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main object of the whole, may be correctly a )044-C*--, j
to individuals of every olw.s. "My present •otjr:")----rn,
says the authoress, " is intgsnded, vs :'ll the grack.,h.th \ , i t.-; kk.4
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help of our eaceol ,- Fatiler, tr, 7: -:,t the'
cherish, not to throw away, their blessings—to kiirect
the afflicted how best to remedy the griefs which
prudence and patience may mitigate or assuage, how
to bear those calamities for which there is no preseut
help, no visible cure, but which a fortified mind, an
humble, trusting spirit, and the habit of making the
best of every occurrence, may enable the most unfor-
tunate to overcome."

THE BOY'S SUMMER BOOK. By Thomas
Miller.
This is the first volume of " The Boy's Own Li.
brary," a series of works intended to be issued peri-
odically, which promises to furnish both instruction
and amusement for juvenile readers. The prospectus
contains some very just remarks respecting juvenile
literature. The writer observes, that authors who
have failed in other ways often take, as a last resource,
to " writing for the young ;" hence the great defi-
ciency of merit too often manifest in this very im-
portant branch of literature. "The Boy's Own
Library " is, however, to be conducted on a different
system. It is proposed to enlist the services of really
able writers, who, though capable of commanding
attention in a more ambitious line, will think it no
degradation to devote a portion of their time and
talents to the instruction and entertainment of youth.
Should this excellent design be efficiently carried
out " The Boy's Own Library " will be a most valu-
able and must be a most popular work. The first
volume is from the pen of Thomas Miller—that pen
by which he literally speaks to us when the beauties
of the country are his theme. He is not an author who
requires to change his tone when addressing the young,
because he always writes in a natural manner, and
is, consequently, intelligible to all. This little
volume-L--the Boy's Summer Book—relates, of course,
to summer scenes, and is addressed to boys ; but, to
describe it more correctly, we should say that to its
youthful readers it would in some degree bear the cha-
racter of a genial, cheerful companion, come to pass a
bright sunny day with them. They stroll out toge-
ther amid beautiful scenery, every passing object is
noticed by their friend, and suggests some interesting
remarks, or elicits some useful explanations. Now he
expatiates on the beauty of the surrounding landscape ;
now he recalls the years of his own ynuth, and many
a hearty laugh or symplittlising sigh are evoked by his
varied reminescences. Many an interesting anecdote
or strange adventure does he relate—he would be ill-
fitted for a companion for youths, who had no "stories"
to tell them—and thus they ramble on without the
trouble of walking, and the reader reads on without
thinking he is reading. The little volume is illustra-
ted with numerous woodcuts.

The RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS' MANUAL;
or, Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World,
Completed. in Progress. and Projected; forming an
entire Railway S3nopsis, indispensable to all in-
terested in Railway Locomotion. To which is added
a Correct List of the Offices and Officers of Existing
and Projected Railways. Eighth Edition. By Henry
Tuck.

This, the eighth edition of Tuck's Manual, which
is, perhaps, the most complete work on railway sta-
tistics that has ever been published, contains the
Report of the Select Committee on Railway Acts
Enactments in extenso—copious abstracts of the ge-
neral Acts affecting railway companies which were
passed during the last session—instructions to share-
holders as to the powers which they possess under the
various Acts of Parliament—rates of brokers' com-
mission—the laws regulating shareholders, specu-
lators, and brokers—the'statistics of all the railways
now complete—a list of the railway Bills introduced
into Parliament during the session of 1846, and the
proceedings in each—a list of amalgamated railways
—another of new schemes—a table showing the
prices of shares every half year for the last eight
years, &c. &c. &c. In short it is all hut impossible
to require any information on the subject of railways
in general, or of any individual railway in par-
ticular, that cannot be found in Tuck's Manual.