icrmm 1 
Sprightly, 
Thk History op a Mouthful op Bread : And its Effect 
on the Organization of Men and Animals, Bv Jean 
Mace. Translated from the Eighth French Edition, 
by Mrs, Alfred Gattt. First American Edition, re¬ 
printed from the above, earefnily revised and compared 
with the Seventeenth French Edition. flSmo.—np. 398. ] 
New York: Harper A Brothers. 
Youtiutl readers are not generally interested in histo¬ 
ries, hut we would say to them that this is one which can 
hardly fail to please them. Jean Mace has, perhaps more 
than any other writer for children, the faculty of instruct¬ 
ing and entertaining at. the same time. In this book, al¬ 
ready very popular in France, he has brought out some of 
the great leading facts of anatomy and physiology with 
singular ingenuity and skill, and made them entirely 
comprehensible to a child. Even mature minds will And 
many scientific truths made more clear to their under¬ 
standing Ln the author's plain, familiar method of treat¬ 
ment. The History is divided in two parts, the first de¬ 
voted to Man, and the second to Animals. Both go very 
far to explain the strange mysteries of life, and together 
comprise a work which should be placed in the hands of 
every young scholar, Sold by Dewet. 
ONE LITTLE INDIAN.” 
TV hen the rocks and the woods their ! 
^ hen the leaves of the trees are ■ 
Give me a draught from the erys - tal spring. When tho burn-ing sun is 
Give me a draught from tin: crys - tal spring, When the cool -ing breez-es 
Give me a draught from the crys-ful spring, When the win-tcry winds are 
Give me a draught from the crystal spring, When the ripe-niag fruits ap 
When the flowers are in bloom, and the 
When the reap - era the aong of the 
bles lie, 
cy enow, 
shail - ows fling Where the pearls and the peb 
with - er - ing, From the frost or the flee 
Beaumarchats. An Historical Novel. By A. E. Brach- 
vogxl, Author of "Narcissus.” " Benoni“A New 
Falstaff, ’ “ A Story of the Middle Ages." etc., etc. 
Translated from the German by Theresa <J. Radford. 
Complete in One Volume. Illustrated by Gaston Fat. 
[8vo.—pp. 295.| New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Mbs. Muhlbauh is not alone in the field of Historical 
Romance. She will have to look to her laurels. The 
present volume proves that she has a rival. “Beaumar¬ 
chais ” is full of the intrigue of French love ami French 
history, and is necessarily interesting. Its hero flour¬ 
ished in the days of pamphlets and memorials, and wrote 
many. He was also a poet and a dramatist, and the sub¬ 
ject of many strange adventures. In History his charac¬ 
ter is presented as many-sided and brilliant. His genins 
was unquestionably one of the most versatile ever known, 
even among versatile Frenchmen, and furnishes a fine 
theme for the romancer. 
snow. 
From the woods o’er the ver - dant lawn, From the woods o'er the ver - dant lawn. 
And plen - ty lias crowned the year. And plea - ty has crowned the year. 
[From the Young Shawm , published by Mason Brothers. 
dies slowly. A nut holds out long against the de¬ 
basing influence of separation from its source of 
ife. Bat plums, figs, peaches, apricots and straw¬ 
berries begin to sutler directly they are gathered. 
I'iiis is the case even with pines, which are suscept¬ 
ible of bruises, bat they contain such an apparent 
surplusage of flavor, that the lirst stages of their 
decay arc not perceived, except by a cunning palate. 
— Chambers' Journal. 
HOW A MINING AGENT GOT RICH. 
Hanottis lollies 
Mark Twain, in a letter to the Chicago Tribune, 
from Nevada, relates the following: 
An acquaintance of mine shook hands with me in 
such a very patronizing manner, yesterday, that I am 
moved to make him the text of a paragraph that 
will serve to illustrate what one may term “a state 
of things.” When I flrst. knew this mao he hadn’t a 
cent. He did not put on airs then. Now he is a 
superintendent of one of the great silver mines, and 
he has grown rich. You may not believe that a 
superintendent can grow absolutely rich in four 
years on a salary of from ten to twenty thousand 
dollars a year, out such is really the case. Ordinary 
superintendents are content to covertly receive a 
present of a dollar or so for each ton of ore they sell 
to a mill-man; but my man’s ambition soared higher 
than that. He took lumber belonging to the great 
corporation that employed him, and built a little 
mill of his own with it. He built that mill below 
the company's mill, too, which was wise. Then he 
took other of the company’s lnmber, and bnilt a 
string of sluice-boxes that reached clear from the 
company’s mill to his own. After that he worked 
the company’s rock in the company’s mill aud got 
sixteen dollars a ton out of it—and turned the money 
over to the company — which didn’t declare a 
dividend. Then be took the tradings from that 
same rock, carried them through his sluices to his 
little private mill, worked them over again and out 
of every ton he got thirty dollars! Which money 
was his own, of coarse, and he never gave any ol it 
to the company. Now you can understand how a 
man can get rich in four years, on twelve thousand 
dollars a year, when the company famishes him a 
dwelling house and horses and carriages free. 
1 hr Lute of nchuyler Colfax. By Rev. A. Y Moore 
nI. b , oa, AS ei 2 d J ipdiana. With a Portrait. [lHmo.—no. 
391.] Phdauelphia : T. B. Peterson & Brothers. 
The author of this work was for twelve years the pas¬ 
tor and friend of Mr. Colfax, and enjoyed his entire 
confidence. His fitness, therefore, for making an accu¬ 
rate biography cannot be doubted. Having access to the 
Congressional Globe, and files of the paper published by 
Mr. C.. he has quoted freely from tho speeches and edito¬ 
rials there given, and has time presented a frill and con¬ 
nected record of the popular Speaker’s public career. 
Any young man. whatever his political predilections 
may be, cannot peruse the volume thoughtfully without 
profit. The portrait on steel, which forms the frontis¬ 
piece, is very life-like, and represents the smiling face of 
the original faithfully. 
TELEGRAMMA.TIC WRITING 
The Telegraph has done more for us than to 
trausmit our messages with lightning speed. It 
has taught us to condense much meaning into few 
words. Extremes meet, and the long march of 
civilization here lands us in a simplicity of language 
akin to that which prevailed in the infancy of the 
world. In the Telegram, grammar, the growth of 
ages, is set aside, and a few nouns with a verb or 
two are suflieieut to reproduce an idea, in a mo¬ 
ment, on the further side of the Atlantic Ocean, 
without much aid from prepositions and other 
accessories that round off its meaning and give to 
it finish and beauty. 
Now in our written style we Badly need a nearer 
approach to the telegraphic or compact mode of 
expression, instead of the verbose and less definite 
one. Turn where we will—to the bound volume— 
the magazine—the newspaper—the same fault con¬ 
tinually strikes us; the fault of having little mat¬ 
ter, and many words to say it in; a sparse yield of 
grain, but abundant straw to thresh in order to 
as too close a style; 
The Builder asks a curious question: How long 
will London be habitable? The enormous town is 
increasing so rapidly as to threaten to seriously in¬ 
terfere with thecomforts of its inhabitants. Already 
the prevalence of a southeast wind bears to the 
vicinity of the parks the dense canopy of smoke and 
the vitiated atmosphere of nine miles of buildings. 
As the circumference of the vast city is extended 
this evil is exaggerated with each aunuel addition to 
the space built over. The slight remains of vegeta¬ 
tion are dally diminishing. More than 000,000,000 
cubic ft. of carbonic acid gas are expired in London 
in the course of twenty-four hours, by human beings 
alone. This is irrespective of smoke, of the gaseous 
products of combustion, and of all other sources 
whereby the- air i - vlMuldi) 
Double Revolving Map of Europe and America. 
L. R. P. Thompson, New Brunswick, N. J., is General 
Agent for vending a map of Europe and America, recently 
published by J. T. Li.otd. 33 Cortlauilc St., New York. 
The map is of the largest size, having a delineation of 
the American Continent on one side and one of the Euro¬ 
pean Continent, on the other. It is suspended from au 
iron pulley, over which a cord passes, the pulling of 
which easily reverses the sides, bringing the map do- 
sired under inspection at once. This map comprises all 
the modern changes in both hemispheres, while its doable 
form and reversible action serve greatly to economize 
room and facilitate aD examination of the country or sec¬ 
tion desired. The map is well executed, and will be 
found a great convenience in counting-rooms, hotels and 
SOWING LITTLE SEEDS 
Little Bessie had got a present of a new book, and 
she eagerly opened it to look at the first picture. It 
was the picture of a boy sitting by the side of a 
stream, and throwing seeds into the water. 
“I wander what this picture is about,” said she; 
“ why does the boy throw seeds into the water? ” 
“ Oh t I know,” said her brother Edward, who had 
been looking at the book; “he is sowing the seeds 
of water lilies." 
“ But how small the 6eeds look,” said Bessie. “ It 
seems strange that such large plants should grow 
from such little thiugs.” 
“You are just sowing such tiny seeds every day, 
Bessie, and they will come up large, strong plants 
after a while," said her father. 
“ Oh, no, father, I have not planted any seeds for 
a long while.” 
“ I have seen my daughter sow a number of seeds 
to-day.” 
Bessie looked puzzled, and her father smiled and 
said: 
“ Yes, I have watched you planting flowers, and 
seeds, and weeds to-day.” 
“Now I know that you are joking, for I would 
not plant ugly weeds.” 
“ I will tell you what I mean. When you laid 
aside that Interesting book, and attended to what 
your mother wished done, you were sowing seeds 
of kindness and love. When you broke the dish 
that you knew your mother valued, and came in¬ 
stantly aud told her, you were sowing seeds of truth. 
When you took the cup of cold water to the poor 
womau at the gate, you were sowing seeds of mercy. 
These arc all beautiful flowers, Bessie. But 1 hope 
my little girl has been planting the great tree of 
‘ love to God,’ and that she will tend and watch it 
until its branches reach the skies and meet before 
his throne.” 
“And the weeds, father V ” 
" When you were impatient with baby, you sowed 
the seeds of ill-temper. When you waited some 
time after your mother called you, you sowed diso¬ 
bedience and selfishness. These are all noxious 
weeds. Pull them up. Do not let them grow in 
yonr garden.” 
Tld? quantity of ear- 
ouuie acid renders twenty times its weight of 
atmospheric air unfit for the support of life. 
On a perfectly calm day, when the respiration of 
London hangs within the limits of the metropolitan 
districts, the polluted atmosphere, were it possible 
to press it down upon the streets, would fill the 
whole roadway to a depth of between eight and nine 
feet. This startling quantity of poieoned air London 
must exchange for fresh. As to smoke it may be 
mentioned that on an average 14,000 tons of coalare 
daily consumed in the capital, a great portion of 
which is cast into the atmosphere in the partially 
volatilized form of smoke. The increasing difficulty 
of living in London during the summer becomes 
every year more oppressive, and there can he no 
question that tbe actual experiment of how large a 
city can be made, will not require many more years 
to solve. 
secure it. There is such a thing 
one which condenses thought as a micro-photo¬ 
graph does a landscape, until great effort is required 
to master its details; but this is the rare exception. 
The rule,', is the reverse — a diffuse, and therefore 
weak way of setting forth that which is to be said. 
We say therefore weak, because force is not compat¬ 
ible with the employment of needless phrases. The 
sentences that tell—that hit homo like the blow of 
a hammer, are made up of few words. Look at 
such a description as thid of “ Manhattan’s,” in one 
of his letters to the Standard. He says of a New 
York citizen, deceased ;—“He was rich, and eighty 
years old.” A writer of the penny-a-line school 
would have made a long paragraph of this; with 
the striking difference of leaving on the mind of 
the reader a cloudy impression of tbe facts, instead 
of a picture as vivid and sharp as the flash of a 
diamond. Until an author has attained to some¬ 
what of this brevity, he should sift his matter, 
again and again, striking out of his sentence every 
adverb and adjective which does not add to it real 
significance, bnt merely sound. 
It is true that there is such a thing as a style 
gaining in beauty by amplification; but this it is 
not within the power of the majority of writers to 
effect. It requires so much skill, that as a rule it is 
better let alone. There are painters who have a 
talent for using masses of bright color harmoni¬ 
ously ; but let a tyro attempt to do the same thing, 
and he will be rewarded for his pains with utter 
failure. The great watchword should be “Sim¬ 
plicity.” Study to be simple. Fling fine writing 
to the winds. Say that which needs to be said, by 
all means; but let it be short and pithy. Take the 
BOlid golden words of the Saxon tongue, rather 
than the silvery Latin ones; and the style that is 
formed with them will be of the best English that 
can be written. Of course we do not mean that all 
long words should be rejected; they are sometimes 
indispensable. But long sentences seldom are so; 
and we would urge those who inflict them upon us, 
to aim at writing not merely grammatically, but 
telegraromatically. — Printers' Register. 
A Popular Treatise on the Art of Hqcse-Paint- 
ino : Plain aud Decorative. Showing the Nature. Com¬ 
position and Mode of Production oFPaiuts and Paint¬ 
ers' Colors and their Proper and Harmonious Combina¬ 
tion and Arrangement. By John W, Masurt. (12mo, 
—pp. 21tJ ] New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
The Applktons have sent this book forth in their hand¬ 
somest style,—have showed as much taste, in their way, 
in fact, as the author desires people generally to show in 
their homes. Mr. Masuby’s venture amid " tbe makiug 
of many books" is a novelty, bnt it is worth tending, 
Some portions of it are worth studying, too. Even our 
lady readers might peruee with profit, the chapter on 
“ Harmony and Discord of Colors.” Sold by Scranton 
&, Wetmobe. 
Early in the spring of 1866, while arrangements 
were making for photographing a live male of the 
Nephila plumipes (the so-called “Silk Spider of 
South Carolina,”) tbe spider, after several times trav¬ 
ersing the circle of wire on which it was, suddenly 
stopped, took a Arm position at the top of the frame 
and lifting the abdomen, pointing it towards a large 
skylight which occupied the middle of the ceiling, 
a slender, shining thread was seen to shoot forth 
from the spinnerets which occupy the end of the 
abdomen; it seemed to have a blunt, rouuded ex¬ 
tremity, which advanced through the air rather 
quickly fora few inches, but afterwards more slowly 
and steadily, and with an upward tendency, but 
always in the direction of the skylight. 
When it had reached the length of five or six feet, 
I allowed it to become attached to my coat; the 
issue ceased at once, and the spider, having attached 
the end of the line, turned about and began to pull 
upon it. I now broke it off' near the wire, and, be¬ 
lieving that there was a current of air towards the 
skylight, 1 blew gently upon the spider from various 
directions, and found that it always pointed its ab¬ 
domen in the direction in which I blew, and that 
the thread was emitted in the same direction. So 
that while it seemed to have the.powerof projecting 
a thread for a short distance, yet it always availed 
itself of the prevailing current of air. 
This siugte instance by no means proves that all 
spiders do or can employ this method of bridging 
over spaces, and it may be that on ordinary occa¬ 
sions they do, as every one has seen them, deseeud 
to the ground, emitting the thread as they advance, 
and palling in the slack before attaching it to the 
desired point But. the former method enables them 
to cross water and to pass from tree to tree; while 
the well known buoyancy of the silk permits them 
(or at least the smaller species) to sail along on 
water, hanging at the lower end of a line whose 
upper end is invisible ,—American Naturalist. 
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, 
Embracing all those which are Most Important in Dy¬ 
namics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam 
Engines, Mill and Other Gearing, Presses, Horology 
and Miscellaneous .Machinery, including many move¬ 
ments never before Published, and Several which have 
ouly Recently come Into Use. By Henty T. Brown. 
Editor of the “ American Artisan." (Square 12rao.— 
pp. 123.J New York: Brown, Dooms Do. 
The movements here so fully illustrated and explained 
have appeared from time to time In the American Arti¬ 
san. As presented in convenient book form they will be 
of great ntility to engineers, machinists, draughtsmen, 
inventors, manufacturers and artisans generally. 
The rare optical phenomenon known as mirage 
consists in the apparent displacement of objects in 
the vicinity of broad sheets of water or over sandy 
plains, aud is due to the refraction of light. Air in 
contact with a heated portion of the earth’s surface 
becomes dilated; therefore in sustaining the weight 
of the incumbent atmosphere its elasticity is in¬ 
creased while its density i- diminished. Adjacent 
layers of air of different densities have different 
refracting powers, and rays of light coming with 
great obliquity from a distant object before reaching 
tbe earth are thus bent upward, and present to the 
observer the impression of light reflected from the 
surfact of water, and where such object is over 
water, both the light directly from it and that of its 
reflection reach the eye at the same instant, by which 
t wo images are seen opposite one to the other, and 
joined at their bases. This class of phenomena 
must not be conroanded with that due to the reflec- 
tionof terrestrial objects on the clouds, distinguished 
as spectral. Mirage is visible near tbe horizon, and 
when the object is not far off is seen more distinctly 
as the eye approaches the ground. Many details of 
mirage which escape the naked eye may be revealed 
by tbe telescope. The contrasts of temperature 
producing mirage occar frequently in tbe Arctic 
regions when the summer sun acts powerfully on 
the ice; in milder climates sach contrasts are more 
rare. Wheu strata of air of different density extend 
vertically, iustead of horizontally, by mean,- of 
strong currents, it would be inferred that the object 
will appear at right angles to its true position, and 
such has been proved by observation to be the fact. 
Democracy in the United States. What it has Done, 
What it is doing, and What it will Do. By Ransom H. 
Gillett, formerly Member of Congress from tit. Law¬ 
rence Co., N. Y.; more recently Registrar and Solicitor 
of the U. S. Treasury Department, and Solicitor for 
the United States in the Court of Claims, Counsellor-at- 
law, etc. (12mo,-pp 414.] New York: D. Appleton 
& Co. 
This worn is really made np of biographies of men who 
have been meet prominent as expounders of Democratic 
faith, during our national history, between which are 
sandwiched essays touching npon different points in that 
faith. Sold by Scrantom & Wetmoke. 
The Poetical Works of Siu Walter Scott, Bart., 
Containing Lay of die Last. Minstrel, Marmion, I.ady of 
the Lake, Don Roderick, Itokeby, Ballads, Lyrics and 
Songs. With a Life of the Author. [12mo.^pp. 647.] 
New Y'ork: D. Appleton & Co. 
The demand fur cheap editions of standard works must 
be very large indeed. Hardly are Dickens’ and Soott’s 
romances oui of press in form to be placed in every house¬ 
hold, when the enterprising publishers project a Popular 
Edition of the standard Poets, giviug the works of each 
complete in one volume for the very low price or fifty 
cents. Scott leads the series, and Milton and Burns 
win soon follow. Sold by Scrantom & Wetmork. 
“I do think,” said Susie Corle to her cousin 
Cora, as they went from school one afternoon, 
‘that, without any exception, Kate Seldon Is the 
most disagreeable girl I ever knew! ” 
“O, Susie, don’t say that! ” cried Cora, with her 
blue eyes full of tears. “ Kate is my dearest friend.” 
And she pleaded so lovingly for her, that Susie was 
ashamed of her hasty words, and eager to ask Kate’s 
partlou. 
Turning a corner, they espied Kate waiting for 
them at the gate. Susie ran at once to greet her, 
and presently the three were walking np the garden 
path, with their arms about each other. 
it was a pleasant picture , and, watching them, I 
w ondered if there were not those at discord with 
the dearest Friend of all, who, through the influ¬ 
ence of a loving word, might be led to seek pardon 
and reconciliation? — Little Corporal. 
Fruit should be eaten alive, like oysters. There 
is an edge to the taste of a fresh opened oyster, 
which comes, I suppose, from the surprise he feels 
at being suddenly scooped oat of his shell. In a 
few minutes this gives place to a feeling of alarm; 
and then, in an hour or two, to one of despair. 
When he is laid out with his brethren in a dish, 
the whole brood is hopeless and sad. They may 
still taste of life, but it is of life disappointed. But 
the fresh-opened oyster has no time to grow fever¬ 
ish or melancholy. He is caught in a state of serene 
unconsciousness of sorrow. He has a sound mind 
is a sound body, and is therefore wholesome and 
nice. Allow him to reflect before his dissolution, 
and the brightness of his spirit is gone. Bat the 
quick operation of detaching him from his shell 
sends a spasm through his being, which startles 
all the latent excellence he may possess into sud¬ 
den and unique perfection. If eaten at this crisis 
of his healthful powers, he conveys all the grati¬ 
fication which an oyster is capable of giving to the 
superior animal man. 
So analogously, I believe, is it in eating fruit. It 
must be eaten alive, before the reaction begins to 
set Ln from its severance from the life-carrying stem. 
While a plum, for example, hangs npon its stalk, it 
is in some kind of magnetic correspondence with all 
the powers of nature; it shares the life of the earth 
and the sky; it has sunshine in its veins, aud dew 
in its cells. Cut it off, and in time it dies, corrupt, 
unwholesome; and every moment in its progress 
from life to death is marked by a decadence of that 
essence which makes fruit delicious. Therefore, sup 
posing that you pluck it ripe, the sooner a pium is 
eaten the better for yon. This of course applies 
most to tender, thin-skinned fruit. A firm appV 
Gothic Album for Cabinet Makers; Comprising a 
Collection ol Designs for Gothic Furniture. Illustra¬ 
ted by Twenty-three Large and Beautifully Engraved 
Plates. Philadelphia: Henry Darcy Baird. 
The plates here shown must be well worth their price 
— three dollars —to those desirouB of getting up tasty 
gothic furniture. They are clearly engraved, and printed 
on heavy paper. The designs include a variety of sofas, 
chairs, tables, bedsteads, secretaries, book-cases, etc. 
In Paris, a correspondent reports, the great subject 
of conversation is of inventions to increase the ra¬ 
pidity of travel. In England, as well as in France, 
aeronautics are attracting more and more attention, 
and at least a dozen flying machines are now exhibit¬ 
ing in the two countries. In Paris, one of the 
fashionable diversions now is, to pass an hour in the 
air in a balloon which ia held down by a stout cable; 
and elegant ladies and gentlemen take their after¬ 
noon airing thns instead of on wheels. 
Paris also indulges itself in the velocipede, a ma¬ 
chine which will some day come into general use 
among country gentlemen not averse to light exer¬ 
cise. At present it is given over to little boys, in 
this country, and used chiefly on the smooth city 
sidewalks. 
But the Parisian velocipede, arranged with large 
and nicely balanced wheels, with a powerful crank 
aud easily working levers, is an instrument of loco¬ 
motion tit for the use of men, and can be driven by 
its occupant, without distress to himself, as fast as 
a moderately fast horse goes. They have velocipede 
clubs in Paris, and velocipede races. Perhaps thi6 
fashion also will some day come over to ns. — N. Y. 
Merving Post. 
Some interesting facts in the history of telegraphic 
communications are given by Herr Neumann in an 
official report recently published at Vienna. It ap¬ 
pears from this report that a line of telegraph was 
opened between Persia and Russia by way of the 
Caucasus so early as 1859. Telegraphic communica¬ 
tion between Europe and Northern Asia was also 
first established by the Russian Government, wnieli 
laid down a line between Moscow and Omsk in 
1802, aud extended it to the Sea of Japan, by way of 
Irkutsk and Kiacta in 1804. 
A Russian telegraphic agency exists at Pekin, 
through which messages are transmitted from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The liue is now carri¬ 
ed to Behring's Straits by Okhotsk. The total length 
of the European telegraphs is 53,840 geographical 
miles; of those in America, 14,239: of those in Asia, 
1,730; of those in Australia, 1,842; of those in Africa, 
1,504—exclusive of submarine lines. There are in all 
1,200 telegraph stations, and the number of persons 
employed in them is about 38,000. The total weight 
of the wires is calculated at 1,800,000 cwt., and there 
are about 7,500,000 posts which it costs $1,000,000 to 
keep up. The capital expended in the construction 
of the various telegraphs is $82,500,000. 
The Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets of tiie Old 
Testament. Boston: Ilcnry Hoyt. 
This little volume of 142 pages is composed of ques¬ 
tions oii select portions of the Old Testament, embracing 
the whole period of Jewish history from the Creation to 
the re-establishment of the Jews iu thuir own land, after 
tho Babylonish captivity. The difficult questions are un¬ 
answered, the more to stimulate inquiry and thoughtful 
study. 
To Boys.— Horace Mann talked to the boy 3 in 
this way:—“ You are made to be kind, generous and 
magnanimous. If there’s a boy in school who has a 
club foot, don’t let him know that you ever saw it. 
If there's a boy in school with ragged clothes, don’t 
talk of rags in his presence. If there’s a lame boy in 
school, assign him some place in the play which 
doeB not require much running. If there’s a dull 
one, help him to get his lessons. 
Dead sea Fruit. A Novel. By M. E. Braddon, Author 
of “Birds of Prey,” “ Aurora Floyd,” "Eleanor’s Vic¬ 
tory,” etc., etc. With illustrations. New York: Har¬ 
per & Brothers. 
A novel with a doubtful name and a doubtful charac¬ 
ter. There cau be uo benefit to one's moral sensitive¬ 
ness in the perusal of such, Sold by Dewey. 
Tub Proof op Love.—A very little girl said to 
her mother one day, “ Mamma, I love you !” The 
mother was busy and did not reply, and so she re¬ 
peated her words, “Mamma, I love you!” Still 
the mother made but slight answer, and little Ella 
raid again very earnestly—“ Mamma, I do love 
you!” “Bnt why do you think so, my child?” 
said the mother. “ Because,” said Ella, “ I love to 
do all I can to please you.” 
Three Christmas Days. A Story lor Girls. Boston: 
Henry Hoyt. 
Another pretty volume of the nilhide Library. It 
numbers 74 pages, and will please the young readers for 
whom it is intended. 
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