ized band from the Abyssinian Alps, on the hot but fertile plains of Galabat, he learned the power of well-disciplined troops against disorderly masses; for, meeting with about five hundred Turkish irregulars, Theodore, wounded and humbled, was compelled to retrace his steps to his mountain fastnesses. But he did not give up his project. He proposed to England and France to join him in a crusade against the infidels; and then commenced to re-arm and train his soldiers in anticipation. His plan was to overwhelm the enemy by the immensity of his host; and waiting for the time of action to arrive, he kept on foot an ar

my of at least one hundred and fifty thousand men. To feed and supply this force, amounting to nearly eight hundred thousand, including camp followers, he impoverished the country wherever he marched. But, in the mean time, disturbances arose in the south, and diverted his attention from the Turks.

In the range of mountains separating Shoa from the Abyssinian empire dwelt the Wollos, an advanced colony of the powerful Galla race, who for more than three centuries "had beaten about the frontiers of Ethiopia like a raging sea," and had already consumed a great portion. Theodore, who had some experience of

these ferocious freebooters, swore that for the future he would prevent their depredations. He learned that the Wollos had already ravaged the Christian provinces, especially the churches; and he descended upon them with his warriors like an avalanche. The Wollo chief fell on the field, the prisoners were mutilated, and the survivors giving up the struggle, retired to the mountains. But the victory was gained at a fearful cost to Theodore; he had lost the greater part of his army in the fight, and provisionally suspended further operations. Now, however, he had no real rival, and, as a late English writer says, "he began to institute a series of reforms which, had he lived in another country, would have gained him a reputation as great as that of Frederic, or Peter the Great.

Theodore's object was now to regenerate Abyssinia, and to bring about a prosperity equal to her ancient one. Cautious and cunning, his first care was to form a regular army of fifty thousand men, part of which he trained and armed in the European fashion, establishing at the same time an arsenal at Gaffat, where he manufactured his artillery. His old, untrained hordes were exchanged for troops that would almost vie with Europeans in their evolutions. Heretofore they had been allowed to mutilate their captives; but this was forbidden to his soldiers. He abolished the practice of delivering up murderers to be tortured by the relatives of the unfortunate deceased. He introduced the principles of free trade, abolishing the custom-houses from Gondar to Hala.

Polygamy (which now again holds full sway) was done away with, and by precept and practice Theodore set the example to his subjects of chastity in marriage, and temperance and simplicity of life. He declared that the CopCompiled from a recent article in the London Mustrated News.

tic religion should be the national church, and in 1855 he issued an order to the Mohammedans under his sway to become Christians within two years, or leave the country; while the Galla tribes, whose lands he conquered, had already assumed the Christian religion. But his greatest work was probably the abolishment of the slave trade-one of the most abominable features that disgraced the country. Every year there was held an annual fair, where thousands of young Galla girls and boys were brought down and sold into the hopeless bondage of the harem. Theodore forbade this under the penalty of death; he even ransomed many slaves himself, paying their price to the Mussulman dealers. These and numerous other reforms he commenced. A curious incident relating the way in which he effected the fulfillment of his orders is given by M. Le Jean. The country was overrun with robbers, rendering the roads very insecure. Theodore issued a royal proclamation from his camp just after his last victory, "that everybody should return to his father's profession-the trader to his shop, the peasant to his plow." The order was executed with Draconian rigor, and things were seen and done that would be impossible anywhere but in Abyssinia. The people of Tishiba, who were incorrigible bandits, and whose village was situated on a spur of Mount Ifag, came to Theodore's camp, armed to the teeth, and begged the Negus to confirm their privilege, recognized by David the Great, to exercise the profession of their fathers. "What is that profession?" asked the emperor, without distrust. "Highway robbery," replied they, insolently. "Listen, now," said Theodore, concealing his surprise, “your profession is dangerous, and agriculture will be better. Go down to the plains of Lamghe, and cultivate it-it is the finest part of the kingdom. I will myself give you plows and oxen." They were immovable. The Negus ended by consenting to their demand, and dismissed them. As they were returning, proud of having, as they thought, intimidated their sovereign, they were joined on the road by a squadron of cavalry, the chief of which clearly showed them that if David the Great had by charter authorized them to live on the high road, his troops had a decree from a still greater and more powerful king, the "holy King Lalibela," which authorized the gendarmerie to saber the robbers. [TO BE CONTINUED.]

CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.—There is a prescription in use in England, for the cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are said to have been assisted to recover themselves. The recipe came into notoriety through, the efforts of John Vine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen into such habitual drunkenness, that his most earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved unavailing; at length he sought the advice of an eminent physician, who gave him a prescription which he followed faithfully for seven months, and at

the end of that time he had lost all desire for liquor-although he had been for many years led captive by a most debasing appetite. The recipe, which he afterward published, and by which so many other drunkards have been assisted to reform, is as follows: sulphate of iron twenty grains; magnesia forty grains; peppermint water forty-four drachms; spirit of nutmeg four drachms. Dose--one tablespoonful twice a day.

This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulant drinks.

OVER THE SEA.

OVER the Western sea, A ship comes home to thee; With wealth untold, in goods and gold, Its broad decks crowded be; From Polar seas, from Tropic isles, Over the reach of sea-blue miles; On favoring tides; in port she rides, And brings her wealth to thee.

Over the Western sea,

No ship comes home for me;
Yet know I where, ladened and fair,
Upon another sea,

I've little boats that gently move-
The boats called Faith, the boats called Love,
And soon or late, though long I wait,
They bring their wealth to me.

Over the Western sea,

Fame wafts a breath to thee;
And oft thy name, with loud acclaim,
Is sung and shouted free.

And messages, with grand intent,
By lips of royalty are sent,
And all thy ways have whispered praise,
Blown o'er the Western sea.

Over the Western sea,
Fame wafts no breath to me;
Only a song will oft along

Drift o'er another sea;

A simple song none care to know,
Yet to myself I sing it low,
And fame's dear bliss I never miss,
When drifts the song to me.

Over the Western sea,
No message comes to me;
Yet beings bright, who walk in white,
Beyond another sea,

In tones majestic hint to me
The glory and the mystery!
Though lost and gone, they still send on
Their messages to me.

Oft, o'er the Western sea,
Thy ships are lost to thee;

The breath of fame grows cold and tame,
The message faileth thee.

But never yet my boats went down ;
The saintly voices naught can drown;
The low song cheers through all the years,
And ne'er is lost to me.

Over the Western sea,

Some time thy ship shall be
Floating no more from shore to shore,
To bring earth's wealth to thee;

My boats their seaward course shall stop,
And into peaceful harbor drop,
And you and I alike shall be

Borne o'er the self-same sea.

EMILY 8. TANNER.

PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION IN PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGY. CLASS OF 1869.

For more than a quarter of a century, during each winter, we have given private and popular lectures for the instruction of ladies and gentlemen who were interested in becoming sufficiently acquainted with the general principles of Phrenology for their every-day use; and many merchants, artists, students in divinity, law, and medicine, parents, teachers, and others, availed themselves of these opportunities. But these popular lessons are not sufficiently specific and critical to meet the wants of those who desire to make practical Phrenology a life-profession.

A demand was therefore made upon us for more thorough instruction, and accordingly, for three years past, we have given instruction to classes of persons who desired to become professional teachers of the science. Each of the pupils thus taught has received at our hands a certificate of his attendance upon our instruction, which will be a voucher that at least he has submitted himself to that training and drill, the valuable results of which it would require many years of unaided practice to obtain. Honest, intelligent, moral men, with a missionary spirit, good common sense, and a fair education, we welcome to the field, and will do what we can to aid them in acquiring the proper qualifi cations to teach, practice, and disseminate this noble and useful science. The world has long wanted more workers in the phrenological field, and is ready to extend its respect and patronage to all who are qualified to deserve them.

We propose to open our annual class for gentlemen on Monday, January 4th, 1869, and those who desire to become members are requested to give us early notice, that we may send them the necessary advice on the subject.

The success of past efforts in the critical instruction of students warrants us in making the best arrangements for the future. Never was there a greater demand all over the civilized world for good lecturers and competent examiners than now.

In the forthcoming course we propose to teach students how to lecture and delineate character on scientific principles; in short, how to become practical phrenolo gists. The science needs more public advocates, and it is our desire to aid those who can, by proper training, do it justice.

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Communications.

Under this head we publish such voluntary contributions as we deem sufficiently Interesting or suggestive to merit a place here, but without fudorsing either the opinions or the alleged facts.

THE MORAL OF A CASH ACCOUNT. THE bulk of mankind keep themselves impoverished by improvident expenditure, growing, principally, out of petty outlays, for which there is no account or recollection retained, but which in the aggregate of a year, or period of years, makes a very large reduction from their interim acquirements. Such continued impoverishment, by improvident expenditure, serves to depress the spirits and lead to indifference and all sorts of vices, a condition and tendency which might be avoided by the simple habit of recording one's daily expenditures.

I know of no practice, applicable to both sexes, but especially to the male sex, so conducive to habits of economy and thrift, with the consequent appreciation of the value of money (most known when the least is retained), as the keeping a private cash account, in which we firmly resolve to enter, at the time of occurrence, every cent or dollar received, as well as every cent or dollar spent. Besides, the value of such record is apparent, since it enables us at all times, when we find the cash balance on hand to be unsatisfactory, to scrutinize the cause, and avoid in the future the needless squandering of the past. But if such accounts of expenditures are scrupulously recorded in detail, with amount and object, depend upon it records will not be made that will cause us to blush when referred to. The pocket will be saved from the impoverishment which most frequently attends the pandering to many mean gratifications, as well as selfish, or what are called social, habits, such as drinks, treats, drives, public amusements, etc., which absorb, though indulged to a limited extent, a large sum. This practice will also serve to correct extravagance in costly or showy dress, furniture, etc., which are immoral in their tendencies, and daily making useless inroads upon our acquirements, as well as peace of mind and health of body.

Every merchant, necessarily, keeps his store cash account; and why not every individual his pocket cash account of receipts and expenditures? The former is to ascertain thereby his annual monetary condition; while the latter will not only contribute, privately, a like result, but it will vastly contribute to his moral well-being, and form a sure basis of future credit and prosperity, reflecting advantageously upon his business as upon his private habits.

Those who appreciate such record and scrutiny of daily life will make such habits the necessary preliminary to the employment of every young man who seeks a position of trust, as clerk or partner, as a far better guarantee of faithfulness and thrift than education or family can confer; and is the acknowledged basis of the prosperity of most self-made men. The reasons are obvious. The sums thus saved will daily add to our desires for more accumulations and savings, and these infallibly lay the only possible foundation for eventual pecuniary ease, and, probably, of ultimate wealth. Let every ambitious young man make this beginning, and it will not be long before he will frankly confess such habit to have been the means of forming his best traits of character, aud consequent pecuniary well-being. Habits of saving early awaken an interest in seeking investments of money, and the structure once conscientiously begun is sure to progress.

THE above engraving represents the book store and photographic art emporium of Messrs. Savage & Ottinger, in Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Besides supplying the "Saints" and the "Gentiles" with the best literature of the Old World and the New, they produce good pictures-we may safely say some of the best we have ever seen. Portraits of the "saints" and "sinners" are not all sinners?-"we reckon"-Indians, pictures of trees, mountains, water-falls-real river water-falls, not the sort we see in the opera or on Broadway-and some of the most sublime scenery in the world.

These gentlemen are artists! They combine business with art, and supply school books, phrenological books, and every variety of useful books.

Readers in the East, and in Europe, think of it. Here is a store, as we call it a shop, they call it-three thousand miles west from New York, in the center of a vast Territory teeming with life, enterprise, education, and MORMONISM! A hundred thousand hardy people now have their homes in these mountains; nor will it be many years before there will be millions! Look now on one of its first book stores.

The U. P. Railway now runs daily trains five hundred miles west from Omaha, toward Salt Lake City. In two years this road will place New York within five days of that now far-off country. Then what an impetus will be given to emigration from East to West! We can almost hear the clink, clink, clink of ten thousand drills; the booming of ten thousand blasts; the grinding of ten thousand mills, crushing quartz, and producing tons of the precious metals so abundant in those mountain ledges. Then there will spring up settlements, villages, and cities; while the whole region will be more thickly settled than the mountains of New England.

All honor to the enterprising men who establish homes, build railways and telegraphs, opening up for settlements and civilization the largest, fairest, healthiest, and grandest portion of the American continent.

Here is a paragraph from the Salt Lake Daily News, referring to the house pictured in the above engraving. "Books.-The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Messrs. Savage & Ottinger. They are the agents for several valuable publications, including those of Mr. Samuel R. Wells, of New York, of which we can not speak too highly. Visitors from our Territory to that establishment speak very highly of the courtesies extended to them. The house certainly deserves credit for the number of progressive works it publishes. We are glad to learn that they have an extended circulation among us. The new work on Physiognomy and Handbooks for Home Improvement, among other very interesting works, are worthy the perusal of everybody.

"The opportunity now offered to obtain books and other necessaries from Europe and America is within the reach of all, and Messrs. S. & O. will do all they agree to do."

YOUNG WRITERS.

WISHING to oblige, and give all a hearing, without inflicting "baby talk" on our older readers, we give now and then short sketches from young writers, that they may see themselves as others see them, and learn by experience. It is proper to state, however, that one of the qualifications for writing for the press is education. With this, we introduce a new writer to the world of letters and of science, over his own initials.

"Hawleyton Mar 2 1868 Mr. Wells Sir, I herewith send you a few lines which you may publish iff you think them worth it. They were written by a young Lady who never had any chance of an education she haz never been to school enough to make a year put all together. Since she was six years old here parence living so far from the school house and in a country where there was so many wild animiles that they dare not send her, This is her first trial, you will please corect all bad spelling and other mistakes.-Yours Truly Mr. MILAN, J. S. Hawleyton Broon, Co, N. Y.

"If you would like her photoaraph I will send it by return mail, Yours Truly Milan J. S. Hawleton Broom Co, N. Y."

THE HOME OF MY CHILDHOOD.

Oh! give me the home of my childhood
That I may live there ever more,

Oh! give me a cot in the wild wood

A home on the Quaker Lake Shore.

The bright bounding brook for the inlet
Ore wich the wild bird did soar,

Its sparkling waters I'll ne'er forget
Nor that home on the Quaker Lake Shore.
That little cot in a valey

By which the streanlet did roar.
Oh! that I could longer have stayed
At that home on the Quaker Lake Shore.
The water it sparkels with gladness
And will murmur ever more,

I think with a heart full of sadness
Of that home on the Quaker Lake Shore.

S. J. S.

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EZRA CORNELL, the New York educational benefactor, has just purchased the library of the late Dr. Anthon, for the Cornell University at Ithaca. This makes an addition of 7,000 volumes of valuable works to the University library, which is already of considerable size.

MR. JOHN D. BARCLAY and Mr. George Earle Gray are both government clerks, who have occupied their positions for over sixty years, the former in the Treasury department in Washington, the latter in the Bank of England, London. Fidelity and capacity must have continued them in their protracted service.

SOME of the Western journals are severe in their comments on the Ledger's biographical sketches of Gen. Grant, which are announced as prepared by the General's father. The Winona Democrat says: "Since the days of Abraham and Isaac there has not been a worse attempt by a father upon the life of his offspring."

AN insinuating newsgetter at Washing. ton recently asked General Grant his opinion of the impeachment. Whereupon the latter manifested some irritation, threw away the stump of a cigar he had been nonchalantly puffing, ignited a fresh one, took two or three pulls at it, and finally said nothing. General Grant's

LORD BACON says: "Flowers are the alphabet of angels scattered over hills and dales, and speaking what the tongue can not express."

OLE BULL, the eminent violinist, has been delighting the lovers of music in New York this season. He was in this country some twenty-five years ago, and is now paying us perhaps his last professional visit. He has had but one superior, viz., Paganini, and now, doubtless, reigns monarch of the most difficult to handle of all musical instruments, the violin. Those only who have had some practice on the violin can, in any just measure, conceive the almost infinite difficulties which attend its proper handling. We have heard Jenny Lind sing, Leopold De Meyer and Thalberg play the pianoforte, and Ole Bull the violin, and regard the opportunities with deepest thankfulness.

Literary Notices.

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literature.

Mrs. Gatty's translation is a felicitons rendering into English of the author's meaning and spirit, and much pains have been taken in our American edition to adapt it to American readers and at the same time preserve the original esprit. There is no volume treating of physiological subjects which we could offer to the unprofessional reader with more confidence of its worth than the "History of a Mouthful of Bread."

Putnam's Magazine says of the author and the work:

JEAN MACÉ's Ilistoire d'une Bouchée de Pain is one of the most charming little fairy stories that children ever read, or grown people either, and we hope that the knowledge that it is all true will not spoil the pretty tale for the little ones, for surely never was physiology presented in so bewitching a form. If old Dame Science, the whilom terror of children, is to come masquerading among them in such an attractive garb as this, with all the fascinating dimples and smiles that French esprit can lend her, we shall have our grave doctors crowded out of their chairs by a set of rosy urchins who think learning better fun than play. Our author traces the history of a mouthful of bread, from its first seizure

on the youth of America. Why not stop it, General, now that the war is over? Do this, and be master of your appetite as you were of that important situation in Va.

JOHN B. GOUGH, Esq., the well-known lecturer, has made an arrangement with the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago to lecture under its auspices eighty evenings in each of the next ten years, for which he is to receive $200 an evening. This, emphatically, is doing good and getting well paid for it.

THE library of John C. Calhoun, the celebrated South Carolina statesman, and opponent of Webster in the United States Senate, was recently sold at auction, and though valuable in many respects, brought the small sum of only $250.

GUELPH stock is prolific. Queen Victoria, though but forty-nine years old, has twelve grandchildren.

A GREAT stone and iron bridge over the Mississippi is projected, to connect the Illinois and Missouri shores at St. Louis. Its entire length will be about 3,700 feet. It will cross the river on three arches. The central span will be 515 feet between abutments, and the other two will be 497 feet each. The central pier will be 195 feet high, the two others 170 feet. The track of the bridge will be 50 feet above high water. This bridge, if completed, will be the grandest engineering triumph in the world, there being no bridge existing with an arch of 500 feet span.

Two hundred and thirty cases of "mysterious disappearances" have occurred in the city of New York during the past four months. Of these, eighty-nine were adult males, thirty-five adult females, sixty-three boys, and fifty-two girls. Of the boys, the majority are set down as ranging in age from fourteen to nineteen, and the girls from fourteen to eighteen years. The latter, when found, have in almost every instance been discovered in houses of bad repute.

WILLIAM HENRY BISSELL, D.D., rector of Trinity Church, Geneva, New York, was elected to fill the episcopate of Vermont, left vacant by the recent death of Bishop Hopkins

OF BREAD; and its Effect on the Organization of Men and Animals. By Jean Mace. Translated from the Eighth French Edition, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. First American Edition, reprinted from the above, carefully revised and compared with the Seventeenth French Edition. One vol. 12mo, 400 pages. Price, Samuel R. Wells, publisher, 389 Broadway, New York.

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substances which compose the blood and nourish the body. The last chapters are on the Aliments de Nutrition. The first part is as full of delightful surprises as a Christmas pantomime."

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DEMOREST'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE for April contains a variety of entertaining reading, which is rather above the average standard of that excellent boudoir monthly. Price $3 a year; 30 cents a number.

LE PETIT MESSAGER, for April, with its patterns and finely illuminated designs for ladies' and children's Price $5 a clothing, is on our table. year; 50 cents a number.

UNITED STATES MUSICAL REVIEW. A monthly magazine, published at $2 a year, or 20 cents a number, by Mr. J. L. Peters, Broadway, New York. Each number contains several quarto pages of the best modern music, including songs, marches, waltzes, and the like. We are not surprised that it has a large circulation, which it really deserves.

THE CHEMICAL NEWS AND JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE. An Original Scientific Monthly. Edited by William Crookes, F.R.S. Published in London and in New York; American publishers, Messrs. Townsend & Adams, Broome Street, at $3 a year. Persons in

terested in Practical Chemistry and its wonderful developments should read this magazine. Single numbers will be sent, post-paid, for 30 cents.

THE PEOPLE'S

MAGAZINE.

A splendid English monthly. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. New York: Messrs. Pott & Amery, 13 Cooper Union. Terms-single numbers 30 cents; by the year $3.

We do not hesitate to pronounce this one of the cheapest, as it certainly is one of the best, of the popular English monthlies. It is well adapted for family reading, and must exert the best influence on all. We heartily wish it the best possible success, not only in England, but throughout the world.

MUSIC IN THE WEST. Those enterprising publishers, Messrs. Roor & CADY, of Chicago, are publishing popular music, by some of the best authors. Among pieces recently published are the following: "In Memoriam; Quartette on the Death of Abraham Lincoln;" words by Mrs. E. J. Bugby, music by H. J. Merrill. "The First Bud, a Waltz," by H. J. Merrill; and the "First Blossom," by the same author. These gentlemen also publish a series of the most popular Sundayschool, temperance, and church music books. Send to them for a catalogue giving titles and prices.

THE BIBLE RULE OF TEMPERANCE; or Total Abstinence from all Intoxicating Drinks. By Rev. George Duffield, D.D. 18mo, pp. 206; price 60 cts. New York National Temperance Society, 172 William Street. A terse, succinct statement of the question from a Scriptural stand-point, by an able divine. The book is very suitable for Sunday-school libraries, as well as for family reading. Its wide circulation would do much good.

UNITED STATES REGISTER; or Blue Book for 1868. Containing a list of all the principal officers of the Federal Government; United States Census of 1860; together with authentic political and statistical information relating to the separate States and Territories, North American British Possessions, and other portions of the continent, with a small map

of North America. By J. Disturnell. Price $1. A useful compendium or book of reference. May be ordered from this

office. The same author has published "The Great Lakes or Inland Seas of America," with maps-price $1 50; "Tourist's Guide to the Upper Mississippi River," with map-price 50 cents; "Influence of Climate in North and South

America," with Map of the United States and Canada-price $4; "Post Office Directory for the United States and Canada"-price $2.

AN ESSAY ON ASIATIC CHOLERA, as it appeared in Cincinnati in the Years 1849, 1850, and 1866. Remarks upon its Treatment, and a Tabulated Statement of 117 Cases Treated. By Orrin E. Newton, M.D. Price $1.

I WAS LEAN, AND I BECAME STOUT; Suggestions as to How and What to Eat to alter the temperament or bodily conditions. A. Williams & Co., Boston. Price 25 cents.

THE NORTHERN MONTHLY; a Magazine of General Literature. New York: 37 Park Row. This is a spirited magazine, now in its second volume, and conducted with enterprise and judgment. It promises well.

PACKARD'S MONTHLY; an American magazine devoted to the interests and adapted to the tastes of the young men of the country. Quarto, 16 pages, with Illustrations. $1 a year. S. S. Packard, publisher, New York. We wel come this clean, high-toned monthly to the world of magazines. Send 15 cents to the publisher for a sample copy, and judge for yourself its merits.

MESSRS. WASHBURN & Co., seed merchants, of Boston, send us a most interesting pamphlet, entitled the "Amateur Cultivator's Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden." It contains 14 pages, full of appropriate illustrations, and may be had for 25 cents. Every man who makes a garden should have it.

OUR School-Day Visitor is prompt, wide-awake, and full of the goahead principle. It is enjoying the largest circulation of the youth's magazines.

MR. GEO. W. CHILDS, of the Philadelphia Ledger, has published an interesting account of the opening of the new Ledger establishment. It is copiously illustrated, and contains also the correspondence of many of our most distinguished American citizens, both literary and political.

HUMAN NATURE; a Monthly Journal of Zoistic Science and Intelligence. Octavo, 60 pages, seven shillings and sixpence (English) per annum; o in our currency, including postage, not far from $3 a year. James Burns, publiser, 1 Wellington Road, Camberwell, S., L »ndon. Besides miscellaneous topics, ren ing to Phrenology, Physiology, Spirit alism, and Sociology, Mrs. Farnham's stcy, entitled "The Ideal Attained," is appeurIng in this new candidate for public fav r. Mr. Burns has certainly laid out a pre y broad field in which to work. But i not his intention to ride any partier r hobby, but rather to cover the whole res m of science and philosophy. Spiritualim, however, possesses special attractions or him, and he devotes much space to ts elucidation. As to his sincerity we have no doubt; as to the correctness of some He of his conclusions, opinions differ. will, no doubt, obtain a paying circulation for his magazine.

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