Chapter XVIII: 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.

“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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“How to be a Man” is an inimitable little volume. We desire that it be widely circulated. It should be put into the hands of every youth in the land.—_Tenn. Bap._

HOW TO BE A LADY; a Book for Girls, containing Useful Hints on the
Formation of Character. Cloth, gilt, 50 cts.

“Having daughters of his own, and having been many years employed in writing for the young, he hopes to offer some good advice, in an entertaining way, for girls or misses, between the ages of eight and fifteen. His object is, to assist them in forming their characters upon the best model; that they may become well-bred, intelligent, refined, and good; and then they will be real _ladies_, in the highest sense.”—_Preface._

Parents will consult the interests of their daughters, for time and eternity, in making them acquainted with this attractive and most useful volume.—_N. Y. Evangelist._

_The following Notices apply to both the above Volumes._

It would be better for the next generation if every youth would “read, learn, and inwardly digest” the contents of these volumes.—_N. Y. Commercial._

These volumes contain much matter which is truly valuable.—_Mer. Journal_.

They contain wise and important counsels and cautions, adapted to the young, and made entertaining by the interesting style and illustrations of the author. They are fine mirrors, in which are reflected the prominent lineaments of the _Christian young gentleman and young lady_. Elegant presents for the young.—_American Pulpit._

Newcomb’s books are excellent. We are pleased to commend them.—_N. Y. Obs._

They are books well calculated to do good.—_Phil. Ch. Chronicle._

Common-sense, practical hints on the formation of character and habits, and are adapted to the improvement of youth.—_Mothers’ Journal._

ANECDOTES FOR BOYS; Entertaining Anecdotes and Narratives, illustrative
of Principles and Character. 18mo, gilt, 42 cts.

ANECDOTES FOR GIRLS; Entertaining Anecdotes and Narratives, illustrative
of Principles and Character. 18mo, gilt, 42 cts.

Interesting and instructive, without being fictitious. The anecdotes are many, short, and spirited, with a moral drawn from each, adapted to every age, condition, and duty of life. We commend them to families and schools.—_Albany Spectator._

Works of great value, for a truth or principle is sooner instilled into the youthful heart by an anecdote, than in any other way. They are well selected.—_Ev’g Gaz._

Nothing has a greater interest for a youthful mind than a well-told story, and no medium of conveying moral instructions so attractive or so successful. The influence is far more powerful when the child is assured that they are _true_. We cannot too strongly recommend them to parents.—_Western Continent, Baltimore._

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 admirable likeness of Hugh Miller, the stone mason—his coat off and his sleeves rolled up—with the implements of labor in hand—his form erect, and his eye bright and piercing. The biography of such a man will interest every reader. It is a living thing—teaching a lesson of self-culture of immense value.”—PHILA. CHRISTIAN OBS.

“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 struggling with poverty and limited advantages; and perhaps it is not 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._

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