MWs lalife. Wilson,—Chronicles of a. Garden, its Pets, and its Pleasures. By the late Miss Hen rietta Wilson; with a memoir by Rev. James Hamilton, D. D., F. L. S., New York, R. Carter & Bros., 16 mo., pp. 176, Elegant edition. Miss Wilson,-the authoress of this ex quisite volume, was a remarkable person, gifted -with elegant, tastes, with great fondness for nature, animate add inani mate, as it may be observed within the limits of a two-acre garden. Devoted to all in the home circle, she was at the Same time a large-hearted, active-Christ-' ian. She not only.admired. thq Divine skill in the [little compass of hik works, which she studied, blit she serjve.d her Master in the lanes and alleys qf'Ediib burg, as a zealous member of the Free Church of Scotland. . She was the niece of the celebrated Prof., John Wilson, arid inherited some of the remarkable mental' qualities of the family. ; The volume before us is the work of an for the sights-, pleasures and employments of the garden. Keen ness of observation, a.rich vein of devo tion, and a warm poetic imagination lend a charm to the work, which its limited topic would. , scarcely lead us to expect. The topics through which she conducts the reader are : The Pleasures of Wbrk; Troes, EvcrgrCons and'Shrubs; Spring; Summer ; Autumn; Winter j • Oiir-pets; Euskinj'MeCosby Southey; Wordsworth, Browning and' such kindred spirits lend their aid in her labor,of ;love, and enrich without overloading her. pagqs,; which, : after all, ape her, own., .To lovers of na ture, especially as cultured and,Ordered by the skill and taste of man, thfe- work will be welcome. • The proceeds:of the sale were designed by the autlioroSs,' since dead, to aid in furnishing [compe tent nurses for the'sick poor of Edin %urg, in their own homes." ; - The work - is brought out in elogant style ,profiisely gilt, with fine engravings, and on; tinted paper. For Bale at the Presbyterian House. Tub Post .or Honor. —By the. author of Broad Shadows on Life's Pathway. New York, R. Carter & Bros., 16 mo.,pp. 370. . The' laudable object of the authpr is to show the ways in which we, may witness for the Master, either by the quiot testi mony of a Christian life, or by the por sonal sacrifice- of that which we hold most dear, or by deliberately choosing a life of self-denying labor, or by a noble confession of the truth in the face of per secution and death. The writer has chosen the Madagascar' persecution as fitly illustrating that form Of witnessing, for Christ which is at once the most dif ficult and most honored. For sale at the Presbyterian Book .Store. Browning, —Sordello, Strafford, Christmas Eve and Easter Day, by Robert Browning.. Boston ! Ticknor & Fields. 16mo. pp 412. With portrait. Philadelphia. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co., The intense subjectivity and involved -style of Browning, much M- they inter fere with the enjoyment of his poetry by the mass of, not deny him a high place among the thoughtful, specu lative class of poets. Indeed few things .are more maryellous than the music of some of his intricate sentences, unwind ing through line after, line of well-bal anced rhyme and rhythm., .The volume before us contains several long composi tions, the first being founded upon the fierce strifes between Guclphs and Grhib bellines. which rent' northern Italy, in ..i ■ • ■" - *— ■** 1 ■ "• “■* '' 1 **' ** ine I 'TsiTr~Uhntury. The minute Know ledge of r the history of those times, shown by the poet is remarkable, and proves that while seeking an inward •object, he is conscious of the duty of fidelity to the- outward form in which he invests it. Sixteen Revelations or Divine Love, made to a devout Servant of our Lord, called Mother Juliana, an anchoret of Norwich : who lived in the days of Edward 111. Boston: Ticknor. & Fields. 16mo. pp > 214. Philadelphia. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1 What motives could have induced the re-publication of this series of monkish reveries of the fourteenth century, and its presentation under the auspices of Ticknor & Lippincott to the general public, we cannot tell. The style is that of «n uncouth age, and the matter commends itself neither to our taste, our sense; or our piety. Tatlor — Hart. —Sunday School Photo graphs, by Rev. Alfred Taylor, of Bristol, Pa., with an introduction by John S. Hart, LL. D. Boston: Henry Hoyt. ISmo. pp 200. Philadelphia. For sale by J. C. Garrigues. This is a collection of- brief Essays, in which, in a slashing, off-hand style, different characters, principally faulty ones, found in the ranks of Superinten dents, Teachers, Scholars and Speakers ; at Sabbath Schools are described. ‘Good taste is often sacrificed to the purpose «to mako a hit." The second sentence Of-the book 'Speaks of a superintendent • as "in a stew;” and a sentence or two after, he is putting “into a stew those with whom he, associates;’ With alto " J gether (too much of this sort of writing, - wipch.by no means .ftonstitutes the tell -1 jtng part .of the .book, we freely admit no little merit, inth'e keenness of discern ment and broad exposure of common faults in the management of Sabbath Schools, and we believe it is admirably adapted to overthrow abuses and help on a good cause. We cordially com mend it to all, either permanently en gaged in Sabbath School labor, or tran siently brought in contact with it. Captain. By Catharine •: E. Kelley, author of “Andy Hall” &c. , Boston: , Henry Hoyt. 18mo. ; pp 128. Philadelphia* For sale at the Presbyte-' - r rian- Book Store. ! A beautiful: simple story, illustrating the power for good a .little child, influ r onccd by the love of Jesus, may wield ,in a wideband unpromising field of ef fort. , A number of pages are duplicated and those ,which .should have jbeen in their plapes aro-wanting.: PAMPHLETS AND MAGAZINES. The Westminster Review for Janu ary contains: Life and Writings of Rog er Bacon; Tunnel under Mt.: Cenis ; Astrology and Magic; Depreciation of Gold;..Gilchrist’s Life of William Blake; Parties and Prospects in Parliament; The Inspired (isicj-Writings of;Hindu ism; Russia ; Physiology of Sleep; Con temporary Literature. . ' . Hew York, Leonard Scott & Co. ; fbr Said by W. B/ Zieber, Philadelphia. l '■ , The Atlantic Monthly for' March" Contriiis, The Queen of California ; Thd Brother of Mercy; Ambassadors in bonds; Wet weather Work, Y.; Rela-j tiqn.of-Art to-i-JJature, II.; Ouif Class mate ; Whittier; Convulsionistsi of St.' Medard ; House and Home Paperß, III; ; S6ng/ Our Soldiers;’ 'Thackeray; iThe Peninsular ; Campaign; Reviews an.d Literary Notices., . .[!_ . The writers of this numbepsarb WhiL .tier,, Bayard Taylor*-Mrs. H. B.: Stowe, Robert Dale Owen, Holmes, Alice Cary, Ik. Marvel; and others. Bostob, ffick jior-& Fields, : ; \' , '. - Monthly fop March contains, 1 American Finances ■<and Re sources:; t\yo letters by. Ho n. Robert J. Walker; Palmer, the, Ameriea,nj Sculp tor; Sketches of American Life and Scenery; The Issues of the War; by ah Ohio Soldier ; Carl Friedrich Neivmann, the German Historian of our country ; Was he successful? by Kimball. ! Hew York ;„„John F. Trow, Publisher; Address op Hon. Bpw. Everrbtt at the consecration of the National; Ceme tdry ;at Gettysburg, I9th November, 1868, with the Dedicating speech of President Lincoln, and the other exer cises of the occasion; ‘accompanied by •an Account of the Origin of the Under taking, and of the Arrangement ;of the. Cemetery Grounds and by a Map of the Battlefield and a Plan of the Cemetery. Published for the Benefit of the Ceme tery Monument-Fund. J Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Bvo. pp 87 Philadel phia, For Sale by JT. B. Lippincott & Co. We take plda&Tfrhin commending this handsome pamphlet, which is one "of the most complete of all the of the day to the history of the war. Ho-Pennsylvanian, especially, should be without it, as with the charms of classic imagery and eloquence, and ; with minuteness and vividness of description, it helps to immortalize one of the sod tions 1 of our State. Possessed of the, pamphlet one may account himself suf ficiently informed on the great battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Everett has' corrected and supplemented his discourse with valuable notes, since its delivery. : Our Prisons. Tenth Annual- Report, of Wm. J. Mullen, Prison Agent; to the' Philadelphia Society for alleviating’ Urn miseries of Public. Prisons. - Instituted 1787. Mr. Mullen’s efforts have been mainly: directed to procuring the prompt release from, prison of untried persons whose, confinement has been “extremely Unjust and oppressive, or for offences so trivial or accompanied by such ' mitigations that a further confinement did not seem demanded: by justice or expediency.” Mr. M. is sustained by many of our best citizens and by the public press, in his efforts, which are. certainly in a sphere offering abundant opportunity for such friendly efforts as these of;Mr. Mullen. The London Quarterly Eeyiew for January 1864. L. Scott & Co., Mew York. Philadelphia, for sale by W. B. Zieber. Contents: China; Mew Eng landers and the Old Home; Forsyth’s Life of Cicero; Capt. Speke’s Journal; Guns and Plateß; Eels; Home in the middle Ages; Danish Dutchies. The article on China is one of those first class essays, which the English Ee viewers know so well just when and how to place before the public; seasonable, exhaustive, written with animation, with graphic power and with a thorough mastery, of the subject. “ New : Eng landers and the Old Home” is aTntter rejoinder to the sarcasms of Haw thorne’s severe hook on English society. Hawthorne seems to have written under the influence of the low partizan hatred of England, cherished by many men of his own party; the.reviewer responds in the haughty disparagirig tone of a true, America-hating” British Tory. “Capt. Speke’s Journal” gives a most interesting resume of the book, and awards full praise to the explorers, hut emphasizes the necessity of further ex plorations before, accepting as an.estab-' lished fact the assumed discovery of the •headwaters of the Nile. “Guns and PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1864. • 7 - a • ,v\ :» 'r* ’i.t * i* ft f Aft t a -i" -i .ua . Platesj” gives an opportunity for another fling at America, in the matter of origi nality and power in artillery. We are disappointed in not meeting with the usual religious article, which generally gives peculiar value to each number of the Loudon- Quarterly. The Monthlies for March. Godey’s Ladies’ Book ; L. A; Godey, Philadelphia. TheLadies’ Friend; Deacon & Peter son, Philadelphia. ■ ’ ! Arthur’s Home Magazine; T. S Arthur & Co., Philadelphia. Student and Schoolmate; J. H. Alien, Boston. [' Wo give two extracts from the very interesting article -in the last London Quarterly, on this country ': Cotton is grown in 'alt the central provinces, but principally in Che-kiang and Kiang-su. There are two kinds, the white and the. yellow,. and it is .from the latter that is produced the strqng and durable material which has by foreigners been called’ -Nankin ’'cloth; 'alnd from which, when dyed blue,-is-made, the or dinary dress worn: by all. the laboring classes. According to the, accduhtAof native historians it appears that cotton' was hot cultivated' * until' the thirteenth •: century; .ahd that,’although it was, brought into.the enapire ashn article of.; tribute, the Chinese did.,npt .begin tp I plant the seeds or manufacture the’ma terial'until the hlose of the Sung dynas ty, i&a i©. 1281. c Partly owing ito = tbe f .exceeding fertility .of : :thd soilj.and also, to its, poaition nhar the" banks of navigable’ rivers, the, Country i surrounding’ Snanghae - is 1 famous both for qumity Anra''the 'qiiiaiititiy of thC;. cotton that it produces. .aThe seeds are planted early in April,,:shortly; before! the Feast of Tombs,"the land having been previously prepared by thorbugh plough’:’ ing and manuring. Tbe-seedsarecar-, ried; by, the sowers in baskets, and scat tered,, broad cast oyer, the ground,, and either simply trodden iq qr coveyed-over; with handfuls of earth,’ ahd r r,ollediwith a heavy wooden roller. -The fidns which fall at this time of; theyear and the'sucl ceeding hot summer cause vegetation to proceed with gi-Cat vigor.the ! shoot?, spring up rapidly, and the plants begin, to flower early in August, . in the, autumn,; as the pods begin to ; buist, the pickers go into the fields and gather the cotton; for which .work —the- stature of i the' plan t being low, not averaging above ! two feet high—children are found to bo best.adapted. . . In the beautiful valleys of Che-kiang province ahd in the Chusan archipelago this cotton gathering presents an inter esting and instructive instance of the peculiarly patriarchal character of the agriculturists. The farms are invariably small, and are worked by the proprie tors and their immediate famifa'ea: la the WarSTfieptember evenings tho cid ers go out into their fields to watch the little children at work; and among these elders'are usually to be found the' old gray-haited grandfathers, who! have taken- part in or watched" over j many ! similar gatherings, and have seen stored in the adjoining barns the produce of, some threescore or fourscore years. The children work with that zeal which 1 is consequent upon the knowledge of a personal'interest in the result, and the crop is,quickly gathered. In their haste, open pods.are frequently overlooked, a circumstance of which the native writer, of-an essay upon cotton cultivation con-' descends to remind them. •‘‘Lookback;’’ he, writes somewhat poetically;; 1 lobk back on, the part which you hay e’left, and you will find that more pods have! ’opened y you will discover white pods on the part over which your feet have travelled.’ The cotton, when brought into the farm-yai’d, is spread upon reed hurdles and thoroughly dried. It. ip-then separated from the seeds,'snd when per fectly freed, or,* as it in termed; cleaned, a portion is placed aside for family use, andthe remainder is put into ! large sacks, and sent for sale, to the nearest town, where the merchants store; it in Warehouses; and supply the general de mand. In each of tho homesteads scat tered all over ithe cotton districts is con tained all the waripus machinery requir ed for converting raw cotton into cloth ; and it is, perhaps, in China alone that it happens that the farmers make; their garments from the produce of their own land. When tho crop is gathered, all the family, especially the women and young girls, set to work, carding’spin ning and weaving; and from their home spun material they make strong working clothes, well fitted for tKffepurposes of labor. . By thus manufacturing his own cloth the thrifty”- farmer is enabled to employ his whole household usefully and economically throughout the year. During the season between October and- April the men and boys are employed; in ploughing, and preparing the land for a future crop, or as is very usual, in sowing an intermediate crop of wheat or other useful grain; and during the Same period the women are working hard in the house at their spinning wheels, and producing, not only sufficient cloth for their own families, but also such a sur plus as will go far to supply the wants of their non-eotton-growing neighbors. THE WAR WITH CHINA.—ITS FAILURE AS A COM. MERCIAL EXPEDIENT It has been a constant subject for sur prise to manufacturers in Great Britain that the export trade to China has hot increased in such degree as the number and known commercial disposition of the people would justly lead them, to expect. They were aware of the extent of thk trade with India, and presumed that with equal facilities -for commerce the advantages of the. China trade would be proportionally greater. This natural *Ghe-kiang cotton yields from seven to nine pounds in twenty;. near, Shanghao. and Soo «&how the proportion is a little more favorable. CHINA. COTTON CULTURE. deduction has been proved erroneous* and the error has arisen, not from over estimation of the commereial capabilities of the empire, but solely from a miscon ception of tlie character and wants of the people. Previous to the first war our export trade was exclusively con fined to Canton and its immediate neighborhood, and the merchants. ex plained its stagnation by the absence of available means for supplying the Chi nese with the goods which they were supposed to so ardently desire: ! At this time foreigners were treated by the .joffieials writh insufferable ; arrogance, or .Contempt; vexatious hindrances were 'placed m,the way of trade; and, in fact, "the general state of our commereial and' political relations was altogether unsat . is&ctory. The. disputes arising fro.m the opium traffic brought matters to a crisis, and at last it was comprehended, both by the European community at Canton and 1 the Home Government, that a war was necessary in order to open the' country and place, onr ,commerce, upon an equitable footing. ’ The yvitr, took 1 place, arid* it resuited that 'we pb tained permission to trade freely at five important:ports, arid were ceded an isl-- aijd, upon which we established a strong .military force, and erected naval, and. mercantile storehouses! ; Mow, then, is tlje time, 'thought the; Manchester matt-' 1 ufficsturers, for our exports to pour 1 info China, and . cargo upon cargo of cotton < and-,other goods were sent out by them, in,|he expectation of finding a.largo de-/ ffiand and of realizing ample' profit.' I Thb result was mosVdiskijpointirig. ’E'dr' -the Wd ; ‘years succeeding 5 the signature ofi the 'treaty the novelty* of our goods ,cr§a,ted an exceptional demand; 1 and in 1845 thevalae of our exports reached,, itbe sum pf 2,394,827 V sterling,:a value' ffifchbuiglr far exceeding that'bf eSTlien'yearSj Was comparatively insig nificant-. . But subsequently to 1845, the of'‘the Chinese abated, And in. remarkable 'for its wddely irffe«Kfi’|>eace and commercial cpmpoti tio^J the wholb valn,e' bfour exports; to .China only amounted to 1,918,2441. .sterling; while those, to, India for the. •same wear were valued; at nearly! 8,000,-. 0001.-; ".■> ■; a '• ? " Our rnercharits had. then .the, difficult' .duty of explaining the .apparently in ex plicable anomaly of India, with a popu lation' less than one-fourth of; that of -China, consuming above four times the amohrib of exports, and‘again the fault was .ascribed to the absence of sufficient free pdrtSj.and to the restrictions of the 1 Chinese Government. It was demanded; that the Yang-tze-Mang and the com mercial towns of the i nterior should he Open"to trade,-that British agentSishould halve permission to travel in all parts of thehountry, that a reproßon tativeshould be stationed at Pekin, and that a com prehensive and equitable treaty of com merce should be ratified, and carried into ; T.hesejpropositions required another war, for which the seizure of the tArrow,’ in 1856, afforded a cause; and at its conclusion a treaty was ob tained, which was sufficiently adyanta all T-ognU-n mating* The wichfextension qf onr general relations with China, has in a great measure com pensated for the expenses and .in|conve nienee of the war, but the result with regard to the demand for our exports not fulfilled expectation.. The Chinese have hot evinced any particular 'desire to purchase the proffered gqods; and the : between the:; Indian and the Chinese consumption, although •less than in prccoedirig years; Is still very remarkable. All thes<j miscalcu lations have been oaused by the absence of real knowledge of,the,wants and habits of the people. If those had been more elearly understood, and if proper justice'had in earlier years been award ed to" the energetic and Self reliant character of the nation, many grave errors would have been avoided, and fewer pecuniary losses would have been deplored. j , j ' '" Wheri bur exports were 5 first intro duced-into the markets of l the interior our manufacturers were surprised to find that, .instead % of meeting: with ailarge deriiand for their cotton, and other goods fronmas they had imagined, a'jieople obtain the benefits accruing to the foreign free trade, they were absolutely competing—and for .sojne years competing, at, a loss— with a nation of cotton-growers and traders, who were equally anxious to obtain a sale for their own native goods. In this race the advantages were more equally distributed than was then gen erally supposed. The British manufac turer had in his favor machinery: with all its appliances for ensuring a good, rapidly-made, and cheap-material;; but the Chinese grew their own cotton' and, although much time was lost by them in manufacturing the cloth, the disad vantage was in some measure compen sated by the cheapness of labor. It therefore happened that, although the native'purchasers were offered foreigh cloths at an usually low price, a material better suited to their wants was offered by their own producers at a price almost as low, and was so generally preferred that our merchants were in many cases obliged, to part with their goods; at a ruinously cheap rate. * IndudiDg the three ports on the Tang tze-hsang we have now thirteen ports open to our .track, of which the most profitable are Hankow, Shanghae, and Canton. Tlje Ministers’ Union of Chicago is composed of the Congregational minis terspf that city. The Independent says: Rev'.l Robert Patterson, D. D., of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, is also a member; who, by his scholarly at tainments,Scotch wit,and catholic spirit, adds* much to the interest of these ga therings. The Union meets once in a monfi, in the evening, at the houses of the members, in rotation.. Its exercises are social, , literary, devotional. The men&ers are accompanied by their wivet; supper is provided; ‘Two litera ry woductions are presented at each meeing, and these: are passed around for c iticism. - . ’ v ; : "AKEiaibAir hospitality. HOW IT STRIKES AN ENGLISHMAN. The following passage is extracted from a letter of the celebrated English magazine writer, George Augustus Sala, to the London. , Telegraph. Wiih some exaggeration, explained from the fact that the writer’s avocation is to produce “ sensation ” in it literary way, the ex tract is fair, kindly, and interesting. ■ Once let the Americans really know who .and what you are, and they wel come yon with open arms.: Their houses, their horses,. their carriages, their servants, are all at your disposal, not metaphorically, as the Spaniards of fer them, but actually and' entirely. The will dine you, they-will breakfast you, they will sup you, and when there is nothing legitimate, in the way of eat ing and. drinking going; on, they; will' press 5 ybu to have dysteTs.' They will ■give you, if yom allow them, a great deal more Champagne, Madeira, Scotch ale, ajud Bourbon,-whisky than is good for you. If you say yo.u are a teetotal ler, they will Head yon a ifozeri pf . Corn gress water or effervescing Sarsaparilla. .If. you oonfess yourself.*'« smoker, they willcram your: pockets . with Qabanas, .or. .send yon, .a, b.ox of Imperiales almost as long and as, strong as pokers,. Admire, tin American authpr aud you will find biS' Works, handsomely bound; On your table when you return-home; I hap pened. to mention the other, day that, intending Havana on .my way to Hew Orleans, I thought I might as well get up a little Spanisli! I i'orth with a c&py of Ollendorf’s Spanish -They mllin sist on paying your cpach, your omnibus,'ana ferry'fare; and I; posi tively beKeVe that were I mean enough to ask, I .could find a -dozen: Mends who. w.ould pay. my hotel- bill.. That which they do to strangers the Americans are not slow to do ainong .themselves. A gentleman of mature years informed me lately that his uncle h*ad ; sent him a thousand dOllarS ks Year’s gift. They are always making presents. Any person, of goodmoans, with, a house 1 of his own, to. have./som six to a dozen nephews,nieces, ahd cousina.stay ing with him for months at a time;. .1 never knew such a people for having cousins; parfcicularly.female; and pretty. . Ten to. one, also, hut .you .will, find an adopted child in every other, family; ‘When an American, fails iii business — and most of them fail at some time or another—if he-be at all a decent kind of man, he will find friends who will no.t only “loan,” but give him money to start , afresh. And, pray let me add, that it would he doing a cruel and shame ful wrong to this people; to assume that their hospitality towards the strangers within their gates is dictated by a Vul gar spirit. of; ostentation. That there are vulgarians, and “ stuck-up,” and os tentatious folks in the Union is clear enough; but their great heart in re spect to the sacred duty ; of hospitality is and in the performance of that duty, they beat the English, and the Irish, aid the Bussia'ns—which is saying a great deal. MTJEDEB OF BE. IIVINGSTOB. The last mail from the Cape of; Good Hope brings the ; sad intelligence of the killing, of Dr.' Livings ton. It requires conhrmatio.n, and. we trust that it may turn out that; the. great explorer still survives.. Wo take the. following, says the Colonial Presbyterian, from a letter dated at Gape Town, 8ec.21: 1 Our latest intelligence from the inte rior is of a most painful nature.. The interest which,has always been taken by the people.in .this colony, in the Liv ingstone expeditioh, as well as the Cen tral African mission; has not at all abat ed since the intelligence ;-of the recall of Dr. Livingstone ; and information! is ea gerly sought for upon the arrival oif any of her Majesty’s&teamers engaged npon the coast. Qn Tuesday last her Ma jesty’S ship Ariel arrived in Simon’s Bay, and the utmost anxiety prevailed as to the news from; the Zambez. The feelings of the inhabitants may be con ceived when the intelligence spread like wildfire through their ranks that the hapless doctor, and those with him, had been brutalty massacred by the natives on Lake Nyassa. .That there; was foundation for the intelligence was! soon apparent, for a detailed statement of the circumstances attendant was speedily circulated; 1 The doctor, it appeared, af ter the receipt of the news of his recall, had started for Lake Nyassa, taking with him five Makololos, but no Euro peans. Unfortunately, after gaining the upper Shire, their boat, their only means of conveyance, was lost over one of the cataracts with which the river abounds, and they were compelled to continue their journey on foot. It was on the 14th of July that the Eev. doctor commenced his unhappy journey; and from the time of the occurrence men tioned above, until the sth of Novem ber, nothing was heard of him. On that day the Governor of Quilimane received a letter from the Governor of Senna, stating that the doctor and his compa nions had met their death at the hands of the natives on Lake Nyassa. Al though the account of the horrible tra gedy bears all the impress of authenti city, I gladly seize upon a. rumor which is current to the effect that the worthy doctor, although badly wounded, is not yet dead. THOMAS CAKRICK & CO., @trather & atoutt 1805 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, gUPERIOR CRACKERS, PILOT AND SHIP BREAD, SODA, SUGAR and WINE BISCUITS, PIC-NICS, ■i . . JUMBLES and GINGER NUTS, A. FEE’S, SCOTCH AND, OTHER CAKES; Ground Cracker in any quantity. Orders promptly Sited. • • delS-iy giwriisciiKitts. JMPOKTANT WOKK LIFE AID TIMES OF JOHN HESS. NEW EDITION. JUST PUBLISHED, TEE SECOKD EDITIOH OF TICE Life and Times of John Hnss; THE BOHEMIAN REFORMATION OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. BY REV, E. H. GILLETT: •Royal Octavo. Two Vote. This important wort gives a sketch of the Life of Jobs Hubs, with a history of the Bohemian Reformation) re* veattng the powerful influences) earnestness of purpose) lofty aims,'heroic faith and. martyr death of Buss in that great struggle for truth and religious freedom. NOTICES OF THE WORK. • The Methodist Quarterly of New York says: “ Brief space compete us to use strong words to de commensurate justice to this noble work. Jt appears to us an honor to American scholarship and talent. It se lects one of the truest, noblest, puxestmartyrs of the en tire Christian history; it scatters the shades which his torical neglect has allowed.to gather around him; it draws from a thorough research into original and co temporary sources, with - graphic power, a living portrait of character and events that possess an undying interest for every lovCr of p’urity, truth and freedom.” [Princeton Review.] “There have been to our view, few more valuable con tributions to our religious literature than these volumes during the present century. ' The author of this work takes rank with Spark, Ban croft, Irving, Prescott, Hopkins, and others, who have done so much to exalt the reputation of the country, in •the world of letters, by iheir. historical productions.” [New Englander.] “-We had not been prepared to expect so important and elaborate a contribution to the religious history of modern times as Mr: Gillett has very quietly made in these two sturdy octave volumes, each with its six 'hundred psgesland more. The scholar willafc once see what a rich field in which to .work this new candidate for Uterary'honbrs has had. * ; * * These volumes .have not been prepared without diligent study of the proper sources of information. The list of works from which materials have been drawn, shows that toe ’ facilities at command of tike author have been ample* * *.. * The style of Mt...Gillett is always clear and spirited. 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