The Ladies' Repository

nual Report of the Young Men's Missionary Society of
The Second Presbyterian Church of Ciucinnati-Cincin-
nati House of Refuge-University of Michigan-Law-
rence University-Fort Edward Institute-Rest for the
Soul in God-Christian Sanctification.

.249

.251

NOTES AND QUERIES..

PAGE.

.252

The Unpardonable Sin-Sundry Queries Proposed-Origin

of the Word Jargon-Where will Man Spend Eternity?-

The Darkness of the Crucifixion-Carrying the War into

Africa.

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM. WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE...........254

"One Excellent Passage "-Crispin and Quirk, or a New

Way to Pay Old Debts-Plaintiff vs. Defendant-Three

Kinds of Men in the World-The Petition of the Letter

H-Petition of the Letter H to the Inhabitants of Kid-

derminster-The Truth unwittingly told-Poetical Sub-

limity-What a Good Wife should be like and not like-

What Selfishness is and does-The Little Troubles-Lack

of Brains.

EDITOR'S TABLE..

Close of the Number-Our Engravings: "In for it;" Por-

trait of Mrs. Hale-An Erratum-A Word to Correspond-

ents-Articles Declined-Something for the Children:

"You Said that Afore;" The Little Boy and his Learned

Grandfather; The Angels' Fingers pointing at us; The

Little Boy and the Echo-Stray Gems: Memory and Ac-

tion: The Past and the Present; The Future; The Beauty

of Goodness; What you may Write on Infancy; Virtue

and its Worth-Our Course is still Onward.

MAY NUMBER.

..255

Egypt. Assyria, and the Bible, by Professor E. S. Lippitt.....257

The Missionary's Wife...

.262

Sonnet-Luther before the Diet of Worms-by Mary E.

In Memory-On the Death of Otway Curry-by Coates-

Kinney..

.2€3

We're All Coming, by Virginia F. Townsend..

264

Pictures without Frames-from the German-by Charles

The Walum-Olum;" or, Bark Record, by Rev. T. M. Eddy,

A. M.

.269

Addressed to Miss C. M. Brown, a recently appointed Mis-

Ghost Stories-Number IV-by Alice Cary..

.273

sionary to Africa, by Rev. D. D. Buck....

.338

Who is Wise?.

Dreams of My Early Home, by Miss Mary M. Robertson.. .279

A Lay of Life, by Mrs. H. Benton...

.279

Russian Home-Life, from Household Words..

.280

The Gospel......

The Law Student, by Rev. Charles Collins, D. D..

.284

Wonomscopomic, by H. N. Powers..

.350

Come in the Bright Sunshine and when the Birds Sing.

The First of April, by Harriet N. Babb....

The Chemistry of Common Life, from the Review of Pro-

fessor Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life, in British

Quarterly Review.....

.289

Making a Good Impression....

..293

The Fount of Love, by Elvira Parker...

The World Above, by Rev. C. Hartley...

.294

The Snow-Flake, by Mrs. S. K. Furman.

.294

Death. by F. W. Taber..

Characteristics of Modern French Literature, from the Ed-

inburgh Review..

.295

.302

Lines Suggested by the Death of a Friend, by G. M. Kel-
logg, M. D......

The Shepherdess-A Story for Children-by the Author of

"Clovernook".

.303

Sitting Musing by my Window, by Mrs. E. O. Sampson Hoyt..306

SCRIPTURE CABINET..

..306

Heroism Springing from Faith in God-Many Mansions-

Neglecting a Class Meeting-"My Father Can Mean

Me No Harm "-" Be Instant in Season "--The Number

Seven and Three-Scripture Illustrations-The Chris-

tian's Work.

EDITORIAL DISQUISITION....

..307

Dancing and the Church.

The Rock that is Higher than I-A Lesson from the Fly-

The Aged Christian-The Word "Selah "-The Tree in

Winter-Carnal Enmity Stirred up-Christian's Peace-

The Crown of Thorns-The Sand on the Mountain.

EDITORIAL DISQUISITION..

.309

.313

Physical Causes of the Death of Christ.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS..

Is Italy Waking up?-Public Libraries of France-Chris-

tian Character of Students in Colleges-Business of the

New York Book Concern-Denominational Wealth-Min-

istry of the Methodist Episcopal Church-Hervey, the

Poet-Montgomery and Southey-The Moravians and

their Operations-Different Days of Worship-Perpetual

Snow in the Alps-Tombs of the British Poets-Pulse-

Recording Machine-Japanese Intelligence-Light under

Water-The New York Press.

LITERARY NOTICES...

..316

New Books: Harper's Statistical Gazetteer-Orators and

Statesmen-Sacred Echoes from the Harp of David-The

Mind of Jesus-Practical Landscape Gardening-Harper's

New Series of Story-Books-The Footsteps of St. Paul-

The Minister's Family. Periodicals and Pamphlets: The

Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Missionary Society

of the Methodist Episcopal Church-The Prompter-The

North British Review-London Quarterly-Annual Re-

port of the Benevolent Institutions of the State of Ohio-

Annual Report of the American Colonization Society-

Annual Report of the Ohio Institution for the Education

of the Blind-Catalogue of Amenia Seminary-Annual

Report of the Sunday School Union of the Methodist

Episcopal Church-New York Senatorial Question-Dis

course on Art-Annual Report of the New York Ophthal-

mic Hospital.

NOTES AND QUERIES.......

Whence the Saltness of Sea-Water?-A Curious Epitaph-

.317

.........374

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS
Statistics of Old Age-New York Church Tenure Law-
Excitability of the Skin-Location of Hell-Bran-Stuffed
Trowsers-Dr. Ray-Quarry under Jerusalein-Getting
Mercury out of One's Body-Tobacco-Sunday School
Scholars.

LITERARY NOTICES....

.378

..380

New Books: A Guide-Book in the Administration of the

Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church-The Phys

ical Geography of the Sea-Travels in Europe and the

East-Natural Goodness-The Young Man Advised-Earn-

est Christianity Illustrated-The Bible Defended Against

the Objections of Infidelity-The Peasant-Boy Philoso-

pher-The Summer-Land. Periodicals and Pamphlets:

The Methodist Quarterly-National Magazine-M'Ken-

dree College Catalogue-Cooperstown Seminary and Fe-

male Collegiate Institute-Reply to a Discourse of Pro-

fessor M'Lean on the Final Perseverance of the Saints-

A Sermon on the Death of Hon. John W. Graham.

NOTES AND QUERIES...

..381

A Note upon the Deterioration of Words-A Poetical
Charade-Borrowing from the Bible-Lying and Lay-
ing "Follow Suit "-A Couplet-Baptismal Superstition.

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE...382

False Estimates of Publishers-Charles Lamb in a Fix-

Quarrels among Men of Letters-Personal Familiarity-

Southey Made for a Monk-Intellectual Wealth in Solid

Bars-Silence and Wisdom-Talking vs. Writing-"Kip-

pered" to the Church-Don't go to France unless you

Know the Lingo-Best Sort of Language for the Pulpit-

Retort Courteous-Too Literal

EDITOR'S TABLE....

Notes upon the Contents-Our Engravings: Lawn-Girt

Hill; The Author of Sunny-Side- Articles Declined-

Miscellany: Auld Lang Syne; On Eating the Show-Bread;

.383

The Dew Spirits-A Vision of Night, by Carrie Myer...... .427

Astley Cooper and Abernethy, from the London (Wesleyan)

Quarterly Review......

Let us Love Each Other Still, by Coates-Kinney..

491

Modesty, by A. Hill...

491

...428

Summer Clouds, by G. M. Kellogg, M. D..

491

Bethlehem's Star, by Mary.

The Defamers of Evangelical Enterprise, by Junius.. ....495

A Visit to the Sister of Marat, by an American in Paris......497

Affliction.....

SCRIPTURE CABINET..

The Infidel and his Wife-An Incident from the Memory of

an Old Methodist Preacher-by Harmony..

Coffin-Lovers, from Huc's Travels in China...

SCRIPTURE CABINET....

Changed Meaning of Scripture Words-Glory-The Re-

finer of Silver-Let Your Light Shine-The Father and

his Profligate Son-The Mystery of a Christian-The Great

Problem-The Mysterious Reservoir-The Handle of the

Hatchet-The Eagle and the Christian-Recognition in

Heaven-How to Value Salvation-Death of the Right-

eous-The Final Center of Repose-Intercession.

EDITORIAL DISQUISITION......

The Double Meaning of Prophecy.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS..

American Bible Society-American Tract Society-Amer-

ican Sunday School Union-American Baptist Publication

Society-Presbyterian Foreign Missions-British and For-

eign Bible Society--Cincinnati Common Schools-Prog-

ress of the Country-Measurement of Earthquakes-

Railroad Traveling-Family Prayers-The Schools of

Boston.

LITERARY NOTICES...

New Books: Christianity Viewed in Some of its Leading

Aspects-Lingard's History of England-Woodworth's

Miscellany of Entertaining Knowledge-Eutaxia-Ser-

mons of Rev. Ichabod S. Spencer. D. D.-Rich and Poor,

and other Tracts for the People-The Family at Heather-

dale-My Brother's Keeper-Memoirs of John Frederick

Oberlin-Ashton Cottage-Philip Colville-Stray Ar-

rows-The Patent Hat. Periodicals and Pamphlets: The

Westminster Review-The Tenth Annual Report of the

Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church

South-Christian Stewardship-Catalogue of Dickinson

Answers-Tariff-The Word Thug-A Singular Sea-Cu-

cumber-The Great Hereafter-The Climate of Britain-

Query-Catsup, Catchup, or Ketchup-Queries.

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE..

Sleep-Giving Sermons-Reproof Shortened--Bishop Chase

on Proper Names-A Pulpit Apology-Philosophical-An

Unwelcome Revelation- What's in a Name-An Old

Woman's Patriotism-An Early Learer of Dr. Chal-

mers-A Smart Rebuke-New Poe -A Hard Hit.

EDITOR'S TABLE.....

A Word Preliminary-Our Engravings: Samuel; Lo-

gansport Bridge-Excerpts from Correspondence: Danc-

ing: Young Preachers and Courtship; The Russian

Church on Widowers-Something for the Children: The

Land where Birds and Flowers do not Die; Was Zacha-

rias Deaf and Dumb? The Boy Preaching to his Chickens;

Trying to Hear a Book Speak-Miscellany: Forever Look-

ing at the Bright Side; Metaphors from the Senses; A

Minister's Love of Home-Full.

446

.447

..498

....499

The Only Safe Hiding-Place-"Not Yet," and "Not
Quite"-The Book of Nature and Salvation-Forgiving
Others out of Love to Christ-Secret Prayer and Hope-
Side Winds-Jesus ever Accessible-Flying to God in
Danger-The Infection of Sin-A Universal Cure-all-
The Christian Pilgrim, by Charles Wesley.
EDITORIAL REVIEW....

The Skin.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS..

London Religious Tract Societies-Niagara Falls-Dys-

pepsia among Preachers-Romish Missions-Gold for

Manufacturing Purposes-Echoes-Harvard University-

An Editorial Position-Ohio Common Schools-Our Law-

yers and Law Schools-Breckenridge Coal-The Austrian

Public Library-Swedenborgian Publications-Bancroft's

History-Poems of William C. Bryant-Dr. Pauli's His-

tory of England.

LITERARY NOTICES....

New Books: Napoleon Bonaparte-Bancroft's Literary and

Historical Miscellanies-Life in Earnest-Star Papers-

Cotton is King-Light, More Light-Emily Vernon-

Harper's Story-Books-Huc's Travels in the Chinese Em-

pire-Ministry Needed for the Times-The Christian Pro-

fession-Prayers of St. Paul-A Model for Men of Busi-

ness-Temporal Power of the Pope-The Brief Remarker

on the Ways of Men-A Commonplace Book of Thoughts,

Memories, and Fancies-Leaves from a Family Journal-

My Mother. Periodicals and Pamphlets: The London

Quarterly The Edinburgh-Blackwood's Magazine-

The North British Review-Methodist Quarterly Re-

view-Circular of the Garrett Biblical Institute-Senator

Brooks and "tJohn "-The Annual Report of the Com-

mon Schools of the State of Ohio-Catalogues: Ohio Wes-

leyan University; Emory and Henry College; Wesleyan

Female College, Cincinnati; Herron's Seminary: Ohio

Wesleyan Female College, Delaware; Western Reserve

Seminary; Xenia Female Academy; Louisville Female Col-

lege; Brookville College; Female Medical College of

Pennsylvania; Scientific and Classical Institute.

NOTES AND QUERIES.....

Milton or Not Milton-"Taking French Leave "-Drink-

ing Healths in New England-Coming Events Cast their

Shadows Before"-Meet vs. Meat-"Fit Meat"-Minor

Queries.

501

.504

506

.509

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE..........510

Epigram on Judge Edmonds's Opinion-Johnson's Preju-

dices-The First in this World-Counsel's Opinion-Pol-

ishing-A Tolerably Good Hint-A Fair Retort-Blush-

Selfishness: or, Plaintiff and Defendant, by Coates-Kinney.517

Talk with the Sea, by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney.

PAGE.

ing-Very Near a Dun-Dr. Johnson Caught in his own

Net-Pleasant Retort.

EDITOR'S TABLE..

..511

The Close of Another Number-Our Engravings: The

Noonday Rest; Alice Cary-Articles Declined-Sayings

and Doings of the Little Ones: The Gold, the Silver, and

the Cents; "Must Robby Nod his Head at the Preacher,

too?" Praying for Mince-Pie; The Holy Gospel Taking

Tea; Picture-Teaching; The Poet and the Young Girl-

Stray Gems: Let the Heart be Beautiful; Adulation and

Obloquy; Steadiness of Purpose; Defenses of our Moral

Principles; The Living and the Dead; The Sunshine-

Postage on the Repository-Postscript.

SEPTEMBER NUMBER.

Paradise Lost-First Paper-by Metta V. Fuller...

PAGE.

with Poverty; Note About the Author of Sunny-Side-

Something About Children; "Thy Will be done;" Touch-

ing Incident in a Police Court; The Little Girl who Loved

her Bible: "How Could John Go Away?"-Stray Gems:

The Excellence of Knowledge; Thoughts of Heaven; The

End of Learning; Loquacity; Levity; Music of Nature;

Friends of What? Absence of Religion; Sowing beside

all Waters; The Elements of a Happy Home; Family

Religion; Hidden Causes of Good-A Personal Note.

OCTOBER NUMBER.

..513

The Katydid, by Mrs. H. C. Gardner....

.587

521

Albert's New Clothes-With some Account of his Mother-

The Heart-Harp, by Nannie Clark...

.521

Never Give Up, by Alice Cary.

.521

Mrs. Barbauld's Opinion of Precocious Children.

.592

Light at Home.....

Dark at Home...

A Note to Note and Query Writers-Author vs. Author-

ess-Appealing from Philip Drunk to Philip Sober-

Space Required for the Buried Population of the Earth-

A Curious Inscription-The Thugs of India-Been vs.

Bin, and Seen vs. Sin; Answer, with Some Notes on our

Orthography-A Curions Epitaph and Translation—Origin

of the Term Foolscap Paper"-Signification of Colors-

New Zealand Superstition about the Man in the Moon-

Minor Queries.

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE............572

A Witty Retort-A Maine-Law Anecdote-Another-A

Cart Letter-Eating the Show-Bread-How the Dogmatist

Silenced Robert Hall-Anecdote of John Foster and Wil-

liam Jay-Only the Burning of a Jew-A Cow in a Box

VS. & Cough in the Chest-The Monk and a Hebrew

Book-Union of Worldly with Intellectual Matters-A

Reply in a Proper Place-Living Well-On Prolonging

Life An Old Clock-A Courtier's Reply-A Severe

Retort.

A PAPER ON BIBLICAL RESEARCH..

Have the Angels a History? by Charles Nordhoff.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS.

Dr. Thomson-Berea Institute-Rev. William Hunter-

British Methodism-New School Presbyterianism-Meth-

odist Germans-Methodist D. D.'s Again - Cincinnati Wes-

leyan Female College-White Water College-Magnificent

Church-Ocean Telegraph-Methodism in Australia-

Methodism in America-Missionary Sums-Population of

the World-Males and Females-Dead Theater Actors-

Written Sermons-New Medical Work-Abbott Law-

rence-Planetary Heat-A Missionary Garden-Brown

University-New Testament Commentary-Biblical Dic-

tionary-Dr. Floy and the National Magazine.

LITERARY NOTICES...

New Books: Dr. Akers's Biblical Chronology-Hilliard's

Speeches and Addresses-A Visit to the Camp Before Se-

vastopol-Dr. Perry's Review of Dr. Foster's Sermon on

the Ministry for the Times-Kirwan's Letters to John

Hughes-Old Humphrey-The Early Dead-Christian

Beneficence-Learning to Talk-Incidents of my Later

Years-Four Days in July-Foot-Prints of an Itinerant.

Periodicals and Pamphlets: The Edinburgh Review-

The Methodist Almanac for 1856-Catalogues.

NOTES AND QUERIES....

"The Law that Molds a Tear "-Origin of "Uncle Sam "-

The Question of Consciousness Art and Life-Com-

mencement-Vox Populi, Vox Dei-"Old Blue Beard"-

Carmenative Lore-A Charm Used by Thieves and Rob-

bers-A Charm "to Make Butter Come" in Churning-

Judas Hung upon an Elder-Tree-Four Kinds of Wood in

the Cross-The Name of God-Sense vs. Sound-Minor

Queries.

MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE.....

A Frenchman Committing Suicide-Believing a Part-
Muthical Enthuthiathm-Robespierre's Biography-Read-
ing Sermons-Burnt its Foot-Wine in Earthen Vessels-
Old Maids-The Play-Actor and the Cobbler-"Old Hick-
ory" in the Way-Thirteen Heads-Professional Bulls-
The Pragmatic Sanction-Elegance by Accident, or a
Chapter on Fashion--A Conclusive Argument-Negro El-
oquence-Grief Never Sleeps-Snuff and Brains.

EDITOR'S TABLE...

A Glance over the Number-Our Engravings: See-Saw;

037

..639

VIII

Ohio Wesleyan University, by Rev. E. Th-son, D. D......643

Mrs. Amelia Welby, by Ben Casseday....

The Present Number-Our Engravings-Articles De-
clined - Miscellany: Criticising a Fine Sermon; The
Preacher and Jack Sheppard-Something About Chil-
dren: A City to Take; Keeping a Carriage vs. Driving an
Omnibus; Mother and God; Praying Eight Times; A
Little Girl's Talk; Preaching Small: Little Children, by
Mary Howitt-Stray Gems: Sanctified Affliction; Tho
Education we should Give our Children; Harsh Words-
Next to the Last Number.

DECEMBER NUMBER.

The Future of the English Language, by Coates-Kinney.....705
A Fact with a Moral..

...709

.659

The Power of Right-Second Paper-by Professor B. H.

Nadal....

The Blossom in the Wilderness, by Virginia F. Townsend...709

Tears....

713

Autumn Ode, by George Lansing Taylor.........

.714

..660

Our Baby's Grave, by Augusta Moore....

..714

A Midshipman's Adventure with a Baby.

..663

"Stand as an Anvil," by G. W. Doane.

714

"Our Mother was a Remarkable Woman," by Rev. L. D.

Barrows...

....665

The Tomb of General Jackson, by Rev. B. F. Crary.

Teach Us to Pray...

.715

.718

Bonaparte's Opinion of Christ

........667

Little William, by Hancorn.

.717

Reminiscence of the Poet Campbell..

...667

The Imprisoned Princess...

718

The Best Recreation..

....667

Miscellaneous Reading, by Rev. E. Thomson, D. D.

..721

The Guardian Angel, by M. Louisa Chitwood..

.668

Memories and Legends of Connecticut-Number III-Miss

Bobolink, by Mrs. H. C. Gardner........

.668

Tabitha's Farming-by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney..

.725

Ingratitude, by Alice Cary....

.668

A Birthday Song, by Augusta Moore.......

.728

The Sea is Full of Life, by Rev. T. M. Eddy, A. M..

.669

The Brook Song, by Coates-Kinney.

..728

On Bridling the Tongue.....

672

Life's Decline is Coming......

..728

How to Make Home Intolerable, by Eliza Cook.

672

Lost and Found. by Alice Cary.

729

Masculine and Feminine....

...673

The Cross of Christ.....

.732

Religious Coast Trade...

..673

Genius and Gumption, by Wm. T. Coggeshall.

.733

A Chapter on Floral Superstitions, by Mrs. C. A. White....674

A Child's Influence on a Maniac..

.736

We Shall See in Heaven...

.677

The Death of the Old Year, by Amanda T. Jones...

.736

Thoughts of Home-From Far Away, by Rev. J. W. White.678

The Music of the Soul, by Amanda T. Jones...

.678

Harpooning a Hippopotamus-A Whaling Experience-by

Charles Nordhoff.

..737

The Robin's Requiem to Departing Day, by Rev. T. Stowe..679

The Intensity of Modern Life, by M. E. Fry...

Western Emigration, by Charles Adams........

Miscellaneous Reading, by Rev. E. Thomson, D. D..........681

A Dinner Under Trying Circumstances, from London Leisure

The Precious Little Plant...

.747

Hour......

Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind...

...685

.....687

The Flower on the Mountain-Side, by Rev. C. J. Thompson..748

A Soul-Struggle, by Rev. O. M. Spencer.

SCRIPTURE CABINET..

.748

.749

The Joys of Earth are Fleeting, by Mrs. Harriet E. Francis.688

Holy Hours, by Mrs. L. H. Bugbee........

Vesper Grove, by Alexander Clark.

688

.............688

SCRIPTURE CABINET....

689

Sermon on a Leaf-The Growler Bit-The Strait Gate-

Going in at the Eleventh Hour-Climbing into the Sheep-

fold-How to Rebuke-"The Faithful Watcher"-"The

True Vine."

EDITORIAL DISQUISITION...

..751

Female Health in America.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS......

.753

.692

The Subjects and Manifestations of the Savior's Love-

The Way the World-Peace in Death-The Source of

Mental Tranquillity-The Many Mansions-"Be Zeal-

ous"-Judas.

EDITORIAL DISQUISITION.

Importance of a High Standard of Piety.

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND RELIGIOUS.

Money Spent for Religion-Salaries of Ministers-Age of
British Wesleyan Preachers-English Opium-Eating-
Mormonism-Statistics of the American Board-Confes-
sion of a Minister-New View of Cincinnati-A Mora-
vian Love-Feast-The Pittsburg Female College-Religion
in New Zealand-The Irish Delegation-Pulse-Beating
Machine-Schoolmasters Wanted in England-Carbonic
Acid Baths-Frost-Bites-Nations without Fire-Gold in
Ancient Times-Depth of American Lakes-Literary Fes-
tival-An English Peculiarity-Electrical Light.

LITERARY NOTICES......

695

New Books: The Annals of San Francisco-Memoir of

Rev. Sydney Smith-History of the Council of Trent-

The Life of Curran-The Southern Cross and Southern

Crown-The Sure Anchor-The Hebrew Missionary-

Childhood-Johnny M'Kay-Blooming Hopes and With-

ered Joys-Tales from English History-Little Nell-

Roemer's Polyglot Readers-A Voice from the Pious Dead

of the Medical Profession-The Christ of History-Theism.

Periodicals and Pamphlets: Blackwood's Magazine-The

Home Circle-Harper's Monthly Magazine-Funeral Dis-

course, by Rev. W. H. Collins-Parsons Cooke on Meth-

odism-The Annual Address before the Philo-Franklin

Literary Society of Alleghany College-Addresses Deliv-
ered at the Commencement of the Eclectic Medical College.

NOTES AND QUERIES....

Plato's Theory of the Triangular Forms of Matter-Plato

on the Formation of Man-"Unlucky Friday"-New

Theory of Animal Longevity-Beside, Besides-The Old

Oaken Bucket"-Smoking and the Pipe-"Nine Tailors

Make a Man"-The Sleep of Fishes-Two Inquiries-

Resurrected-Minor Queries,

Methodist Episcopal Sunday Schools-General Conference

Delegates-Delaware Library Dedication-Munificent Gift

of Books-High Ground-Glass-Return of the Great

.....755

Comet-Is the Earth Changing Position?

LITERARY NOTICES....

New Books: Journals of the General Conference of the

Methodist Episcopal Church-A History of Medicine-

Christian Theism-The Poets and Poetry of America-

The Rag-Picker-Sallust's Jugurtha and Catiline-Japan

and Around the World-The Private Life of an Eastern

King-Cash and Character-Man-of-War Life-The Mer-

chant Vessel-Whaling and Fishing-The Works of Hor-

Periodicals and

ace-The Works of Virgil-Doesticks.

Pamphlets: The Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the

Common Schools of Cincinnati-Homer-Hall's Journal

of Health-The Minutes of the Ohio Annual Conference

for 1855-The Catalogue of the New York Conference

Seminary-The Eleventh Annual Catalogue of the New

Hampshire Conference Seminary.

NOTES AND QUERIES...

.756

.758

"The First Wrong Action"-The Mind and its Opera-
tions-Answers-"Liquid Fire and Distilled Damna-
tion," Answer-Superstition-Eating off the same Plate-
Query.
MIRROR OF APOTHEGM, WIT, REPARTEE, AND ANECDOTE..
The Boy Complaining to his Minister-Exaggeration Out-
Exaggerated-Dr. Johnson's Rambler-Upright Judge-
Sowing and Reaping-Justice-"I Say "Dr. Young-
Importance of a Comma-Downright Kain-Musical An-
ecdote A Good Cough Mixture-A Poser-A Bad Mar
riage Experience.

EDITOR'S TABLE..

The Month Our Engravings- Excerpta from Corre-

spondence: A New Method of Clapping; Congregational

Music-Something About the Children: Will there be

Flowers in Heaven? Little Clara; Artless Candor: Fare-

well Words; Fishing for a Compliment; Love for Jesus;

Sandy and the Big Doctor-Stray Gems: Little Sins Dan-

gerous; A Beautiful Motto; Childhood Prayers; A Pretty

Face; The River of Truth; Roses and Thorns; Liberty;

Life-Close of the Volume.

759

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