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of our knowledge of no immediate value to man, have wonders of their own. They produce principally the glorious phenomenon of marine phosphorescence." They "extend from almost microscopic size to the diameter of two feet and upwards in a long succession of family varieties, inha biting both the arctic and tropical seas." There are the disked, ribbed," and tubed jelly fish. The graceful

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Is a variety of the disked jelly fish, often found in summer on the coasts of the German Ocean.

"The tubed jelly fish are so strangely formed, that no description could possibly furnish an idea of them in the same way as no artist could depict their crystal transparency and their brilliant colouring." Thus one variety "represents long chains of polished diamonds." But the sea-bladders are the largest and most splendidly coloured of all the jelly fish.

possible to realize that we were at last in the Forest of Broceliandé. So, at length finding a rustic seat, formed by the twisted roots of an old oak-tree, we took possession of it; and begging the others would go slowly on, and we would follow presently, we waited till the silence was quite unbroken, and then Nora read out from the Idylls how King Arthur and all his Court followed the magie hart with the golden horns, which always disappeared by that fairy fountain at the foot of the hill, till the air seemed ringing with the pealing echoes of the glorious roundelay that urged the noble hunters on; and we looked with scared eyes into the depths of the enchanted wood, and searched diligently round for some mystic leaf of power to guard us from evil spells; but, alas! no rowan tree was in sight, not a scrap of St. John's wort or vervain could be found; not even a leaf of modest yarrow was visible; and we were fain to content ourselves with a sprig of the sacred holly, the genet, and a piece of our

We would gladly give extracts from chap-native oak, and hoped their combined effects ters describing Sea Flowers and Sea Plants, the amazing Coralline architects, the microscopic world of Infasoria which people the sands as well as the waters, and the Sponges, hovering between vegetable and animal life.

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WE asked our old woman if she knew any tradition of Merlin's tomb, and she said the last travellers had teased her to find it for them, but she felt sure there was no such place in the forest. I told her, as he was certainly concealed in an oak, she ought to find it out for the benefit of strangers; but she thought one oak so like another through the wood, that she would have no chance of discovering it; and then added, on reflection, that as different parts of the forest were cut down every twenty years for charcoal, she felt persuaded that particular tree was gone long ago. She talked a great deal about a battle fought on the brow of the hill, which she called "La Butte des Raides," but I could not find out anything concerning it. We were growing very weary; and in the middle of all this gossiping interchange of questions, it was im

might be powerful enough to disperse any malignant charms wrought against us. The necessity of joining our companions, however, called us back from the old to the modern world; and as we slowly sauntered up the hill, I reverently gathered up a few acorns from the oak that had sheltered us, meaning to rear them carefully at home, and trusting that the guardian dryad haunting the tree would direct my fingers to some of the lineal descendants of Merlin's fabled oak. The forest and surrounding country are full of legends of this great wizard, who Vivien, who seems to have been a Bretonne came over from Great Britain, and the fairy for "at the time when King Ban reigned over Benoist, a part of Bretagne, the fairy Diana pleased herself by showering benefits on Lionas, a great baron and seigneur of Broceliandé. He married the niece of the Duke of Bretagne; and his daughter, Vivien, dowered by Diana, bewitched and deceived Merlin." Immense groups of stone, in different places, are still pointed out as the dwellings of Merlin, who was so tall, he placed one foot on each side of the valley, and drank out of the Etang du Roz. It is always the instinct of an uncivilized nation to connect great power with gigantic size. An old French legend says Merlin lies eternally hidden under a hawthorn tree; his lamentations may still be heard, but he can never be found. Sometimes through the forest echoes the baying of hounds, and then the peasants say the weather will be fine, for king Arthur has gone out hunting.

DOMESTIC EDUCATION.

THE character of most individuals is almost wholly to be traced to domestic education. Our first sensations necessarily produce the greatest effects; and the power with which they act upon the susceptibility of the tender mind, is evidenced in the charm of domestic ties, local attachments, and patriotic feelings. The earliest succession of ideas to which we are accustomed, form our primary habits, whether for good or evil; and these are seldom or never eradicated. But what can be learned at the house of a drunkard and a slut, whose improvident union was hastened by sin, who are degraded in body and mind; where disorder, poverty, and strife are ever in the ascendant? Or, how can dirty and neglected children, associated with none superior to themselves, acquire a single beneficial habit, or experience a single train of wholesome ideas, in the absence of parental care, in their desolate homes? What domestic, what local attachments, what patriotic, what generous or virtuous sentiments can be expected in such quarters?

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"But for those first affections,

Those shadowy recollections,
Which, be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain-light of all our day,
Are yet a master-light of all our seeing.

Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the eternal silence; truths that wake,
To perish never:

Which neither listlessness nor mad endeavour,
Nor man nor boy,

Nor all that is at enmity with joy,
Can utterly abolish or destroy!

"Hence, in a season of calm weather,
Though inland far we be,

Our souls have sight of that immortal sea,
Which brought us hither;

Can in a moment travel thither,
And see the children sport upon the shore,
And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore."
WORDSWORTH.

But a painful illustration of the influence of early association is afforded by the history of Lord Bacon. The royal presence and favour, which he attracted as a quick and interesting child, seem to have raised amhis judgment could control them. The love bitious hopes in his aspiring mind before of state, and pomp, and worldly grandeur, calls it, his "first love," his strongest or the service of royalty, thus became, as he passion, which all his delight in philosophical meditation and studious retirement, and all the natural impulse of his trained to be a courtier almost from his powerful genius could not subdue. He was cradle; and hence arose all those mean and

Everything which disconnects our minds and being from our parental hearth, must needs have a debasing and pestilential influence; but what can be done to ameliorate the condition of such helpless ones? Even amongst the higher classes, children are left too much to themselves, or with servants; but here the evil seems to be unmixed with a single redeeming feature. "The beaten track of customary vice" is followed without scruple. Parents, be virtuous," said the heathen satirist;"if on no other account, at least for the sake of your children." Our infant schools may effect some good; but, at best, they are imperfect substitutes for what parents ought to be zealously accomplishing for them-shuffling arts and evasions, which have so. selves, and none but parents can accomplish. his noble disposition, and even dimmed the fearfully sullied his glory, as they corrupted Home should be rendered the happiest of lustre of his eye. all the scenes of our childhood, endeared to us by a thousand lovely associations, cherished in fond memory on account of the noble and generous feelings there excited. Then, its remembrance would hang like an enchanted spell upon the tempted youth; and if he fell, ever whisper in the ear of the wayward prodigal a loving invitation to return and be blessed again.

"The child is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

It is obvious that correctness and elegance of language will be most easily acquired when those with whom we have most constantly associated in early years have possessed these accomplishments, and thus formed our ear and sharpened our tongue. this by the case of Curio. He was very The Roman orator strikingly illustrates. illiterate, and even ignorant: he thought slowly; his arrangement was bad; his memory most defective; and his action so awkward, as he rolled himself violently

"The thought of our past years in me doth breed about, as to excite general ridicule. His

Perpetual benediction: not indeed

education, as a neglected ward, had been of

the most wretched character; and yet so great was the force of domestic association, that his language was fine, and his fluency of expression admirable.-(Cic. de Brut., sec. 59.) If such a happy talent was thus acquired without effort, what might not have been accomplished by well-directed labour! We have been recently informed that Sir Robert Peel derived his fluency and eloquence from the manner in which his father had trained him up from early boyhood to speak from a table on any subject suggested to him. Applause stimulated his efforts, however imperfect at first, until the habit was acquired, which was afterwards so admirably matured. Such an anecdote is, at least, strikingly illustrative of the success which might be reasonably expected to crown similar persevering

efforts.

Cicero beautifully says:-"We have read the letters of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi. It is evident that her sons were nursed (educatos) in her discourse more than in her lap." Women, indeed, of energy, piety, or talent, have exercised a prodigious influence over their children. It is said that these commonly resemble their mothers in their intellectual qualities; and that this fact accounts for the notorious deficiency in the sons of Tully and Lord Chesterfield. Cleobulus vainly urged his countrymen to educate their females; the few who followed his advice witnessed the beneficial result. We cannot be surprised at the love of pleasure, frivolity, and external embellishment which distinguishes the mass; it is the vacancy of untutored minds which is thus manifested: they feed upon husks, because no solid nourishment has been ever provided for them. In order to arrest the evil, we must direct them to higher and nobler objects; we must educate them thoroughly, and with earnest diligence. They will subsequently mould the character of their sons, and impart to genius and to virtue a softness and delicacy which can be found nowhere else. Their love and tenderness will render their influence permanent and paramount, as "in sweet and kindly tones and words they direct the opening mind to nature, to beauty, to acts of benevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the source of all good, to God Himself."

The great defect of domestic training in general is the habit of cherishing pride and vanity in children, and of allowing them to have their own way in everything. It is forgotten that a spoilt child must pass into a selfish and opposing world, and that the contradictions and trials to which he must

then be exposed so unexpectedly may render his existence a sore burthen to himself. The hot-house plant sickens and dies in our harsh climate when protection is withdrawn.

If our early trains of ideas create a habit of over-valuing any pleasure or pain, too much will be sacrificed during life to obtain the one or avoid the other. We shall be in prodigious haste to realize a pleasure as soon as desired, or to extinguish a pain as soon as felt. But these results can only be attained by a series of steps, frequently numerous ones; and if impatience hurry us to overlook these, we may sacrifice more than we gain. It is desirable that parents should follow the order of nature, and rever thwart it; and thus contribute to form correct associations in the minds of their children as to the connexion between pain and sin on the one hand, and pleasure and good conduct on the other, and as to the importance of the constant exercise of patience and selfcontrol.

NUMBER ONE.

ONE hour lost in the morning by laying in bed will put back all the business of the day.

one month of labour in a year. One hour gained by early rising is worth

One hole in the fence will cost ten times as much as it will to fix it at once.

One diseased sheep will spoil a flock. One unruly animal will learn all others in company bad tricks.

One drunkard will keep a family poor and make them miserable.

One wife that is always telling how fine her neighbour dresses, and how little she can get, will look pleasanter if she talks about something else.

One husband that is penurious or lazy, and deprives his family of necessary comforts, such as their neighbours enjoy, is not as desirable a husband as he ought to be.

of

anger.
One kind word may turn aside a torrent

One doubt may lead to disbelief.
One glass of wine is better than two.
One God alone can be God.

INDUSTRY.-If industry is no more than habit, it is at least an excellent one. "If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer, pride, or luxury, or ambition, or egotism?-No; I shall say indothe rest." Indeed all good principles must staglence. Who conquers indolence, will conquer all nate without mental activity.-Zimmerman.

WILD FLOWERS.

CULTIVATED FLOWERS.

SILLY people when they are shrived think RULES OF LIVING.-ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN themselves cleansed of their sins, when they are only wiped of their money.

A POPULAR ERROR.-It is a mistaken idea that women talk more than men, arising from the fact that we pay them more attention.

"I FEEL," said an old lady, "that I've got about through with this world. I shan't enjoy much more trouble, nor suffer much more comfort." "WHAT was the use of the eclipse?" asked a young lady. "Oh, it gave the sun time for reflection," replied a wag.

A LEARNED divine was in the habit of preaching so as to be rather beyond the comprehension of his humble village hearers. The squire of his parish met him one day, and asked him what the duty of a shepherd was ? "To feed his flock, of course," was the reply. "Ought he then," said the squire, "to place the hay so high that but few of the sheep can reach it ?"

THE WIFE'S CHANCE.-Late one night that most miserable of all human beings, a drunken husband, after spending his whole time at his club, set out for home. "Well," said he to himself, "if I find my wife up, I'll scold her what business has she to sit up, wasting fire and light, eh? And if I find her in bed, I'll scold her: what right has she to go to bed before I get home ?"

A CURIOUS WAY FOR POPPING THE QUESTION.
Most worthy of adoration,
And highly in estimation,
After long consideration
And serious meditation,

I feel an inclination

To become your relation.-S.D.

OF A. VON PLATEN.
(Continued from p. 117.)

13. Should any misfortune threaten to plunge you into the deep gloom of despondency, stimulate your courage by an effort of resignation.

14. Shun no toil, as the wise Seneca says, to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

15. Yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely, for science is but

one.

16. Follow also the counsel of Garve; acquire the art and skill to render the whole man at least tolerable, although you may gain your real reputation in the world by a single part only. To a rational man this attainment is obligatory.

17. Let your watch-words be constant activity and daily contemplation of yourself and the ways of God. These will guard you against every false step.

18. Allow yourself, moreover, as much recreation as is needful for you, but not more, unless you would reap the reward of disagreeable feelings.

19. Force yourself in the evil hour to no labour except it be a positive duty. Yet, on the other hand, fly procrastination, which Young justly calls the thief of time. These rules have their exceptions, not likely to be mistaken.

20. Introduce changes in your reading and studies. Who reads but little at a time, retains that little the better.

21. Guard against reading too much or too rapidly. Read rather with attention; lay the book often down; impress on your mind what you have

DR. B. was called to visit a lady in Chelsea. After continuing his calls for some weeks, she ex-read, and reflect upon it. pressed her fears that it might be inconvenient for him to come so far on her account. "O, madam," replied the doctor, innocently, "I have another patient in the neighbourhood, and thus, you know, I kill two birds with one stone!"

"ISN'T the world older than it used to be?" said a young hopeful to his senior. "Yes, my son." "Then what do folks mean by old times ?" "Go to bed, sonny, that's a good boy, and we'll talk of these things on the morrow."

HOW TO DECIPHER A RUNNING HAND.-When a friend at Glasgow writes to you about what looks like the "Cluuuluug Cuuuuuu," you may safely conjecture that he means the "Chamber of Commerce." When he speaks of a pamphlet by "M. de Cuuuuuu," you know something of the writer's drift, and of the person named, conjecture that it is "de Cormenin" of whom he writes; but how are you to guess that "Suuuuluuuuu" is Scaricalsino," somewhere within a day's journey of Florence? or how even decipher, in the hand of some new correspondent, that "S. S. TIMmmmn" is Mr." J. G. Williams ?"

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A GUEST at the Duke of Wellington's table blurted out the question, amid dead silence, "Pray, Duke, were you surprised at Waterloo ?" With what a neat and easy turn of the wrist he ran the unhappy man through: "No, but I am now."

22. Weigh every step that you are about to take, often do things assume a different aspect, when whenever your passions become involved. How they are fairly considered.

in all that you have ascertained to be clear of 23. On the other hand, be prompt and decided doubt, irreproachable, and in accordance with duty, and in which you can in no wise fear misconstruc tion.

it pure and stainless to posterity. Let no end in24. Maintain your name blameless, and deliver duce a resort to questionable means.

25. In all things study moderation, a virtue sary than any other. Think not, however, that more difficult than it appears, but more necesanything base can be ennobled by moderation.

MAXIMS.

Refuse not to be informed, for that shows pride or stupidity.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes, excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.

Happy that king who is great by justice, and that people who are free by obedience.

W. Penn.

DOMESTIC HINTS AND RECEIPTS.

WASHING.-A little pipe-clay dissolved in the water employed in washing linen, cleans the dirtiest linen thoroughly, with about one-half the labour, and saving full one-half of soap. The clothes will be improved in colour equally as if they were bleached.

TO CLEAN SILK.-Dresses cleaned by the following method have not the appearance of being cleaned:-Quarter of a pound of honey; quarter of a pound of soft soap; two wine glasses of gin; three gills of boiling water. Mix and let stand until blood-warm. Spread the silk on a clean table, with a cloth under it-there must be no gathers. Dip a nail-brush into the mixture and rub the silk well, especially where there are stains, or the most dirt or spots, and with a sponge wet the whole breadth generally, and rub gently. Then rinse the silk in cold soft water; hang it up to drain; and iron it damp. The quantity stated is for a plain dress.

EXERCISE.-Exercise should not be continued after the effort has become at all painful. Our muscles, like the rest of our bodies, are made susceptible of pain for the beneficent purpose that we may know that they are in danger, and may thus be excited to do everything in onr power to remove them from it. It is a mistaken notion that exercise of all kinds and under all circumstances is beneficial. Unless it is adapted to the condition of the muscles, it will prove the agent of death-not the giver of health.

BITING THE NAILS.-This is a habit that should be immediately corrected in children, as, if persisted in for any length of time, it permanently deforms the nails. Dipping the finger-ends in some bitter tincture will generally prevent children from putting them to the mouth; but if this fails, as it sometimes will, each finger-end ought to be encased in a stall until the propensity is eradicated,

TINCTURE FOR THE TEETH.-Take of Florentine iris root eight ounces, bruised cloves one ounce, ambergris one scruple. Bruise the root, and put the whole ingredients into a glass bottle, with a quart of rectified spirits of wine. Cork close, and agitate it once a day for a fortnight, keeping it in a warm place. About a tea-spoonful is sufficient at a time; in this a soft tooth-brush should be dipped, and then worked into a lather on the teeth and gums. It cleanses the teeth, strengthens the gums, and sweetens the breath. Apply the tincture in the morning, and before retiring to rest.

TO WASH CHINA CRAPE SCARFS.-If the fabric be good, these articles of dress can be washed as frequently as may be required, and no diminution of their beauty will be discoverable, even when the various shades of green have been employed among other colours in the patterns. In cleaning them, make a strong lather of boiling water; suffer it to cool; when cold, or nearly so, wash the scarf quickly and thoroughly, dip it immediately in cold hard water in which a little salt has been thrown (to preserve the colours); rinse, squeeze, and hang it out to dry in the open air; pin it at its extreme edge to the line, so that it may not in any part be folded together; the more rapidly it dries the clearer it will be.

TO PRESERVE FRUITS OR FLOWERS THE WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT SPOILING.-Mix 1 lb. of nitre with 2 lbs. of bole ammoniac and 3 lbs. of clean common sand; then, in dry weather, take fruit of any sort, which is not fully ripe, allowing the stalks to remain, and put them one by one into an open glass until it is quite full: cover the glass with oiled cloth closely tied down. Put the glass 3 or 4 inches down in the earth, in a dry cellar, and surround it on all sides to the depth of 3 or 4 inches with the above mixture. The fruit will thus be preserved quite fresh all the year round.

BоTH the Mauve and the Solferino are colours that can now be manufactured of a durable dye, TO FILL A DECAYED TOOTH.-The following but we are far from assuring any correspondent plan has been recommended to us by one who has that they will be certain to obtain them in any tested its efficacy: Procure a small piece of gutta-shop, not even in those of a respectable standing. percha, drop it into boiling water, then, with the We can, however, supply them with a test which thumb and finger, take off as much as you sup- they can practise at the cost of purchasing a small pose will fill up the tooth nearly level, and while sample of the article which they desire to add to in this soft state press it into the tooth; then hold their wardrobe. Having obtained this, let them on that side of the mouth cold water two or three soak it in vinegar, and then leave it to dry. If times, which will harden it. the colour has flown, it will not have been the genuine: if it remain unchanged, they will be assured of its continuing durable to the end of its wear.

FLUID INK.-Ink may be rendered fluid by putting into the ink-stand a small quantity, about the size of a pin's head, of prepared ox-galls, which may be purchased at any artists' colour shop. RICE-FLOUR CEMENT.-An excellent cement may be made from rice-flour, which is at present used for that purpose in China and Japan. It is only necessary to mix the rice-flour intimately with cold water, and gently simmer it over a fire, when it readily forms a delicate and durable cement, not only answering all the purposes of common paste, but admirably adapted for joining together paper, cards, &c., in forming the various beautiful and tasteful ornaments which afford much employment and amusement to the ladies. When made of the consistence of plaster clay, models, busts, bas relievos, &c., may be formed of it, and the articles, when dry, are susceptible of high polish, and very durable.

SLEEP. The amount of sleep requisite in a state of health has been stated by the best authority to be, according to age, the following:-For an infant, from fifteen to twenty hours; from the age of five to twelve, twelve hours; from the age of twelve to sixteen, ten hours; from sixteen to twenty-four, nine hours; afterwards seven hours are sufficient.

MUCH mischief often arises from sufficient care not being taken to shade the eyes of the child from the sun, and hence diseases of the eye. Hoods of holland or other materials are sometimes affixed to the perambulators, but they are attended with the disadvantage of hiding the child from her nurse, who ought never to lose sight of the charge.

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