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e'a, md tho regions inhabited by tho Ea1,,i-
ma'x. 1t In TIN only period cocxtenaiye With
tin history OF tho race. IL IL subdivilcd into
thran era1: Tho raw stone, or trcittic; tho
rough rtono, or palen1itllic; and tho polished
stone, or nra'itir,c On this low plane OF cu-
tnr". humanity gaina knowledge OF tho ,lso Of
ire. aud tlle nrt of making edge.toh1s Of htota
s'la buhe: Of constructing bows, nrrnwa, HrGarr,
tllnaF, netE, am! r,tiu huts; domestraLos h few
animals and cNltvatcs fnw plants: and, in tia
end. IeAEnB to mako and cast bronze.
VI tho tylenl trhts whicll at Tho present tl1y
rnMain in ti,id tlogrard ttato Of c;,iture, Mr,
l,lttei gives aliGht aecuunt II tho Esqnima,.x
lfa*altahe Fee Ieea1iH. hnifrts. nn,! North Amer
lean Indians. IN roEnn plla4e, it il tho onn1un
ot Tho Anthnr. thnt rciglau is fn,ind amHtlg all
shTaEo peoples. With tho most Ignorant md
e'lbrtitesl. 1t in d feAr Of an unkltr,wn power
which % e,ala1es ttie'n IL tho mort trs~s and
Wretclled snporsitien. 1t In mentioned Of the
wild mon Of f'orneo, who nro mining ti,r lowest
trihns in the rrale of civilization. that i. IS a.o D.
lutcly inlportihlo to tame them. Ken ul.cu
captured in early youth, tho nnv ,netn of pre-
venting their cscarc to Tho mountains IL b. rnt-
ting h1 ono font. Tho tics II bsH,d have po
iitLin force AMONG tilcse rara.,"s that. urn tho
e'nld it Oh tnull1 t., thiit 1nr iterlt. il lrayrH
ita mother aud neither a:s'ears to remember tll,
other atarwa"f1H. Wntu in tic trce., ,!,r .,nl1ty
c.,ILlren BIC scafEtly tu be distinguished from
monkeys.
Tie duration Of the Eronze Ago is set Aow.,
hv Mr. Hittcli at 8,t+0 years. III tll:s urrind he
,'cl'' l"h tho history Of t:,o atcicnt E4yrtl,*-.
AssSrIana. pernfn.lR. and llinlno.. 1t surprises
ua to hnro nations llkc tlIcso designated M l,Rr-
barau but itr Itittell draws fi,se distinction
belween gavas,.m aud barbariHfn tn tile latter
atagc lIe places al Peoples vino laso int ;.l-
rancel to general familiarity with tllc ALPHABET:
FREQ principles of rusnn'nefit. AMI tite taste III
literature aid art. Ihp tiliGc-e. Iu1,altcan
rhnuiciaus, mud ancient .ltH&. Arc rat IN .
gfain above the lc;el uf harLn';>n, anil vet Gre
not Ir'fGnizc1 as tiv'lixc'i. They arp termed
scin-cyI1nd,
The limits Of the iran hp" extend from short
5iA H. G. to tht cl"Hs If wl!at is la,wf, NJ tho
Middle Ages. Ii, .hi.f orinl is tracel the al
vance ot culture through. ancient t;rense anil
1sn,na through tho rise and growth nj Mo'1n.n
Enropn and tic establishment Of Christianity
MuhaIllNc fanleu,, the fe,lsial Hyatc,n, AMI tJe
Italian Ict ubllcs. Tho I'rlntit Age begins ut
tie year 80. MI ] closes at lI7D--euverns All
era Of $40 yearn. During this rpncb, t,,e mari
n"r'a comrnsa, snnpoNdrr. cinneva, window
glass, and many oller earlier Inventions, camo
Into common use /: tho arts nl war ana nas1pa-
tim wern greatly. improved. civilization RAPIDLY
expanded. and tbs main centres Of wealth wen
Transferred from the southern to the northern
elopcb Of Eurote.
Tho last MD greatest era of lilo worl:l'. chi
ture. beginning will ITO, h.H .tlltinr.l up
warls OF 101 rearH and iH ktltl Ia proyrcer
Within the short lerioa of tho Steam A::e. great
or and more beneficial changes haya bAen lnaio
III the coalition Of iranklud than in tho ten pre-
vious centu1iee. Tue review OF tho aivance Of
culi.htment in tlleso years occupies aa many
pages Of alr. I1istell'a history ~ doe, that If
any other epoch. II might, In fae! ha ca1lrd the
apothcotis nj steam: for the writer exsl.s no
other fotca that has had all influence upon man
kind with such cuthu7fasM. Tho Hupcsiuri-
" oi our tnnts over antiquity" he rasr
rs duo nos ta the greater purity OF cur
religion Or e-c*ss nce 81 hnr poetry. or w,Hi in
Of our philosophers, hut ,sai,y to the pusscs-
biau OF machinery md !sn"ruyol tools. which,
have faclitated labor, e1a1'lel mr., IN live with
moro comfort arla stc1,1lsv ri, I'll u;crn lr,surc
opportunity. ana motive - c.lneatc tietn=elrcs,
and thus carried them u la!llar i,ltello.aI and
moral conditions. and also secured tl!r!a a,aiust
con lucst by b.rlnric foes
Again. Mr.; lI.tteN declares that 1.-THE hisht,.s
order OF genius is not that required to chara u"
peoplo ~ith skill in the ornamental arts. hut 10
bless them withinsentions discoveries, improved
political and aocal institutions and great phito-
Eophlcal ideas. Scotland has taken, rerfarA nlnrc
pride in Burns than in any other Of her chill
drcn; but hB dissipsted character untitled him
for any higher positian than tl,at Of gnuGer,
which he filled. Ono mnn like JAMES Watt has
mora valuable genius. md does nlorH good %
humanity nnd more credit to lis county, than a
hcnre Of HnFnses, though bin nAme and iatIare
mag bo far lcas familiar to tito proplo IN the
learned az welt an III tue tgllnraut claHsas."
Ii is tho belief Of Mr.. Hlttall thar. in about
twenty-five years, tie Steam Ago will be super
seded by the Peace Age in which nil tho leading
Y
lovo and march forward together IN the path Of
liberty aud prog,eas.
RESORTS FOR tMVALiCs.
WyHTEH-fIONES FDu 1SvAL1us, IJS Lo%EPn ", HOVE
N, D., anthur u "Enn rgenccs,r "The Breath "
etc. l2uo., Pr. Gus. New Sosk: !. q, Putnam 8
6uns.
THO anxious queasion-WLere s1nt1 20 p
that is annually asked by great multitude ol
invalids who need for soason clnnge Of eli
i
ia answered in this little volume with An iutel!i
gence TINT compreheuds tho desires Of diilernn
classeu OF patients, and the climates sud cond
tiops best adapted 10 their roof aud restoration
It in tho consumptiye. the rheumatic. tile oYer
worked, and tho sufferers from brouehiLiB ant
Dught's disease, who are most likely to derive
benefit from a removal TO new scenes, uhde
brighter Hkios and in mora genial airs. Bu
thcrn nre no general directions 80 elastic rs te
| suit al Cases Of tue ss:ne 1aa!ady. In each In
stance thero must bo separate attention paid Il
tho special featurps Of the disease, arising from
temperament, constitution, ana circumstances
before change Of residence and OF treatment it
| decided upon.
1t ia estimated that ouc-septll Of the civilized
Inhabitants Of the Temperate 2ono fall victims K
consumption. War nMl alcohol are not NOR,
| fearful sconrges Of the human raeo. Yet til.
| d,seaso is not confined to temperate regions. l
is prevalent in come tropical Countries. like til,
West Iniiaes, whore it il attended With great NOR
| taIity. III Iceland it is scarcely known. A daml
atn,oarhere, variabs temperature. confinement
within doora, imperfect ventilation, and absenct
! Ut sunshine, Arn prolific cauhos of tho Mulaly
| Afachiuc-sllors and manufactures OF cutlery ate
favorable brceding-places VI consumption, Unit
30 MO 1nineH. According 10 statistics, ono-lIu
the 1nino.H Df Cornwall f1fa nf tho tliaaa M