LAST DAY OF THE VISIT.
CLINTON remained in Boston about six weeks, or until the middle of
October. During that time he made himself pretty well acquainted with
the city, and visited all the objects of interest in and around it. At
length the last day of his sight-seeing was over, his valise was packed,
and he sat down with his uncle’s family for the last time. It was a cool
evening, and a fire in the grate sent out a cheerful warmth. His uncle
sat near the table, reading the evening newspaper. His aunt was busy
with her needle. Whistler was conning his next morning’s lesson, and
Ettie was showing to kitty the pictures in one of her books, while
Bouncer was asleep upon the mat. Clinton alone sat idle; but he was not
wholly unoccupied. His thoughts were busy, and a feeling of sadness was
stealing over him as the hour of his departure drew near.
After a while Mr. Davenport laid his paper aside, and Whistler took it
up. He glanced over one of its columns with some care, and then said:
“No news from the Susan yet; you will have to go home without Jerry,
Clinton.”
The Susan was the brig in which Jerry Preston sailed. She was now
expected at Boston; and the boys had looked daily in the newspapers for
the intelligence of her arrival. Clinton had some hope that Jerry would
get back in season to return with him to Brookdale; but in this he was
disappointed.
“Well, Whistler, what have you learned to-day?” inquired Mr.
Davenport,—a question which he frequently addressed to his son, in the
evening.
“Let me see,” replied Whistler, slowly. “O, I’ve learned which are the
three hardest words to pronounce in the English language.”
“Ah! what are they?” inquired his father.
“They are, _‘I was mistaken_,’” replied Whistler.
“What is there so very hard to pronounce about them?” inquired his
father, with affected simplicity.
“It isn’t the words that are hard,—it’s the _sentiment_,” replied
Whistler. “Our teacher told us that some great man once said those were
the three hardest words to pronounce in the English language. He told
us, besides, of a great general who was defeated in battle, and who sat
down and wrote to the senate: ‘I have just lost a great battle, and it
was entirely my own fault.’ He said that confession displayed more
greatness than a victory.”
“That is very true,” added Mr. Davenport. “But have you learned to
pronounce the words yourself? If you have, you have learned something
worth knowing.”
“I don’t know,” replied Whistler, with some hesitation.
“The item of knowledge you have picked up to-day,” continued his father,
“will not be of much benefit to you, unless you make a practical use of
it. Your teacher, I suppose, wished to teach you the duty of confessing
your errors. That is one of the hardest things a man ever has to do. It
takes a brave man to confess that he has done wrong, or has embraced
wrong opinions.”
“I’ve learned another thing to-day,” continued Whistler; “I’ve learned
how much meanness there is in the world.”
“Ah, you _have_ made an important acquisition!” said his father. “I’ve
lived in the world forty years, and I haven’t begun to find out all its
meanness yet.”
“Well, if I haven’t found it all out, I’ve found enough,” resumed
Whistler. “This was the way it happened. Two or three boys of our class
came to me, this morning, and wanted me to sign a petition asking the
teacher to give us shorter lessons. About a dozen boys had signed it,
but they wanted me to put my name before theirs, at the head of the
petition, because I was one of the oldest boys. As soon as I found what
it was for, I told them I didn’t think our lessons were too long, and I
shouldn’t sign it. Then they all set upon me, and coaxed and flattered
as hard as they could. They said they were so sure that I would sign it
that they had left a place for my name, and that I should have more
influence with the master than they, &c., &c. And when they found that
that wouldn’t work, then they tried to bully me into it. Nat Clapp said
I needn’t pretend to be a better scholar than the rest of them, for I
had as hard work to get my lessons as any body did. Jo Clark said I
wouldn’t sign it because they didn’t consult me about it before they got
it up. Bill Morehead said I didn’t dare to sign it. I told him I dared
to refuse to sign it, and I thought that was more than some of them
could say. But I can’t tell you half what they said. I got real provoked
at last. I should like to know if I hadn’t as good a right _not_ to sign
that petition as any of them had to sign it? What business had they to
say my motives were bad, because I didn’t please to do just as they
wanted me to?”
“How much boys are like men!” quietly remarked his father.
“But you didn’t sign the petition after all, did you?” inquired Clinton.
“No, that I didn’t,” replied Whistler; “and I was glad enough of it,
too, this afternoon. They couldn’t get but about a third of the class to
sign it, and they left it on the teacher’s desk this noon. He didn’t say
anything about it till just as school was about to be dismissed at
night. Then he told the scholars that he had received a petition for
shorter lessons from a portion of the first class. He said the request
was not only unreasonable, but the petition was disrespectful in tone,
and he considered it insulting. He said most of the boys who had signed
it were the idlest fellows in the class, and, he supposed, they would
like it better if he would give them no lessons at all. But, he said,
there were one or two names on the petition that he was surprised to see
there. He talked pretty hard to them, I can tell you. He said every boy
that had put his name to it deserved to be called out and punished; but
he concluded to let them off, this time, with merely reading their names
aloud to the school. So he read off the list; and if some of the fellows
didn’t feel cheap enough, then I’m no judge, that’s all!”
“Did any body sign it that I know, except Nat?” inquired Clinton.
“Yes, there was one other boy that you know; but I shan’t tell you who
he is,” replied Whistler.
Clinton did not feel much curiosity in the matter, and did not press the
inquiry. The boy referred to was Ralph Preston, who had thoughtlessly
yielded to the solicitations of his comrades, and affixed his name to
the petition, without noticing that it was not couched in respectful
terms. He felt the public reprimand of the act very keenly; and
Whistler, out of friendship for him, kindly abstained from giving any
further notoriety to his error.
“Well, Clinton,” said Mr. Davenport, after a short pause, “you’ve
explored our city pretty thoroughly,—now let us have your judgment upon
it. What do you think of it, on the whole?”
“O, I like it very well!” replied Clinton.
“That is rather faint praise,” observed his uncle.
“I like some things very much,” continued Clinton, “and others I don’t
like so well.”
“On the whole, don’t you feel quite willing to go back to the country?”
inquired his aunt.
“I don’t know but I do,” replied Clinton, with some hesitation.
“I see you haven’t wholly given up the idea of being a merchant, yet,”
remarked his uncle.
“O no, sir, I wasn’t thinking of that!” replied Clinton. “But I should
like to enjoy some of the opportunities that boys have here,—good
schools, and plenty of books, and lectures, and everything else.”
“These privileges or opportunities are very valuable, I know,” added Mr.
Davenport; “but, after all, don’t you know that the making of a man is
not in opportunities, but in himself? If you determine to be a man, the
lack of opportunities will not keep you back. You will work and struggle
till you have overcome every obstacle. On the other hand, if you haven’t
this strong will within, all the opportunities in the world won’t make a
man of you. Indeed, there is such a thing as having too much assistance.
If you set out a tree, and keep forever handling it, and scratching
about it, and trying to help it grow, it won’t come to much. It needs a
little wholesome neglect to teach it to take care of itself. So, if a
man wants to produce a strong, rugged character, he mustn’t go into a
hothouse to do it. Such a thing won’t grow there. So far as I can judge,
Clinton, you are doing very well with your present opportunities. Make
the most of them, and I think you will get along as well as most boys in
the city, to say the least.”
“But I don’t have much time to study,” added Clinton.
“Many men have stored their minds with valuable information,” continued
his uncle, “in odd moments snatched from their labors. Two of the most
learned men, in many respects, that I ever met with, did this. One of
them is Elihu Burritt, the ‘Learned Blacksmith,’ who acquired more
languages at the anvil than I can remember the names of. The other is
Charles C. Frost, of Brattleboro’, Vermont, who deserves to be called
the ‘Learned Shoemaker.’ I must read you a short account of Mr. Frost,
to show you what can be done in _one hour a day_.”
So saying, Mr. Davenport took down a volume from the bookcase, and read
as follows:
“At fourteen years of age, Mr. Frost left school, and commenced
learning the trade of a shoemaker. He worked as an apprentice in
his father’s shop seven years, when he shortly after became
interested in the business of making and vending shoes, in a
neat and tasteful shoe store, on his own account. He early
evinced a love of mathematical science, and has displayed
talents of no ordinary character in its pursuit. He says, in a
letter which I have received from him: ‘I early imbibed a love
of study. I recollect my first acquisitions were in Arithmetic,
and that the results gave me the highest pleasure. When I
excelled other boys in the school, my progress was attributed by
them to some peculiar mathematical talent. But it was not so. I
boast of no genius. I attribute my success uniformly to more
study than others gave their lessons or work, and, perhaps, to a
greater _love_ of study.’ Mr. Frost has found time, not only to
become master of all existing forms of algebraic numbers, but is
also familiarly and thoroughly acquainted with Geometry,
Trigonometry and Astronomy. He is at home in the Modern Calculus
and in the Principia of Newton, where few of our learned
professors venture, or feel at ease. Indeed, in mathematical
science he has made so great attainments that it is doubtful
whether there can be found ten mathematicians in the United
States who are capable, in case of his own embarrassment, of
lending him any relief. Remember that we are speaking of a
self-taught scholar, and he no genius. Let me tell you how it
was done. He says: ‘When I went to my trade, at fourteen years
of age, I formed a resolution, which I have kept till
now,—extraordinary preventives only excepted,—that I would
faithfully devote _one hour each day_ to study, in some useful
branch of knowledge.’ Here is the secret of his success. He is
now forty-five years of age, and is a married man, the father of
three children; yet this _one-hour_ rule accompanies him to this
day. ‘The first book which fell into my hands,’ he says, ‘was
Hutton’s Mathematics, an English work of great celebrity, a
complete mathematical course, which I then commenced,—namely, at
fourteen. I finished it at nineteen, without an instructor. I
then took up those studies to which I could apply my knowledge
of Mathematics, as Mechanics and Mathematical Astronomy. I think
I can say that I possess, and have successfully studied, _all_
the most approved English and American works on these subjects.’
After this, he commenced Natural Philosophy and Physical
Astronomy. Then Chemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy, collecting
and arranging a cabinet. ‘Next Natural History,’ he says,
‘engaged my attention, which I followed up with close
observations, gleaning my information from a great many sources.
The works that treat of them at large are rare and expensive.
But I have a considerable knowledge of Geology, Ornithology,
Entomology, and Conchology.’ Not only this; he has added to his
stores of knowledge the whole science of Botany, one of the most
extensive now pursued, and has made himself completely master of
it. He has made actual extensive surveys, in his own state, of
the trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mosses, lichens, and fungi. Mr.
Frost thinks that he may possess the _third_ best collection of
ferns in the United States. He has also turned his attention to
Meteorology, and devotes much of his time, as do also Olmstead,
Maury, Redfield, Smith, Loomis, Mitchell, and many others, to
acquire a knowledge of the law of storms, and the movements of
the erratic and extraordinary bodies in the air and heavens. He
has also been driven to the study of Latin, and reads it with
great freedom. He has read and owns most of the gifted poets,
and is, to a considerable extent, familiar with History; while
his miscellaneous reading has been very extensive. He says of
his books: ‘I have a library, which I divide into three
departments,—scientific, religious, literary,—comprising the
standard works published in this country, containing five or six
hundred volumes. I have purchased these books, from time to
time, with money saved for the purpose by some small
self-denials.’
“Here, then, we have an account—I assure you it is wholly
reliable—of one, a plain man of forty-five, who has made the
compass, so to speak, of the hill of science, studying his HOUR
a day, when the day’s labor was done, for more than thirty
consecutive years. He began this one-hour system when he was
fourteen years old. Behold the result! Here is a man with the
cares, business, and responsibilities of life on his hands, yet
a devoted, faithful, successful student; a man who is a profound
scholar, and yet a plain-spoken, humble, pious, laboring man,
residing still in his native village, far inland, supporting
himself by his trade and daily labor, while he is worthy of a
position as a teacher in one of the best institutions of
learning in the land.”[4]
Footnote 4:
“Dreams and Realities in the Life of a Pastor and Teacher.”
1856.
“There,” resumed Mr. Davenport, closing the book, “you see what a man
can do in only one hour a day, diligently improved. Don’t you think you
might manage to devote that amount of time to study, Clinton?”
“Yes, sir, I suppose I could,” replied Clinton.
“Do you suppose every body could learn as much as Mr. Frost knows, if
they should try as hard?” inquired Whistler.
“I suppose any man of fair natural powers, who should study as earnestly
and perseveringly as he did, would be about as successful,” replied Mr.
Davenport. “But, after all, we must aim at something higher than
success. We cannot all be great, or learned, or rich, or eloquent; but
we can all be what is better,—we can be good men and women. Indeed,
without a good character, all other gifts and acquirements only make a
man the more dangerous. And character, you know, is formed by little and
little. It is the result of a great multitude of little thoughts, and
acts, and emotions, all spun together into a complete fabric. Did you
ever go into a ropewalk, Clinton?”
“Yes, sir; Willie and I went through the ropewalk in the Navy Yard,”
replied Clinton.
[Illustration]
“Well,” resumed his uncle, “the process of making character is something
like making a cable. First, there are the little fine fibres of hemp; a
great mass of these, twisted together, become yarn; several yarns make a
strand; three strands make a rope; and three ropes make a small cable. A
fibre of hemp is a very small and weak affair; but twist enough of them
together, and they will hold the largest ship in the gale. So the little
trifling acts and habits of the child seem very insignificant; but,
by-and-by, when they are spun into character, they will become as strong
as cables. Look out now, boys, and see that the little fibres, and
yarns, and strands, are all right; and in due time the great ropes and
cables will appear, and will hold the anchor fast, when you are
overtaken by the storms of life.
“There, I have spun you out quite a speech; and a pretty eloquent one,
too!—eh, Whistler? Well, the fact is, I’ve been addressing a jury this
afternoon, and I haven’t had time to shake the kinks of oratory out of
my tongue, yet. Ettie, darling, did my fine speech put you to sleep?
Never mind,—don’t disturb her. We shall have to follow her example
before long, if we mean to see Clinton off in the morning.”
The family retired at an early hour; and the next morning Clinton bade
them good-by, and set out for Brookdale.
THE END.
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ROMANCE OF AMERICAN HISTORY; or, an Account of the Settlement of North
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VALUABLE WORKS FOR THE YOUNG.
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HOW TO BE A MAN; a Book for Boys, containing Useful Hints on the
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Obs._
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VALUABLE WORKS.
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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: A VIEW OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES OF MODERN SOCIETY,
and the Results of Labor, Capital, and Skill. By CHARLES KNIGHT.
American edition, with Additions, by DAVID A. WELLS, Editor “Annual of
Scientific Discovery,” etc. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo, cloth.
$1.25.
This work is eminently entitled to be ranked in that class styled “books
for the people.” The author is one of the most popular writers of the
day. His style is easy and racy, sufficiently polished for the most
refined, while it is peculiarly fitted to captivate plain, unlettered,
but thinking men. It is remarkable for its fullness and variety of
information, and for the felicity and force with which the author
applies his facts to his reasoning. The facts and illustrations are
drawn from almost every branch of skilful industry. It is a work, in
short, which the mechanic and artisan of every description will be sure
to read with a RELISH.
MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS; OR, THE STORY OF MY EDUCATION. By HUGH
MILLER, Author of “Footprints of the Creator,” etc. 12mo, cloth.
$1.25.
“This autobiography is quite worthy of the renowned author. His first
attempts at literature, and his career until he stood forth an
acknowledged power among the philosophers and ecclesiastical leaders of
his native land, are given without egotism, with a power and vivacity
which are truthful and delightsome.”—PRESBYTERIAN.
“Hugh Miller is one of the most remarkable men of the age. Having risen
from the humble walks of life, and from the employment of a
stone-cutter, to the highest rank among scientific men, everything
relating to his history possesses an interest which belongs to that of
few living men. The book has all the ease and graphic power which is
characteristic of his writings.”—NEW YORK OBSERVER.
“This volume is a book for the ten thousand. It is embellished with an
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“It is a portion of autobiography exquisitely told. He is a living proof
that a single man may contain within himself something more than all the
books in the world. This is one of the best books we have read.”—LONDON
CORRESP. N. Y. TRIBUNE.
“It is a work of rare interest; at times having the fascination of a
romance, and again suggesting the profoundest views of education and of
science. The ex-mason holds a graphic pen; a quiet humor runs through
his pages.”—N. Y. INDEPENDENT.
“This autobiography is THE book for poor boys, and others who are
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too much to predict that in a few years it will become one of the poor
man’s classics.”—NEW ENG. FARMER.
THE HALLIG; OR, THE SHEEPFOLD IN THE WATERS. A Tale of Humble Life on
the Coast of Schleswig. Translated from the German of Biernatzski, by
Mrs. GEORGE P. MARSH. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author. 12mo,
cloth. $1.00.
The author of this work was the grand-son of an exiled Polish nobleman,
His own portrait is understood to be drawn in one of the characters of
the Tale, and indeed the whole work has a substantial foundation in
fact. As a revelation of an entire new phase of human society, it will
strongly remind the reader of Miss Bremer’s tales. In originality and
brilliancy of imagination, it is not inferior to those;—its aim is far
higher. The elegance of Mrs. Marsh’s translation will at once arrest the
attention of every competent judge.
AMOS LAWRENCE.
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DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE; with a brief account
of some Incidents in his Life. Edited by his son, WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE,
M. D. With fine steel Portraits of AMOS and ABBOTT LAWRENCE, an
Engraving of their Birth-place, a Fac-simile page of Mr. Lawrence’s
Handwriting. Octavo, cloth, $1.50. Royal duodecimo edition, $1.00.
This work was first published in an elegant octavo volume, and sold at
the unusually low price of $1.50. At the solicitation of numerous
benevolent individuals who were desirous of circulating the work—so
remarkably adapted to do good, especially to young men—GRATUITOUSLY, and
of giving those of moderate means, of every class, an opportunity of
possessing it, the royal duodecimo, or “CHEAP EDITION,” was issued,
varying from the other edition, only in a reduction in the SIZE
(allowing less margin), and the THICKNESS of the paper.
Within six months after the first publication of this work, TWENTY-TWO
THOUSAND copies had been sold. It is the memoir of a Boston merchant,
who became distinguished for his great wealth, but more distinguished
for the manner in which he used it. It is the memoir of a man, who
commencing business with only $20, gave away in public and private
charities, DURING HIS LIFETIME, more, probably, than any other person in
America.
“We heard it once said in the pulpit, ‘There is no work of art like a
noble life,’ and for that reason he who has achieved one takes rank with
the great artists, and becomes the world’s property. WE ARE PROUD OF
THIS BOOK. WE ARE WILLING TO LET IT GO FORTH TO OTHER LANDS AS A
SPECIMEN OF WHAT AMERICA CAN PRODUCE. In the old world, reviewers have
called Barnum THE characteristic American man. We are willing enough to
admit that he is a characteristic American man; he is ONE fruit of our
soil, but Amos Lawrence is another. Let our country have credit for him
also. THE GOOD EFFECT WHICH THIS LIFE MAY HAVE IN DETERMINING THE COURSE
OF YOUNG MEN TO HONOR AND VIRTUE IS INCALCULABLE.”—MRS. STOWE, IN N. Y.
INDEPENDENT.
“This book, besides being of a different class from most Biographies,
has another peculiar charm. It shows the inside life of the man. You
have, as it were, a peep behind the curtain, and see Mr. Lawrence as he
went in and out among business men, as he appeared on ’Change, as he
received his friends, as he poured out, ‘with liberal hand and generous
heart,’ his wealth for the benefit of others, as he received the
greetings and salutations of children, and as he appeared in the bosom
of his family, at his own hearth-stone.”—BRUNSWICK TELEGRAPH.
“We are glad to know that our large business houses are purchasing
copies of this work for each of their numerous clerks. As a business
man, Mr. Lawrence was a pattern for the young clerk.”—BOSTON TRAVELLER.
“We are thankful for the volume before us. It exhibits a charity noble
and active, while the young merchant was still poor. And above all, it
reveals to us a beautiful cluster of sister graces, a keen sense of
honor, integrity which never knew the shadow of suspicion, candor in the
estimate of character, filial piety, rigid fidelity in every domestic
relation.”—NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
“We are glad that American Biography has been enriched by such a
contribution to its treasures. In all that composes the career of ‘the
good man’ and the practical Christian, we have read few memoirs more
full of instruction, or richer in lessons of wisdom and
virtue.”—NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
“A more beautifully printed volume, or one calculated to do more good,
has not been issued from the press of late years.”—EVENING GAZETTE.
“This volume has been read with the deepest interest. It will be widely
circulated, will certainly prove a standard work, and be read over and
over again.”—BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER.
CHAMBERS’S WORKS.
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CHAMBERS’S CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. A Selection of the choicest
productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time.
Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. Forming two large
imperial octavo volumes of 1400 pages, double column letter-press;
with upwards of 300 elegant Illustrations. Edited by ROBERT CHAMBERS,
embossed cloth, 5,00.
This work embraces about _one thousand authors_, chronologically
arranged and classed as Poets, Historians, Dramatists, Philosophers,
Metaphysicians, Divines, etc., with choice selections from their
writings, connected by a Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Narrative; thus presenting a complete view of English literature from
the earliest to the present time. Open where you will, you cannot fail
to find matter for profit and delight. The selections are gems—infinite
riches in a little room; “A WHOLE ENGLISH LIBRARY FUSED DOWN INTO ONE
CHEAP BOOK!”
FROM W. H. PRESCOTT, AUTHOR OF “FERDINAND AND ISABELLA.” The plan of the
work is very judicious.... Readers cannot fail to profit largely by the
labors of the critic who has the talent and taste to separate what is
really beautiful and worthy of their study from what is superfluous.
I concur in the foregoing opinion of Mr. Prescott.—EDWARD EVERETT.
A work indispensable to the library of a student of English
literature.—WAYLAND.
We hail with peculiar pleasure the appearance of this work.—_North Am.
Review._
It has been fitly described as “_a whole English library fused down into
one cheap book_.” The Boston edition combines neatness with
cheapness.—_N. Y. Com. Adv._
☞ The American edition contains additional likenesses of SHAKESPEARE,
ADDISON, BYRON; a full length portrait of DR. JOHNSON, and a beautiful
scenic representation of OLIVER GOLDSMITH and DR. JOHNSON. These
important additions, together with superior paper and binding, render
the American far superior to the English edition. The circulation of
this work has been immense, and its sale in this country still continues
unabated.
CHAMBERS’S WORKS
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CHAMBERS’S MISCELLANY OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE. Edited by
WILLIAM CHAMBERS. With Elegant Illustrative Engravings. Ten volumes,
16mo, cloth, 7,00.
This work has been highly recommended by distinguished individuals, as
admirably adapted to Family, Sabbath, and District School Libraries.
It would be difficult to find any miscellany superior or even equal to
it; it richly deserves the epithets “useful and entertaining,” and I
would recommend it very strongly as extremely well adapted to form parts
of a library for the young, or of a social or circulating library in
town or country.—GEORGE B. EMERSON, ESQ., CHAIRMAN BOSTON SCHOOL BOOK
COMMITTEE.
I am gratified to have an opportunity to be instrumental in circulating
“Chambers’s Miscellany” among the schools for which I am
superintendent.—J. J. CLUTE, _Town. Sup. of Castleton, N. Y._
I am not acquainted with any similar collection in the English language
that can compare with it for purposes of instruction or amusement. I
should rejoice to see that set of books in every house in our
country.—REV. JOHN O. CHOULES, D. D.
The information contained in this work is surprisingly great; and for
the fireside, and the young, particularly, it cannot fail to prove a
most valuable and entertaining companion.—_N. Y. Evangelist._
An admirable compilation. It unites the useful and entertaining.—_N. Y.
Com._
CHAMBERS’S WORKS.
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CHAMBERS’S HOME BOOK AND POCKET MISCELLANY. Containing a Choice
Selection of Interesting and Instructive Reading for the Old and the
Young. Six vols. 16mo, cloth, 3,00.
This work is considered fully equal, if not superior, to either of the
Chambers’s other works in interest, and, like them, contains a vast fund
of valuable information. Following somewhat the plan of the
“Miscellany,” it is admirably adapted to the school or the family
library, furnishing ample variety for every class of readers, both old
and young.
We do not know how it is possible to publish so much good reading matter
at such a low price. We speak a good word for the literary excellence of
the stories in this work; we hope our people will introduce it into all
their families, in order to drive away the miserable flashy-trashy stuff
so often found in the hands of our young people of both
sexes.—_Scientific American._
Both an entertaining and instructive work, as it is a very cheap
one.—_Puritan Rec._
It cannot but have an extensive circulation.—_Albany Express._
Of all the series of cheap books, this promises to be the best.—_Bangor
Mercury._
If any person wishes to read for amusement or profit, to kill time or
improve it, get “Chambers’s Home Book.”—_Chicago Times._
The Chambers are confessedly the best caterers for popular and useful
reading in the world.—_Willis’s Home Journal._
A very entertaining, instructive, and popular work.—_N. Y. Commercial._
The articles are of that attractive sort which suits us in moods of
indolence when we would linger half way between wakefulness and sleep.
They require just thought and activity enough to keep our feet from the
land of Nod, without forcing us to run, walk, or even stand.—_Eclectic,
Portland._
It is just the thing to amuse a leisure hour, and at the same time
combines _instruction_ with amusement.—_Dover Inquirer._
Messrs. Chambers, of Edinburgh, have become famous wherever the English
language is spoken and read, for their interesting and instructive
publications. They combine _instruction_ with _amusement_, and
throughout they breathe a spirit of the purest morality.—_Chicago
Tribune._
CHAMBERS’S REPOSITORY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING PAPERS. With
Illustrations. An entirely New Series, containing Original Articles.
p. 260, 16mo, cloth, per vol. 50 cents.
The Messrs. Chambers have recently commenced the publication of this
work, under the title of “CHAMBERS’S REPOSITORY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND
AMUSING TRACTS,” similar in style, etc., to the “Miscellany,” which has
maintained an enormous circulation of more than _eighty thousand copies
in England_, and has already reached nearly the same in this country.
Arrangements have been made by the American publishers, to issue the
work simultaneously with the English edition, a volume every two months,
to continue until the whole series is completed. Each volume complete in
itself, and will be sold in sets or single volumes.
☞ Commendatory Letters, Reviews, Notices, &c., of _each_ of Chambers’s
works, sufficient to make a good sized duodecimo volume, have been
received by the publishers, but room here will only allow giving a
specimen of the vast multitude at hand. They are all popular, and
contain valuable instructive and entertaining reading—such as should be
found in every family, school, and college library.
VALUABLE WORK.
CYCLOPÆDIA OF ANECDOTES OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. Containing a
copious and choice selection of Anecdotes of the various forms of
Literature, of the Arts, of Architecture, Engravings, Music, Poetry,
Painting, and Sculpture, and of the most celebrated Literary
Characters and Artists of different Countries and Ages, &c. By KAZLITT
ARVINE, A. M., Author of “Cyclopædia of Moral and Religious
Anecdotes.” With illustrations. 725 pages octavo, cloth, 3,00.
This is unquestionably the choicest collection of anecdotes ever
published. It contains _three thousand and forty Anecdotes_, and such is
the wonderful variety, that it will be found an almost inexhaustible
fund of interest for every class of readers; and to public speakers, to
all classes of _literary_ and _scientific men_, to _artists, mechanics,
and others_, a perfect DICTIONARY, _for reference_. There are also more
than _one hundred and fifty fine Illustrations._
We know of no work which comprises so much valuable information in a
form so entertaining.—_N. Y. Chronicle._
Here is a perfect repository of the most choice and approved specimens
of this species of information. The work is replete with such
entertainment as is adapted to all grades of readers, the most or least
intellectual.—_Methodist Quarterly Magazine._
One of the most complete things of the kind ever given to the public.
There is scarcely a paragraph in the whole book which will not interest
some one deeply; for, while men of letters, argument, and art cannot
afford to do without its immense fund of sound maxims, pungent wit, apt
illustrations, and brilliant examples, the merchant, mechanic and
laborer will find it one of the choicest companions of the hours of
relaxation. “Whatever be the mood of one’s mind, and however limited the
time for reading, in the almost endless variety and great brevity of the
articles he can find something to suit his feelings, which he can begin
and end at once. It may also be made the very life of the social circle,
containing pleasant reading for all ages, at all times and
seasons.”—_Buffalo Com. Advertiser._
A well spring of entertainment, to be drawn from at any moment.—_Bangor
Whig._
A magnificent collection of anecdotes touching literature and the fine
arts.—_Albany Spectator._
The most comprehensive collection of anecdotes ever published.—_Salem
Gazette._
A publication of which there is little danger of speaking in too
flattering terms; a perfect Thesaurus of rare and curious information,
carefully selected and methodically arranged. A jewel of a book to lie
on one’s table, to snatch up in those brief moments of leisure that
could not be very profitably turned to account by recourse to any
connected work in any department of literature.—_Troy Budget._
No family ought to be without it for it is at once cheap, valuable, and
very interesting; containing matter compiled from all kinds of books,
from all quarters of the globe, from all ages of the world, and in
relation to every corporeal matter at all worthy of being remarked or
remembered.—_New Jersey Union._
A rich treasury of thought, and wit and learning, illustrating the
characteristics and peculiarities of many of the most distinguished
names in history.—_Phil. Chris. Obs._
The range of topics is very wide, relating to nature, religion, science,
and art; furnishing apposite illustrations for the preacher, the orator,
the Sabbath-school teacher, and the instructors of our common schools,
academies, and colleges. It is a valuable work for the fireside,
calculated to please and edify all classes.—_Zanesville Ch. Reg._
This is one of the most entertaining works for desultory reading we have
seen. We hardly know of any thing at once so instructive and
amusing.—_N. Y. Ch. Intel._
THE CRUISE OF THE NORTH STAR:
A NARRATIVE OF THE EXCURSION MADE BY MR. VANDERBILT’S PARTY, IN THE
STEAM YACHT, in her Voyage to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain,
Italy, Malta, Turkey, Madeira, etc. By Rev. JOHN OVERTON CHOULES, D.
D. With elegant Illustrations, and fine Likenesses of Commodore
Vanderbilt and Capt. Eldridge. 12mo, cloth, gilt backs and sides.
$1.50.
The cruise of the North Star was an event of almost national concern,
and was watched with universal interest. This volume is as different
from ordinary books of travel as the cruise of the North Star was
different from an ordinary trip to Europe. We need not bespeak for it
many readers.—_Providence Jour._
The American people ought to be proud of, and grateful to, Cornelius
Vanderbilt. This man has done more than a dozen presidents to give
America a respected name in Europe. In the person of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, American enterprise told the people of Europe what it could
do. The desire to get this curious narrative was so great that the whole
of the first edition went off in two days!—_Star of the West._
Those who remember to have met with a very interesting work, published
some two years ago, entitled “Young Americans Abroad,” will be glad to
learn that here is another book of travels from the same source. Do you
say your shelves are all full of books of travel?—we reply, with Leigh
Hunt,—then put in another shelf, and place this one on it—_Methodist
Protestant._
The work is one of the most entertaining, and, in its way, vivid,
portraitures of scenes in the Old World, that we have ever seen.—_Boston
Transcript._
The book is in many respects as novel as the occasion which produced it
was unique and memorable. Both the accomplished author and the
publishers deserve the best thanks for so tasteful a record of a
performance which has reflected so much credit abroad upon American
enterprise.—_N. Y. Courier & Enquirer._
This work is interesting, not only as a memorial of the North Star, and
her trip to Europe, but also as a record of European travel, narrated in
a lively manner, by a gentleman whose taste and attainments eminently
qualify him for the task.—_New York Times._
Never before did a private individual make so magnificent an excursion
as Mr. Vanderbilt. Dr. Choules, who was one of his guests, has given to
the world a charming account of this unique voyage, in a beautifully
printed and illustrated volume. We commend it to our readers as a very
entertaining, well-written book.—_Zion’s Herald._
The book will be eagerly perused, as a record of one of the unique
occurrences of the age; is written with a kind of drawing-room,
etiquette-like style, is mellow in sentiment, and is wholly destitute of
that straining after the sublime, and stranding in the “high-falutin,”
that characterize the effusions of the tourist generally.—_Chicago
Advertiser._
This beautiful volume describes, in a chaste and readable manner, the
fortunes of the widely-known excursion of the princely New York
merchant and his family and guests. From the eclat of the voyage
itself, and the pleasant way of Dr. Choules’ account of it, we think
the book is destined to have—what it deserves—a very large
sale.—_Congregationalist._
MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS
OF ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
BY HUGH MILLER, author of “Old Red Sandstone,” “Footprints of the
Creator,” etc., with a fine likeness of the author. 12mo, 1,00.
Let not the careless reader imagine, from the title of this book, that
it is a common book of travels, on the contrary, it is a very remarkable
one, both in design, spirit, and execution. The facts recorded, and the
views advanced in this book, are so fresh, vivid, and natural, that we
cannot but commend it as a treasure, both of information and
entertainment.—_Willis’s Home Journal._
This is a noble book, worthy of the author of the Footprints of the
Creator and the Old Red Sandstone, because it is seasoned with the same
power of vivid description, the same minuteness of observation, and
soundness of criticism, and the same genial piety. We have read it with
deep interest, and with ardent admiration of the author’s temper and
genius. It is almost impossible to lay the book down, even to attend to
more pressing matters. It is, without compliment or hyperbole, a most
delightful volume.—_N. Y. Commercial._
This is a most amusing and instructive book, by a master hand.—_Dem.
Rev._
The author of this work proved himself, in the Footprints of the
Creator, one of the most original thinkers and powerful writers of the
age. In the volume before us he adds new laurels to his reputation.
Whoever wishes to understand the character of the present race of
Englishmen, as contradistinguished from past generations; to comprehend
the workings of political, social, and religious agitation in the minds,
not of the nobility or gentry, but of the _people_, will discover that,
in this volume, he has found a treasure.—_Peterson’s Magazine._
His eyes were open to see, and his ears to hear, every thing; and, as
the result of what he saw and heard in “merrie” England, he has made one
of the most spirited and attractive volumes of travels and observations
that we have met with.—_Trav._
Hugh Miller is one of the most agreeable, entertaining, and instructive
writers of the age. We know of no work in England so full of adaptedness
to the age as this. It opens up clearly to view the condition of its
various classes, sheds new light into its social, moral, and religious
history, its geological peculiarities, and draws conclusions of great
value.—_Albany Spectator._
The author, one of the most remarkable men of the age, arranged for this
journey into England, expecting to “lodge in humble cottages, and wear a
humble dress, and see what was to be seen by humble men only,—society
without its mask.” Such an observer might be expected to bring to view a
thousand things unknown, or partially known before; and abundantly does
he fulfil this expectation. It is one of the most absorbing books of the
time.—_Portland Ch. Mirror._
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NEW WORK.
MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS;
OR THE STORY OF MY EDUCATION.
BY HUGH MILLER, author of “Footprints of the Creator,” “Old Red
Sandstone,” “First Impressions of England,” etc. 12mo, cl.
This is a personal narrative of a deeply interesting and instructive
character, concerning one of the most remarkable men of the age. No one
who purchases this book will have occasion to regret it, our word for
it!
A PILGRIMAGE TO EGYPT;
EMBRACING A DIARY OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE NILE,
WITH OBSERVATIONS, illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and
Institutions of the People, and of the present condition of the
Antiquities and Ruins. By J. V. C. SMITH, M. D., Editor of the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal. With numerous elegant Engravings. 1,25.
There is a lifelike interest in the narratives and descriptions of Dr.
Smith’s pen, which takes you along with the traveller, so that when he
closes a chapter you feel that you have reached an inn, where you will
rest for a while; and then, with a refreshed mind, you will be ready to
move on again, in a journey full of fresh and instructive incidents and
explorations.—_Ch. Witness._
Every page of the volume is entertaining and instructive, and even those
who are well read in Egyptian manners, customs, and scenery, cannot fail
to find something new.—_Mercantile Journal._
This volume is neither a re-hash of guide books, nor a condensed
mensuration of heights and distances from works on Egyptian antiquities.
It contains the daily observations of a most intelligent traveller,
whose descriptions bring to the reader’s eye the scenes he witnessed. We
have read many books on Egypt, some of them full of science and
learning, and some of wit and frolic, but _none which furnished so clear
an idea of Egypt as it is_,—of its ruins as they now are, and of its
people as they now live and move.—_Watchman and Reflector._
One of the most agreeable books of travel which have been published for
a long time.—_Daily Advertiser._
It is readable, attractive, and interesting. You seem to be travelling
with him, and seeing the things which he sees.—_Bunker Hill Aurora._
We see what Egypt was; we see what Egypt is; and with prophetic
endowment we see what it is yet to be. It is a charming book, not
written for antiquarians and the learned, but for the _million_, and by
the million it will be read.—_Congregationalist._
Mr. Smith is one of the sprightliest authors in America, and this work
is worthy of his pen. He is particularly happy in presenting the comical
and grotesque side of objects.—_Commonwealth._
The reader may be sure of entertainment in such a land, under the
guidance of such an observer as Dr. Smith, and will be surprised, when
he has accompanied him through the tour, at the vivid impression which
he retains of persons, and places, and incidents.—_Salem Gazette._
This is really one of the most entertaining books upon Egypt that we
have met with.—_Albany Argus._
One of the most complete and perfect books of the kind ever
published.—_Diadem._
Of all the books we have read on Egypt, we prefer this. It goes ahead of
Stephens’s. Reader, obtain a copy for yourself.—_Trumpet._
The author is a keen observer, and describes what he observes with a
graphic pen. The volume abounds in vivid descriptions of the
manners, customs, and institutions of the people visited, the
present condition of the ancient ruins, accompanied by a large
number of illustrations.—_Courier._
SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY; Containing a Descriptive Account of
Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees,
Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, mentioned in the Bible. By
WILLIAM CARPENTER, London; with Improvements, by REV. GORHAM D.
ABBOTT. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. Also, Sketches of
Palestine. 12mo, cloth, 1,00.
THE CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA;
OR LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS.
By BENJAMIN F. BOURNE. With Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, 85 cts.
This work, by Captain Bourne,—who was taken captive and retained three
months by the Patagonians,—gives an account of his capture and final
escape; a description of this strange people; their manners, customs,
habits, pursuits; the country, its soil productions, etc., of which
little or nothing has heretofore been known. ☞ A work of thrilling
interest, and of instruction to every class of readers.
Any book, descriptive of a country which is almost like fable land to
the civilized world, must possess great interest; but this work, besides
having _this_ attraction, is written with much vigor and spirit, and is
replete with a variety of interesting facts, descriptive of the manners,
customs, character, etc., of the Patagonians.—_Sav. Jour._
A work of thrilling interest, and bids fair to be another Uncle Tom’s
Cabin. Captain Bourne is well known and highly respected in this
community; and the narrative of his strange adventures, startling and
romantic as they may seem, can be relied upon as strictly
true.—_Nantucket Eagle._
We have seldom read a work of such intense interest.—_N. H. Sentinel._
This is a narrative of great interest—_Phil. Ch. Observer._
We question whether the scenes, trials, hardships, adventures, etc.,
could have been more vividly drawn had they emanated from the pen of an
IRVING or a COOPER.—_Rutland (Vt.) Herald._
The author is known as a respectable man, and one of high integrity; and
from his own experience has given particulars of the manners, customs,
habits, and pursuits of the natives. It is a thrilling narrative, and as
exciting as Typee.—_Newport Merc._
No work of romance can exceed to enchain the mind and awaken
interest.—_Cong._
Seldom, if ever, have we perused a work with so intense an interest. No
work of romance can excel it in power to enchant the mind, and awaken a
nervous desire to possess the valuable information which it
communicates.—_Amherst Express._
Having begun it one evening, we would not quit until the book had been
finished.—_Montpelier Journal._
Uncle Tom may stand aside for the present. Mrs. Stowe may herself, as
well as her readers, listen to the tale of a New Bedford sailor. His
narrative is one that cannot fail to move both to smiles and
tears,—containing touches of the broadest and most genial humor, as well
as passages of simple pathos, which dissolve the soul in sympathy.—_B.
H. Aurora._
Possessing all the interest of real adventure, with all the
attractiveness of romance, we do not wonder at its popularity.—_Boston
Atlas._
We have never before perused any personal narrative that has interested
us as this one.—_Fountain and Journal, Me._
We have scarcely been able to leave its attractive pages. If the reader
wishes to be amused, instructed, delighted, and benefited, he cannot do
better than to procure a copy.—_Gardiner Evening Transcript._
THE HISTORY OF BANKING; with a Comprehensive Account of the Origin,
Rise, and Progress of the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scotland. By
WILLIAM JOHN LAWSON. First American Edition. Revised, with numerous
additions. By J. SMITH HOMANS, Editor of Bankers’ Magazine. 1 vol.
octavo, 2,00.
☞ A novel book, yet interesting and instructive; containing anecdotes of
men who have figured largely in the business, cases of forgeries,
counterfeits, detections, trials, etc.
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“The volume is one of a series by the same author, and all those who
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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
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was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_);
was in bold by is enclosed by “equal” signs (=bold=).