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Schoolboy Honour. A Tale of IValminster College.
By the Rev. H. C. Adams, M.A., Author of
" Tales of Charlton School." A New Edition,
with Illustrations. Routledge.

A work of this cirss is alst aye desirable, and in
the present instance the effort has. been a very suc-
cessful one; of presenting the young with a moral
tale that is not overstrained. The characters of the
chief boys in the story are well drawn, and Austen,
the most difficult to sketch, is true to life, as he is
not exaggerated in his views, as so many good chil-
dren are made to be, being more like a pattern made
to order than a human being who is for others to
copy, and who cannot serve as models unless they
are represented as
" Creatures not too bright and good
For human nature's daily food."

Austen is a fine nature—one of those minds that
matured by experience, and strengthened by trial,
shine out bright and conspicuous in after life, and
appear as landmarks to others who are treading the
thorny path of life by their side with a less steady
step and a less steadfast soul. Cole is also well
described, as one whose good impulses are often
crushed by the evil influences of those around him,
and who is nearly drawn aside altogether to the
evil ones, but who is stopped at the right moment
and saved from further contamination. The acci-
dent that his mother met with was a blessed occur-
rence in the end, for thereby her son was forced
to think. How many would lead different lives,
and how many death-beds would give better hope
for the surviving friends to dwell upon, were those
in doubt resolutely to retire into solitude and to
think. The scene at Mrs. Cole's bedside is very
impressive ; many careless children may learn from
it to act now as they should like to have done
when they stand by their dying friends. At the
same time, they must not presume, and think be-
cause they are sorry all will go well. A long life
of regret often follows on some heedless act or ob-
stinate conduct; and Mr. Holford's advice to his
young friend was admirable. "However that may
be, be sure God's providence, who makes all things
to work together for good, made use alike of your
mother's danger and recovery to awaken your con-
science to a sense of your own sin and of His
mercy. You must not expect that He will always
be pleased to answer your prayers so directly and
promptly; but you need not doubt that He did so
answer them upon this occasion." Also the words
spoken by Dr Campbell are excellent in their purport,
afford alike warning and admonition to others
similarly circumstanced, and, above all, they are
good in their teaching as regards honour. That
oft misquoted and perverted term which signifies
so much and yet often means so little, in the actual
observance of its dictates, cannot be too fully illus-
trated to ignorant and incautious folks. After a
series of confusions and a course of mystery and
misunderstandings, that do not often occur even in
the perplexed stage of a public school, the Head
Master took care to improve the occasion, bearing
in mind the efficacy of a word in season. At that
time many false ideas of " Honour" had obtained
ground at the college of which he was the worthy
superior, and he thus forcibly worded his exor-
dium :—" I trust that the occurrences of the past
few weeks will impress on you, and on all, the dif-
ference between true and false HONOUR, the latter
of which is so often the bane of a schoolboy's life.
Your great mistake has been in be:ieving that you
could be false to duty in your actions, and yet
faithful in your words. You see in your own case
how vain this attempt has been. Your disobe-
dience involved you inevitably in evasion, deceit,
and equivocation, one after another, till it ended in
open and deliberate falsehood. Such must always
be the case. The shal.low distinctions which the
world affects to draw, as how far it is allowable to
withhold or disguise the truth, are but so many
contrivances to escape the condemnation which
attaches to the confession of its evil works. Only
they who do the truth in its integrity can speak it
in its purity. Only they who hold fast to both,
after the fashion of the great example of all noble-
ness, can fulfil, whether as men or boys, the per-
fect-Jaw of Honour." In Mr. Holford we meet
with a rara avis among schoolmasters, one of those
really noble-minded men who recognise to the
fullest extent the high and holy object of their
efforts, and who are beacons to their fellow-workers
to persevere in their calling, remembering that the
ultimate object of their toil is to train men to serve
their Maker in this world, and to influence spirits
who should shine around His throne hereafter. Mr
Holford was a very just man, but also kind, and his
words were potent because his actions were con-
sistent with his preaching. He was enabled to
note the answer to his prayer, and to rejoice at the
crown of his efforts in Austen, whose conduct under
very trying circumstances was exemplary in the
highest degree. He felt "thankfulness, such as
they alone experience to whom it is granted even
in this world to know that their labour has not
been in vain in the Lord." This little work may
be recommended to notice as affording an excellent
instance and perfect illustration of the trials and
troubles of schoolboy life, and those who know the
value of early impression of virtue and the strong
influence of vice on the young and ardent will
accord their teetirrony to the merit of a book that
sets forward the difficulty and shows the danger of
early youth in public seminaries. Also th-y will
subscribe to the good attempt to admonish the
young under their care, that with temptation there
is a way to escape, and all trials may combine to
gain the crown of glory which is the appanage of
those who endure to the end. " Schoolboy Honour"
is a very deserving book, that deserves success,
and is sure to interest, from its exciting passages,
remarkable events, and eloquent descriptions.
Children are easily influenced when they see con
sistency in their teachers, and the whole tenour of
this volume goes to prove a plain and perfect stan-
dard of truth, honour, and kindness. These quali-
ties, each in its separate and intrinsic merit, are the
most important to gain a hold and exercise an influ-
ence on the character, and the young, who reverence
and practise honour, will as they grow up the
most effectually secure respect, enjoy happiness,
and gain the good word of all. What is of more
consequence, they will also experience the approval
of their own conscience, and thus furnish the ante-
past of that peace beyond all understanding which
now crowns the works of the just with a lustre
surpassing worldly glitter, and hereafter will adorn
them with imperishable splendour, where honour
has its source at the fountain of all dignities.

Through Life and For Lift. A Story of Dis-
cipline. By A. Richmond, author of " Annie
Maitland," etc. Illustrated. Routledge.

This is one of those useful books that are so de
sirable for the young to peruse. It furnishes a
striking example for those giddy girls who persist
in dressing up and indulging in vanities to the
neglect of their duties, and the annoyance of their
friends. Mary, the heroine, is a very good ex
ample of this class, and the picture is not at all
overdrawn, a fault which often mars the effect of
these moral tales. The contrast between the two
sisters is very forcibly put, and the selfish repining
of Mrs. Elwes illustrates the errors people commit,
in persisting to settle for themselves what is best
for them and what will be most irksome also. Thus
the weak foolish mother declared the beautiful
child would be a blessing and the sickly one a curse,
but events proved just the contrary, as Mary caused
nothing but trouble, and finally killed herself from
persisting in going to a ball in cold weather.
Meanwhile Susan, wit's her limited capabilities for
exertion, did her utmost, and by her patient cheer-
fulness rendered inestimable service to the uncom-
fortable household. The aunt, Susan Elwes, is an
admirable character, end affords an instance of an
upright person labouring for others without meet-
ing with much return in the shape of gratitude.
Susan Elwes, however, toiled not for the approval
of man, and the ► ,ward of earthly things ; her aims
were heavenly, and her works were of that class
which shall be recompensed at the resurrection of
the just. In Mrs. Dunn we find a woman who
means well but acts very unwisely, and who com-
mits the errors of deceit to gain her ends. She
was in a great measure answerable for the mischief
and misery that occurred when Mary was living
with her. Tnis little story is very interesting and
is sure to prove a favourite from the natural man-
ner in which it is written. It can in all confidence
be recommended to young readers as a pleasant
pastime that has a moral to be of service to them
when the amusement of the tale is past. "'Through
Life and tor Life" shows many important things
spring from slight causes, hence no care can be too
great, no exertion too unnecessary on the part of
the ignorant and inexperienced to gain knowledge
and obtain advice regarding the petty details of
everyday life. Also they are told where to seek
help in the hour of need, and how to spend their
short day of trial here in preparation for that
other and better life to come to which this transi-
tory existence is but the stepping stone.

How to Make the Best of It. A Domestic Tale
for Young Ladies. A New Edition. By Anne
Bowman. Routledge.

A new edition of this interesting and sensible
story appears very appropriately at this season.
The object which the authoress sets before her is to
show the evils of false pride and discontent, and
to prove how true dignity and happiness may
best be found, by doing our duty honestly and
boldly, in the state of life in which it has pleased
God to place us. Tha heroines, Julia and Con-
stance, meet with a sudden and startling change
of fortune. They are the daughters of an. En-
glish merchant and a French lady of noble family.
They pride themselves on belonging to the aris-
tocratic race of the De CourTilles, although that

haughty family has refused to acknowledge the
marriage. Their absurd pride is greatly encou-
raged by Nanon, an old French nurse, who is
full of affection and prejudice. Their mother
having died when they were young, their father
re married their governess, who realises the old
idea of stepmothers, being cold, harsh, and un-
just. A fraudulent partner brings Mr. Chilton
to ruin and disgrace. Unable to bear the shock
he dies, leaving his widow and orphans in great
poverty. Felix, through the kindness of a friend,
enters the medical profession, and departs for
his studies. The youngest child, Bertrand, the
indulged son of Mrs. Chilton, is too young for
any exertion, so the weight of assisting in main-
taining the household falls on the two girls. To
complete their misfortunes they are shipwrecked,
and lose the few goods they possess. Mrs. Chil-
ton is forced to abate her pride, and open a .
small day school for fishermen's children, and the
two haughty scions of the race of lie Courville
are driven to common household employment
and monotonous drudgery. The various adven-
tures they meet with, the kind friends who come
to aid them, the cheerfulness with which they
learn " to make the best of it," and the sweet
uses which they gather out of their adversity,
will be best shown by Miss Bowman's plea-
sant and instructive pages. She is already known
to many by her graphic tales of emigrant life
and adventure, and the story before us will cer-
tainly not disappoint her readers. It is by no
means a childish story, but rather designed for
those who have reached the age when it is a com-
mon mistake to suppose that refinement and idle-
ness are synonymous, and that the performance
of honest labour is derogatory to the dignity of
young ladies. There is an admixture of ro-
mance, which all ends happily, and the cheerful
performance of duty is shown to lead to peace and
Happiness, while perverse and discontented rebellion
against the will of Gud brings nothing but
wretchedness iu its train. There is abundance of
incident and a variety of character, while altogether
the work may rank among the most pleasing and
useful of the Cl:lrish:Lau stories.

Eildon Manor : a Tale for Girls. By the author
of " The Maze of Life," Routledge.

One of those pleasant tales whose interest centres
in the home circle, and whose most startling ad-
ventures are incidents which might naturally
chequer the course of English country life. The
heroes and heroines of the story are for the Imost
part residents at Eildon Manor and children of
Mrs. Bruce, a gentle and delicate lady, whose mild
temper and ill-health render her scarcely fit to cope
with the self-willed, high-spirited young folks
around her. Her eldest son Walter is abroad, and
the chief event of the work is his return with his
young bride. This new member of the family has
been looked forward to with very doubtful feelings
by the young ladies of the Manor; but on her arri-
val all their fears are dispelled, as with ready tact
she accommodates herself to each one's peculiarities
while preserving her own principles. The story
breaks off somewhat abruptly, and the reader would
have liked a few more chapters to show how the
beneficial influence of Walter and his wife acted on
the unruly inhabitants of the Manor; but the first
steps to the desirable change are seen. The charac-
ter of Margaret is somewhat disappointing, as she
alone of the family seems to have some desire for
improvement and some sense of the faulty tone of
the circle. The various dispositions are well con-
trasted, and the uncomfortable result of each dis-
obeying the injunction to " Look not only on his
own things but also on the things of others," is
forcibly shown. Aunt Jane is another source of
discoid in the inharmonious group, and the family
of the Swintons is very unattractive. There is a
lesson to be learned from the history of th in-
mates of Eildon Manor, although there is no at-
tempt at preaching in it, the moral is unfolded
by the story ; and young people at this holiday sea-
son will find it a welcome companion for their
leisure hours.

The 1 ouug Painters and .1 oung Musicians. With
Illustrations. Booth, Regent-street.

This work is divided into two parts, called "The
Sweet Power of Music" and " Tales of the Studio."
It would be difficult to find a more attractive study
than that presented in these pages to all young
folks who have any ability to appreciate merit, or
any ambition to be aroused by the recital of the
actions of those once children like themselves. If
anything could excite the vapid, arouse the idle,
and urge on the timorous, it must be the strange
but true account here set forth. Living witnesses
attest the reality of the marvellous things here set
down. They appear to us not in the world of living
men, but from the temple of fame they speak to us
as we behold their works that shall last while time
endures, or listen to their melodies that will en-
chant the sons of men till tongues shall cease and
knowledge vanish away. The striking lesson to
learn from these sketches is that all the men whose
early lives are here chronicled were, as boys, beset
with difficulties. In no one instance was the pro-
fession for which they were designed, and for which
they were partly trained in many cases, the sphere
in which they afterwards excelled. The relations
had not the sense to recognise the necessity for
their vocation which actuated them, and indeed
they were otten too limited in their capacities to
appreciate the godlike gift that rendered the
creations of their sons almost divine in their beauty
and excellence. In most cases the boys were so
poor that their perseverance in the cultivation of
their favourite art was almost incredible and fur-
nishes an apt illustration of the importance of la-
bour and the necessity of application even where
true genius appears, and that creative power exists
which electrifies mankind. "Thy talent to im-
prove, take care," is a solemn and also an encourag-
ing warning, and these ardent young spirits were
actuated by the true feeling in regard to it. All
must be deeply moved at the picture here drawn of
their early struggles, their innate consciousness of
power, but their difficulty in making it understood
by those around them. The little slave, who came
in at early dawn, and altered and improved the sub-
jects in his master's studio is a very interesting
sketch, and it is satisfactory to know that such
precocity was crowned with success. The discerning
eye of real talent soon recognised the embryo artist,
and the master exclaimed to his unknown pupil,
"Happy man that I am! I have done more than
paint pictures, for I have made a painter ; for your
name, Sebastian, will be handed down to posterity,
coupled with mine, and your fame will be the
crowning glory of mine. I wish that in centuries to
come, you may be spoken of as the Mullatto of
Murillo, and, in truth, my young readers, Sebas-
tian Gomez was more known by that name than by
his own." The force of prejudice is shown in the
ease of the Cardinal St Gregory, who would not
agree to the merits of Michael Angelo. Tbat
distinguished individual contrived to expose his
folly. He laid a statue of his own making in a
spot where he knew they were making researches,
end having broken off an arm, he gave it the ap-
pearance of a relic of antiquity. The Cardinal
sent for him and expatiated on the merits of this
discovered gem of sculpture. Very few modern
artists, I think, could make such an arm as this,
Signor Michael Angelo." Michael offered to show
the equal, and returning home, he brought to the
Cardinal an arm whioh fitted exactly. The latter
exclaimed A Miracle !" No, not a miracle, but.
a trick,' replied Michael Angelo. I wished to
prove to your Excellency that the moderns were
capable of doing things as well as the ancients.'
The incidents in the stories of the young musicians
are also very entertaining, and in full assurance of
its being an excellent monitor, an inciting example,
and a glorious proof of the marvels wrought by
perseverance, this work may be presented to all
young readers at this season of respite from learn-
ing and making merry at home. It will pre-
pare them for that time when the lessons of
childhood are over with its holidays for
ever, and they must march on to the
battle-fields of lite. Happy if there they can com-
port themselves as becomes their country ; and
whether or not they can shine in the ranks of the
renowned, as the heroes of the work before us, they
can at least do their best, each in his separate
sphere, and according to his distinct abilities.
Patience and perseverance are qualities of lasting
importance to be impressed on the minds of all
young persons; and this work contains a moral
that may be useful to many humble capacity, while
to the talented it exhibits the crowning examples
of those who could go no higher, as they are at the
summit of all earthly fame, sons of geuius whose
works have gained a world's applause, and of whom
humanity is proud. The compiler of this book has
a claim on the gratitude of the public in presenting
them with this interesting and admirable work, so
improving in its tendency, and so attractive in its
style.

The Wonderful • dventures of Tqflongho and his
Elfin Company. By Holme Lee, author of
" Legends from Fairy Land," &c., illustrated.

Smith, Elder, and Co:

The little people who followed with eager eyes
and anxious hearts the marvellous history told last
Christmas in the " Legends from Fairy Land" of
the disasters which betel that adventurous knight,
Sir Tuflongbo, and the haps and mishaps of the
Elfin Company, will receive with delight this fresh
budget of news from the fairy country, and study
the achievements of Little Content as he followed
the fortunes of that warlike knight. A regular
fciry tale is now getting somewhat uncommon, hut
as the tastes of childhood do not change with the
fashion,we have little doubt that this genuine story of
marvels, adorned by eight large plates, Will gladden

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Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, 25 Do. 4 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........ 2 S all 1-- , I
our generation has seen in Italy. And savage men more murd'rous still than they." There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank to
25 Mid Kent
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Little Sunshine. A Tale for very young children. •10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
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for Halifax 20 Newry, Warnpt, Bs Ros. all - - 20 Algerian 5 - -
• - By the author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam," m d • ti• Ithe •
ous opet an xbe not quite en reg e. excitement at Norfolk lOO 61 63 •
&c. Lockwood and Co. and Boston, conveyed £50,000 in gold.lo Antwerp & Rotterdam all 6 61
of an engagement, whether with a wild beast or a at North British
We have here a very simple sketch of the early •
ll•wellmaintained.
man, is
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days of a little girl, who was one of those delight- 07.1. at Do A stk ; A recs no d 5 Belgian East. Junction all
1 the three bunters are well defined, and a fund of together to £148,361 is due on the Eastern Coun- till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - -
ful children who sometimes appear as the greatestat Do B stock lOO - -
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andconsiderate love. This child here sketched is g
with throughout the volume. There are several le • Guaranteed at Do Leeds lOO 561 571 10 Oitto Extension .... all 421
20 Dutch Rhenish .... •-• 16 i i
the solace of her mother in very sad circumstances,
well -executed engravings scattered through the Union Shares; and of £4, or £140,000, at Do York
and as a child is described in some pretty lines so it on the North London £lO 44 per Cent. Preference at North London - -
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" Her presence seems like sunshine sent to gladden home The English Stock Market a 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 9 91
Songs and Tunes for Education. Edited by John 0 ' appeared rather de- at Not. Goan. Rl. & Canal 100 88 90
and hearth; 20 Italian Junction ...... all - -
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It is seldom one meets with tales for very young use of schools where the great advantages of cul- from 901 1- to 906 / at aeol Etl
~ a, . -,,T 4, at which they are steadily Scot. T. Centre.. stock 100 38 40 16 !Northern of France— all 881 391
children, and therefore this little book will tivating the musical faculty are rightfy appre-at Do Sc stock.. 100 95 97 16 ,' Do. New Shares ..... 15 - -
maintained, notwithstanding the receiptof
doubtless be a desideratum to many houses dated. This is the pianoforte edition of a work of Shrews. and Welchpool a'l - - 10 'Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 810
prices from the Paris Bourse. The New Threes are at Shropshire Union 100 45
where its pleasing picture cannot be too often re- which there has already been a tonic sol-fa edition es ro I • -"' I"4 20 IParis,tyons, & Mediter. all 394 404
• flat at 903- • the Reduced at 90' •
produced in happy children, who are the treasures in twelve numbers. A separate volume, contain- 4' 9 F-, , Exchequer Bills at sou
Snghourne a& Sheer. all - -
south Devon lOO 36 38 20 I Paris ,15 0r1ean5........ all 50 62
20 f ' itecife & S. Fran. (Fern.)
of their parents from their early habits of devoting ing the words alone, has also appeared, which we (March), remain at 7s. prem ; ditto (June), at Bs. 25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un. all -
754 l ,zua. 7p. ct. 1im..... 17 5 4 d
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themselves to the comfort of others, and their con- ace not surprised at, seeing the excellence c f the to 13s. prem ; India 5 per Cent. is rather lower, st south Wales
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tented minds, which last quality will become in selection. The harmonies are by James Turle, viz 1037 at S. York. and River Dun, 1 0 95 97 5 Royal Swedish ........ all -
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the Foreign Market, the transactions have 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 88 20 Sambre & Meuse . all el 7
lustre and confer dignity to their lives. No one can their merit. We should imagine that this little 25 Do l3 7 8 p 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 81 91
• been very restricted, but prices have shown more 25 Do New, 1860
get through the world without encountering its volume would be a great acquisition to familiess 44 65 p 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 i 4
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thorns and briars, with a bold spirit, and meeting where several younger members can join in sing- firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 78 •. ditt , o, at Do Pref. No. 1 - - 213 Southern of Prance.- all 251 861
its troubles with calmness; and nothing is more ing tunes. But though simplicity has been a 1858, 674 to 68 ; Mexican have improved to 271 s 25 ThamesllavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East ortugal '7 pct. 4 ---
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serviceable to the young than to be taught to make primary object, both words and music are often of a and Spanish to 51' ' •
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name for a child, and the story of her nursery days comprehension of very young children, while others 984. at Vale of Neath - -
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profit other little ones teachers at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden ...
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A brighter day to-morrow
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May shine upon us all. dency. South Western have improved 5s • and at I , Do Newpor. i 100 42 45 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 325 175
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Eastern Counties 10s. Midlands, however, have
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Yet every time and season
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animals that appear in these pages. The contents - Elingston Downs 4.11.6 SI 31
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take his place among the fairy books of fun and And Heaven, all bright with beauty, to 1.01.47 a •; and Great Indian Peninsula to 1001 Chester & H ,Iyhea.d.. 103 Do ... 53 54 - North Downs 25 4/ 5/
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Riddles and Jokes. Compiled by Edmund Rout- The morning may be fine ; 1- E. Lincolnsh. gpr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 - , E'er Consols (St Blazey)l 11 7 6
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i attended the first series of this amusing collection, insula and Oriental Steam New Shares brought Do. new
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matter it will be a very great acquisition to Christ- Do. halves . all Do.
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mas and New-Year merrymakings. Riddles, cha-. quarters
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a
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Few would recognise their familiar and
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Riddles and jokes. Compiled by Edmund Rout-
ledge. New Series. Routledge and Co.
We are not surprised at the success which has
attended the first series of this amusing collection,
and as the new volume contains much additional
matter it will be a very great acquisition to Christ-
mas and New-Year merrymakings. Riddles, cha-
rades, and enigmas of every description, puzzles,
proverbs, and varieties of all kinds are gathered to-
gether with the very necessary addition of a table of
answers. There are some novel features, such as the
transformation of old proverbs into polite language.
Few would recognise their familiar and rough
spoken friends under such guise as the following :
" Too great a number of culinary assistants will im-
pair the flavour of the consomme." "It is painful to be
in attendance for the pumps of departed individuals."
" An abrupt inclination of the head is equivalent
to a sudden closing of the eye to a racer labouring
udder a cataract." There is an amusing collection
of extravagant epitaphs, some of which we can
vouch to be authentic. Here is a couplet on a
miser's tomb
Here lies old Father Gripe, who ne'er cried Jam satis ;
'T would wake him did he know you read bis tombstone
gratis."
The following epitaph is said to be found in the
churchyard of Upton-on-Severn :
" Beneath this stone in hopes of Zion
Both lie the landlord of the Lion ;'
His son keeps on the business still,
Resigned unto the heavenly will."
A bereaved husband in Dorsetshire, after recording
the death of his w ife, exclaims :
" The Lori hath ta'en her to the sky,
The saints rejoice—and so do I."
A lawyer named Mr. Strange obtained this testi-
money :

An inquest was held on Friday afternoon at the
Royal Naval Hospital, Storehouse, before Mr. Allan
B. Bone, county coroner, to inquire into the circum-
stances attending the death of Frederick Parfit, who
died from suffocation on Wednesday night last.
From the evidence of the severa 1 witnesses belong-
ing to H.M.S. Emerald, namely—William Duncan,
William Paget, -- Winnacott, John Pickets, and
dames Boys, it appears that the deceased, who was
generally a sober man, shortly after seven o'clock,
on Wednesday evening last, left his mess to go into
the head, but the head being full he turned back
again and went into the fore chains on the starboard
side. Duncan, soon after the deceased went into
the fore chains, heard a splash in the water, and he
immediately called out " a man overboard." Paget
being on the main deck and bearing the cry of " a
man overboard," ran to the gangway and jumped
overboard, a height of about 20 feet. The night
was very dark, and Paget had to swim several
yards before he got to the deceased, and when he
got to him he found Winnacott had hold of him, but
the deceased was under the water. Paget lifted him
up, and he and Winnacott swam to the cutter with
the deceased. They got the deceased into the cut-
ter and took him on board the ship, and he was
taken into the cockpit and the surgeon sent for.
The coroner, in addressing Paget and Winnacott
said—l confess I feel that the thanks- of
every person who have any feeling of
humanity about them are due to you, and I
have much pleasure in thus publicly expressing
my highest approbation of your very noble
conduct. I think it is highly to be commended,
and I should not do justice to my own feelings if I
did not make this expression to both of you. John
Coffin, the surgeon of the Emerald, said—On Wed-
nesday evening last he was in the gun room at
dinner, when he heard the cry of " Man overboard,"
and he was told by the first lieutenant that the
man was being brought down to the cockpit. He
then went down to the cockpit, where he saw the
deceased lying on the cockpit deck. The men
were removing the wet clothes which he had on,
and he had the deceased wrapped up in blankets
and placed in a cot, and he attended to the deceased
to give him such restoratives as were necessary.
About nine o'clock the same night he left him. The
deceased was then breathing regularly, and the
skin had become of its natural temperature. About
an hour afterwards he saw the deceased again, who
was then going on very well, breathing natural,
pulse regular, and his skin natural. The deceased
was not sensible, but was like a man asleep.
Shortly after that he went to bed, and he had only
been there about three quarters of an hour when
he was called by an assistant-surgeon, whom he
had left with deceased. He went to the deceased
and found him lying on the deck of the cockpit, and
his breathing had ceased. He found the mouth,
nostrils, and gullet full of vomited matters, such as
large pieces of meat and other food. He postulated
the deceased, and used what was called " The Mar-
shal Hall Method of Resuscitation," but without
effect, and the deceased exhibited no sympton of life.
He believed the deceased died from suffocation, caused
by the blocking up of the air passages by vomited
food. He believed that the immersion in the water
would not have caused the deceased's death. When
ho came down the last time to the cockpit he saw
vomited matters on the deck, and he also saw the
deceased's mouth and nose full of the same sort of
material, and his eyes were shut. He was consci-
ous of a spirituous smell in what the deceased had
expelled from his stomach. The jury returned a
verdict that the deceased died from the blocking up
of the air passages by vomited food, and attaching
no kind of blame to any one. The jury also ex-
pressed their admiration of Paget's and Winnacott's
noble conduct, for the way in a hich they had exerted
themselves to save the life of a fellow-creature.
There was a sovereign due to the surgeon for his
attendance at the inquest ; but Mr. Coffin declined
to take it, and desired that it should be shared be-
tween Paget and Winnacott.— 11 estern morning
News.

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Share( Railways.

" Hore lies an honest lawyer,
And that's Strange."
The amusement afforded by divining the charades,
solving the enigmas, puzzling out the puzzles, and
laughing at the jokes, will afford ample entertain-
ment to many a merry party.

Tack Manby. By James Grant, anthor of " The
Romance of War," &c. Routledge and Co.
If wonderful adventures and hairbreadth escapes
from unheard-of dangers, by flood and field, in the
land of snow and sunshine—the latitudes of ice and
fire—and these crowded into the short period of
nine months, can impart interest to a tale, Mr.
Grant's story stands a fair chance of popularity. It
is an old ssying that " What's worth doing at all is
worth doing well," and the author has availed him-
self of this axiom, not but that everything related
is in the pale of possibility, and precedents are fur-
nished for many improbabilities. Some of the
legends narrated are good and well written, but the
author is not content to deal in mystical while re-
lating traditions, but he introduces a piratical
schooner which is supposed by some to be a phan-
tom ship, commanded by the unquiet spirit of
Captain Kidd, and a few other marvels, which are
well calculated to elevate the hair of juveniles seated
round the lurid blaze of a Christmas fire.
The hero of the tale is the son of an English mer-
chant, and having been sent out to Newfoundland
to lesrn business with his father's partner, he tires
of the monotony of office work, and joins an old
friend on a whaling expedition. He is a young
gentleman of remarkable good fortune and extra-
ordinary bravery. At one time single handed he
slays four Polar bears, and after other adventures,
among which is the loss of his ship, he finds him-
self translated from the Pole to the Equator. He
undoubtedly possessed a double vitality, and after
outliving the crews of two ships he reaches his
father's house, after nine months' wandering, a
tamer and a wiser man. To those who delight in
the extraordinary and improbable these pages will
possess much attraction.

liab and hii Friends._ By John Brown, M.D.

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Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh.

---
Dr. Brown's charming little sketch, which has
obtained so much celebrity on the other side of the
border, now appears in a beautiful illustrated edi-
tion, with seven fine plates, and an exquisite bind-
ing. It is nothing more than a sketch—the short
and simple tale of an old Scotch carrier and his
wife, Ailie, who, after terrible suffering, is brought
to the hospital for an operation, from which she does
not recover. The secret of its success lies in the
way in which it is told, the fidelity with which the
simple pathos dwelling in such humble lives is un-
folded. The heroic patience of Ailie, the unfail-
ing tenderness of the rough carrier, are brought
vividly before us. "Rab," the grim mastiff, is
truly their " friend ;" and any one who has had
the opportunity of watching a dog's affection for
his owner, will readily credit the devotion of poor
Rab to his suffering master and mistress. Rah is
a hero, too, in his own way, and the terror of the
road for his pugnacious achievements. The descrip-
tion of his indignation when attacked by the ter-
rier, and prevented by his muzzle from revenging
the insult, is amusingly described. The adven-
turous little assailant, however, paid dearly for his
temerity when the affronted monster was set free.
Dr. Brown describes the scene of the dog fight in
the animated strain in which he is so happy, while
in chronicling the sufferings of Ailie and sorrow of
her husband, the simple pathos of the style will
touch the reader's heart. The favour with which
the cheap edition of this work has been received
will assuredly be accorded to its present elegant
form, and grim and dangerous old Rab may now

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Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pt.
Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c.
1)o. lietrop. Ex. t 3, s p.c.
Lon. & S. W., Coy.
Nuneaton, 5 per cent.
Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent.
st., late 3d shares
Dc. 4i per cent
Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns.

RUMOURED SEIZURE OF A STEAMER AT QUEENS.-
TOWN.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—lt is rumoured here that
one of the large steamers which sail between Liverpool and
New York has been seized by the authorities at Queens-
town, on the ground that she had on board a quantity of
rifles and other contraband of war for the United States
Government,

2s 6d

of 2s od
ILondondy. AT, Cole. shs
(,ondony. & Ennis. shs
1111an._Sh. & Lin. 5 per et.

Do. £6

Pa",,, i Closing I Business
Prices. Done.

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93 95

all
all
all
all
100

2O 2U
6 6i

101 103
112 117
110 116
104 110
[O6 108
123 125
81 83

ill 113
69 91

[l5 116
LlO 112
[O2 101
LO7 109

Do. 31 per cent
Do. redeem. per cent
Alaryport k Carl. 4 pr. c
Do. 41 per cent ...... • •
Midland Con. 6 p c. stk.
Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c.
Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock
Do. 47} per cent.
Do.Leic. andllite.per ct
Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1846
Do. Sip. c. Pref. at. 1847
Do.say.Vallilx.st.lB:7

97 99

98 100
88 90
89 91
102 101
94 10
;7 18
101 101
74 76
20 204
10 10
15 15

Nort British, 5 per cent.
Do. New gua. percent...
Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she.
Do. do. do.
N th.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co.
N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c.
Do. 4a pr. ct. redeemable
Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref.
Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref.
Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, H. S S. Purch.
North Staffordshire....
1
ithymney Guaranteed..
Scottish Central. new pf
Scottish North-Eastern
3} p. e. pref. stock..,

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[36 138

lki.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock
South Devon, Ann, 10s.
1 Do. Fixed 46 per cent
(South Eastern (Reading

10. 6.1

101 103
112 115
112 115
136 13/k
112 115

Ann., 1.0.6)

152 155
l''7 130
73 75

100
100
100
100
8. 13.4

90 92

Do. 44 per cent
Do, Fixed 44 per cent
South Wales, gua. 4 p. c.
Do. 44 per cent ....

Al 113

131 14
125 127

1859.

# m'
65 70

2 I Portuna.
20 General
2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr
I} Kapunda (Limited)
3 Linares
5 ILusitanian
1 P.lariquirs
1 ,N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1
20 .Pontgibaud Silver,Lead
Mining and Smelt
5 Port Philip
1 Scottish Austrin. (L.).
tiit•Bl United Mexican .
1 Worthing

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Do. do.
Do. 5 per cent.
3. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.
Do. 5 p. c. gua.
Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c
Do. B 6 p. c
Do. C 6 p. c
Wahl d & Kilkny, 6 p. c
3lid.-Oxf Ist gua Rtk
Do. 2d do
IDo.Newport 5 p.c. pf.red
Do. Perpet.6p. C. pf. 1866
Do. till 1869,

I Do W.

2 4
11 li
1 1 pm
8 bi
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COLONIAL GOVERNMEN

'l' SEC UR IT lES.

Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly i
1877-9 . I 100 105 108 1061
Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2I 100 -
- Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.' 100 104 107
Do. 6p. o. Mar. .k Sept. 100 104 107
Do. 5 uer cent lOO 96 97 951
-- Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108
Do. 18901 100 106 108
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.&Julyloo 108 110
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.!l 100
N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 98 100
Do. sp. c.,1671 to 1876' 100 97 99
Do. p.c., 1888 &upwda 100 97 99
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c
sterllng, 1875 lOO 104 106
S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO -
- Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 -
- Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1021 1031 103
DOCKS.
stook Commercial lOO
stock Do. 4 per CentPref.Min. 100
stock East and West India
stock :Londo— . lOO 58 61
stock St. Katharine. lOO 60 C 3
stock Southampton lOO
stock ITietoria .. .........
20 Inn, New ._— —....-t
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
190 Ag•ra&CnitedService Bk 50 85 87
40 I Australasia all 59 61
25 'Bank of Egypt all 201 211
100 I Bra kof London 6O 62 64
20 Bank of Turkey 3
50 British North American all
20 'Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 20 204
25 rCh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 01 S 3
100 'City ... 50 72 74
100 'Colonial.....
?Oil ICom. Bank of Canada.. all
100 Commercial of London. 20
20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 171 171
20 ,G en. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 241 24
20 Do. new l5 4 4
50 London and County
50 London Joint Stock
20 London and S.Atrican lO I 1 ,d
100 London & Westminster 20 67 69
100 Nat. Prov. of England 42
20 , Do. new . .... ......
50 i Nationalilank .....
20 INe ~ South Wales all
25 Orient. B. Corporation . i all 50 52 51
20 Otto nan Bank ......._ . all 17 18
100 I Provincial of Ireland.: 25
10 Do. new
25 South Australia ..,-... all
25 Union of Australia .... all 38 39
50 Um,. , of London
100 Unity Mutual.. ...... - —
MISCELLANMOUS.
10 Anglo-Li exican !flint ..1 all 131 141
10 Atlantic R. 3,11. Stm (1d) all 1 2
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all
25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51
50 British American Land 40
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32
20 Do. 8,7p.0.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11
321 Canada Land all 100 103
10 Chandslands Tel. (Lim all
st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Stultg all
25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 15 17
st. Crystal Palace
st. Do. Preference
st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 102 105
20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id fpm
st. Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5
5 English &Aus. Copper all 21 3
15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 --
1 Great Ship Limited) all it 1
1 Do: 171 pct Preference all 4 4
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 11
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1/ 2
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 31 41
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 4 4
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 I} id
10 Netherlands Land all _
5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all i I
100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 11
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 11
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 le
10 Orinti. In. Steam(Lim.) 10 61 74
it. Peelß-Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66 68
50 Do. New 3O 9 11 394
20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4ip.c all 18 19
50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19
16 Do. New all 5 6
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48
st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 125 135
25 South Australian Land 'all 32 34
1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. alp i
1 Do. do. Registered .... 'ail
10 Do. do all 4 6
10 Trust and Agency or
Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 id it p
20 Tr.tc Ln.Co. oi Upr. Can. 5 p Ip
1 6 U. K'domTeL Co. (am.) 1 id pr
100 au Dienic'a Llnd . 284 8