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could write them • the other building up, in the
watches of the dark, a few majestic lines. One leaving
his treasures to be easily compressed into a single
volume ; the other to be spread abundantly over
forty-six quartos. One gaining fifteen pounds ; the
other a hundred thousand ducats. One sitting at the
door of his house, when the sun shone, in a coarse coat
of gray cloth, and visited only by a few learned men
from foreign countries ; the other followed by crowds
wherever he appeared, while even the children shouted
after him with delight. It is only since the earth has
fallen on both that the fame and the honours of the
Spaniard and the Englishman have been changed.
He who nearly finished a comedy before breakfast, now
lies motionless in his small niche of monumental bio-
graphy ; and he who, long choosing, began late, is
walking up and down, in his singing robes and with
laurel round his head, in the cities of many lands ;
having his home and his welcome in every devout
heart, and upon every learned tongue of the Christian
world.— Wilkott's Pleasures of Literature.
A "TURKISH LADY BATHING.—Her attire is first
removed. An attendant takes a glove—every day it
is a new glove—of undressed silk. With the disen-
gaged hand, she pours over her mistress bason after
bacon of warm water. Then, by means of a gentle
friction with the glove, she slowly removes the salts
and impurities which are deposited on the skin
This finished, the attendant covers the lady from head
to foot, by means of a mop of downy silk, with a lather
made of a particularly emollient soap, peculiar, I be-
lieve, to Turkey. Upon this soap depends much of
that peach-like softness and snowy whiteness of the
skin, for which Eastern women always are so remark-
able. It has the reputation of removing stains, spots,
and freckles that are not deeply marked into the cu-
ticle. This part of the matter having been carefully
performed, the lady is again deluged in water, heated
to 110 deg. or 120 deg., and poured over her person
from a taus (bason) of silver. Large towels—we might
call them sheets—of the finest white muslin, richly
embroidered with flowers and gold, are wrapped around
her. And she is led into a saloon, where, reclining
upon a heap of cushions, she sinks into a soft dream-
like languor, that might become faintness, were it not
for the assiduity with which a slave fans her. As soon
as she is sufficiently recovered to bear it, another slave
combs, perfumes, and disposes her hair in ornamental
braids. The hour after the bath is one of gentle,
sleepy loveliness.—The City of t 1 Crescent.
ELDON AND THE REGENT.—Bedford-square was
the scene of the curious interview between Lord
Chancellor Eldon (who resided in No. 6), and the
Prince Regent, afterwards George IV. The story is
thus told. The prince came alone to the Chancellor's
house, and upon the servant opening the door,
observed that as the Chancellor had the gout, he
knew he must be at home, and therefore desired to be
shown up to the room where he was. The servant
said his master was too ill to be seen, and that he had
positive orders to show in no one. The prince then
asked to be shown the staircase, which he immediately
ascended, and pointed first to one door then to another,
asking, " Is that your master's room ? " The servant
answered no, until he came to the right one, upon
which he opened, the door, seated himself by the
Chancellor's bedside, and asked him to appoint his
friend Jekyll, the great wit, to the vacant office of
Master in Chancery. The Chancellor refused—there
could not be a more unfit appointment. It was a
round man for a square hole. The prince, perceiving
the humour of the Chancellor, and that he was firm in
his determination not to appoint him, threw himself
back in his chair, and exclaimed, •" How do I pity
Lady Eldon ! " " Good God," said the Chancellor,
" what is the matter ? " " Oh, nothing," answered the
prince, " except that she will never see you again, for
here I remain until you promise to make Jekyll a
Master in Chancery." Jekyll of course obtained the
appointment.
CIVILISATION IN POLYNESIA.—It was a novelty in
Polynesia to see persons along the roads bringing
wood, charcoal, and provisions of various kinds, to
supply a market; in short, a subdivision of labour,
and regular system of industry, in accordance with
the customs of Europeans. It appeared further, that
salt, manufactured principally from sea water, had be-
come an important article of exportation to the coun-
tries on the Pacific, from Chili to Kamtschatka ; and
that sugar, tutin oil, and arrowroot, also entered into
Hawaiian commerce. Engraving was an unexpected

accomplishment to find among Polynesians ; and some
drawings of ships were shown to me which exhibited
a neatness and correctness of minute detail not often
met with. I witnessed at the mission schools the
remarkable universal talent and fondness for mathe-
matical pursuits, about which so much has been said.
Printing, too, was conducted by natives, under foreign
superintendence ; and the missionaries had furnished
a liberal supply of mental nurture, in translations of a
variety of useful books : these amounted to quite a
library, and yet difficulty was experienced in keeping
up with the demand. It appeared, notwithstanding,
that no native had hitherto been found to possess all
the qualifications requisite to take charge of a shop,
or to conduct any mercantile business. The missiona-
ries regarded as one main obstacle to improvement,
the extremely limited views of the natives in respect to
style of living : " a little fish and a little poi, and they
were content." By adopting the use of coin, they
had placed themselves, in many respects, in the condi-
tion of indigence ; and in conformity with the new
standard of value, I was assured, could be supported
for less than two cents a day. Innovations were also
going on in political institutions, and during our stay
the first public execution took place ; the prerogative
of a chief being at the same time infringed. Much
interest was indirectly excited by the discovery of the
meaning of the word "conscience," for which there is
no corresponding expression in the Hawaiian language;
and one of the natives explained the new idea as " a
"magistrate within."—Pickerings's Races of Men.
SAINT JOHN AND THE ROBBER.—III a narrative at-
tested by Clemens Alexandrinus, we see how he visited
the Christians in the parts round about Ephesus, or-
ganised the churches, and provided for the appoint-
ment of the most competent persons to fill the various
church offices. On one of these occasions he noticed
a young man who promised to be of much service in
the cause of the gospel. He commended him to one
of the overseers, as a valuable trust committed to him
by the Lord. The overseer carefully watched him till
he received baptism. But he placed too much reliance
on baptismal grace. He left him to himself, and the
youth, deprived of his faithful protection, and seduced
by evil associates, fell deeper into corruption, and at
last became captain of a band of robbers. Some years
after, when John revisited that church, he was in-
formed to his great sorrow of the woful change that
had taken place in the youth of whom he had enter-
tained such hopes. Nothing could keep him back from
hastening to the retreat of the robbers. He suffered
himself to be seized and taken into their captain's pre-
sence ; but he could not sustain the sight of the
apostle ; John's venerable appearance brought back
the recollection of what he had experienced in earlier
days, and awakened his conscience. He fled away in
consternation ; but the venerable man, full of paternal
love, and exerting himself beyond his strength, ran
after him. He called upon him to take courage,
and announced to him the forgiveness of his sins in
the name of the Lord. By his fatherly guidance
he succeeded in rescuing his soul, and formed him
into a worthy member of the Christian community.
Another tradition preserved by Jerome bears also the
impress of the apostle's spirit. When the venerable
John could no longer walk to the meetings of the
church, but was borne thither by his disciples, he
always uttered the same address to the church ; he
reminded them of that one commandment which he
had received from Christ himself, as comprising all
the rest, and forming the distinction of the new
covenant : "My children, love one another." And
when asked why he always repeated the same thing,
he replied, " That if this one thing were attained, it
would be enough."—Neander's First Planting of
Christianity.
NECESSITY 70F THE SABBATH.—The Sabbath is
necessary. Man was made for six days' work, not for
seven ; and the Sabbath was made for man—planned
and suited for such a creature as he is. At the creation,
God, intending to give his creatures a Sabbath, said
that they were "all very good,"—suited to his gracious
designs. But part of those designs was the appoint-
ment of a weekly day of rest : and as man's nature is
adapted to a Sabbath and requires one,. he is not in
the situation for which his Creator designed him, if it
be withheld. You might as well deprive him f his
nightly rest as of his weekly Sabbath ;—the mischief,
though more slow, would be no less certain. It has
been declared upon the best medical authority, that
man's body cannot thrive without a weekly day of rest,