~itßC'Z e~aljtg.
BALSHAN AND SYRIA
PORTER. The Giant Cities of Basl3an : or,
Syria's Holy Places. By Rev. J. L. Por
ter, author of " Five Years in Damascus,"
&c. New York : T. Nelson &Sons. 12m0.,
pp. 377. For sale by Smith, English & Co.
Price, $3.
One never wearies of books of travel in
the Holy Land or the countries of Bible
history, even if only tolerably written.
Something of the inexhaustible interest of
the inspired volume itself, seems communi
cated to the topography. But the volume
before us is not only attractively written,
and not only shows powers of observation
and description ; much of it is devoted to
localities and regions which the never
ending stream of tourists has scarcely
reached. The river Jordan has hitherto
been the limit of almost all such excursions.
Hostile and marauding tribes deter all -but
the most venturesome from the eastern
shore. No missions are.planted in ancient
Gilead or in the territories of Moab and
Ammon. The first hundred pages of the
volume before us are devoted to the results
of explorations in this unknown region,
and they may unhesitatingly be pronounced
the most valuable contributions to our
knowledge of Scriptural regions, made in
the last ten or twelve years. Until very
recently, " the cities of Bashan" have
seemed almost a myth. Bat the marvel
lous revelations of Mr. Porter's narrative
show that, after four thousand years, they
remain almost untouched by decay, desolate
indeed, but entire. Mr. Porter thus de
scribes the prospect from Bozrah, and
his feelings in contemplating it:—
I cannot tell how deeply I was im
pressed when looking out over that noble
plain, rivalling in richness of soil the best
of England's counties, thickly studded with_
cities, towns, and villages,
intersected with
roads, having one of the finest climates in
the world; and yet utterly deserted, lite
rally " without man, without inhabitant, and
without beast." (Isa. xxxiii. 10). I cannot
tell with what mingled feelings of sorrow
and of joy, of mourning and of thanksgiv
ing, of fear and of faith, I reflected on the
history of that land; and taking out my
Bible, compared its existing state, as seen
with my own eyes, with the numerotia pre
dictions regarding it written by the Hebrew
prophets. In their day it was populous
and -prosperous; the fields .
waved with
corn; the hill-sides were covered with
flocks
,and herds; the highways were
thronged with wayfarers ; the cities re
sounded with the continuous din of a busy
population. And yet they wrote as if they
had seen the land as I saw it from the ram
parts of Bozrah. The Spirit of; the omni
scient God alone could have guided the
hand that penned such predictions as
these : "Then said I, Lord, how long?
And he answered, Until the cities be wast
ed without inhabitant, and the houses
without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
and the Lord hath removed men far away,
and there be a great forsaking in the midst
of the land." (Isa. vi. 11, 12). " The de
stroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is
gone forth from his place to make thy land
desolate.; and thy cities shall be laid waste
without an inhabitant." (Jer. iv. 7).
In former times a garrison was maintain
ed in the castle of Bozrah by. the• Pasha
Damascus, for the purpose of defending
the southern sections of Bashan from the
periodical incursions of the Bedawin., It
has been withdrawn for many years. The
"Destroyer of the Gentiles" can now come
up unrestrained, " the spoilers" - can now
"come upon all high places through the
wilderness," the sword now "devours from
one end of the land even to the other
end of the land," (Jer. xii. 12);- the cities
are "without inhabitant," the houses are
"without man," the land is "utterlydeso
late,'l judgment has come upon it all far
and near; in a word, the whole of Bashan
and Moab is one great fulfilled prophecy.
The remainder of the volume is devoted
to Jerusalem and its environs, the Land of
the Philistines, Galilee and the Sea. Coast
and the Northern Border Land; including
Lebanon, Hamath, Palmyra, and Damas
cus. An Appendix gives some interesting
particulars of the Druze Massacre. It is
estimated that six thousand adult male
Christians were murdered in Syria, in June
and July; 1860.
An index of subjects, and another of
Scripture texts, illustrated, gives complete
ness to the work. The illustrations are of
novel subjects, and are elegantly executed.
A HAND-BOOK OF SCRIPTURE HARMONY.
New York: A. D. F. Randolph. 16rn0.,
pp. 74. For sale at the Presbyterian Book
Store.
Very clear directions are given in this
convenient volume for arranging the entire
contents of the Bible in chronological
order. The books are divided into sec
tions; according to the topics treated
of, and these Tones, printed in capital
letters, with references to chapter and
verse, follow each other in the hand
book, in the supposed order"of occurrence.
Thus the Life of Job comes immediately
after the genealogy of Sh em, and the whole
book of Job is reckoned as belonging be
tween the twenty.sixth and twenty seventh
verses of the eleventh chapter of Genesis.
The book of Ruth is also placed between
Judges viii. and ix.; the Psalms are in
terwoven with the parts of David's History
,
to which they belong; the prophecies , are
associated with the parts of the historical
books, with which they are regarded as
contemporary. The order of the Old Tes
tament followed is that of Dr. Townsend;
the Harmony of the Gospels is that of D r .
Robinson; the arrangement of the Acts
and of Paul's Epistles is. on the authority
of Alford.
There can be no doubt that great fresh
ness and reality is imparted to the Scrip
tures by such a common-sense way of re
garding their contents. We recommend
such as have not tried it, to procure this
little volume and to begin at once
TRAVELS.
GREENWOOD. The Adventures of Reuben
Davidger ; Seventeen Years and Four
Months Captive among the Dyaks of Bor
neo. By James Greenwood. illustrated
with numerous Engravings, principally
from Designs by R. Hullula. H. S. Mel
ville, and E. Law. New York: Harper
& Bros. Bvo., pp. 344. For sale by J.
B. Lippincott & Co:, Philadelphia.
The U. - nth of this book consists in its ac
..
count of the manners and customs, the
natural scenery, the animals, productions,
implements, Utensils, ships, houses, and
characters of the terrible, head,hunting,
piratical Dyaks of Borneo. Very ingen-.
iously, indeed—much' after the manner of
Defoethe adventures of two English
sailors, who fell into the hands of these
savages, are interwoven with the undoubted
facts of the general mode of living of their
captors. Along with much that is extrava
gant, there is pinch really entertaining and
instructive'; and nothing, we believe, to be
reprobated. The illustrations are very, well
done and liberally. introduced, as is the
well-known custom of the publishers.
ANDREWS. The South since the War; as
Shown by Fourteen Weeks of,Travel and
Observation in. Georeit'and the Carolinas.
By Sidney Andrews. Boston: Ticknor &
Fields: 16m0., pp. 400. For sale by J.
B. Lippincott & Co.,,Phila.
This book is the result of the observa
tions of "ti newspaper correspondent, who
commenced his career in Charleston last
September, and closed it, after visiting
Georgia and both the Carolinas, in Decem
ber. He was present at the reconstruction
conventions in all three of these States;
and both there, and k every other availa
ble position, he studied the political temper
of the South. His conclusion, and the
conclusion of all who candidly weigh his
facts is, that the proposal to, reinstate the
South in its political rights is "a very
grave mistake, not to say a criminal blun
der." His . picture of prevailing ignorance
among the - middle and lower classes of
whites, and of the opposition to common
school education, is really alarming. The
book is written in the meat temperate vein
and is well calculated to do good.
BOOKS FOB THE YOUNG.
THE CHILDREN of CLOVERLY. By the au
thor,of " The Young Apprentice." Bos
ton: Henry Hoyt. 18mo., pp. 364. Illus
trated.
"Cloverly" is an English home. Con
trary to the usual current of fact, and of
the fancy of story-tellers, two American
children, whose mother is dead and whose
father is in the war for the Union, are
brought from their plain country abode on
the shores of Lake Huron to the comtorta
ble mansion of Cloverly. Their characters
and the incidents of their lives are so drawn
that without any startling scenes the most
varied lessons of good are skilfully convey
ed and deeply impressed upon the reader.
SCHOOL AND HOME; or, Leaves from a Boy's
Journal. A Tale for Schoolboys. New
Yolk: R. Carter & Bro.'s. 18mo, pp.
383. For sale at the Presbyterian House.
There is something captivating in the
very style, in the openness and unreserve
of a private journal, such as this purports
to be. The schoolboy reveals to us the
startling plots, the mischief ever brewing
among lively youth, as well as the corrupt
workings of evil associations, with all the
candor of his assumed position. His
mother's entries in the same journal con
tribute variety to its contents. The narra
tive is deeply interesting, with an, approach
in style and incident to what is called
raciness, though the most earnest evangeli;
cal purpose runs through the whole. -The
episode of the dying smuggler might have
come from the pen of Lamartine, but for its
religious traits. Combined with the weird
and picturesque features of the scenery,
the story of the guilty man's life, his spir
tual need, and his grasping after the hope
of the Gospel, his comfort in the Scrip
tures, and his unique and wholesome ad
vice to the boys, form a striking and deeply
impressive portion of the journal. It is
scarcely appropriate to any but the most
advanced of juvenile readers.
PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS.
HOURS AT HOME, for May, is already
on our table., The opening article, by Dr.
J. P. Thompson, on the Antiquity of Man,
is a candid summary and criticism from the
Christian point of view, of the ' evidence
recently accumulated for the existence of
hitherto unknown and early races. We
copied a portion in our paper of last week.
" The Lessons of the United. States to Eu
rope," a grand theme, is translated from
th e French of our friend Laboulaye. Miss
Phelps continues the story "Jane Gurley."
The author of "Fred and Maria and Me,"
the best original story which has appeared
in the Magazine, resumes her pen and gives
us—only ashort poem. Other contributors
are Dr. R. Anderson, Prof. Roppin, and
Dr. Peters. The editor writes on Living
stone's late books of Travel, and Willi am
Swinton gives us notes on the Battle of.
Gettysburgh, an inexhaustible subject,
Donald Mitchell (Ike Marvel), Dr. Hol
land (Timothy Titoomb), and Dr. 13 uslin e u
are engaged for forthcoming articles.
THE BIituoTHECA SACRA tor April,
1866, contains: History and. Theology of
the Dutch Reformed Church, by Dr. por
ter; Our Place in History, by Prof. Seelye
Study of English
Literature, by Prof. Dunn
(Brown Univ.) ;
The Catholic - Apostolic
Church; Braoke's Physiology of Speeiih,
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1866.
by Prof. Packard (Yale); Regeneration, by
Prof. Phelps (Andover); Martyrdom, in
the Apocalypse; Recent. Publications.
The publication office is removed to
Boston. Address Warren & Halliday in
Via city.
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE, No. 1143, April
28, 1866.—Contents : Theodore Parker and
American Unitarianism ; The True North
west Passage ; The President and Congress';
An Economist of the Fourteenth Century ;
The Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope ; The
Claverings, Part 111. ; The Passion of Martin
Holdfast• The Coming Crisis in Europe;
Spanish Women and their Fans; The Gip
sies. Poetry : Abraham Davenport; Once
upon, a time ; The Backwoodsman ; Trust
and Rest. Short. Article : Death et Gordon
Cumming.. Boston : Littell, Son & Co.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE for May, opens
with a paper descriptive of the wonder of
California scenery, the Yo Semite valley.
Much assistance, as usual, is derived from
the numerous and elegantly executed cuts,
including a plan of the valley. The Zam
besi river and Dr. .Livingstone's travels
furnish matter for another article, followed
by the usual entertaining variety. •'The
Flag that Talks" -is the suggestive title of
a poem of considerable merit. We are of
opinion that ,H ARPERS hit the tastes of
the great majorit of magazine readers. It
is pure, wholeson , e, instructive, and enter
taining.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, May, 1866.
Contents: The ilarmonists; Abraham• D
avenport ; . Last Days of Walter Savage
Landor, II.; To morrow; Doctor Johns,
Passages from Hawthorne's Note
Books, V. ; The -Fenian Idea; The Chimney
Corner for 1866,V.; Edwin Booth; Among
the Laurels; Griffith Gaunt,or Jealousy, VI.;
What will it Cost us ?.,Mephistopheleal ;
Mr. Hosea Biglow's Speech in March Meet
ing; Question of Monuments ; Reviews
and Literary Notices; Recent American
`Publications Boston : Ticknor & Fields
Philadelphia : A. Wirich, T. B. Peterson
& Bro.
THE GALAXY; an Illustrated Magazine
of Entertaining Reading. Published fort
nightly,,by the American News Co , N., Y
This is a new venture in the already
crowded waters of light literature. The
chocolate-colored,-and gilt, cover, with; its
starry decorations and antique lettering
and border, , must attract , attention. -Ile
illustrations, especially one by Dailey of
"Spring," are finely done. The contents
are mostly fiction and other light matter.
THE NATION, a first-class weekly journal
for the discussion of political and literary
matters, generally sound, outspoken, and
manly in tone, and conducted -with distin
guished ability by Joseph H. Richards,
New York, is now issued twice a week, at
the reduced price of five dollars per annum.
We cordially recommend it to increased
patronage.
ANNALS OF lOWA. Quarterly. April,
1866:"• Contains : The Army of the South
west, with portrait of Gen. S. R. Curtis;
History of Davis County; Du Buque or
Dubuque? John Brown among the Pedee
Quakers, &e.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK for May. Sarah
J. Hale and L. A. Godey.
EATON. Petroleum: A History of the
Oil Region of Ven'ango County, Pennsylva
nia. Its Resources, Mode of Development,
and Value ; Embracing a Discussion of An
cient Oil Operations; with a Map and.l.llustra-,
tions of Oil Scenes and Boring Implements.
By Rev. S. J. Eaton, Pastor of the Presby
terian Church, Franklin, Pa. Philadelphia :
J. P. Skelly & Co. 16m0., pp. 299. -
FEMME. History of England, from the
Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth.
By James Anthony Fronde, M.A., late Fel
low of Exeter College, Oxford. New York :
Charles Scribner & Co. Vols. V. and VI.
Pp. 474 and 495. For sale by J. B. Lippin
cott & Co., Philadelphia: -
STANLEY. Lectures on the History of the
Jewish Church. Part 11. From Samuel to
the Captivity. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley,
D.D.; Dean of Westminster. New York:
'Charles Scribner & Co. Pp. 656. For sale
by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.
Announcements.—Ashmead &' Evans,
Philadelphia : Keble's Christian Year.=
Ticknor .& Fields: Companion Poets, Vol.
11.;. The South Since the War. By Sidney
Andrews; The Masquerade and other Poems.
By John G. Saxe; Spare Hours : Second
Series.. By John Brett. Loyal Truths ;
By Henry Ward Beecher. Poems; By
Florence Percy.—D. Appleton & Co., New
York. Notes on the History of Slavery in
Massachusetts; By George H. More. Con
version of the Northern Nations; 'By Chas.
Merivale. The Duve in the Eagle's Nest;
By Miss Yonge. Old Testament History; .
By Rev. William Smith. New Testament
History; By Rev. William
.Smith.—Hurd
& Houghton, New York : Arctic Explora
tions;- By Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, commander
of the expedition in 1860-61; Shakspeare's
Delineations of Insanity, Imbecility, and
Suicide. By Dr. A. 0. Kellogg; Letters
of Beethoven. Edited by Dr. Nohl; Mac
aulay's Works, new and complete edition.
Reprint of Lady Trevelyan s edition.—
Chas. Scribner & Co., - Walker, Fuller &
CO.; and J. B. Lippincott & Co., each an
nounce editions of Ecce Homo, a new Eng
lish work on the person of Christ.—Walker,
Fuller & Oo.,'Boston : Miss Harriet Mar-.
tinean's " History of England;" from 1815,
in four volumes, post Bvo., with full index.—
Widdleton, New York : Lord Macaulay's
Speeches: 2 vols., crown Bvo.
Chinese Classics.—Mr. Z. Baker, of the
Public Library, Worcester, Mass., has
been for several months engaged upon
an American edition of "The Chinese
Classics," the first volume of which will be'
published in this city early in April. The
text is from ihe translation, by Rev. Dr
Legge of the London Missionary Society.
The first volume, for which the plates are
now nearly completed, will contain the
Confunian Analects, The Great Learning,
and The Doctrine of the Mean. The suc
ceeding volumes will be devoted to other
portiolis of the classic books.
Snow .Bound.—Ticknor & Fields an
nounce.that they have issued the ihir
teenthi thousand of Whittier's Idyl : Snow
Bound.
thutogiuiete
work` of
oof f G S eo h r o g k e esp L. ea p re ti , y th ek e iti p c o k s :
"ke of the .compilers of the Cyclopedia of
A-meri es a Literature, is about to be issued
BOOKS RECEIVED.
LITERARY INTELLIGE NCE
' AMERICAN.
in this city by a firm styled Davis, Por
ter & Coates. It will make an imperial
octavo of eleven hundred pages, which
will 'be illustrated by the Droeshout por
trait, the one of all others which has
the greatest claim to authenticity, besides
the endorsement of Ben Jonson, a view of
Stratford, and a full page illustration to
each play.
Messrs. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, of
London, have established an American
Branch in New York, under the care of
Mr. Walter Low, No. 596 Broadway
Their publications have always maintained
the highest character, the object of, the, firm
being to. coiiitine utility, good take, and
cheapnesii,,iii which they . have succeeded
to an eminent degree.
j.'E. Tilton, the well known Boston pub
lisher, is dead
The Spring Book Trade Sale New
York:—Th e Spring Book Trade Sale, at
.the auction rooms of Messrs. Leavitt, Stre
beigh & Co., No. 498 Broadway, came to a
conclusion on Tuesday evening, April 10,
at six o'clock. This was the largest spring
sale but one ever held in the United States,
and it was successful; beyond- the antici
pations of all . interested The, receipts
'amounted to over $200,000 in the aggee
gate. All the standard books brought fair
prices. The trisbY`.books 'did not com
mand' very flattering prices, a fact compli
mentary to the discrimination of the coun
try booksellers, as well as being a•gratifying
sign of the. times as, to the elevation of
American tastes.—New York Times.,
GREAT BRITAIN-- - Trueliner4 . Cos, Lon
don, publish a periodicat'ealled Tile Arne
can ctnd'Oriental Literary Record, of which
Childs' Am. Lit: Gazette says; , It is lite
rally cosmopolitan in its scope, for it in
cludes the literature of the United States,
of Canada, Mexico, Pam Brazil, Peru,
the Argentineßepnblic, China, India, Aus
tralia, Turkey,. etc Then it makes special
collections of titles ' 'it furnishes us ,with
an enumeration of 134 works in Italian,
French, German, and 'English, publishe'd
for the'most part; in 1865, relating to Mit)
illustrious Dante. So also the literature
-relating to the Zendavesta and 'the ancient
'Zoroastrian faith, is represented by- a list
.of 120 different works containing the fullest
account of the literature of this subject
that has yet been produced. In,the special
department of American literature,to which
ample justice is done, in addition to the
synOpsis of the contents of our periodical
publications, there have been given partic
ulars of 1775 volumCs, nine.tenths of which
haie been published during the past year.
Of
,thettief -it may interest curious statisti
cians to add; that 222 are Theological, 165
Historical, 129 Poetical ; 113 Novels, 117
Works for the Young, 99 Biographical,
77 Medical, 67 Legal, 66 Geographical
(including Books of , Travel), 53 Commer
cial, 45 Political, 38 Philological, 35 treat
on Natural History, 43 on General and
Practical Science, 33 on Military Matters
(in addition to 186 named in a list of Ame
rican Military Books), 22 on Agriculture,
20 on Navigation and Naval Science, 20 on
the Theory and Practice of Education,l9
on Conchology, 13 on Philosophy and eta
physics, 12 on Geology, 11 on Photography,
12 on Freemasonry, 5 on. Architecture, 4
on Bibliography, 3 on Astronomy, and the
remainder on criticism, belles-lettres, etc."
Whewell, The lately deceased Master of
.
Trinity, was one of the most voluminous of
thoroughly scientific writers. The, follow
ing list of his writings has been published :
"-A4,History of the Inductive Sciences "in
3 vols.; "The Philosophy of the Induc
tive Sciences," 2 vols. ; the " Philosophy
of the Inductive Sciences" hies since been
expanded into " The History of Scientific
Ideas," 2 vols.'; "Novara Organ= Reno
vatum," 1 vol. ; "The Philosophy of Dis
covery," 1 vol.; "The Elements of Mo
rality, including Polity," 2 vols.; the
Bridgewater Treatise on Astronomy ;
" Notes on the Architecture- of German
Churches;" "Lectures on the History of
Moral Philosophy in England;" " Lectures
on Systematic Morality " "Indications of
the Creator," in answer to the " Vestiges
of Creation." Besides 'theie, he was the
author of many educational mathematical
works, and some works on university edu
cation' in connection with university re
.form ; also a translation of Goethe's "Her
man and Dorothea," of. Auerbach's " Pro
fessor's Wife," of Grotius on the " Rights
,of War and Peace," and of three volumes
of a tianslation of Plato, under the title of
" The Platonic Dialogues for English
Readers." Well-authenticated rumor also
attributes to him the authorship of "The
Plurality of Worlds," an anonymous book
which has created considerable sensation.
The Flying Dragon.—Under this title
Professor Summers has commenced a Chi
nese newspaper in London. It is published
monthly, and two numbers have already
appeared, Beaides the current news and
miscellaneous :trades, they contain adver
tisements of English articles of manufac
ture and traffic, and No. II contains a
map of Europe
A Full-sized Work.—There occurs among
the English sale-announcements, " A Com
plete Manuscript Botanical Work, in 158
folio volumes, with elaborately-prepared
Calligraphic atalogue, Journal, etc. The
work is illustrated by 35,721 colored draw
ings, and is accompanied .by a full index.
ocejApied thirty-three years in prepara
tion, and is systematically arranged accord-
ing to.De Candolle's system."
Rev. John Reid's " Voices of the Soul
Answere4 in God," and Mica Warner's
"Walks. from Eden" 'have been repub
lished in London.by Nisbet & Co.
Recent _Mmes.—Handbook of Christian
'Symbolism: Mozely on Miracles.; F. D.
Maurice; The Conflict of Good and Evil
in Our Day; History of the Crusades; Dr.
Pusey : History of Tract 90; Tregelles
Greek Testament, third part (one more to
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THE PLEJfB-LINE PAPERS.
Being a Series qf Essays. or Oritiett/.4aciunitetWoine
of Difficult Pareages of Scripture; together with a
( b r ew I nqu i ry i n t o Certian Dogmas!! the Church. By
Rev. T. M. Hopkins, 4. , M.. Geneva, New York. Fourth
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KIND READER: Would you like to see it demon
strated, that the story of Samson. and his Foxes, and
that of the Dial of Ahis.'aie evidently a mistral's/a-
Lion .?—the Stopping of the Sun and Moon by Joshua,
an in;erpoiation, and that the wordof God contains
nothing of these. as they are in onr Eommon Transla
tion? Would you like to inquire; among the institu
tions of Jesus Christ, for certain dogmas of the
Church, and not find them there? Would you see in
what sense menare horn in the Image of God? Be
sides, IntidelitY his iwisertedlhat if the dead were to
rise to , day. and to occupy as much apses as when they
were alive,, they would cover the whole earth to the
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grounds CM be lound within the limits of thellie of
New York; of sufficient capacity to bury eft son
and daughter of Adam? The above-named - ook
will do thii and something more; you may obtain it
by sending $1 50 to the author at Geneva., who'will
forward it to you post-paid. When you have read
it, if you do not find it so, return the Book and I will
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The Authozydevoting hisiwbole time in preaching
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No. I. The young love to be noticed. Seldom-re
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teach how to write, read, and compose hitters.
No. 2. .Thoselhaving children in charge And it de
sirable always, to have choice. spiny matter, at hand
and "in a nutshell," to inter , et children with:
They are filled with incidents...extracts from chil
drim's letters and other illustrations. all bearing on
one "'gospel themeibr text.
Rev. Dr. Newton: " . . . Calculated to be very use
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Rev. A. Cookmsn : " The, collection of incident.
and simplicity of expression, make them exceedingly
interesting."
George H. Stuart: ".Admirably adapted to interest
children." Others say. " Exactly What is - needed in
our Sabbath-school."—".The subject of conversation
until the next one'appears."'—" KILNS of increasing
our sehool."—Centributes largely to the interest of
our Sunday- school concerts."—" All were delighted:
several were melted to tears."—" Could not. think of
doing without theni."=" While theylnterest; they in
struct and profit." etc. .etc. Tstras—sl. a year.. A
specitnen 10 ots. Address, mentioning No.l or 2.
11.101. EDWIN M. LONT,'
1210 'Chestnut Street, Phila.
SUFFERERS
FROM DYSPEPSIA
READ ! REFT FCT !! ACT! 11
TARRANT t 0;
Gentlemen,
I am a resident of Curacoa,
and have often been disposed to write you concerning
the real value of your SELTZER APERIENT as a
remedy for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, •I desire to
express to you my sincere gratitude for the great
benefit the SELTZER has done my wife..
For four or five years my wife has been sadly afflic
ted with Dyspepsia, and after being under the treat
ment of several Doctors for two or three years, she
MIS finally induced to seek the advice of a learned
Physician, Doctor Cabialis, of Venezuela. who imme
diately treated her with your EFFERVESCENT
SELTZER APERIENT the began to improve at once
and is now PERFECTLY WELL.
I feel it to be my duty for the good of humanity to
make this atatement, feeling that a medicines° yams
ble should be wi dely , known.
Trusting you will give this publicity, and repeating
my earnest gratitude and thanks.
lam very respectfully ours. y
S. D. C. BENRIQUER,
Merchant.. Curaeoa, S. A.
NEW Yoag, June 28th, 1865.
'WE ASK
The suffering millions in our land to give this reme
dy a trial: convinced that by its timely use many mei/
be relieved. many cared of Dyspepsia, Heartburn,
Sour Stomach. Sick Headache, Dizziness, Indigestion,
Piles, Costiveness, Bilious Attacks, Liver Complaints.
Rheumatic Affections, Am.
Read the Pamphlet of Testimonials with each Pot
tle, and do not use the medicine against the advice of
your Physician.
MAI4TUFAMMD ONLY BY
TA R N - T , & CO.,
257 GREENWICH STREET, NEW. YORK
Weir FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
CHOICE 110-AVER SEEDS
A large collection of the finest varieties of
DOUBLE GERMAN ASTERS o
STOCKS,
WALLFLOWERS,
PINKS,
- PETUNIAS, •
PHLOX,
BALF,AMS, &c., &c.
Twenty beautiful varieties for ONE DOLLAR.,
10.33-tf HENRY A. D REEK,
Seedsinan and Florist. 714 CHESTNUT St., Phila.
ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIC.
A. J. DE MORAT.
S. E. corner Eighth and Arch Streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
The public are invited to exams specimens of Life
Size in Oil. Water Colors, Ivorytype, India Ink, and
Porcelian Pictures of all sizes.
CARD PICTURES, $2 50 PER DOZEN.
Entrance on Eighth Street.
WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN'S
'FINE ART GALLERY,
912 and 914 CHESTNIIT STREET,
1019-17
AGENCY, 353 - BROADWAY, NEW YORK
31 1/111 Jki - t. 3.1
Wa.t..L. GARRETT,
No. 31 South Ed St., above Cheetssist. Vast
Side,
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of Men's
Boots and Shies. City Made.
Ladies!. hisses, and Chi rev ' s Bab:corals, &a. Be
sides Trunks , Traveling Bags. etc.. in great variety
and. at -LOW PRICES. Men's Rubber
-01 sole Boots and the best quality 'of Gum 01
t.. 11 Shoes Of all kinds.- 1012-1 y 01
SPECTACLES
WILLIAM BARBia,
ilanufactorer of Gold. Silver. Nickel. and Steel Spec
tools% Bye Mimes, ace., h as neatly 'ftr u i s h e d room
in connection with the factory, for',,RETAIL PUR
POSES, whore spectacles a every d'eacription'may be
obtained, accurately adjusted to the requirements of
vision on STRICTLY OPTICAL SCIENCE.
Sales room and factory,
, ,
, „
2 , 116 NORTH =awry" ritine - tit, • Nefoomad
. . Floor. 9914
LO;NO'S MONTHLY.
LETTERS.--Naa .lo
Tonna Person. No. 2
to iiiklandoy-ochool, a
Claso.,or a Family of
Children.
gitsuraitre evmpaitics.
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA.
CAPITAL PAID IN. IN CASH. $ 200 . 000 .
This company continues to Write on Fire Risks
ovest e nly. Its capital, with a good surplus, is safely in
d.
701
Losses by fire having been promptly paid, and more
than
$600,000
Disbursed on this account within the past few years.
For the Present, the office of this os•mpany will re
main at
415 WALNUT STREET,
But within a few months will remove to its Own
Building N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure our
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety,
DIRECTORS.
THOMAS CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GILLETT.
FORMAN SEIEPPA.RD, N. S. LAWRENCE,
THOR M A CHELLAR, CHARLES I. DUPONT.
JOHN " SUPPLE R, HENRY F. KENNEY,
JOHN W. CLAQHORN,_JOSEPH KLAPP, M.D..
SILLAS ERKES, Jr.
THOMARAVEN, President.
ALFRED S. GILLE I T. V. Pro tident and Treasurer.
JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. 1026-ly
INSURE YOUR LIFE
N YOUR O\YN HOME COMPANY,
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Insurers in this Companyhave the additional guar
eaten of the CAPITAL STOCK all paid up IN CASH.
which; together with CASH ASSETS, now on hand
amounts to
$1,143,874 15.
Invested as follows:
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds
100,000 City of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
new.
70,060 U. S. Treastru Notes, - 7-20,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U.S. Loan of 1881,
10,000 Wyoming Valley. Canal bonds,
12.700 Compound Interest Treasury
• Notes.
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
' 10.000 Pittsburg: Fort Wayne & Chi
cago bonds,
6.500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds.
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank.
-107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank:
142shares an, Williamsport Water Com-
Mortgage P s, t4 ronnd Rents, and Real Es
tate • 147,309 89
Loans on collateral amply secured._ 169.481 95
Premium notes secured by Policies 217.504 58
Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds. 52,469 18
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, 20,000 00
Cash on hand and in banks 65,824 14
Accrued interest and rents due. Jan. 1. . 10,223 00
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92.
Losses Paid during the Year amounting to
4,87,6316 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY, thus aiding the
the insured top ay premiums.
The last DIVIDEND on all Mutual Policies in force
Tanuary 1, 1866. was
FIFTY PER CENT.
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year, )865.
Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander Whilldin, I William J. Howard.
J. Edgar Thomson. Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent. John Aikman.
Hon. James Pollock. 1 Henry K. Bennett.
Albert C. Roberts. Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mingle. Isaac Hazlchnrst.
Samuel Work
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
8.4..K11EL WORK, Vice-President.
JOHN C. SIMS, ACtuary.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
INDEMNITY FOR
LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
TRAVRERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Cash Capital and Assets. Dec. 1, 1865,
$596,33S 12.
THE PIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCE
COMPANY IN AMERICA
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OFFICE,
409 WALNUT STREET,
Where policies are issued covering all and every des
cription of accidents happening under any circum
stances. An institution whose benefits can be en
joyed by the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO.OOO in
case of death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compensa
tion in case of disabling injury. at rates ranging from
$3 50 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and most practi
cable mode of Insurance known.
Policies written for five years. at twenty per cent.
discount on amount of yearly premiums. Hazardous
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued for travel
in any part of the world.
Accident Insurance to persons disabled by accident
hi like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
in the field, providing the means for comfort and
healing and supplying their wants while prevented
from pursuing their usual employment.
The rates ofpremium are less than in any other
class of insnrance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—insure in the
Travelers. -
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PANT IN AMERICA.
J. G. BATTERSON. President.
RODNEY DENNIS. Secretary.
HENRY' A. DYER. General Anent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
General Agents for 'Pennsylvania,
409 WALNUT -STEM',
PHILADELPHIA
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