, 
to separate from frieud3 aud home; but if she is a 
true woman she will do it without a murmur, for 
the battle of life is an earnest one, and we must each 
sustain our part. We know, too, how pleasant the 
old place looks, as we arc about to turn away and 
seek a new home, that, in after years, shall blossom 
and look as pleasant to children yet unborn, per¬ 
haps, as this old home of yours looks to you. Do 
not expect to begin yonr married life in the same 
style that yonr father and mother are now enjoying 
in their old age, with the fruits of many years of 
toil; but be content to begin humbly. And O, the 
happy pride of that first beginning. How it stands 
out in our mind’s eye as the pleasantest spot in a 
tolerably happy life. 
Plant, and sow, and reap; build your dwellings, 
and garnish them about with fruits and flowers; 
promote Agriculture, one of the great institutions 
of God; and when your sons, and daughters grow 
up like olive plants around your table, while you 
fail not to remember their physical wants, remem¬ 
ber also to supply that InteUectual food the mind 
craves: let them have good hooks and papers, and 
proper recreation, that they may not imbibe the 
false notion, that farming is drudgery, and every 
farmer and farmer's wife, a drudge. 
As we look about us, how many sons and daugh¬ 
ters of wealthy farmers we see who despise their 
surroundings, and only look on “ father” as a very 
necessary machine to coin money for their expendi¬ 
ture, and “mother,” who has labored for them 
every day since they were born, as a very useful 
automaton for doing cooking and general house- 
Wkat Shall We Bat? A Matinal for Housekeepers. 
Comprising a Bill of Fare for Breakfast, Dinner and 
Tea, for every day in the year. With au appendix con¬ 
taining recipes lor pickles and sauces. [12mo. —pp. 
134.] New York: Putnam & Son. 
Those good housewives who have to provide food lor 
discriminating stomachs, and who. find the daily recurring 
question, “ Wnat shall we eat?” a source or considerable 
anxiety, will no doubt welcome the bill of faro here 
given. It will save them no little thought and perhaps 
vexation. Ample directions for the preparation of each 
meal are included. Sold by Adams & Ellis. 
the council halls of our nation 
The Life and Campaigns of Ulysses SiursoN Grant, 
General-in-Chief of the United Btates Army. Com¬ 
prising a Fall and Authentic Account of the Illustrious 
Soldier from his Earliest Boyhood to the Present Time. 
By James Grant Wilson. New York: Robert M. 
DeWitt. 
The most succinct narrative of the life of General 
Grant that has yet appeared is this pamphlet of 100 well 
printed, double-column pages, written by a companion- 
in-arms. It is spirited in style, and comprehensive 
enough to satisfy the general reader. 
WHAT IT COST, 
A gentleman in business in one of our large cities 
has for years made a practice which is common with 
many, of Inviting his customers and friends out to 
“ take a drink" or a cigar. A friend endeavored to 
convince him that he was spending too much in this 
way, aside from other aud stronger objections to the 
practice. The gentleman insisted that the cost was 
a mere tiille, but to make sure of it, he adopted the 
following plan: — Each time he spent anything for 
this purpose, he deposited an equal amount in a box 
in his safe, keeping no account of it. At the end of 
three months he counted his deposit, and found 
there, to his astonishment, over three hundred dollars. 
The friend who related the incident to us said he 
had just left the surprised man, who was still look¬ 
ing at the pile of bills aud thinking deeply. Perhaps 
he was reckoning the amount of comfort and 
pleasure the sum would have brought to the home 
circle, if propedy used, or how it would have helped 
in taking up some note when he was “short.” 
Probably he has received 6ome new ideas which will 
do him much good, and not injure his customers. 
The Uncommercial Traveler, Pictures from Italy, 
and Reprinted Pieces. By Charles Dickens. [16 
mo.—pp. 360.] New York: I). Appleton & Co. 
We have here the last issue of the Popular Edition of 
Dickens’ Works, for which the pnbJic are much Indebted 
to the Appleton*. The “Reprinted Pieces" number 
thirty-one, aud comprise the best of those short sketches 
which Mr. Du.ken* has from time to time sandwiched 
between his more pretentions efforts. Sold by Scran- 
tom & Wetmore. 
HAMMER OR ANVIL. 
Go, boy, obey the master’s stern behest, 
The scales of Fortune never arc at rest; 
Make no delay: to Wisdom’s call attend; 
Rise in the balance, or you else descend ; 
Make yonr election sure; ’tis as yon choose 
To govern and to gain, or serve and lose; 
To bear defeat, or win the victory; 
Hammer or Anvil you must surely be! 
{John Cl. Saxe. 
Ron Roy. A Romance. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 
[12mo.—pp. 101.] New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Number Six of the Waveriy Novels iB here presented 
in the best cheap form extant. Ron Roy was a nnique 
character in Scottish Idstory, and Scott’s romance of 
which he is the hero will always find readers. Sold by 
Scrantom & Wetmore. 
Fletcher Harper is Editor of the new Harper’s 
Bazar. 
Capt. Mayne RfeiD of England, the well-known 
hoy’s story teller, has taken a house at Newport, 
Rhode Island. 
He who has never tried the companionship of a 
little child, has carelessly passed by one of the great¬ 
est pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower with¬ 
out plucking it or knowing its value. 
That is respectable which is honest and sensible, 
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