j lITTEIX'S UVIXO AGE. ILittell's Living Age. Conducted by E. Littell, | Fourth Series, Vol. 111. From the beginning: j Vol. XOI. October. November, December, 1860. Boston: Littell, Son & Co. Bvo., pp, 824. The very welcome weekly issues of the Living Age arc perhaps even more welcome in this per manent iorm. They are quite a library of choice reading, gathered from leading literary journals of the day. Here one can infutm himself upon every topic which has made a stir in the world of literature or the higher walks of politics, particu larly in the old world. The best current tales, * _ • ' the leading criticisms of new. Works, biographical notices of men prominent inliterature,artor states man-bij), choice poetry of the day, and much else may be louud in this well-chosen treasury of good thincs. A Table of Contents and an Index give com- pleteness to the volume. 'ierms, pest paid, §S per annum for the weekly ißsue; 88 lor the bound volume, covering three JACOBUS OX GENU SIS. Acorn s. Notes Critical and Explanatory on the ; Look of Uenesis. From the Covenant to the Close. I*y .Melancthou W. Jacobus,..Professor of Literature and Exegesis in the Theological Semi, miry at Allegheny, Fa. New York: it. Carter & Pros. 12m0., pp. 206- I his is the second and last volume of the au hor’s Commentary on Genesis. It will be reck- intd a real addition to our popular exegetieal iteratuie. Its comments arc very brief and the fork comes within a narrow compass. Indeed, nc would suppose that without tedious prolixity nd with real advantage, the commentator might ave magnified his office, much above what he as actually done. Yet the notes are the fruit of jatient thought, and many valuable authorities, neientand modern, English and German, ave ap iropriately cited. Since the volumes of Bush no American commentary on Genesis but this of lac-obus has appeared.* Hence there is ample room lor a new exegetieal work, in which the pest use might be made of the accumulated re sults Of critical and topographical investigations, of late so thorough aud numerous in this field. So far as bis narrow limits 'allowed,' Dr. Jaco bus has made good use of these helps, and his book is an example of comprehensive brevity which it will be difficult to excel. The appeudix bontaius a synoptical view of the book of Genesis as part of the history of Redemption, and a dis cussion of the question raised by the nieution of Judah’s grandchildren in the list of those who (vent down to Egypt: Gen. 46, 12. ifiiAiu,Eswoimi. A Sequel to Ministering Children. Hy Maria Louisa Charlesivorth, author of “ Eng , latid’a Yeomen,” “Sunday Afternoons in the Nursery,” Ac. New York: It. Carter & Bros. ]2nio., pp. 418, with, two steel engravings. $1.78. There is an indescribable charm of delicacy, tenderness and quiet rural grace about this and other volumes of the saute author. They seem sallied in an atmosphere of loveliness, which lures the reader on, although they are iu large parts uuuiarked by dramatic power, and some times spread out into needless and prolix detail. Their spirit is thoroughly devout and Christian ; they represent as the title of this and its com panion volume indicates, the part which children nay contribute to the happiness of domestic life ind the triumph of goodness in the world. The ncidents are natural and some times profoundly noving. as that of the rescue of the dr'owning ihild by the blind man’s dog and his own subse uent neglect and rescue The multitudes who lave dwelt with delight upon the first part, will specially welcome the sequel, although the latter nay be taken up, and sufficiently understood aud njnycd, as a separate story. 'atiier Clement, a Roman Catholic. Story. By the author of “The Decision.” “Profession not Principle.” From the last Edinburgh Edition. Few York: Robert Carter & Bros. 16m0., pp. 246. $l.OO Ibis thrilling and powerful story, illustrating e power of the word of God in conflict with the litas ot a presumptuous hierarchy, is worthy of e prolonged existence, which the publishers, by iis re is-ue, calculate to give it. We trust that, i these days of rampant ritualism and popish indeneies among those acquainted with the tin, hut not the power, of godliness, it will be riclely circulated and read. TEMPIBAXCE STORIES. Ilackitorn. The Vow at the Bars; and, The Spiro that Led the Ship Astray. By Rev. Win. M. Blackburn. New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, ISmo., pp. 108. A collection of brief and Very readable stories, llustrating the leading points urged in the tem )eranee movement, particularly the value and lecessity of the right sort of effort in behalf of he drunkard. “ The Spire that led the Ship Astray” is an ingenious remonstrance against the alse position of some churches on the temper ince question. The little volume deserves gene al circulation and will do good. It is a lighter ort of weapon, which, however, does not dispense nth those of greater power and skill, such as lay well be exercised in behalf of noble objects f the Temperance Reform. PAMPHLETS AXD PEHIOBICALS. llakper’s New Monthly for January, has ive admirably illustrated. articles. Abbott’s 1 Heroic Deeds” has Capture* Imprisonment and Ssc?ne for the subject of the 16th of this most THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, 21. 1567. attractive series. The fifth of Forte Crayon’s “ Personal Recollections of the War,” and a “Lon don Police Court” are abundantly illustrated. 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EUEAL EEPOSE, It will soon be a tale of the day's that are gone, all this calm leisure of life, that can eount on being an hour.-beforehand, with' time; this repose in the still depths of na ture, tlie»fural haunts of sweet* WoddlSnds: and farms. The shriek of the rail way lias changed the reckoning of life. The worth of a minute is told by a dial-plate at the sta tions all over the land, and daily events which in the still life of the past stirred the heart to itsdepths, may become, by,the rapid succession of all things, only ripples that' move but the surface. Let us then retain, if only in pictures amongst us, the memory of the' life that has been. —Sequel to Ministering Children. r: ' THE FARMER’S WIFE: Oh ! give me the life of a fanner's wife, In the fields and woods so bright, J jVlong the singing birds and the lowing herds, Aad the clover blossoms white. The note of the morning's heavenward lark Is the music sweet to me; ■ : And the dewy flowers in the early hours, The gems I love to see! Oh! give me the breeze from the waving trees, The murmur of Summer leaves : And the swallow’s song as he skims along Or twitters beneath the eaves; The plowman’s shout, as he’s turning out His team, at set of sun, Or his merry “goodnight/’ by the light When his daily work is done. And give me the root and the luscious fruit, And my own hand’s rear for food; And the Bread so light, and the honey white, And the milk so pure and good! For sweet the bread of labor is, When the heart is strong and true, And a blessing will come to the hearth and home, If our best we bravely do. THE NEGLECTED ART. The kitchen is the heart of the kingdom, the truest seat of government in domestic economies; who rules there, rules supreme. A visit of ceremony for a few moments at a stated hour in the morning can confer no authority whatever. Neither, on the other hand, is it necessary to be meddling and muddling there perpetually, or to do any thing contrary to the instincts of a lady in the way of espionage. It is simply this, that by being actually busied in the kitchen a short time daily, by taking into her own hands the management and execution of those arrangements which require the skill and involve the entire control of the house keeping expenditure, a mistress effectually breaks the rod of power in her cook’s hands, and can sweep away at once the “perquis ite” system, the waste, and the dishonest understanding with the tradesmen; because she is in a position to know within a little what is really and honestl j*heeded and con sumed, and to give her own orders. Economy is not the sole benefit to follow. There is an old, but not yet superannuated maxim—if you want a thing well done, do it yourself. The tangible results upon the dinner table would be no less satisfactory than the reduced cost of their production. Nor is this a matter of slight importance- The best nourished body is, other things be ing equal, the most capable of sustaining mental work and resisting disease. Bad cooking is slow poison to those who work hard. To set before a man who returns ex hausted in mind and body from his day’s work, a messy, unappetising dinner, it is, if it oceurexceptionably, to spoil his temper, or, if that be unspoilalile, his comfort for the evening. But if it occur habitually, it is to knock ten or a dozen years off his lease of life. Then too, it is no small satisfaction to be able, if hospitably' inclined, to assure your friends a dinner which, if modest in its pre tentions, is thoroughly excellent; not a spe cious. display', such as a second or third rate “professed” cook, or the neighboring confec tioner would set before them; every thing looking like what it isn’t, and tasting of no thing in particular. Not to mention that there is a double zest in witnessing the com fort and enjoyment of yoilr guests, with the consciousness that sometime and pains on your part have contributed to the re sult.—MacMillan’s Magazine. Coffee Crushed vs. Ground.— The fol lowing is from the Annual of Scientific Discov ery: It is not generally known that coffee that has been beaten is better than that which has been ground. Such, however, is the fact, and in this brief article on the sub ject, Savarin gives what he considers the reason of the difference. As he remarks, a mere decoction of green coffee is a most in sipid drink, but carbonization develops the aroma, and an oil which'is the peculiarity of the coffee we drink. He agrees with other writers that the Turks excel in this. They employ no mills,.but heat the berry with wooden pestles in mortars. When long used, these pestles become precious and bring great prices. He determined, by ac tual experiment.which of the two methods was the best. He burned carefully a pound of good Mocha, and separated it intotwo equal portions. -The one was passed through the mill, the other was beaten after the Turkish fashion in a mortar. He made coffee of each, taking equal weights of each, and pouring on an equal weight of boiling water, he treated them both' precisely alike. Ho tasted the coffee himself, and caused other competent judges to do so. The unanimous opinion was, that coffee beat en in a mortar was far better than that ground in a mill. Wheat Bread.— Boil eight good sized po tatoes; mash fine; add water enough for three loaves; skim out tliip lumps, add a spoonful of salt, stir your fiodr in the water when almost scalding hot; when cool add some light yeast. Do not stir your sponge top thick, and always make it at night. In the morning mix in flour enough to mould; then let it rise again before moulding. THE BLOWING CAVE OF GEORGIA. Among many other interesting items con tained in your last issue, I noticed a para graph in regard to one of Georgia’s greatest natural curiosities. I allude to “ Blowing Cave,” as it is called by the inhabitants of the section in which it is located. Thinking that a few particulars in regard to this truly' strange phenomenon! might prove interesting, and lead to further inquiry, I dot them down. Blowing Cave is situated on the plantation of Col. David Barrow, Decatur county, Ga., twenty-seven miles from Thomasville, the terminus of the Savannah and Gulf Railroad, The cave is at the bottom of a small, natural basin (whose diameter will not at any point exceed 8U feet,) in a perfectly smooth plain, and surrounded with a dense copse of wood. There are no indications to load to the sup position that it was occasioned by an erup tion of a volcanic or convulsive nature, as the face of the surrounding country as well as the immediate neighborhood of the cave itself, is wholly free of stones, ruggedness, and other marks of convulsive action. When first discovered and brought into notice by Cols. Barrow and McKinsley, in the years 1836 and 1837, the orifice of the cave was three or four feet to the left of the present one, and much larger Col. McKin sley proposed exploring it, but in attempting to sound it with lead and line and failing to reach bottom, gave up he undertaking as too hazardous for fur tiler venture. The present mouth of the cave is about one and a half feet in diameter, through which, at one period of the day, there issues a strong current of air, not in puffs, but a continuous stream, with a roar that is heard at a dis tance of sixty or seventy.yards. In the winter of 1864, in company with several ladies, I visited the cave at the time of its “ blowing out,” and, by way of experi ment, one of the ladies threw her veil into the mouth of it, which was blown into the air to the height of six or seven feet. I then threw my hat—a heavy woolen one—into it, wi h a like result. Several articles heavier than either of the above were tried, and were immediately expelled. At another period of the day, the suction is | relatively as great. Any light article held near the orifice is instantly drawn into the cave. —Mrs. Gage. Dr. Cotton, the State geologist, a gentle man of high scientific ability, visited it at the solicitations of Cols. McKinsley and Barrow, and gave it as his opinion that these reverse phenomena were caused by the. ebb: and flow Of the tide, and that the cave was originally one of the fathomless lime sinks so numerous in: that portion of 7 Georgia; I believe the doctor’s theory correct. sfcifntffir. Leading from all points into the basin are Indian trails, deep worn, indicating much visiting to the cave by the red men ere the axe of the white man woke up the echoes of the forest, and it was probably regarded by them as a place of sanctity, where they held communion with the spirits in the great hunting-ground above.— Cor. 'Mobile, Daily Times. MEW GLASSES fOR WEAK EYES. A recent discovery, that was purely scien tific in its origin, has led to a further discov ery of means of relief for persons who are troubled with weak eyes. Some time since it was made known to the Paris Academy of Sciences, that a lens, or glass covered with a thin film of silver leaf, would enable a person to gaze at the sun through it with out the usual painful dazzle and glare. More recently the Academy received a com munication from another member, in which he described an application of the above mentioned discovery for the protection of weak eyes. His own sight had been im paired in the course of some chemical exper iments, so that the light bad become painful to him, and he had recourse to the ordinary colored spectacles used in such cases. He used spectacles with black glasses at first; he then ■ put green glasses over the black ones. These answered tolerably well, but he ultimately toolc a set of blue glasses, which he had covered as above with a thin film of silver.leaf. These answered the best of all, and afforded him the relief he was seeking after. A film of gold leaf over the glasses has a similar effect. The light trans mitted is very pleasant, especially in the case of gold leaf. The latter, when yellow, lets green light pass; when green, (that is alloyed with silver,) the eye receives blue light. He, therefore thinks that persons laboring under the inconvenience of weak eyes will derive great relief form spectacles so prepared. THE SUEZ OAMAL. Advices from the East report that work on the Suez Canal is actively progressing. An average depth of from seven to nine feet of water has been obtained along the salt water portion of the canal,-whilst the tem porary fresh water canal has an average depth of seven feet. The present labor is directed to -widening and deepening the canal;-and for about two-thirds-of the dis tance the entire width of about two hundred feet has been excavated. The real difficul ties of this canal are now beginning; the dredging in soft and constantly dissolving sand, to secure a proper depth for a ship canal, being found an almost endless job. The dauntless energy and perseverance which have carried this work to its present advanced stage will, however, in time over come even this trouble. gitafotromte. This is a personal in vitation to the reader to examine our new styles of Fine Clothing, Cas sinvere Suits for $l6, and Black Suits fors22. Finer Suits, all prices up to $75. 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