The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-12-15
Notices.

Practical Applications, is the title Of a
work edited by Oliver Byrne, and pub
lished by Dewitt & Davenport, N. Y,
at rs cents. We are much pleased at
the appearance of a work of which ev-
cry line is both practical and useful.
There is no subject that so well repays
the time devoted to its study, as the sci
ence of mechanics, and there is no study
so honorable among men, as that which
conveys the knowledge by which think
ING man can elevate himself to the loft
lest height of human ambition. "To be
useful is to be haypy," is a wise saying,
and one to the truth of which every
good mechanic is a living attestation.
Here is book which, in the smallest
practicable compass, lays open to the
young artizan a mine OF mechanical
wealth, and teaches him how to render
the mightiest powers of the LEVER,
SCREW, WEDGE, PULLEY, &C., &C., sub
servient to his directing and guiding
hand.
We would say to all young men who
throng our workshops, make yourselves
GOOD mechanics, and must ds well And
as means to that end, we would direct
you to careful study of this book, than
which to orr knowledge. no work better
suited to the mechanic.
Hot Corn Life Scenes IN Nep York
Illustrated, Solon Robinson, Of the New
York Tribune, with eight original de-
signs, engraved by N. Orr, has just been
published by Dewitt & Davenport, 100
and l62 Nassau-st., N. Y. This work
is collection of tales recently pub
lished in the N. Y. Tribune, many Of
them have been extensively copied
throug ghout the country, and have been
received with universal appreciation
1t cannot fail of rapid sale. The fol-
lowing very just opionion of these
sketches is from the pen Of lady whose
name would be guaranty of the weight
of her opinion. The most powerful,
exciting, and sympathetic heart, as do
those telling, heart-thrilling sto-
ries of Little Katy and 'Madalina' pub
lished in the Tribune. l would rather
be the one who spoke kindly to little
Katy, who gave her money to buy bread
and cakes for herself and 'little Sis
who received her dying embrace, and
listened to the heart felt thanks breathed
into his ear by the parting soul, as it
E was leaving the suffering tenement of
clay or the good Missionary who in
? stilled the principles of truth into the
minds of those girls, and knelt beside
their death-beds, commencing their souls
to God, who loves and saves repentant
sinners or been privileged like the
'good-hearted Tom hold a glass of cold
water to the parched lips eff the dying
Madalinea, to see that angelic, happy,
thankful SMILE wreath her pale lips, to
. receive the kiss of that child so soon to
be angel, and hear those thrilling words,
Il never kiss any but those u love ,
tn an monarch upon throne, with
millions of subjects obedient to my slight
est wish, or occupy the highest seat in
the Temple of Fame, and receive the
adulations of an admiring world Those
unassuming stories will induce many
to speak kindly to the .wretched, the
fallen; to assist the needy, to soothe the
suffering, to visit the dying, and direct
them to Him who can guide the safely
through the dark waters of death.
The Editor of FoRREsTER's BOYS and
GIRLS MAGAZINE, in his prospectus for
the ensuing year says-we pledge our
selves that there shall not only be no.