MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Unfortunately,  ttre  house  of  McCormick  was  out 
of  “  Wooster  sauce but  Mrs.  McC.  brought  the 
mtistard  and  a  plate  of  nice  pickles,  observing, 
with  the  faintest  trace  of  sarcasm  In  her  tone, 
that  If  she’d  known  ta;  wa«  coming,  she’d  have 
looked  out  tor  something  better, 
“  Oh,  I  ain't  very  portick'lkr,  mum,”  said  she  old 
man,  as  he  helped  himself  to  another  spoonful  ol 
gravy  and  acuemnber  plcklo,  “  on’y  l  Jes’  happen- 
’rid  to  mention  It,  ’co«  where  there  ain’t  no  plo  nor 
nothin’  Bwcet  for  desert,  overdone  roast  bi'Cf’s 
more  like  to  dlsagroe  with  me  j”  and  the  oieekness 
In  the  vagrant's  wrinkled  face  was  touching  In  the 
extreme  as  he  looked  humbly  around  the  table,  as 
though  his  former  gliince  might  have  overlooked 
the  luxuries  of  which  he  spoke. 
But  Mrs.  McC.  WU.S  rather  too  far  gone  with 
speechless  indignation  to  frame  a  suitable  answer, 
and  so  the  weary  old  man,  with  a  mournful  sigh, 
went  on  eating,  and  developed  a  most,  .singular 
and  wonderful  appetite,  which  was  gradually  ap¬ 
peased  as  the  i-pound  piece  of  heef  waa  reduced 
to  a  mere  shapeless  fragment;  and  the  last  boiled 
potato  had  vanished  from  the  diah. 
1  hope  j’ouve  made  a  dinner  l”  ejaculated  Mrs. 
McC.,  In  a  hue  irony. 
“  Well,  .yes’m;  'Ivo  oat  wuss  wittals,”  said  the 
old  meudlcanU  with  deop  hiunlllty,  os  he  pushed 
his  chair  back  from  the  tabic  and  appeared  to  seek 
something  on  the  floor. 
“What  Is  It  you’ru  a  lookin’  for?’  demanded 
Mrs.  McC.,  with  a  snap  In  her  voice  that  reminded 
one  of  the  slamming  down  of  the  lid  of  a  cheot. 
“Nothin’,  mum;  that  la,  nothing  partlckler.  I 
didn’t  sec  no  napkin,  an’  thought  I  might  a’  drop¬ 
ped  It — ’’ 
But  be  never  flnlahud  this  spaoch,  and  Dve  sec¬ 
onds  later  lUs  white  looks  vanished  through  the 
doorwaj'  with  amazing  celerity;  and  an  Infuriated 
female  with  a  mop  followed  bo  closely  behind  that 
he  got  fully  a  half  mile  from  the  house  before  pur¬ 
suit  ceased  and  he  was  able  to  light  his  cigar.— 
Boston  CmimcrcuU  BulMin. 
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A  BABUAID’S  FORTUNE. 
It  1b  not  often  that  a  pretty  barmaid  falls  Into  a 
fortune  of  i»o,ooo,  as  a  very  pretty  barmaid  at  the 
Harp,  Jermyn  8t.,  London,  has  just  now  done ; 
but  then  probably  few  pretty  barmaids  ilescrve 
such  luck  as  well  as  this  one  ^d.  Throe  years  ago 
.a  very  well-known  man  was  Mr.  I’bomas  Alexan¬ 
der  Mitchell,  member  of  Piirlmment  for  Brldgport 
and  senior  mem  her  or  the  Arm  of  Mitchell  &  Co.  of 
London  and  Riga.  He  had  represented  Brldgport 
lor  thirty  years.  Ills  business  was  extremely  prof¬ 
itable  he  had  accumulated  a  lortuneof  about 
£250,000.  He  was,  however,  in  the  habit  of  dilnk- 
lag  a  great  deal,  and  he  liked  best  to  do  his  drink- 
u>g  at  the  Harp,  Jermyn  St.,  where  he  was  served 
by  the  pretty  Miss  Helen. 
In  1872,  to  the  surprise  and  amazement  of  all  his 
acqualutanees,  he  walked  Off  with  Miss  Helen  one 
morning  and  married  ner.  She  made  him  an  ex¬ 
cellent  wife,  and  to  a  great  extent  cured  him  of 
Ills  IntcmpcraU;  jiassloh  foi‘  drink.  Last  March, 
liowever,  .Mr.  .Mitchell  was  taken  HI  and  died.  A 
few  days  before  his  death  he  made  a  will  by  which 
he  left  £80,000  to  his  wUn;  gave  legacies  of  £1,000 
each  to  his  old  servants  and  acquaintances;  pro¬ 
vided  an  annuity  of  xioo  a  year  for  some  old  ladl&s. 
his  cousins,  and  left  another  £8o,iHio  In  the  firm  of 
which  he  was  the  leading  part-ner,  on  condition 
t  hat  It  should  remiUn  for  twenty-live  years,  and 
1  hitt  then  his  wife  should  have  one-hair  of  it.  while 
t  ho  other  halt  should  be  retaJued  l\v  the  Arm. 
The  rest  of  hW  propeily— that  Is,  ahotit  £75,000 
—he  bequeathed  to  the  MetropoUtan  Board  of 
AVorks,  le.aviiig  them  to  do  what  they  liked  with 
it.  Mr.  .Mitchell’s  relations  wore grentLj'dlsplea.sed 
when  they  learued  of  tills  will,  and  they  resolved 
to  dtsp\Uc  it.  Their  grounds  ol  dispute  were  that 
iho  will  was  not  firoperly  executed,  that  it  had 
been  obtained  by  undue  influence,  and  that  the 
testator  was  not  of  sound  mind  when  he  made  It. 
Tlic  cose  has  Just  been  tiled  in  the  rrohate  Hitds- 
lon  of  the  High  Court,  and  the  will  ha.s  been  sus¬ 
tained,  It  being  shown  that  the  pleas  set  up  by  the 
relations  were  wholly  and  absurdly  false.  So  the 
pretty  young  widow  gets  her  £80,ooo  down,  and 
£40,000  more  In  e.\pccuiacy,  while  tlie  Board  of 
Works  comes  In  for  10s  £7.5,000  or  £80,000. 
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HOW  A  HUSBAND  WAS  WON. 
exultlugiy,  ‘She  worked  witH  such  care  and  vigor 
that  I  resolved  from  that  moment  that  she  should 
become  my  wife.’  In  short,  girls,  In  a  few  days 
we  had  a  sensation  wedding  in  the  nelghbornood, 
and  I  had  lost  one  of  the  best  servants  In  the 
w'orld.” 
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A  STRANGE  STORY. 
A  craions  Incident  Is  reported  In  the  Ameilcan 
papers.  About  ten  years  ago  a  Jew,  m  atraiiene*! 
circumstances,  left  Tranigrlvanla  for  America,  tu 
improve  his  position  In  the  New  World,  lie  left' 
a  wife  and  Bcrcral  children  behind,  and  promised 
that  as  soon  as  it  was  within  his  means  ho  would 
send  them  some  money  from  America.  There  for- 
timc  Hinllcd  on  him,  and  when  he  had  amassed  a 
siua  of  fl0,«00  florins  be  resolved  to  return  home 
and  BurprlBo  his  family  with  his  wealth.  He  start¬ 
ed  without  apprising  hte  lamllyor  his  Intended 
return,  ajid  on  hla  way  boms  he  arrived  at  Ham- 
butg,  where  he  was  seized  with  so  dangerous  an 
lUnesB  that  he  made  a  will,  bequeathing  all  his 
property  to  his  wU<\  He  recoven.’d,  however,  only 
to  nod  that  during  his  Illness  Ids  money  had  been 
stolen  from  him  by  a  man  who  nursed  him.  A 
few  benevolent  persons,  sympathi/ing  with  his 
misfortunes,  collected  about  100  florins,  wherewith 
the  unfortunate  Jew  rewJivcdto  rclui  n  to  America 
In  order  to  retrieve  his  tortunes.  in  the  meantime 
tlie  nuritu  bad  decamped  with  Ida  booty  to  Amer¬ 
ica  where,  sbortJy  after  his  arrival,  he  died  sud¬ 
denly.  The  American  authoriUesBCui  the  coffin, 
with  the  60,000  florins,  to  'lYansylvania  and,  as  the 
will  was  also  found  In  the  coffin,  the  autborlUes 
at  the  same  time  acquainted  the  relatives  with 
the  will  of  the  testator.  After  the  usual  period  of 
mourning  the  wire  contracted  a  second  marrUigo. 
The  Urst  husband  had,  however,  again  saved  a. 
considerable  siuo  of  money,  and  eventually  re¬ 
turned  to  his  native  country  to  iind  ids  iviie  mar¬ 
ried  to  another  man.  The  event  has  caused  a  groiit 
sensation  In  the  neighborhood,  and  it  Is  stated 
that  a  conference  of  rahbls  is  ulxsjt  to  be  held  to 
determine  which  of  the  t  wo  husbands  the  woman 
belongs  xo.—Jeu)i«lt  World, 
fitfriuiT  (italorlti. 
NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 
One  Hundred  nema  from  the  l.nndon  Art 
.Touriial.  lIlUMtratiODS  of  the  Bwt  Works  ot 
Famous  Painters  [Quarto.]  Boston :  Lee  & 
Shepard  —  Now  York:  Lee,  Shepard  &  DllllnK- 
ham. 
NoTHiNO  more  conclusively  proves  the  progress 
of  ai't,  and  the  tiiBte  of  our  people  for  ai  tisiic  pro¬ 
ductions,  lh.an  the  fact  that  there  Is  a  tlem.md  for 
such  publlcationB  as  the  one  above  bctUHal. 
Though  our  Republic  has  only  reached  Us  Cen- 
t.onnlJil  yivir,  it*  people  have  made  wonderful 
progress  and  inaugurated  many  improvenacnis  in 
various  branches  of  art— thus  creating  a  ta*ste  for 
and  oonaequent  desire  to  posscsschoicc  UUistratcU 
\vo^k^  cngrai’lngs,  paintings,  statuary,  and  other 
articles  of  rerfu.  That  the  New  successfully  vies 
with  the  Old  World  In  matters  of  art  cannot  yet 
be  claimed,  but  that  the  former  eijuals  the  latter 
in  Beveral  imporiiuit  deparimeats  to  undeniable. 
Those  famlUtur  with  what  has  been  and  Is  being 
done  in  this  counLry— e.speclally  in  the  way  of  en- 
graring,  lithographing  and  Ulustratlvc  printing 
[both  plain  andln  colors) —are  aware  that  we  are 
no  longer  ueceAsltated  to  Bend  abroad  [te  London, 
r.arls,  Berlin,  xc..)  for  choice  artlsno  work.  On 
the  contrary,  the  tide  la  lurmag.  But  a  few  days 
ago  0  superior  artistic  printer  In  New  York  re¬ 
ceived  an  order  Irom  London  for  a  large  quantity 
of  cards  to  be  executed  in  colors  and  gold,  without 
regard  w  pnee.  And  the  beauuiul  w'ork  before 
us  demonstrates  that  In  the  line  of  engraring  and 
printing  lUiuftratlons  we  are  not  a  whit  behind 
the  most  expert  Europeans.  It  is  l!id«^l  a  magul- 
Urijnt  work,  each  of  Us  One  Hundred  Illustrations 
being  BO  complete  and  dellneatlve  as  lo  rtnpilre  no 
text  desonption.  It  will  prove  a  charming  treas- 
ere  to  all  who  become  Its  possessor,  either  as  a 
gift  or  by  purchase. 
Tbr  Tencber’a  Hand-Book— For  the  Inatitule 
and  tbe  ClaeB  Room.  By  >Vm.  F.  Phelps  M.  A., 
Prloripal  of  the  Stat«  Normal  School.  Winonn, 
Mlon.  tl6nao.— pp. 835.]  New  York:  A. 8. Barnes 
A  Co. 
There  were  eighteen  or  twenty  of  us,  mostly 
girts,  says  a  writer  In  the  New  Orleans  Bulletin. 
The  subject  of  the  converaatlon  wes  servants. 
“  Ah,  girls,”  laid  the  matron,  “  you  have  verj  little 
Idea  of  the  i  nnible  we  have  wit  h  our  servants, 
p-irthmlarly  now-a-duys,  tvhen  money  Is  scarce 
and  you  arc  not  always  ready  1.0  say,  ‘  Here’s  your 
money— you  mmst  sock  anot  her  place.’  ”  This  was 
said  In  a  s.id  voice,  but  ihc  good  old  dame  bright^ 
ened  up  when  alio  added “  It  reminds  me  of 
times  gone  by,  when  money  whs  plenty  and  pro- 
vlslous  wore  cheap.  1  had  a  Oennan  cook,  a  line, 
buxom  young  lass,  florid  as  a  aumracr-sunset  and 
robust  a.s  an  Amazon.  It  struck  rue  one  day  t  hat 
the  sidewalk  In  front  of  Hie  house  needed  aernh- 
blng  and,  being  short  of  help  at  the  ttrac.  I  ordered 
the  cook  to  do  the  work.  She  refused  peremptorily 
to  comply,  claiming  that  It  was  beneath  her  dig¬ 
nity.  The  kitchen,  she  said,  was  her  place;  and 
1  replied  hy  liandlng  her  her  montli’s  wages,  re¬ 
marking  coolly  that  I  could  tpilckly  llnd  somebody 
that  would.  8ophlc  hail  soon  chit  tigi’d  her  mind, 
and  an  hour  afTorwanls  the  sidewalk  was  as  clean 
as  any  uoat  housekeeper  could  wish.  But  that 
was  not  aU.  The  next  day  I  was  told  that  I  was 
wanted  at  the  hall  door  hy  a  hard-working  neigh¬ 
bor,  a  bhop-k^per  and  apparently  well  to  do.  In 
a  few  word.s  w  neighbor  had  e.xplalned,  In  broad 
Teutonic  accents,  tliat  he  had  seen  my  servant  the 
day  belore  scrubbing  the  sidewalk,  and  he  added, 
The  author  of  this  work  evidently  thinks  for 
himself  and  knows  what  he  Is  about.  In  the  out¬ 
set  he  frankly'  remarks  that  It  was  no  part  of  bis 
fUm  to  write  merely  t.hat  with  which  cvcrylKxly 
I  would  at  onc«  agree.  “  But  free  thoiight  and  tree 
'  discussion  are  the  soul  of  progress.”  he  adds,  and 
then  continues;— “  Differences  of  opinion  are  the 
life  of  discussion,  out  ot  w'Uose  crucible  must  hnally 
Issue  the  pure  gold  of  trut  h,  the  only  I’hllosopher^ 
stone  worthy  ol  humau  seeking.  If,  rluwfore, 
what  Is  here  wiilten  shall  serve  to  excite  discus¬ 
sion,  awaken  Interest,  and  quicken  zeal  tu  the 
great  work  ol  elevating  the  teachers  of  our  country 
to  that  commanding  poslUon  which  they  should 
ever  he  worthy  to  occupy'  In  the  public  regaixi,  Its 
leading  pm-pose  will  have  Imen  fully  n'allzcd.” 
The  w'ork  Is  ivorthy  the  careful  perusal  of  every 
one  engaged  In  advancing  the  cause  of  education, 
particularly  in  cznm try  schools,  to  the  promotion 
of  whose  Interests  Mr.  I’nKi.ra’ contribution  Is  es- 
pectuiy dedicated.  Referring,  wc  presume,  partic¬ 
ularly  to  his  own  state,  tin*  author  says; — “  More 
than  nineteen-twentieths  of  our  children  derive 
tlielr  sole  educattlonal  advantages  In  the  common 
schools,  and  these  privileges,  such  as  they  may  he, 
are  limited  principally  to  tJie  school  period  below 
the  age  ni  ten  or  t.welve  years.  Tnis  is  e.speclally 
true  of  our  rural  ivipulation,  who  compos^:  the 
great  mass  of  the  people.”  .A.nd  yet,  how  few  peo¬ 
ple  pay  more  attention  to  their  district  schools. 
I  teaehersjjand  the  education  of  their  children,  than 
I  they  to  their  barns,  stock,  and  hired  men !  Read 
this  book,  and  “  reform  it  altogether.” 
bomts  of  Three  CeniMrieo.  Edited  br  Johj.- 
GRKkvlkbi*  WiirmER.  ri.’uio.— pp.  352.)  Bos¬ 
ton:  Jnmus  K.  Osgood  &  Company.— 1876. 
In  this  handsome  volume- a  large  duodecimo, 
compactly  prinjed  In  double  columns— one  of  the 
greatest  poets  ot  the  age  has  exhibited  hla  rare 
taste,  fUscrlml nation  and  judgment.  In  openl^ 
I  his  Preface  tho  editor  modestly  Bay  B;—“It  would 
be  doing  Injustice  to  the  compiler  of  r.hUs  volume 
to  suppose  that  hiB  work  implied  any  lack  of  ap¬ 
preciation  Of  the  excellcut  anthologies  already 
published  In  this  coimtry,  Dana's  'iJousehold 
Book  01  J’oetry'  ’  la  no  misnomer;  and  the.  honored 
I  namea  of  Bkvant  and  Emerson  are  a  sufficient 
guaranty  for  *  Parnas-sas  ’  and  the  ‘Library  of 
8ong.’  With  no  thought  ot  superseding  or  even 
of  entering  Into  competlon  with  ellhcr  of  these 
large  and  valuable  coUectloas  It  has  been  my  de¬ 
sign  t/o  gather  up  In  a  comparatively  small  vol¬ 
ume,  ca’slly  accessible  to  all  elaiwes  of  readers,  the 
wlwst  thoughts,  rar<.*l  fancies,  and  devoutest 
hymns  of  the  metrical  authors  of  the  last  three 
eenturtes.”  And  we  think  the  design  hua  been 
most  admirably  fullllled,  for  the  work  Is  replete 
with  gem.s  from  the  best  .aut hors— such  As  will  be 
appredalod  b.v  all  lovei-s  ol  pocHy.  M'hat  renders 
the  volume  oompleite,  adding  greatly  to  it-s  value, 
arc  the  copious  indexi's  glvt.-n.  In  the  beginning 
we  have  “ Contents  "  and  “List  of  Authors,”  and 
at  the  close  “index  to  First  Lines,”  and  “Index 
to  .Subjects” — (50  that  the  reader  can  readily  refer 
to  author,  title  or  subject.  In  this  reRixxtt  the  ' 
work  Is  a  model  worthy  of  commendation  to,  and 
Imitation  by,  careless  book-makers. 
A  Former’s  VnenMon.  By  GEO.  K.  Warino,  JR„ 
of  Ogdon  Farm.  BepnnU'd  (wltn  AddItiuDs) 
1  from  Scrlb-'or »  Monthlr.  Tllnftruted.  (sVo,— 
pp.  !i.‘>l.J  iionoD  ;  James  It.  Osgood  A  Co,— 1376. 
Tub  Prcfiice  to  tills  volume  is  comprised  la  a  ' 
single  sentence,  oa  modcbt  as  It.  ts  terse “  The 
p.ipei-s  hero  collected  are  notes  of  a  trip  tjirough 
some  of  the  Ncthcrland  Provinces,  parts  of  Nor¬ 
mandy  and  Brittany,  and  the  Cliannel  L-slaads, 
made  in  August  and  S<*pl<?mher,  1873.”  Tuo  work  ' 
Is  divided  into  Ch.'iptcrs  severaily  entitled  as  fol¬ 
lows:— Hollow  Uiiid,  Droogmakorjl  (the  Dutch 
for  Drainage),  Duuh  Farming,  the  Bight  of  La 
-Manchc,  Old  Jersey,  Guom-sey,  and  8ark.  Of 
course  a  practical,  obsernng  and  educated  man, 
like  Mr,  Waring  one  who  looks  slmrply  Into 
things  .and  has  the  rare  faculty  of  vividly  dcscrib-  ! 
lug  what  Ite  sees— could  not  fall  of  making  a  most  | 
Interesting  and  valuable  work  after  a  trip  to  the 
regions  u-omed ;  and  such  la  the  one  wo  have  just 
been  cxarolnlug  and  admiring.  The.  infomatlon 
It  contains  relative  to  Dutch  Farming  and  Drain¬ 
age,  Jersey  uattle,  and  on  other  practical  subjects, 
renders  the  volume  or  special  interest  aud  value 
to  our  rural  population.  The  numerous  maps  and 
other  Illustrations  an*  Invaluable  in  connejctlon 
with  the  dObt^rlptive  text.  Wltlial  the  work  l;s 
published  tn  superb  style— equal  to  the  best  Holl- 
flay  gift  books— and  we  reckon  It  a  good  sign  that 
a  practical,  or  at  least  a  seml-practlcal,  volume  Is 
vent  ured  nixm  In  garb  so  rich,  even  In  these  Cen¬ 
tennial  Umes. 
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LITERARY  ITEMS. 
CiiAS.  G.  Leland  is  to  raise  the  wind  by  a  vol¬ 
ume  on  “  Fans.” 
The  centennary  of  Boccaccio  has  called  out  at 
least  ten  new  public-atlons  on  that  wlter  In  Italy. 
Mk.  Tennyson’s  works  (next  edition)  are  to  be 
annotated  with  explanations  of  all  the  obscure 
passages. 
A  volitmb  of  “  Mlscellanle-s.  Old  and  New,”  by 
Uie  Rev.  .loBN  Cotton  Smith,  D.D.,  Is  to  be  pub¬ 
lished  soon. 
Henry  Holt  A  Co.  ha  ve  added  “  Pretty  Miss  Bel¬ 
le  w,”  by  Tueodore  Gift,  to  their  popular  “Lei¬ 
sure  Hour”  stones. 
BY  A  M.  MOSS. 
O,  WEEP  not  o’er  the  silent  past. 
O'er  the  days  which  have  gone  by; 
Their  Borrows,  and  their  golden  Joys, 
In  the  grave  forever  he. 
The  hopes  we  fondly  cherished  then, 
WhfloQ  In  youth’s  merry  prime.— 
How  sadly  are  they  blaet.ed  now 
By  the  ruthlOBS  hand  of  Time  1 
But  we  nn'cT  can  cheer  onr  weary  way 
By  regrets  and  fruitless  tears, 
For  they  bring  no  eolssc  to  the  heart 
From  the  shsdoe  of  former  .years. 
’Tie  true  that  many  loved  farms  hs 
In  the  dark  and  silent  tomb, 
But  they’ve,  ouly  paeued  to  brighter  land — 
They’ll  m  Heaven  forever  blwm. 
’Tie  only  then  that  wc  can  find 
Bureosso  for  onr  heavy  sorrow ; 
But  we'll  reocJi  its  purtalK  by.and-by 
Oa  Life’s  bright  and  glorious  morrow. 
“HE  LEADETH  ME.” 
BY  MAY  MAPLE. 
the  still  watcio." — &okms  or  David. 
There  are  times  when  we  get  Into  the  deep 
canons  of  life,  and  struggle  and  strive  with  mind, 
might  and  bticngth  to  climb  up  the  porpendlcular 
walls;  aud  yet,  at  each  succeeding  effort,  And  it 
utterly  Impossible  to  gain  a  foothold  among  those 
adamantine  rocks,  or  to  reach  a  Mngle  twig  around 
which  to  clasp  our  flngera— only  seeing  a  narrow 
patch  ot  blue  sky  above  wherewith  to  comfort  our 
eyca.  Aa  far  as  our  vision  can  stretch,  the  w.ay 
seems  niunuvTer  and  darker.  If  we  could  then  re¬ 
member  that  “  He  leadeth  us"-  -thut  flis  guiding 
hand  beckons  us  onward— how  quickly  would  wo 
cease  struggling.  Just  as  a  llretl  child  calmly 
rests  in  a  fond  mother's  arms,  would  wo  trust.fuliy 
lean  upon  Him,  and  watch  for  some  opening  that 
would  let  us  pass  out  to  the  broad  lands  where 
the  sun  did  not  cease  to  nlilne— feeling  sttre  that 
there  was  no  path  so  dark  tliat.  he  could  not  tlnd  a 
way  to  A  fairer  clime.  Or,  had  we  faith  In  our 
Leader,  wc  might  still  contJuue  our  efforta,  but 
wltH  A  spirit  ibAt  would  give  us  the  needed  pa¬ 
tience  to  overcome  obstacles— the  foresight  that 
would  make  molehills  of  what  would  otherwise 
seem  like  mountain  barriers. 
Yes,  “Hkloadcth  us.”  Wc  cannot  always  see  the 
radiance  that  surrounda  Him,  white  as  the  Ught, 
for  our  passions  are  allowtxl  to  cover  our  spiritual 
vision  like  a  viriL  And  In  our  anxiety  to  make 
more  rapid  strides  in  the  works  we  have  planned 
to  accompUsb,  vve  let  go  Hts  hand  and  forget  to 
follow  in  His  footprints.  Sometimes,  to  show  us 
how  powerless  we  are,  He  hides  away  from  us  for 
a  season.  But  even  then  He  sends  messengers  to 
UH,  all  along  the  waj',  If  wo  will  accept  their  hum- 
hlo  services. 
BomcUmoa  Uie  sweet  voice  of  a  child  Usixs  forth 
the  message  Uiat  Hk  has  sent.  Again  the  aged 
Eire  or  exp<;rioiu:ed  maUon  leaves  at  the  door  a 
telegram.  Uis  mark  Is  uponR:  we  feol  that, 
though  Invisible,  He  Is  leading  u.s  with  a  strong, 
helpful  hand,  messed  l.hought:— lor  the  way  is 
often  through  dense  foreetsajjd  tangled  morasses, 
WlU-o-tho-wlspsllubh  along  the  pathway,  dazzling 
our  eyes  with  tlielr  unsteady  but  brilliant  torch- 
light.  But  I<£  leadeth  us,  and  we  gu  on  through 
valleys  and  over  mighty  mountains,  till  we  reach 
the  delectable  bights,  where  we  jviil  behold  the 
glory  of  that  Elder  Brother  who  cared  for  us  while 
we  were  within  the  mazes  of  the  wilderness. 
♦ 
.Mr.  David  A.  Wells  has  written  a  little  story 
which  I'he  Messrs.  Harper  will  soon  publish,  with 
llluBtraUouB  by  Nasp. 
A  "  Comprehensive  History  of  .Methodism,”  by 
SANDS  OF  GOLD. 
Look  above  you,  and  In  the  overarching  flrma- 
ment  read  the  truth  of  an  all-pervading  ITovl- 
dPBce.  Y’on  sky  la  God’s  outstretched  hand,  and 
the  glittering  stars  ai-e  the  jewels  of  the  lingers  of 
the  Almighty.  Do  you  not  see  thut  Ills  hand 
the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Porter,  Is  announced  by  the 
Western  Book  Concern. 
Carleton  &  oo.  have  brought  out  Mrs.  Dab- 
RiNOTON  Deslondk’*  hovel,  “  The  Miller  of  Sllcott 
Mill,’’  In  a  thick  ISmo.  volume. 
Bishop  Huntington  has  written  anotlior  little 
Lenten  book,  “  New  Helps  for  a  Holy  Lent,"  which 
E.  P.  Dctton  &  Co.  will  publish. 
Dodd  &  Mead  have  opened  the  Centennial  year 
by  Issuing  a  new  “  Life  of  George  Washington”  hy 
that  indefatigable  maker  of  books,  J.  8.  C.  Abbott. 
Rev.  B.  P.  Roe  Is  at  work  upon  a  flith  novel, 
which  will  be  A  historical  romance  founded  upon 
Revolutionar>'  events  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Hudson. 
Rev.  F.  W.  Farrar,  author  of  the  “  Life  .of 
Christ,”  has  written  an  Introduction  for  a  new  edi¬ 
tion  of  the  “  ImluUou  of  Christ,"  which  will  be 
published  by  E.  P,  Dutton  &  Co. 
Prof.  Wm.  Swjnton  has  prepared  a  Uttle  “  Bible 
Word-Book,”  In  which  ho  gives  all  the  words  In 
the  Bible  which  are  now  modlfled  or  obsolete,  with 
e.xplanatlons.  It  will  he  Issued  by  Harper  <E  Bros, 
Tub  boj’S  vviil  have  cause  to  he  grateiul  to  G.  P, 
Putnam’s  Sons  this  spring  lor  two  promising  books 
—the  story  which  Bayard  Taylor  la  writing  jor 
them,  and  another  book  by  Gborob  Cary  Eoarx- 
sTON,  “  Stories  from  Ancient,  Medieval  and  Mcaiem 
Ulstorj'.” 
Emerson's  new'  essays  are  being  anticipated 
with  a  lively  pleasure  m  England.  A  Piccadilly 
jmhUshlng  house  la  engaged  in  printing  them. 
Emerson.  Pok  and  old  Noah  Webster  are  now-a^ 
days  the  most  esteemed  of  American  litterateurs  \n 
the  United  Kingdom. 
closes  round  you  on  all  sides,  and  that  you  caimot 
go  where  universal  love  shines  not?- 
It  is  unsafe  to  base  a  prophecy  upon  the  details 
of  a  creed,  for  If  the  mon  who  meet  m  its  name 
happen  to  have  Christ  In  the  heart,  He  will  break 
out  of  the  soul  like  perfume  escaping  from  the 
flower;  and  behold!  the  man  whose  tenets  we 
despise  will  stand  nearer  at  last  than  we  to  the 
great  W'hlte  throne.- DaciJ  Sxeing, 
The  friend  who  shows  me  the  mirror  of  myself, 
who  conceals  no  defects,  gives  me  iriendly  warn¬ 
ing,  and  heartily  scolds  when  I  have  not  fulfilled 
my  duty— ho  Is  my  friend,  however  Uttle  he  may 
appear  so, 
O  THOU  (Sod’s  mariner,  heart  of  mine. 
Spread  canvas  to  the  airs  divine ! 
Spread  sail  and  let  thy  fortune  be 
Forgottcoi  in  thy  dcatiiiy  !  ID.  A.  Wasttm. 
What  a  compliment  to  the  religious  education 
of  Scotland  Is  this,  M’blch  some  one  says  Is  the 
true  test  of  a  Scotchman :— “  Ask  him  to  repeat 
the  tw'enty-thlrd  Psalm ;  if  he  cannot  do  It,  be 
sure  he  Is  no  Scotchman.” 
Axteb  the  flight,  the  downy  neat; 
Over  the  shadow}'  river— rest. 
They  w'ho  are  rnoal  weary  of  life,  and  yet  are 
most  unwilling  to  die,  are  such  who  have  lived  to 
no  purpose— who  have  rather  breathed  to  no  pur¬ 
pose. 
Nothing  is  rarer  than  a  solitary  lie;  for  lies 
breed  like  Surinam  toads;  you  cannot  kill  one  but 
out  It  comes  with  a  hundred  young  ones  on  Its 
back. 
