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LADIES MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE
FIRST CHURCH, PHLADELPHIA.
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1306.
In closing for the year, the ladies of
the Missionary Sewing Society deem it
else to the congregation that a short
statement of their work should be pre
vented.
`The balance of cash in the Treasury
..
from last year, $23 00
=Receipts during the present year, 521 41
Total,
)Expended during present year,
':Balance remaining in Treasury,
In September an outfit was provided
t(or the daughter of a Home Missionary,
-- who went Smith to teach the Freedmen
%the outlay for which is not included in
the above statement of expenditures.
Three boxes have been sent to West
uern missionaries ; one to Rev. A--
M----, lowa ; one to Rev.
_Mr. S----, St. J--, Mo. ; and
.one to Rev. G. E. W. L---,
lowa. These were all supplied
with useful articles, and the amount of
;goods, &c., contributed toward them,
would probably equal in value the do-
nations in cash.
Very interesting letters were received
from each of the three missionaries, con
taining earnest expressions of gratitude
that must warm the heart, and urge it on
to a continuance in well-doing.
Mr. T--, of writes : " The
box came, well-filled with valuable things
both for body and mind. There is no
thing in it which we cannot turn to some
useful account. The' articles intended
for little Willie were a perfect fit, as
much so as if they had been made for
him, and caused his little heart to bound
with joy. Your pastor's notes on Isaiah
are highly appreciated—as I did not
possess them—and so were all the books.
We found also in the box a poeket-book
well filled with " greenbacks"—a great
blessing to us. And now, for all these
good things for body and mind, what
shall I say ? Words are inadequate to
express the gratitude of our hearts for
so large a gift. Ido not see how we
could have passed the winter comfort
ably without the box. It was truly a
blessing—though given by human hands
—dropped from heaven to us. So
far as I am able to recall the senti
ment expressed by another, "We are
thanks all over. There is nothing but
thanks in our heads, thanks in our feet,
thanks in our hands, thanks in our hearts,
and thanks in every thread of our gar
ments, and thanks in every fibre of our
being." My pen so feebly expresses the
feeling of the heart, as to create a sen
sation of shame in writing so formal a
letter. Bat it is the best I can do.
Mr. 5.--, of St. --, and also
preaching in Kansas, writes ; "Permit
me to express our thanks for the box of
Clothing that has just reached us and in
good order, and in good time. I will
not attempt to describe the joy, happi
ness and comfort that it made in the
family circle. How true the promise,
44 Trust in the Lord, and do good," &e.
On the second Sabbath in January,
we dedicated our new house of worship
to God. It was a time of great interest
to this peOPle:, being the first Presby
terian church of our order ever dedicat
ed in the Sta f . ., sas. Since which
time the L. e n powerfully re
viving 'e hundred souls
having' come on ' l -4! Lord's side.
Being thus almost worn o; th e Mas
ter's service, your box coming just as it
did at the close of our meeZi*, , l felt
thAt God had 'put it into the hears of
your society- to supply our temporal
wants, while he was pouring upon us
spiritual blessings.. The contents of the
box were in every way such as our present
wants demanded. The children's cloth
ing and all the garments, for the most
part, fit well ; and these with the bed
clothing were all much needed, and my
good wife thinks will minister much to
ur comfort, and will save her much
hard work. The children greeted the
'toys, candies, &c., with happy hearts
and voices. The dress patterns for
mother and daughters were much ad
mired, and were better than we could
have expe6ed. In a word the whole
contents of the box were of untold value
to us. May God bless the donors, and
make me more faithful in pieaching
Christ from place to place The first
box we ever received - was from your
society, and this second one brings up
fresh remembrance of the first."
Another interesting letter we have
published in full.
HAMNIOND'S CHILDREN'S MEET
EXPERIENCE OF A PASTOR 01' OUR
CHURCH..
REv. JOHN W. MEARS:—.Dear Sir,—
I wish to relate to you some of my ex
perience as a minister of the gospel, in
connection with one of Rev. E. P. Ham
mond's Children's Meetings, at Erie,
Pennsylvania. On Tuesday afternoon,
at fon/ o'clock, the children nearly filled
Dr. Lyon's large church After Mr.
Hammond had preached to them, be
asked all ministers and Christians pre
sent to talk and pray with them, and
seek to lead them to Jesus.
Of course there wrizi work for me to
do, and I wanted to do it, for I had full
faith in his mode of labor.,
When I first beard othim, I procured
and read his book, " LITTLE ONES rx
Tau Fon)," and my whole heart was
with him. His other writings I had
also read, together with the decided tes
timonies of our cautious, safe ministers
who held back at first and then when
he won their hearts, gave him their
hands.
I had but a day or two before, borne
to my people at the Preparatory lecture
and again at the, Communion table, the
glad tidings of multitudes of souls con
verted through his instrumentality.
And in the beginning of his sermon
the thought that I was at length enjoy
ing the long desired privilege of hearing
him, quite overcame me with deep emo
tion, and yet after all this, when the
command was given to go and talk with
the dear children, I moved slowly and
with reluctance—had never seen things
done so before. I was more in the in
quiring, questioning mood, than in the
working mood. I did not dare to keep
still, but I hesitated, and after a feeble
attempt or two sat down. Mr. Ham
mond came along and said to me, " Are
you sitting still?" "Yes, sir," I replied.
Looking almost fiercely at me, he said.
"Do you see that girl there weeping for
her sins, please go and talk and pray
with her at once." In my determina
tion to do what I knew I ought, I al
most ran to the spot indicated, and per
formed the duty as well as I was able.
The next day I attended again. After
the sermon the word was again: "Let
every Christian converse with the chil
dren and seek to lead them to Christ;"
and I went, not now with that hesitation
which held me back the day before.
A little boy stood by me, wishing
with all his heart that I would help him
find Je'sus his Savionr. I knew that
when on earth, Jesus had., placed his
hands upon the heads of just such little
children and blessed them, and that He
had died for.such as he, and , said, 1 "kly
kingdom on earth is to include such as
he."
$544 41
503 91
$4O 50
- That thought seemed to , me to invest
the soul of that boy with an infinite
value, and yet I stood between him and
his Saviour. My fitness for the. work
and faithfulness, might lead him directly
to Jesus, and then he would be in
finitely happy and saved forever. Or
my unfitness and unfaithfulness might
shut him out forever from heaven.
I felt as I never did before, the fear
ful,responsibility of such a position, and.
I could not have endured the crushing
weight of it, had it not been that at the
same time I felt that Jesus was near me
fulfilling his promise, "So I am with
you always," and then I felt that with
the mighty Saviour present and helping
me, nothing could crush me.
It was to me a most precious experi
ence, in which each truth that clusters
round the salvation of a child, seemed
clearer and larger than ever before.
Mr. Hammond was now nearer to me
than before, or rather I was nearer to
him. On the previous evening, as I
have said, I was not quite prepared to
work with him, something seemed to be
between my. heart and his. But now
my heart touched his, and they beat in
unison. As I lay at night reflecting on
the delightful change in my feelings, I
could not help thinking of the two
mountains mentioned in Scripture,
Mount. Sinai in , the Old Testament, and
the Mount of Transfiguration in the
New. When Moses came down from
Mount Sinai, when he had been in the
immediate presence of God, and his face
was shining with the very glory of
heaven, he put a veil over his face.
The Jew was not yet prepared to look
on such glory. On the first evening
when I heard Mr. Hammond, I was
that Jew at Mount Sinai, something
like a veil hung between his heart and
mine. But the twit evening I was on
the Mount of Transfiguration with Peter,
James, and John. No veil hides the
glory from me now, and while
. I looked
upon my heart fully responding to it, I
was ready with Peter and John to ex
claim,'“ It is good to be here."
I have thus written 'out my experi
ence, hoping those may be benefitted by
it who shall chance to come in contact
with Mr. Hammond's meetings, for I
have observed that sometimes several
days of his labors are almost lost be
cause Christians do not understand him.
Truly yours,
H. 0. HOWLAND.
Girard, Pa., April 28, 1866.
REVIVAL INCIDENT&
Many instances are related showing
the special presence of the Divine Spirit
working in the hearts of men. In one
case of a little daughter, who had be
come a•subject. of the work, asked her
mother' to attend the prayer-meeting.
The mother replied that she had no time
to do so. The next evening as the
mother was preparing to attend the
theatre, the daughter said, "Why, mother,
I thought you had no time to attend the
prayer-meeting." Tl.e word was an
arrow to her heart. She went to the
theatre but could not enjoy it. She was
soon found in the prayer-meeting and
humbled at the foot of the cross.
A prominent lawyer, whom the minis
ter feared to approach on the subject of
religion lest he should regard it as a
cant, and had attended none of the meet
ings, was walking out on the Sabbath,
when suddenly bis relations to God were
vividly impressed on bis mind. On en
entering his house be repaired to his
Bible where he found a word in season
to his soul ; and when he went to the
prayer-meeting, be was prepared both to
pray, and exhort others in a very im
pressive manner to attend to their salva
tion.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14. 1866.
THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEEIs LATE
Of Childrens' Books the Committee
have lately issued :
DUTCH TILES; Or, Loving Words
about the Saviour. A series of simple
and brief conversations between aunt,
nephew, and niece, each based upon a
picture found upon tiles, placed in Dutch
fashion around the fire-place, illustrating
some scene in the life of oar Saviour.
The engravings, nineteen in number,
from original designs, with one excep
tion, are quite creditable to the taste of
the designer and of the Committee. We
do not, however, approve of the attempt
to represent the countenance of the
Saviour in the garden of Gethsemane.
It must always prove a failure. But
the book, as a whole, is well calculated
to. interest and profit the youngest class
of listeners and readers.
WHAT TO Do, is one of their very best
books for the little people. It contains
half a dozen stories entitled:-Some
thing to Do ; Nothing to Do ; Too Much
to Do ; Little Acts ; Kind Words ; and
Never Give Up. Each has an admira
ble illustration, and the tone and ten
dency of the whole are most healthful.
It ought to be, and we are sure will be,
among the most popular of this class of
their publications.
BLACK STEVE, is a remarkable story
of inward and fruitless struggles with
the tempter, and of a warning seemingly
given in a dream, through which the life
of a minister was saved from an in
tended attack upon him by a condemned
murderer, whom he was kindly visiting
in his cdll. This is better suited for
older teaders.
NIFF AND HIS DOGS, contains three
very good short stories, illustrating in
different ways the power of converting
and sustaining grace.
They have also issued
THE SOCIAL HYMN Boox, containing
the Hymns without the music of their
late very successful HYMN AND TONE
BOOK. It is in very neat, compact,
portable form, in clear type, a pleasant
.
book to carry and handle. Also,
THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH. By Rev.
A. Barnes. This is a very convenient
manual of the controversy on-Church
polity between Episcopalians and non
prelatical Churches. It is based on
Scripture alone, and is marked by the
candor, fairness, and fullness of state
ment, characteristic of the author. With
in the brief compass of 252 18mo. pages,
all that is really essential to the Scrip
ture argument, and to an understanding
of the strong points of the opposite party
are contained. It is very neatly printed
and bound in fine English cloth.
THE SINNER WELCOME, is a 32 page
tract, by Mr. Barnes, breathing the large
spirit of that Gospel theology, with which
he and his brethren have identified
themselves, as against the narrow and
hurtful Particularism of the Limited
Atonement Men. However, it is far
from being a theological treatise ; it is
a simple, unaffected, yet tender and en
couraging appeal to the doubting sinner,
showing that he is welcome to Christ,
to the Church, and to Heaven. It would
meet many cases, especially in times of
prevailing religious interest.
RITCHIE. Scripture Testimony against In
toxicating Wine. By Rev. Wm. Ritche,
ljunse, Scotland. New York : National
Temperance Society and Publication House.
18mo., pp. 213. 60 cents.
The New Temperance Society has
done a good service in bringing this
compact and thorough treatise on the
Scriptural aspect of the Wine question
before the public. Everything which
tends to broaden and define the Scrip
ture basis of the Temperance Reform
gives it strength, where alone a moral
reform can hope for any permanent
lodgment—the Church of. Christ. The
volume before ns examines critically
each of the Scripture terms translated,
so loosely in our version, by wine.
Starting from Moses Stnart's division of
the Wines of the Bible into fermented
and unfermented, the writer argues that
Tirosh—a word used where wine is
favorably spoken of, does not even mean
a liquid, but the grapes themselves. Of
course, permission to use these, involves
no sanction of fermented drinks. Under
the word Yain, the writer argues that
all three, the fruit, new wine,. and fer
mented wine, at one time and another
are intended, and that a Scripture per
mission, in connection with this word,
is by no means conclusive of the ques
tion. The context, he argues, shows
that unfermented wines or grapes them
selves are meant by Yain, when such
license is given. He passes on t 9 ex
amine, with great care, the otherwords
in the Old Testament, and then takes up
those of the New. He decides that the
miraculous wine at Cana was unfer
mented ; also that the sacramental wine,
like that used by the Jews at all their
festivals, was of the same character.
The book concludes with the Bible argu
ment for total abstinence, Scripture ex
pediency, and answers to objections.
It is a little treatise well calculated to
be usefal, but small as it is, a table. of
contents, or an index, would have much
enhanced its availability.
The Society have also issued an edi
tion of the Tract, " Buy Your own
Cherries." Tract 1. A Shot at tbe De
canter. Tract 2, Our National Curse,
and a beautiful illustrated Certificate of
membership for Childrens' Societies.
The publishing agent is J. N. Stearns,
172 William street, New York.
Itatrez Catnt.
THE WINES OE THE BIBLE
GOOD AND BAD ENGLISH.
ALFoRD. A Plea for the Queen's English.
Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling.
By Henry Alford, D.D., Dean of Canter
bury. Published by A. Strahan, London
and New York. 18mo., pp. 287. For sale
by Smith, English & Co., Phila.
With the laudable and truly impor
tant object of maintaining the purity of
the mother tongue, Dean Alford, a year
or more ago, contributed a series of arti
cles to Good Words calling attention to
numerous popular errors and careless
methods in the use of the English lan
guage. The essays attracted general
attention and were republished in a
volume, the tenth thousand of which
has been issued.
The discussions and exposures are
set forth with keenness and vivacity.
Many a racy story of blunders and their
consequences is interwoven. Spelling,
pronunciation, and syntax equally come
under consideration. And there is
scarcely a writer or reader, who will not
find some feature of his own perfor
mances, in one or all of these depart
ments, brought into question, and disco
ver delinquencies, more or less subtle, of
which the Dean's criticisms make him
aware perhaps for the first time.
The Dean must needs have a fling
and a very bitter one at this country.
He holds it up, in the most indiscrimi
nate way, and without pausing to give
a line of proof, as the very examplar of
deterioration in the use of the English,
which he presumes to call the Queen's.
And he describes this deterioration as a
matter of. course in view of our blunted
sense of moral obligation and duty to
man ; our open disregard of convential
right where aggrandizment is to be ob
tained; and he says he may now add,
our reckless and fruitless maintenance
of the most cruel and unprincipled war
in, the history of the world ! The bitter
prejudices of an aristocratic Englishmen
have not allowed him to modify this
sentence, even after the close of the war.
Nor have they allowed him to'see how
the principles involved in these sweeping
and ignorant declaration, may be applied
to the numerous corrupt cockney, and
class dialects, which are altogether pe
culiar to the cities of England ; and to
those rude, and almost unintelligible,
provincial dialects, compared with which
the worst Yankee, or poor white, slang
in America is purity itself. Where is
the " Qneents English" in Yorkshire ?
And what a deeply degraded people are
those English, according to the Dean's
argument, whom the Dean himself could
understand scarcely better than so many
Chinese ?
Still, we must not allow ourselves to
be blinded to the really great services
rendered, in this little volume, by the
Dean to the vernacular. Editors and
clergymen especially, will consult the
work to great profit. Take, for ex
aaaple, his discussion of the shades of
difference between " shall" and "will;"
his protest against the affected and in
flated style of newspaper reporters; the
formation and offensive use of such a
monstrous word as eventuate; avocation
used for vocation; circumlocutions with
the word evince, &c. We extract his
criticism of a report given by a well
known London paper of a public event:
"I remember, when the French band of
the Guides' were in this country, to have
read in The illustrated Hews, that as they
proceeded, of course, along the streets of
the metropolis (we never read of London
in polite journals), they were vehemently
(everybody does everything vehemently)
cheered by the assembled populace (that is
the genteel name for the people). And
what do you suppose the Frenchmen did
in return? Of course, something very dif
ferent from what Englishmen would have
done under similar circumstances. But
did they toss up their caps, and cry, Vive
Angleterre? The illustrated Hews did
not condescend to enter into such details;
all it told us was, that they evinced a re
ciprocity?' " ,
The following is one of the best jokes
extant upon the prevalent and peculiarly
English misuse of the aspirate h.
"A student at one of our military aca
demies had copied a drawing of a scene in
Venice, and in copying the title, he spelt
the name of the city Vennice. The draw
ing master put his pen through the super
fluous letter, observing, 'Don't you know,
Sir, there is but one hen in Venice ?' On
which the pith burst out laughing.
Being asked what he was laughing about,
he replied he was thinking how uncommonly
scarce eggs must be there. The master, in
wrath, reported him to the colonel in com
mand, a Scotchman. He, on hearing the
disrespectful reply, without in the least per
ceiving the point of the joke, observed,
An a varra naatural observaation too.' "
Moos. The Dean's English, a Criticism on
the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the
Queen's English. By G. Washington Moon.
Fourth Edition. New York: A. Strahan
-& Co., Publishers. 18mo., pp. 180. For
sale.by Smith, English & Co., Philadelphia
agents.
This is a vehement assault by a
shrewd and fearless antagonist upon
many of the positions taken by the Dean
in the preceding volume. Without
doubt, not a few of the Dean's dicta are
open to criticism, and a few too plainly
erroneous to allow question. For ex
ample, he would justify the phrase, "it's
me." And he is open to the charge of
inaccuracy in some quotations, as where
he declares that the possessive its is not
found in the English Bible, overlooking
Lev. xxv. 5. But the most vulnerable
point of the Dean's book is the structure
of his sentences, where Mr. Moon must
certainly be allowed to have a fair field
for criticism, and to have used it most
effectually. The Dean is shown to be
in practice, often widely at variance with
his own theories, or with correct princi
ples of writing. Mr. Moon shows, by a
comparison of passages, that in later
editions of the " Queen's English," the
Dean actually modified very many of
his sentences in accordance with Mr.
Moon's rulings; and that, too, while
protesting in terms of unmeasured
harshness against his critic's compet
ence for the task. Some of Mr. Moon's
attempts to put the Dean in the wrong
are absurd ; as, for example, where he
attempts to show by arithmetical calcu
lation, that a certain sentence of the
Dean's is capable of ten thousand com
binations, and is hopelessly obscure.
The Dean may well exclaim in view of
such an affectation of mystery; " We do
not write for idiots."
Both the books may be profitably read
together; and within their small com
pass, an extraordinary amount of stimu
lating and valuable practical intelli
gence upon the subject treated, may be
found.
THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY
Powm, 16m0., pp. 271. New. York :
M. W. Dodd. For sale at the Presbyte
rian Book Store.
A new edition of a justly favorite
book written with marvellous skill, taste,
discrimination, and verisimilitude. Mary
Powell, the wife of John Milton, is sup
posed to write her own diary in the
quaint language of that period. An
inside, domestic view is thus given of
Milton himself and many of his acquain
tances. The separation and reconcilia
tion of the couple from, of course, a pro
minent and instructive portion of the
work.
It is got up in very tasteful style,
printed in antique type, with bordered
pages, red edges and bevelled boards.
One hundred copies have been printed
in superior style, on large paper, and can
be had on application to the publisher.
COLLINS. Armadale. By Wilkie Collins.
New York : Harper & Bro.'s. Bvo., pp.
320, with illustrations.
FRENCH. First Lessons in Numbers, in the
Natural Order. By John H. French,
LL.D. New York : Harper & Bro.'s.
18mo., pp. 120.
Avery thorough treatise, admirably
adapted to 'conduct the beginner along
the first steps in'the science of numbers.
The object-method is well carried out by
numerous tasteful illustrations. The
natural order, by which our faculty of
number is developed—visible "objects,
concrete number, and abstract numbers,
is skilfully observed, and the Tables of
Combinations and Converse""Combina
tions are novel and important featfires
of the work. We cordially recommend
it to teachers. For sale by Lippincott
& Co.
GUTHRIE. The Angel's Song. By Thomas
Guthrie, D.D. Published by A. Strahan,
London and New York. 24m0., pp. 141.
For sale by Smith, English & Co., Phila.
This little volume is full of all those
well-known traits of the writer's style
which give him such a warm and a high
place in the heart of every Christrian
reader. It consists of brief, varied and
vivid comments and illustrations of the
ideas conveyed in the Song of the
Angels at the birth of Christ. Without
narrowness, yet without looseness, of
view ; with an ever varying, inexhausti
ble copiousness of images, yet without
losing sight of the leading idea, or of
the particular aspect of the subject
which, with fine powers of analysis, he
is bringing to view ; with captivating
rhetoric, yet with the most loyal devo
tion to the simple truths of the Gospel,
this gem of a volume stands in the same
relation to his other works which, he
tells us, this song holds to the rest of
the Bible. It is "in one small phial
the perfume of a whole field of roses."
It presents "19 . a concentrated form the
peculiar properties" of all his works.
The size - and peculiar binding adapt
it for carrying in the pocket.
J. P. SKELLY & CO
This is a newly established firm in
our city engaged thus far mainly in
publishing Sunday-school Books.. We
are pleased to be able to speak favorably
of their issues so far as we have seen
them. We name
SAM BOLTON'S COTTAGE, a story of
simple cottage life in England, the sore
trials of which are made a blessing to
the occupants.
THE LITTLE DOORKEEPER, another
unadorned, pure, and touching story of
the lives of two Christian children, who,
without affectation, exerted upon others,
old and young, a healthful, saving in
fluence, and illustrated, in their trials
the reality and power of their religion.
Los.; LILIES. A lesson to rich chil
dren upon the ills and hardships of the
poor. A wholesome antidote of selfish
ness.
ROOKS RECEIVED.
GRINDON. Life: its Nature, Varieties, and
Phenomena. By Leo H. Grindon, Lec
turer on Botany at the Royal School of
Medicine, Manchester. First American
Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
& Co., mo., pp. 598.
LossrNG. Pictorial History of the Civil War
in the United States of America. By
Benson J. Leasing. Illustrated by many
hundred Engravings on Wood, by Lossing
& Barritt, from sketches by the author
and others. Vol. I. royal Bvo., pp. 608.
Philadelphia : Geo. W. Childs, Publisher.
&urn-, GOLDWIN. Lectures on the Study
of History delivered in Oxford 1859-61, by
Goldwin Smith, M. A., Regius Professor
of Modern History in the University of
Oxford. To which is added a Lecture de
livered before the New York Historical
Society, in December, 1864, on the Univer
sity of Oxford. New York : Harper &
Bro.'s. 12m0., pp. 269. For sale by Lip
pincott & Co.
PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS.
CHARITY .-A Practical Exposition of,
1 Cor. 13. By Rev. WoLcorr CAL
,Kgis.
This pamphlet comprises three discourses,
with a preliminary exposition, upon that
sublime passage in Panl's writings which
more than any other proves him an inspired
poet, as well as dialectician, and which,
therefore, Mr. Calkins truly calls a Psalm.
The discourses are able, attractive, and
practical. The scholar, the polished writer
and faithful preacher are finely blended in
the style.
We dissent from some of the views es.-
pressed. The idea that Christ was op
pressed, and blushing with a sense of
shame for the guilty woman brought to him
by the Jews, and that be stooped down and
wrote upon the ground because be could
not meet the eye of the crowd, seems to us
a most singular and groundless conceit, one
among many which seriously mars the
book "Ecce Homo," to which it is credited.
HOURS AT Robin for June. This number
contains more articles which have com
mended themselves to our judgment as
valuable than several of the preceding,
good as they were. There is a very fine
Poem: " The Sculptor and his Child,"
Donald Mitchell's opening piece. An Old
Style Farm: "The Patriotic Record of
Yale College ;" Prof. Hoppin's " Visit to
the English Universities," concluded; Dr.
Gillett's, " John Jay," and the sketch of
General Grant by a late Stiff Officer, are
all such as to command the reader's atten
tion, and will furnish him with abundant
information and entertainment.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY for June.
A richly illustrated series of Personae Re
collections of the War, by the well-known
and favorite writer and artist, Strothen
KPorte Crayon) a loyal Virginian, opens
with high promise in this number. We do
not relish the first illustration of its two
Knights riding up to the opposite sides of
the shield and preparing to quarrel on ac
count of an easily adjustable misunder
standing. Porte Crayon is a loyal man and
does not believe there are two sides to an
unjustifiable pro-slavery rebellion. " The
Reese River Country" is another highly
illustrated and valuable article. "The Fall
of Richmond," is a graphic account by a
resident and eye witness.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
May, 1866. American Edition. Con
tents: Memoirs of the Confederate War
for Independence, Part IX; The Negro and
the Negrophilists ; Sir Brook Fossbrooke,
Part XII; Buridan's Ass, or, Liberty and
Necessity; The Lost Tales of Miletus •'
Miss
Marjoribanks, Conclusion; Scraps of Verse
from a Tourist's Journal; The Abacus
Politicus, or, Universal Suffrage made
Safe and Easy; The Reform Bill. New
York; Published by Leonard, Scott & Co.
For sale-by W. B. Zieber, Philadelphia.
THE Enurnunqg REVIEW. American
Edition. • May, 1866. Re-publication of
the London, North British, Edinburg, and
Westminster Quarterly Reviews. Con
tents: Grote's Plato; Musit Britanniem;
Water Supply; Correspondence of Maria
Antoinette; The Irish Church; Autobio
graphy of Prince Charles of Besse ; The
Reconstruction of the American Union;
Diary of the Right Honorable N. Wind
ham; The Reform Debate. New York:
Leonard Scott . & Co. Philhadelphia ; W.
B. Zieber.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
Gail Hamilton has issued from the press of
her publishers, Messrs. Ticknor & Fields,
Boston, a new volume especially adapted to
summer reading, and bearing the taking title
of " Summer Rest." Most of the articles
in this volume are now for the first time
printed, and will be found equal to any of
the author's most brilliant essays. Hali
carnassus appears again on the carpet; and
his exploits in the way of gardening and
other domestic matters are made very amus
ing. Gail Hamilton is never dull. Pos
sessed of a sharp and ready wit, speaking
boldly, and that too upon topics wherein
women have been supposed to have but
little interest, she has already gathered
about her an audience, which, by its hearty
appreciation of her writings, attests the
truth of many of her convictions. The
success of her various volumes of essays
has been without a parallel; in fact she is
the most successful writer of the day.
THE practice of importing English book ,
in sheets, and then selling them at a re
duced price to suit the American market.
with the imprint of the American publiih•
er, has greatly increased of late, owing to
the high ruling prices. Indeed, it is very
foolish and uneconomical to waste labor in
reproducing a book which must be sold at
a higher price than the imported copies.
One other advantage is that part of the
profit goes to the author. Lippincott
Co., of Philadelphia, Roberts Bros.. and
Little, Brown & Co., of Boston have re
cently published many books in this Way.
D. Appleton & Co. have issued three vain
able books,
which could never have been
reproduced here on account of the number
of wood-cuts; we mean "The World
Before the - Deluge," "The Harvest of the
Sea," and "Homes without Hands." They
have also imported five hundred copies f
the new eight-volume edition of Lord Ma
caula)!s works edited by Lady Trevelvan.
which are sold at forty dollars, a consider
able reduction from the original English
edition. This edition of Macaulay is veil:
complete, containing everything of which
Macaulay acknowledged the authorship ,
even the essays on Mill which he refuse , d,
to print in the edition prepared by hims elf
—The Nation.
A Nmw complete German version 01
Byron has just appeared in Berlin. tiore
by Alexander Neidhardt. The eight vo .
umes are sold at the low price of
thalers, to insure a general circulation
THEY who would have others exPt'n j
their wealth in useful works ought 1 ' )
take the lead.
The Christian is called upon to t ,
tiogniah himself. The Saviour will raise
his disciples above the positica
ordinary morality of the natural mail
If we apply the saying, Out of tLe
abundance of the heart the
speaketh, to the Saviour himself. Li' v
deep a look do we then obtain
the clear current of his preaching 00 , tr
Mount, into the golden reeesiies 0.
Divinely human heart I The lez' Le
says unequivocally in the Sermon
the Mount who He is, the more clea,:`
does it show itself.— Tan Dosterzee