I , 1 : ottrg. The Rebuke. The infant is sleeping, He prattles no more ; The mother . % weeping, Afflicted and sore ; The children are crying, For *, baby is dead ;" The father is sighing, For one little head There le grief in the 'Hamm, And mourning and woe; All, Nave little Alice, Their sorrow do show. lier fair cheeks are tearless; lier blue eyes are clear; And trusting and fearless, She stands by the bier. ifer voles is unbroken, As, lifting her head, She turns to the living, From one that is dead : "Dear mother, you told us That God was on high, And his arms would enfold us Whenever we die. And, father, I heard you Tell unel4, last night, -TPurAlaidlwas4 l : 6 Atigeli In raiment of white . ; Then why all tbieweeping, %Ws sorrow•and pain? Our'Willie is sleeping, To waken again.". With the voice of a prophet, The look of a seer, fret words of rebuking Enohain'd every ear; The sobs came no longer, The eyes knew a balm, The parents were stronger, The children were calm. 'Neath the shade of 'the willow, They laid him to rest, The sod for his pillow, A rose on his breast; And they learn'd front his f gOlog, tinetlesson of worth . — 'There are angels in heaven, And angels on earth. iterm HISTORT 07 TUN LON AND ±TIMES SO7 JAMES MADISON. By William C. Rivet. Vol. 1, pp. 660. 139Atpn : tLittle, .Brown =4- Co. -7Pltts burgh : John B. Davison. 1869. Mr.4via l dpon- c was- s no-ordinary matt, Heaved _. vv . sf the mos , mementotie7pertod onimtry's history,' took a leading part in the Most im `portent movements, and occupied the highest place in the nation's gift. The author has baseclthis history upon original tdoeturfents, many of which have never before been published. Hence, not only is new formation communicated, but, many current errors, !whisk-have long ago' obtained ygeneral nkigence, had been corrected, Owing to ,the t part Mr. I Madison took in public Itiffairs, his to-be complete, must :necessarily con.' ti'retteli Contemporaneous history ; ,and'in, tlds =department of his work, as well as 'in. every other, 'the author has succeeded admirably in this first volume. He shims, most conclusively, that,the Anierican revolution watrnot ,rebellion, that to the . 4 4, I* 131 Plit , F.F.tiPablei''the- 21 etaders maintained; loyalty.to the British crown. They ceased to be. loyal only when to continue, any longer so would AIM beanie forfeit their character as , Bnglishmen. The.position occupied by Virginia in the great' struggle; and theeffects of the unrighteous polioy of, Lord. Dunmore, are very clearly .und ably diecuased. It is supposed by many that the uprising against British usurpation 'in that colony had a' purely Democratic ,origin, -and was at first vehe mently opposed by what was stigngitized as the. aristocracy. But this history eitabdishes the' fact that, the largest landholders in _thetProvitme, were,* most zealous and the most saffifficing smong-thelatriots. Mr."±Madison was. the champion of religious freedom in Virginia, and was successful in his efforts. Previous to this, Episocipacy - was the State religion of the 4, Old Dominion." In this life of , Mr. Madison, we have &loiter , history of the old Congreqs of the Confederation, during thilfour -years le' was a -mernber of that Fedi, than an be found in any other'single : publication. This embraces the most importint Oiled of,the War of the Revolution, and those deeply interesting passages In our political 'aid 441Cinatito annals; which have hitheito,'received oompatatively tittle itinetration.'A Mr. Rives manifesto. much care in the state- Mont of facts, great candor toward all the illustrious men with whom -the- subject of his historymeted, and a thorougho.2paintance. with the controversies, discuseions, and events eon neetod with the early histoumf American Ude pinicience. We look with interest for the next volume, now in press; and believe thatthe entire work. will be a valuable• addition to our national history. The - publishers, Messrs. Tattle,- Arown dcto., have done their part well, as they do.with tali their publications. -7ASI-PAPP4I *I P, TIP. -9,9 , 914, :Edgar,-author-author of 4 11034100 d ;if Great Men." " Wars of the. Roses ". eta With Eight Illsts trations by Julian ' Portoh. Pp 380, 16mo. Boston : Ticknor New. York: Sheldon 4- Co. Iriktebufih ;:rohn _S. Davison. 1860. Thisltik4Follilts ll T-reiflohli.. bOrklt,,r, boys, by .:(Vaibeitiily a.*Tai4iite 14Viitiepretious worki, c Wrhose design k giv‘iiirldia of the men Who/animated 14,..religion 'Carfftey under •stood nruhlteroisno,- ; toolr!part the-41mttles, the sieges. the marvellous , ,enterprises of valor .aud, despair.= which make up:the history of those. -treat adventures known as the 'Crniadeif. The, author, in clear and forcible narrative,