for if- How grateful such as these are for en¬ 
couragement and sympathy, though only man¬ 
ifested it may be by a word or a tone, nr in some 
unostentatious way, in which the left hand 
knoweth not what the right hand doeth. He 
who in this way bolsters up a failing hope, re¬ 
vives energies that were almost baffled, and 
leads a soul out into Intellectual life and vigor, 
must feel a satisfaction that the votaries of 
worldly pleasure are ever ignorant of. We can 
all do some of this kind of work. Wo can ail 
find some way to respond to the Macedonian 
asmuch as ye did it unto the least of these 
did it unto mo.” 
BLUE COLOR OF THE SKY 
GOING AWAY 
NEW PUBLICATIONS, 
M. Collas of Paris comments, in hrsMomlcs 
of December 12, on M. A. Lali.kmande'm paper 
on the blue color of the atmosphere, In which it 
was attributed to a change of refrangibility duo 
to a partial absorption of the chemical or ultra 
violet rays. To 1.870 M. Com,, vs, in an article In 
Do not l>e angry with mo 
For an idle word I say: 
Do not be angry, father, 
Because I am going away. 
Have patience with mo, my mother. 
Though t may have none with you; 
But I love you, I love you, mother, 
Whatever 1 say or do. 
Look kindly upon me, sister. 
You are beautiful and gay: 
Your days will be long and happy. 
But I arn going away. 
With mr, if you could but read it. 
Clear written on cheek and brow, 
There is no past no future,— 
Only a brief calm Now : 
A little space to be glad in— 
A lesser space to grieve; 
And life’s whole scene fades from me, 
As the landscape fades at eve. 
Except—that eve I shall see not, 
My day is ended at noon ; 
And the saddest bit of the story 
Is—It does not end too soon. 
I am so weary, weary ! 
I could turn my face to the wall; 
bike a sick child, long before bed-time 
Drop asleep among you all: 
Soiled that lessons are over; 
Still gladder that play is done; 
And a dusky curtain stretches 
Between me and the sun. 
Livingstone Lost » ml Found. -By Rev. Josiah 
Tvi.kii. Hartford, Conn.: Mutual Publishing 
Company. 
AFTBR a careful examination of this exceed¬ 
ingly handsome and immense volume, of 782 
pages, wc have come to the conclusion that no 
bettor book of Africa and its explorations, of Dr. 
David Livingstone and his work, of Henry 
M. Stanley and his expedition, lias yet been 
published. It comprises the material of half a 
dozen other volumes, and has more than one 
hundred full-page illustrations and maps. This 
volume is no catch-penny affair, but is a manual 
of facts, of exciting narratives and of enter¬ 
prise, bringing the subject down to the latest, 
moment. The work contains excellent por¬ 
traits, ami is sure of an Immense popularity. 
The Life of Abra tin m Lincoln, From his Birth 
to his Inauguration as President By Ward U. 
I < a mon. Illustrated. Boston ; .lames It. Osgood 
& Company. 
A LARGE and remarkable work, full of the 
details of the life of a great man about whom 
Americans can never learn too much. It should 
he in the library of every American. A father 
could hardly better employ ids time than in 
reading this book aloud to Ids family. While it 
contains much which lias been severely criti¬ 
cised, as a whole we regard It one of the great 
works of the year lfi“2. It Is full of anecdotes 
and incidents, holding I be Interest, of I he reader 
like a romance. It has about 650 pages, and 
contains many line portraits. 
Good-by, my father and mother! 
Two of you—and hut one of me! 
And, sister, you'll Had some stranger 
Much closer than t could be: 
One more—but death’s rjtiiet teaching 
Is making me slowly wise: 
My heart, too poor for his keeping— 
Thou, God, Thou wilt not despise : 
My soul, too weak for earth's battle, 
Thou wilt, gird up anew; 
And the angels shall sea me doing 
The work I was meant to do: 
The work that I ever failed in, 
And wept o’er and tried again, 
Till brnn and body and spirit 
Snapped under the cruel strain. 
The Revision of the English Version of tlse 
New Test n incut . New York: Harper ft Broth¬ 
ers. 1878. 
A large and beautiful volume, valuable to 
all interested in this important subject, which 
consists of a republlcatlon of the recent treat¬ 
ises of Archbishop Trench, Bishop Kllicott 
and Prof. LimiTPOOT, with an elaborate intro¬ 
duction by Prof. Pmi, ip Scu.u r. These emi¬ 
nent men discuss this subject with much learn¬ 
ing, and rather prepare the way for the act ual 
revision. Each essay treats t he subject, from a 
different st andpoint, and points out many errors 
existing In the authorized version. All schol¬ 
ars will welcome the book, Every clergyman 
should have a copy. 
That is over. So none need be sorry 
You rather ought to rejoice, 
And sing my mile h> pneem 
Without n break In your voice; 
And let me depart contented. 
Before the heat of the day: 
For I shall be still God’s servant. 
Although ! have gone away! 
THE LATE KAMEHAMEHA V., KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
cry that is rising up from hearts that arc hoping . Lcs .Uoitibx, al I ributed tlm blue color of the Lake 
against hope and struggling against despair all of Geneva and other waters to the quantity 
around us. of silex held In solution, which is brought down 
For this work woman seems peculiarly fitted, by the tributary streams from the strata through 
Especially those fortunate ones who have rich which t hey pass. Numerous observations since 
and tasteful homos— homes that, are adorned have induced him to believe that the blue 
with the creations of genius, that arc decorated color of all the water of tho globe is due to the 
and made beautiful by the skill of the artist in ;a pc cause. The air everywhere always c?n- 
a thousand different ways. Tho mere sight of tains more or less moisture due to evaporation 
these things, shown without an exhibition from the water of the earth: the water thus 
either of condescension or superciliousness, is evaporated always contains a greater or less 
often a feast to tho soul that the keenest of all quantity of extremely fine insoluble particles, 
tho enjoyments of sense bear no comparison to. Silex, says M. Collas, is one of the most com- 
The Lak«> Regions of font rnl AI ricn.—Com¬ 
piled and arranged by Bayard Tavi.or. New 
York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. 1873. 
A WELL-Wbitten and interesting narrative, 
drawn from the writings of Burton, Splice and 
Baker, giving us much information concerning 
that mysterious country about which so little is 
known. The book is finely Illustrated, and has 
good maps, It. forms another volume of the il¬ 
lustrated library of travel, exploration and ad¬ 
venture, coming from tho press of this cele¬ 
brated publishing house. Price, $1.50. 
HUMANITY NEEDS HELP 
BY MRS. C. A, STEWART, 
The words were uttered by a dearly loved 
friend in the course of a morning call, and they 
ha,V0 burst in upon my t houghts and rung In my 
ears many times since. She had hoen speaking 
of tho needy, of little children shivering with 
cold and pinched with hunger, while idle, im¬ 
provident and dissolute parents paid little heed 
to their physical wants, and none at all to their 
intellectual and spiritual ones. ’‘They have no 
agency in getting into this terrible Avorld,” she 
went on to say; •• they only meet, with want and 
abuse through the tender years of childhood ; 
the evil in their natures is cultivated instead of 
the good ; wicked habits are riveted upon them, 
till in mature age Avecan only expect them to re¬ 
semble their parents, or worse still, furnish re¬ 
cruits to fill up our prisons and penitentiaries ; ” 
and aa the dark, broad view of the hapless mul¬ 
titude seemed to rise before her miud, she de¬ 
spairingly exclaimed, “Oh, humanity needs 
help! I know they might go to the Saviour,” 
she added, “and find a balm for every woe, but 
they don't do it, and they will not do it, and 
their stupidity and insensibility to their condi¬ 
tion make It all the worse." • 
T then spoke of our benevolent institutions 
and societies, and of the pains taken in these 
years to seek out and relievo Buffering and des¬ 
titution, especially among the virtuous poor; 
and of our free schools, where all can, to a de¬ 
gree, be educated; but we agreed that the for¬ 
mer cover only a small portion of the ground, 
while the latter are of no use except to such as 
avail themselves of them. As I left my friend 
and walked away, I asked myself the question, 
“Is there not a stratum of human nature just 
above the one of which we had been speaking 
that is still more deserving of pity and thought¬ 
ful attention?” I thought of those who are 
reaching out, however feebly, after something 
to satisfy the cravings of their higher natures; 
those that are struggling upward, ever so little, 
and have a perception, though a dim one, of a 
higher life. I thought of the wants of the heart, 
appreciation, sympathy, encouragement and 
forbearance, to draw aside, if possible, the dark 
curtain which enshrouds so many lives. Is the 
girl in our kitchen, whose intemperate father 
claims all her wages, spends them for the soul- 
devouring fire-water, and then abuses his fami¬ 
ly, anymore to be pitied than the one who, with 
desperately narrow means, is striving to procure 
an education in our Academy? As the latter 
walks beside the daughters of wealth, she feels 
the obtrusion of a thousand wants that must go 
unsatisfied ; she must be content sometimes to 
see favoritism stand before attainments, and 
keenly sensitive to every look that can interpret 
as betraying a knowledge of her state of want; 
she bravely struggles ou, often choking down 
the tears, that she may “ feed her soul," its Cor¬ 
reggio said, even if she did have to go hungry 
firn. I*. Rowell it Co.’s Gazetteer,— Now York : 
Geo. f*. Rowell A Co., Publishers, No. U Parle 
How. 1873. 
This large and handsome volume of 250 pages, 
tinted paper, contains a statement of the in¬ 
dustries, characteristics, population and loca¬ 
tion of nil towns in the Hutted States and 
British America, in which newspapers are pub¬ 
lished. As such, It Is an invaluable compendium 
for the advertiser. This book is original, and 
composed of the latest reliable Intelligence. 
Homes and HospitnU: Or, Two Phases of Wo¬ 
man’s Work. Published by the American Truct 
Society. 1878. 
Many will find encouragement and incentives 
to now endeavor in this handsome volume, 
which records the experiences of the labors 
among the poor nnd sick of England by Amy 
Dutton and Agnes E. Jones. The Church may 
wield great I nil nonce by employing women to 
devote themselves to this work where they feel 
called upon to do so. 
A Souvenir of the Anchor Line Agents’ Ex¬ 
cursion on the Steamer California, August 
14, 1873. 
This volume is a large one of over 100 pages, 
compiled of extracts from the papers relative 
to the excursion and the steamship In question. 
It also contains a history of Bteam navigation, 
handsomely Illustrated. A sketch of locomo¬ 
tives and the telegraph Is also given. The 
whole forms a valuable and Interesting work. 
Cheerful Voices. L. O. Emerson. Boston: Oli¬ 
ver Ditsou & Co. 
Cheerful Voices is a book of some 200 pages. 
00 pages of which contain t he Elements, or as 
old teachers call them, the ” Rudiments,” about 
125 pages the merry songs, and about twenty 
pages sacred tunes for opening and closing 
school. It is substantially bound, and promises 
to be popular. _ 
Music Received. 
“ Jom.y Life," a bright and sparkling Galop, 
by Elias Schilling, the leader of the famous 
New York orchestra. Published by Horace 
Waters, for 39 cents, at 481 Broadway. 
“ Happy Memories a Mazurka, by L. M. 
Wheeler. Price, 25cents. Horace Wat ere, pub¬ 
lisher. Easy and pleasing. 
EMMA, QUEEN CONSORT TO THE LATE KAMEHAMEHA IV 
Gifted women, too, who from the forum and 
pulpit are proclaiming the genius and capabili¬ 
ties of their sex, and insist that we have never 
had a proper field for displaying our talents, and 
who are demanding for us greater privileges, It 
seems to me ought to seek after something 
practical that can be used as a power to level 
upward the broad platform on which ail hu¬ 
manity stands. And will It not he a greater 
plaesure to present one sparkling draught to a 
thirsty Soul than call be bestowed by the accla¬ 
mations of a multitude; if not here, it surely 
will be in that world where it will be said, “In- 
mon insoluble substances in nature, and, 
through evaporation, performs the same func¬ 
tion in the blue sky that he believes it does In 
the blue waters of the earth. He beliovos his 
theory is confirmed by the intense blue of 
southern skies, where evaporation is so much 
greater than in the colder North. 
Ha rry Coverdnle’s Courtship a ml Marriage. 
By Frank E. H.mkoi.ey. Philadelphia: T. B. 
Peterson A Brothers. 
An old sensation romance of English life, put 
between modern covers. 
“A Nashville negro, applying to the recorder 
for a marriage license, and learning that it 
would cost him $10, left the room sadly, remark¬ 
ing “Dat’s a mighty square price, boss.” 
