dittitez The Presbyterian Publication Com mittee are issuing nevi , books and tracts with increasing rapidity. Their latest publications are as follows : TWEEDIE. Heroes for the Truth. By the late Rev. W. K. Tweedie, D. D., of Edin burgh. Large 16 mo. pp. 245. This is a selection from a volume entitled ‘‘ The Life and Work of Earnest Men," and contains eight sketches of as many notable characters worthy of perpetual remembrance and imitation in the church. They are : Columba of Iona; John Huss; William Tyndale; Bernard Palissy ; Hans Egede; Robert Raikee; Cary, Marshman and Ward; Claudius Buchanan. The volume 'is very tastefully got up, on thick white paper, well printed and bound, and is creditable to the Committee and its co-laborers in the work. MsAas. Martyrs of France ; or, the Witness the Reformed Church of France, from the reign of Francis First to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. By Rev. John W. Mears. 18 mo. pp. 147. It does -not become us to expatiate upon the character of this little volume, further than to say that it is the result of some painstaking to get at fresh facts, and to present the thrilling story of French Protestantism, both in its trials and its triumphs, in a worthy and acceptable form to the young of this generation. The last chapter, on the achievements of the exiled Huguenots in other countries, gives completeness to a picture, one aide of which has been presented too exclusively hitherto. Pairrorg. General Butler in New Orleans. History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in the year 1862; with an account of the capture of New OrLiana and a sketch of the previous career of the General, civil and military. By James Parton, author of ." Life and Times of Aaron Burr," " Life of Andrew Jackson," - Thirteenth edition. New York : Mason Brothers, Philadelphia,: J. sii Lippincott. & Co. With Index. Bvo. pp. ,661. It is undoubtedly superfluous for critics to attempt - to call' attention to a work already in its 13th edition; yet it' is not a vain thing to record ono's hearty agreement to a popular verdict so de cisiVe as this, or to endeavor even td widen the already great circle-of ad mirers which a good -ar 'w ra h010rxr.....- . t book like this enjoys. Certainly one of the' Marvels of the war is‘in the fact, that a man but lately a pro-slavery • Democrat should of all others grasp the moral bearings and significance of the struggle the most luminously and - the most conscientiously, and: Should set the example of just and righteous dealing with the offenders. We - regard General Butler's name far more than that of any other official, civil or military, whom the war has found or brought into public notice, as the touch-stone of correct sentiment in regard to the moral enormity of rebellion. Half-hearted men at home and neutrals abroad de nounce him; true men feel alt the strength of their moral natures drawn out in. assent to the views and measures of General Butler's administration over the incorrigible offenders with whom he had to deal. Mr. Parton, in referring o the case of Mumford and six others in New Orleans, sentenced to death, says: General Butler is not a person of the philanthropical or humanitarian east of character; which is compatible with strange hardness of heartto individuals. Noris he unaware of the frightful cruelty to society of pardoning men justly con demned. He is abundantly capable of preferring the good of the many to the convenience of the one, and turning a deaf ear to the entreaties of a criminal, when on the other hand stands a wronged community asking protection, or an outraged country demanding justice upon its mortal foes. The fluid that courses his veins is blood, not milk and water. We do not wonder that the author of the life of Andrew Jackson, whose most brilliant exploits were also at New Orleans, should feel attracted to a char acter in many respects so like that of the old Roman. We have needed more of Jackson's and Butler's spirit in the whole management of this war from the start. And we- feel very sure that if, in accordance with our suggestion a year and more ago, General Butler had been sent to Now York city, we would have been spared the, awful scenes of last summer. The book is embellished with por traits and maps. Pricer.. LARKE. General Grant and his Campaigns. By Julian IL Larke. Illustrated with a portrait on steel, and views of the Surren der of Fort Donelson and Vicksburg, and the Battles of Pittsburg Landing and Chattanooga. New York : Derby , & 12mo. pp. 473, and Appendix 40. For sale by J. B. Lippincott, & Co. Public curiosity is more than ever -aroused to know all that can be known of this most successful of our generals, lately raised to the highest rank in the army. A plain unpretending man, whose services in the Mexican war were not brilliant, and whose connection with the actions at Belmont and Shiloh did not impress the public over-favorably, he has since been the conspicuous and. favored instrument lir accomplishing the most decided successes of the pre sent great struggle, and is now looked to by all to administer the coup de grace to the rebellion. The volume before us, without attempting biography or his tory, brings together in chronological order, the main facts of the- General's career, relying chiefly upon military or ders and reports of newspaper corres pondents, which are incorporated at length in the volume. Any one in quest of facts will find them gathered hero with much industry and generally in their original shape. KIRKLAND. School Girl's 'Garland. A Se lection of Poetry, in four parts. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. Second. Series. Parts Third and Fourth. New York : Chas. Scribner. With two Indexes. 16rno. pp. 360. Tinted paper, extra cloth. For sale by Martiens. A rich selection of Poetry, showing fine taste and a wide range of reading in the best English authors. Many a favorite piece which we have long miss ed and yearned after, reappears on these elegant pages. Late writers are not over looked; Jean Ingelow, Whittier, Mrs. Browing, Tennyson and others furnish choice contributions. Wm. Allen Bat- ler's " Nothing to wear" and Longfel low's "Building of the Ship" are among the long pieces. Of course, as tastes can not agree and everything cannot be put within two covers, we miss pieces which we had expected : such as Tennyson's Bugle Song; Fanny Kenable's Autumn, &c. But we cordially recognize in the volume a valuable means of culture to the class for whom it was intended, and must pronounce it and, its, predecessor the most successful attempts at, selec tions from the poets that have been laid. on our table. We give three of the pieces, two sonnets and a poem, in another part of the paper. The death of the author is just announced. Busuram.. 'Work and Play ; or Literary Varielies. By Horace Bushnell. New York: CharlOS Soribner. 12 mo. pp. 464. Price $1 50. For sale'by Martieffs. Dr. Bushnell is ; one who Continually walks on the borders of paradox' and ranges in the: territory disputed by truth and error, thus rousing the atten tion of his readers.; while his great powers as ,a clear thinker and a fluent, porspicu.ous and graceful writer, with some indescribable'- element :of .ff_eniirts nrcaoriymg-arrrerraute - lintito retain hold he has won. It is quite doubtful what service ho has rendered to the cause of troth. On the one hand his dissertationS on the Trinity and Atone= ment are clearly of erroneous and evil tendency, while his " Christian Nur- tare" and "Sermons for the New Life" commend themselves in the highest degree to the regards of pious parents, preachers and Christian people gene rally. The present volume is very mis cellaneous, chiefly of a secular charac ter, and presents new and interesting aspects of the writer's many-sided character. It takes its name from the first essay or discourse, Work and Play, and is followed by discourses on the topics named : True Wealth; or Weal of Nations; Growth of Law; The Founders great in their Unconsciousness ; rical Estimate of Connecticut; Agricul ture at the East; Life or the Lives; City Plans; The Doctrine of Loyalty; Age of Homespun; Day of Roads; Re• ligious Music. HANNA. The Forty Days after our Lord's Resurrection. By the Rev. Win. Hanna, LL. D., Author of "The Last Day of our Lord's Passion." New York : R. Carter, & Bros. 12mo. With appendices. pp. 316. Philadelphia. For sale at the Pres byterian Book Store. Dr. Hanna's books on the Life of Christ, of which this is the second, show us the accurate and conscientious spirit I of the scholar, mingled with the spiri tual aims of the Christian teacher. The cultivated Christian will find, in reading these volumes, that the questions raised in the thorough investigation of the Gospel history, are not ignored in the interest of piety, and that pious ends are not sacrificed, but promoted, by re cognizing the latest results of believing criticism in this deekly interesting field. We are informed by Dr. H., in the pre face to "Forty Days," that this book and its predecessor, "Last Day," &c., are experiments by which to satisfy himself whether he could succeed in providing a continuous and expanded narrative of the leading incidents in our Redeemer's life, on the combined prin ciples above stated. The favorable re ception given to his effort: " The Last Day of our Lord's Passion," encouraged him to this second effort, and should a similar disposition be shown towards it by the public, he will enter upon the task of completing the work in a simi lar form. We have no doubt of the welcome the Christian public will give to such an undertaking; the works of tribelievers on the same field have in deed created a necessity that Christian scholars should follow on the same track. A simple, yet pregnant principle, will guide Dr. Hanna in this work, namely : that in the life of Jesus, the blending of the natural with the miraculous, the hu man with the-Divine, is essential to the coherence and consistency of the record; PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,,: APRIL 14, 1864. that the fabric of the Gospel history is so constructed, that if you take out of it the Divinity of Jesus, the whole edi flee falls into ruins. We could wish, however, that the fragmentary, or lec ture-like form of presenting the materi als, would be avoided in completing the undertaking. Several valuable appen dices accompany the present volume, in which the Resurrection in 1 Cor. 15, and the Sacraments are discussed. CUYLER. The Cedar Christian : and other Practical Papers and Personal Sketches. By Theo. L. Cuyler, Pastor of the Lafay : ette ' Avenue Church, Biooklyn, New York :, R. Carter & Bros. 16mo, pp. 214. Tinted paper. Philadelphia For sale by the 'Presbyterian Book Store. Right readable papers are these once giving a rare attractiveness to the columns of our New York contempora ries the Independent and the Etiiingelist, and now gathered in -a very tasteful volume., They are brief, piquant, vari ous; one may dip into the volume when in almost any mood, and' find something to suit, to stir and to profit him. RICHTER. The Campaner Thal and other writings. From the German of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. Boston : Ticknor h Fields. 16 mo. pp. 382. Beveled edges, gilt top, price $l5O. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. This is a. continuation of the very handsome edition of Richter's works, projected by the publishers. It con tains several separate essays, in which speculative truth is inwoven, in the pe culiar manner of Richter, with external and familiar fact. These pieces cannot be read, they must be studied. Others, especially in the latter part of the book, are luminous and powerful in their ef fect on almost uny reader. They make us regret that, a philosopher, like Rich ter, was content to veil many of his best and grandest thoughts in language and conceptions which shut them out of the view of all but a mere handful of readers. . • I FURNESS. The Veil Partly Lifted and Jesus Becoming Visible. By W. H. Furness. Boston : 'Ticknor & Fields. 16 mo, pp. 301. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co. A very.good descriytion is contained in this title, of the position of" UnitariL ans towards the central object of the Christian faith. It is a piece of uncon scious self-irony. How much of the "veil remains uhtaken away from the fact, that the author of this volome treats not only the miraculous conception of Christ,'but the visit of the Magi " as an evident fable." CHURCH PASTORALS is the title given by Dr. Nehemiah Adams to his new book of Hymns and Tunes for public worship. The volume is an octavo of 472 pages, neatly got up, and published by Ticknor- & Fields, of Boston. The fine taste, litefary and spititual, of Dr. Adams, is abundantly visible in the selection of -hymns, of which a large number are - those not found in the hymn booki3 in common use. Of the tunes a still larger proportion are unknown in our churches, having been drawn from German and English col lections. Whilst Dr. Adams thus makes a contribution to this department of worship which is of value to the church at large, he will not be likely to secure the adoption of his book by the churches. He may and we hope will increase attention to the grand old. German choral style of church music, by the infusion of that element in his Pastorals. But a book which divevers from our most familiar hymns the tunes to which they have so long been sung as to have become a part of them, cannot obtain adoption where the people have a voice in the matter. They want the hymns - they have sung to the tunes they know. Any needful change must be gradually made. Of the hymns introduced as candidates for adoption by the church, some will commend themselves to the compilers of new books. Others, whilst interest ing as pieces of sacred poetry, will not be found adapted to singing. Beauty of expression and elevation of sentiment in religious verse are apt to mislead the editors of manuals of praise. A hymn for a hymn book should be primarily singable. It is one of the misfortunes of Con gregational churches that they are open to solicitation on the part of the pub lisher of every new hymn book. To the Presbyterian it is a relief to be able to reply to their importunity, that they Must apply to the General Assembly for endorsement before they trouble the individual churches on the subject. If it should seem best, our Assembly can instruct its Publication Committee to have prepared a hymn and tune book for those of our churches that desire such a work. We are not sure but that it would be well so to do, to avoid the confusion which may be created by the introduction of the innumerable unau thorized hymn and tune books that are constantly and vehemently knocking for admission at our church doors. MAGAZINES AND PAMPHLETS THE NORTH BRITISH REvuw for February. New York : L. Scott & Co., Philadelphia, for sale by W. B. Zieber, contains : The Country Life of Eng land. Dynamical Theory of Heat. Bib liomania. Harold liardra,da, King of Norway. The Later Roman Epic. Sta ties' Thebaid. Kilmahoe, a Highland Pastoral. Renan, Vie de Jesus. Thack eray. gessrs. Scott & Co. have not ,as yet raised the price of these exceedingly cheap and valuable periodicals. BLACEWOOD'S MAGAZINE, for March. Published and for sale .as above. Con tains: The Fleet of the Future. Tony Butler, part 6. Economy of Capital. Louis Napoleon as a General. Chroni cles of Carlingford. Cornelius 0. Dowd, Part IL Letter from. 'Schleswig-Hol ~ stein. THE PHILADELPHIA'"PHOTOGRAPHER., for April, 1864. Benerman & Wilson, Northwest corner Seventh and Cherry Sts. Illustrated with a fine view of the Delaware Water Gap, by Sohn Moran. 7. l kigiettlattono. THE GOLD HUNTER CONVERTED. The Chiistian _Herald contains the fol lowing deeply . interesting. account, inns trating in a signal manner the power of divine grace. Eight years.ago he left Wabash Col lege and went to Kansas, his heart fully set'on becoming rich. For awhile he was prosperouS, and in his' eagerness' pressed ,on, to the Gold Mines; There reverses soon overtook: him. :Misfor tunes, bad investment, dishopeet part ners---Waire after wave rolled over him and left him . desolate. His health gave way.and he returned home a Confirmed. consumptive. .He was gloomyhis am-. Iritipus hopes were all dead—said he had "made a failure of life"—regarded God. as RCS . enemy; . for somehow he felt all the - while that Godhad a hand in his Misfortunes. About a year ago he was Persuaded to attend a . series of meet •ings, where. the Holy Spirit reached. • hiM,.Overnarne his enmity, and he be Came hdpefully - pious: He now felt . that God was his.friend ; said '*ith'' dent gratitudec'He,took me out of the gold, mine that I might. find the Pearl of great price." He ~poss,essed much' : general information, a strong will, and noble impulses. - - • He now gave. his best 'thoughts to- the study pf the„Scriptu.res, and grew in grace and knowledge.. When he , :came to die AD fear -and' distrust were L ri &i oved. - - Most- ardent prayers 6VeTui,si7iiiTillusio.n.to. nig ,atorang '6lciiid; never failed to call forth some eXclamation • of - gratitude and trust. A few hours before he died, he asked for a little. water.,..Said;. it was "sweet ;; but, that he would T soon drink . of the river of God." Being told that he would not live till Morning, he broke Edith in almost rapturous. expressions.of ' jeSti - and triumph "In heaven before Morning singing Hosanna to Xesus ! Oh, is that not rich; William ! Oh how happy are they who their Saviour obey, and have laid up their treasure above I' Jesus my all tO:.he.aven. is gone!' I 'was a wandering sheep, but now I love -to be controlled : !' There is a fountain filled with blood !' " These and many other lines he repeated-in a sloW, sweet, singing tone, mingled with ejaculatory praises.. The whole scene was happy— beyond description. iA short time after he said to himself, "This fs the valley of the shadow of death. This is Jordan's strand ! Jesus willa:lot leave me now ! Jesus—said— trust--and--Sesits—can—not--lie." A few:minutes later he said, " It is very cold, mother. I never was so cold in my life." With these words he fell asleep very gently. The Jordan was passed, and dear brother John stood on the shining shore. With many such words as the above he comforted his weeping friends, who sorrow not as those who have no hope. No wonder that even the wicked prophet, - Baalam, cotid not. help.saying, "Let me die the death 43 - f the righteous, and let my last end be like his.' - - Be left $l9O to the A. B. C. of Foreign Missions and various smaller bequests. A KING- KILLED BY A PIN SCRATCH. The sudden death of King Maximilian, of Bavaria, has produced a most painful impression on his subjects, by whom he was both loved and esteemed. On the 6th of March, His Majesty scratched the left side of his chest with a pin that was attached to an order which he was fas tening to his coat, and on the 10th he was 4 corpse. In the forenoon of Wednesday the King was closeted with the Archduke Albrecht, and during their conversation he complained of a shooting pain at his chest. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the King felt very ill and went to bed, and in three hours later his physicians declared him to be in great danger. The persons who went after midnight to inquire after the health of the illustrious patient were told that "no change was observable ;" but already at that time the medical men knew that the case was hopeless. At five o'clock in the morn ing King Maximilian received the last sacrament and shortly , afterwards he had an attack of lock-jaw. Towards 8 o'clock His Majesty began to doze, and at 10 minutes before 2 he was dead. When first the medical men were called in they found a small abscess on the left side of their patient's chest, and in the course of the day the adjacent parts of the body were violently inflamed. The telegraph tells us that the immediate cause of the King's death was "pycemie"—a poisoning of the blood by the means of pus. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday;the 10th, the eldest son of the defunct Monarch was publicly proclaim ed as Louis'lL of Bavaria. HOW A DISTINGUISHED CONGRESSMAN WAS EDIIOATED. Hon. Win. D. Kelley, in his speech in the House of Representativeg, on Freed men's affairs, said : " Sir, I am no son of Massachusetts or New England, as the gentleman is; but I remember that, in my wayward youth beincr b free from the. indenture that had bound me to a long apprenticeship, but not having attained manhood, Iwandered from my native Pennsylvania, counter to the current tide of emigration, in pur -1 suit of employment, and found a home in Massachusetts, and I may be par , dened if I pause a moment to feebly tes tify my gratitude to her in', Whom found a gentle and generous foster mother. I thank God for the Puritan spirit of Massachusetts. A boy, poor, friendless, and in pursuit of wages for manual toi4 I found open to me in the libraries of Boston the science, history and literature of .the world. At. a cost that even the laboring Man did not feel, I found in her lyceums and . 'lecture rooms the means of easy intercourse with her Bancroft, her Brownson, her Ever etts, her Channings, her Prescott, her Emerson, and scores of others as learned and as able, though perhaps less distill; guished sons than these. T thus learned what it was to be an American citizen, and to what a height American civiliza tion will be carried ; rand found four years of life spent at well-paid toil worth to me what the same number of years in a college might have been!' .• THAOKERAY'S KINDNESS. Latterly, fortune and fame enabled the author of " Vanity Fair," to visit imperial Paris in imperial yle, and W. M. Thackeray put up generally at the Hotel Bristol, in the Place Ven dome. Never was increase of fortune more, gracefully worn or more gene. rously employed. The struggling artist and small man of letters, whom he was sure to find at home or abroad, was pretty sure to be assisted if he learned their wants. I know of many a kind act. One , norning, on entering .11tr. Thaekeray's bed-room in Paris, I found him placing some Napoleons in a pill box on the lid of which' was written, "One to be taken occasionally."- "What are you doing ?" said I. "Well," he replied, " there is an old person here who Says, she is very ill and in distress, and r strongly suspect that this is the sort of medicine she wants. Dr. Thaek era.y intends to leave it with her him self. Let us walk out together.—. Letter from Paris. IMPORTANT ALL INVALIDS! IRON IN THE' BLOOD. It's well known to the medical profession that IRON is the VITAL PRINCIPLE or LIFE ELEDIENT of the blood. This is derived . chietly from the food we eat; but if the food is not properly aigested, or if,.from any cause whatever, the necessary quantity of ironis'not taken into the circulation, or. becomes reduced, the whole system suffers. The bad blood will irritate the heart, wiweiog up the lungs, will stupefy the brain, will obstruct the liver, and will send its disease -producing elements to all parts of the system, and every one will suffer in whatever organ may be predisposed to disease. The great value of IRON AS A MEDICINE is well known-and acknowledged by all medical men. The difficulty has been to obtain such a preparation of it as will enter the circulation and assimilate at once with the blood. This point, says Dr. Hays, Massachusetts State Chemist, has been attained in the Peruvian Syrup, by combination in a way before unknown. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP is a PROTECTED solution of the PROTOXIDE OP IRON. A NEW DISCOVERY IN MEDICINE, hat STRIKES AT THE ROOT OF DISEASE by supplying the blood with its VITAL PRINCIPLE OR LIFE ELEMENT-IRON THE PERUVIAN SYRUP Cures Dyspepsia, 'Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Fever and Ague, Loss of Energy, Low Spirits. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP Infuses strength, vigor, and new life into the system, and . . builds up an "Iron Constitution.' . ' TEE PERUVIAN SYRUP Cures Chronic Diarrhoea, Scrofula, Boils, Scurvy, Loss of Constitutional Vigor. THE PERUVIAN SYRUP . Cures Nervous Affections. . THE PERUVIAN SYRUP is a &WOW for all diseases originating in A BAD STATE OF THE BLOOD, OT accompanied by DEBILITY or a Low STATZ Or MN SYSTEM. From well-known Citizens of New York. The experience which we have had. of the PERUVIAN SYRUP, and the evidence which has been exhibited to us of its great success,in the cure of many diseases, satisfies us that it is a medicinal agent of remarkable power, and deserving the attention of invalids. JOHN E. WILLIAMS, Esq., President of the Metropolitan Bank Rev. ABEL STEVENS, Late Editor Christian Advocate and Journal Rev. P. CHURCH, Pamphlets containing.certificates of cures and. recom mendations from some of the most eminent Physicians, Clergymen, and others, will be sent FREE to any address. Prepared as heretofore by N. L. CLARK & CO. .1. F. DINSMORE, Sole Agent, No 491 BsoADwAT, NEW Yorac For Sale by all Druggists. 4 4 , A ' 11)8 - - i• E KV ES 0 ENI --A-1.1-!- lf P aa - t Nv4 . : • • . - PIMITOWIFY For THIRTY YEARS has received the favorable recommendation of the PUBLIC, and has been USED AND PRESCRIBED by the FIRST PHYSICIAN'S IN THE LAND AS THE BEST REMEDY KNOWN FOR Sick Headache. Nervous Headache, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Billious Headache, Dizziness, Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Gout, Indigestion, Torpty of Liver, Gravel, Rheumatic Affections, Files, Heartburn, Sea Sickness, Bilious Attacks, Fevers, &a. For Testimonials, &c., see Pam phiet with. each Bottle. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY TARRANT & CO., 278 Greenwich Street, New York. (FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.) Editor New York Chronicle MELODEONS! HARMONIUMS CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A STOCK. OF MELO. DEONS of my own make, which cannot be excelled. I am sole agent for CARED-RT'S SPLENDID HARMONIUMS, possessing unequaled powers, variety and beauty of tone. Tie best instrument for churches ever introduced. . H. M. MORRISS, 728 Market street. "IT IS THE UNIVERSAL OPINION TN HEAL PROFESSION," Says Mr. Fay, the distinguished Musical Critic of the New York Tribune, " that Messrs. Mum k Hamm have succeeded in making a better small instrument" than' any other of the Organ kind; "that no such mechanical works of the - kind can be found in Europe." " The Cabinet Organ," Writes Mr. Donnelson, the able critic of the New York World, "is quite as great an improvement upon the Melodeon, introduced some twenty years since, and ikt successor, the Irarmoninin, as a Concert-Grand Piano of to-day is over the imperfect Pianos in vogue a quarter of a century since." • TRULY A CHARMING INSTRUMENT," Writes Mr. Gottschalk, the eminent Pianist; ivho has tested it thoroughly by use in concerts,) "worthy of the high praise it has received, and llt TO FIND ITS WAY Every Household of Taste and Itc;finement which can possibly afford its moderateexpense." .31 .is," writes Rev. Dr. Prime In the New York Observer " SZORI3II3 INSIERU THE TEXPLE SERVICE, so readily. eecured as to be available for any congrega tion, and so effective and beautiful as to meet the desires of the most refined and fastidious." "AS COMPARED WITH DIELODEONS, HARMONIUMS, Sm., THE CABINET ORGAN IS CERTAINLY SUPERIOR William 31ason, the we Ikngwn putnist. adding that f° the instruments are really so, excellent thiit there can hardly be much difference of opinion about them." These instruments Represent the Highest Accomplishments of Industry in. this Department," says the Boston AclvertisarAidding: tO This is our . urdnion but the UNANIMOUS. VERDICT OF. THE ORGANISTS and Musicians who have examined these Organs an.d often submitted them to long and severe tssts." .9z- In commencing the manufacturing of reed in struments more than ten years since, MASON &HAM LIN were largely influenced by the confidence that great improvement in such instruments was possible. It was their plan to accomplish success in business, not by making the lowest priced instruments, but by pro- ducing the best, and this guiding principle has never been lost sight of by them. The result was that their Melodeons, the only instruments made by them for several years, INVARIABLY THE. FIRST PREMIUMS at every Industrial Fair, though constantly exhibited in competition with others from the best makers. Not satisfied with this instrument, however, they bent every energy to the production of a better, instituting exten sive. experiments, and holding out such inducementa as should add to their own skill and experience the resources of the best inventive talent in the country Which had been occupied in this direction. The result was the production and introdnction of their ORGAN HARMONIUM, in 1855, which was at once recognized as so important an improvement as to win from the Massachusetto Charitable Mechanic Association the first and only GOLD MEDAL ever awarded to instruments of this class in this coral= try, and which elicited from THALBERG, the celebrated Pianist, the declaration that these were the BEST TONED INSTEUMENTS OF THEM CLASS IN THE WORLD Still striving unremittingly for progress, MASON & HAMBIN were fortunate enough to discover and per fect several other improvements, and better processes of manufacture, by the employment of which they pro• duced, in the fall of 1862, THE CABINET ORGAN, an instrument which has elicited an amount of commen dation from the musical profession, and enjoyed a BALE QUITE UNPRECEDENTED. A large majority of the most eminent organists in the country have given their written testimony to the great excellence of these instruments, and their SUPERIORITY TO ALL OTHERS of their class. Their superiority consists in QUALITY OF TONE; POWER OR VOLUME OF TONE; CAPACITY FOR EXPRESSION, by which the performer produces at will all grades from their softest to their loudest tones; QUICKNESS OF ACTION. adapting them to very rapid music; the VARIETY OF EFFECT of which they are capable; their DURABILI TY AND QUALITY OF KEEPING IN TUNE AND ORDER under most trying circumstances of climate and situation; with MANY OTHER POINTS OF EX CELLENCE. The CABINET ORGANS are adapted to FAMILIES, CHURCHES and SCHOOLS. They have from one to twelve stops, and are in plain and elegant cases of black walnut, oak or rosewood, varying in price from $B5 to $5OO each. Every One is Warranted for Five Years. Warerooms—No. 274 WASHINGTON street, Boston; N 0.7 MERCER street, New York; corner SIXTH and CHESTNUT streets, Philadelphia. MASON & HAMLIN, Boston, MASON BROTHERS, New York J. E. GOULD Philadelphia. HENRY HARPER, 520 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Dealer in and Manufacturer of WATOIT RS, FINE JEWELRY, ,VAL PER liteißE, AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS: 115
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