New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-12

/ Elizabeth Cakes Smith, Frances :. OsEooci bN
dia n. sieourney, Emma G. Embury Elizabeth
T. EHet Sarah Josepha Hale, Anne Charlotte
Lynch. f. G.. Kinney sara j. Clsrke-but 1t must
be torture TO the subjects 10 find themselves 50
disa ereeably depicted most OF them are in this
volume Mrs Ellet and Miss Lynch are about
the only two whom the artist has not maltrested.
and in such fashion that you can hardly point out
the injustice though you feel it instinctively.-
The lau.t IS in the effect the expression, aud 1t is
a grievous one. We think Mrs Embury fares
worst, but the likeness Of Mrs. Z. o. Smith is
quite unworthy Of her
The Biographies are very slight the Selections
We think good. The volume IS gorgeousy sotup,
and the Editors 'Proem is one of the finest
specimens Of Illuminated printing We have seen
Altogether the book is well worth having.
~ The " RosY cF sHARoS" for lsfe no. been
septus The interest with which It is regarded
has been sorowfully heightened by the sudden
death ~ ITS gifted and beloved Editor Mrs SARAH
e EDGARTON MAYO, Just as she had completed
is preparation. A touching Preface by her be-
reaved consort and fitting Biography by Rev. II
Bacon fifty open and conclude the book. The other
contributors are
Edmund H. Chaplin, John g. Adams,
Thomas Starr King. Mrs. ". I Munroe,
Mrs. G. W Sawyer, G. +. Lefevre,
Miss Louisa " Barker, Miss NJ. A. II Dodd,
Aaron B. Grosh Mrs. + N. Chesebro,
Mrs. H. J. Lewis.
The Illustrations are seven in number, and
please us less than the articles which are gener-
ally excellent. We predict that the edition. un
less unusually large, will be speedily exhausted
abel Tompkins, Boston
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Number of scholars in the Summer Schools. a9a3l
Average attendance in the summer schools 4oOll
Average length of the Winter schools in weeks. 9,
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Average monthly wages OF male teachers exclu-
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Average monthly wages Of female teachers, eX'
Number OF male teachers employed in the Winter
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Number o; female teachers employed in the WIN
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Amount contributed in Board and Fuel. 49, 10
Income and Local Funds. o9Ol IS
Amount Of Literary Fund. .--.-.----...-.. s44S -
Amour, raised for the Teachers Institute about OO