The Wanderer. By G. S. BURLEIGH,
The Brook. By ALFRED B. STREET, Esq.,..111
The Village. By CHARLES W. BAIRD,.
...119
The Fire of Peace. By Mrs. M. E. HEWITT,.120
The Moravians of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,121
Transcendental Formula. An Orphic Tri-
bute...

.125

Nature's Tenure. By GEO. S. BURLEIGH,..242 Twilight Thoughts. By a New Contributor, 145
The Hungarian Lovers. By Mrs. C. W.
DENISON,.
.158
Thanatokallos. By J. M. LEGARE, Esq.,....204
The Death Whisper. By KIT KELVIN,....207
The Willow by the Brook. By WILLIAM
B. GLAZIER,...
The Symbol of Darkness: A Tale of an
Unknown Quantity...
..212, 283
The First Kiss. A Tale. By an Amateur,..219
The Times and Poetry of Chaucer. By a
New Contributor..

O.

Our Spring Birds. Robin Red Breast. By
W. H. C. HOSMER,
Original Turkish Sketches. By JOHN P.

.108

BROWN, Esq.,.....

.140

Our Summer Birds.

The Swallow. By

W. H. C. HOSMER, Esq.,..

.440

P.

.211

236, 292

R.

.411

The Mourning for Bion. By Rev. JAMES
GILBORNE LYONS, LL. D...

.483

299

Stanzas. There shall be no Night There,....8 The Footsteps of the Frost. By LILY GRA-
Stanzas. Little Children,.
.44
Summer Rain. By R. H. STODDARD,..... 64
Sensual Pleasures. Anacreon, Ode Seventh,241
Stanzas: Icebergs. By FREDERICK G.
CARNES,.

Sketches from Oriental History. NADIR
SHAн of Persia..

..377

403

495

Winter in New-England. By "CUTNEY,'...546

PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR: ENGRAVED BY CHENEY FROM A PAINTING BY ELLIOTT.

ART. 1. THE CONDITION OF THE POOR. BY A NEW CONTRIBUTOR,

V. LINES TO SPRING VIOLETS. BY WILLIAM B. GLAZIER,

VI. MANIA: ITS PROGRESS. BY KIT KELVIN,

VII.

VIII.

THE WANDERER. BY G. S. BURLEIGH, .

A PLEA FOR THE OLD MAN. By J. A. SWAN, Esq.,

IX. A DEBATE ON FRIENDSHIP. BY A NEW (AND WELCOME) CONTRIBUTOR,

1

II.

STANZAS: THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE,'

8

III.

IV.

THE BUNKUM FLAG-STAFF AND INDEPENDENT ECHO. NUMBER ONE,
LINES TO A FRIEND. By D. W. BELISLE, .

STANZAS: LITTLE CHILDREN,

X. LINES ADDRESSED TO HON. MRS. NORTON. BY 'GRETTA,'

XI. HORACE AND JUVENAL AS SATIRISTS,

XII

XIII. LINES: THE EARTHLY. BY RICHARD B. KIMBALL, Esq.,

XIV.

AN EPISTLE TO THE EDITOR. BY AN OLD CONTRIBUTOR, .

XV. A MARTYR'S VICTORY. BY REV. JAMES GILBORNE LYONS, LL.D.,
XVI. PORTER PIPER, THE MATHEMATICIAN,.

XVIL SUMMER RAIN. BY R. H. STODDARD,

LITERARY NOTICES :

1. PHANTASIA, AND OTHER POEMS. BY MRS. JAMES HALL,

2. A HISTORY OF WONDERFUL INVENTIONS,

3. KALOOLAH: OR JOURNEYINGS TO THE DJEBEL KUMRI,

4. HILDRETH'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,

EDITOR'S TABLE:

1. REMINISCENCES OF LORD BYRON IN ENGLAND AND ABROAD,
2. GOSSIP WITH READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS,

1. INTERMINGLED LEAVES OF GOSSIP AND TRAVEL. 2. DECADENCE OF THE 'PO-
ETRY OF NEWs.' 3. DICKENS' DAVID COPPERFIELD, THE YOUNGER.' 4. LINES
ON THE CHOLERA: FEAR OF THE DISEASE. 5. ANECDOTE OF MACREADY, THE
TRAGEDIAN. 6. THE UNITED STATES' HOTEL, SARATOGA. 7. PSALM OF THE
SMOKER' BY PROFESSOR LONGNINE.' 8. THE POOR OF OUR CITY. 9. EPIS-
TOLARY CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK. 10. ORIGI
NAL' VERSE: PARODY ON BYRON'S ALPINE STORM. 11. OWEN'S HINTS ON
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE : ARCHITECTURE OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS: MR. GEORGE
PLATT. 12. LORD BACON.' 13. A RAINY DAY IN THE COUNTRY: LINES BY
'J. H. B.' 14. DEATH OF GEORGE PORTER, Esq. 15. CONGRESS-HALL, SARA-
TOGA: SARATOGA RURAL CEMETERY: GRAVE OF COLONEL WM. L. STONE.
16. BLACK EYES vs. BLUE EYES: LINES FROM THE ITALIAN. 17. TRAVEL FROM
FORT-EDWard. 18. HUSKING-FROLICS. 19. MRS. KIRKLAND'S 'HOLIDAYS
ABROAD.' 20. THE FIRST GRAY HAIR: FLIGHT OF TIME. 21. GLEN'S FALLS:
A NATIVE DAUBSON.' 22. JUDGE CAMPBELL'S BORDER WARFARE OF NEW-
YORK.' 23. LINES WRITTEN AT ROME. 24. A GRATEFUL WORD TO 'R. H.,'
OF BELLEVILLE, ILL. 25. FIRST VIEW OF LAKE GEORGE. 26. CARLYLE'S
'DANTE'S INFERNO.' 27. ACCIDENT ON A HOSS-BOAT: AN IMPERTINENT QUERY.
28. IRREGULAR RHYMES TO A CONNECTICUT POETESS.' 29. FISHING ON LAKE
GEORGE: OLD KNICK.' IN A FIX.' 30. VERY OBSCURE THOUGHTS ON THE
'PLANETARY SYSTEM.' 31. SABBATH-SCENE AT LAKE GEORGE KIRK: REMINIS-
CENCE OF EARLY DAYS: AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE. 32. STODART'S PIANO-
FORTES. 33. TROUT FISHING: UNWRITTEN REMEMBRANCES. 34. THOUGHTS OF
A DYING HEBREW. 35. TIME'S CELESTIAL TELESCOPE. 36. BE NOT DIS-
COURAGED' A WORD TO HR. 37. MRS. BOSTWICK'S CONCERTS. 38. SHER-
RILL'S LAKE HOUSE,' LAKE GEORGE. 39.ALE-BIBBERS,' ETC. 40. THE
'COMPENSATIONS' OF LIFE. 41. WANTED: A PLACE BY A PRACTICAL AND
GRAMMATICAL' DUTCHMAN. 42. LINES BY A SCOTTISH POET. 43. ANIMALS IN
AMBUSH. 44. THE VOICE OF THE DYING. 45. VOYAGE DOWN LAKE GEORGE.
46. CALIFORNIA RHYMES. 47. A FEW WORDS TO ONE WHO WILL UNDERSTAND
THEM. 48. A YANKEE SIMON MAGUS. 49. PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR. 50. How
TO GET TO LAKE GEORGE. 51. OMITTED MATTERS.

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BY SAMUEL HUESTON,

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"THE ill-directed infant mind is the root of the tree of Idleness, out of whose multitudinous branches comes forth the fruit of Pauperism, in all its varieties of forms.'

THE Consideration of this subject leads us at once to the education of children. As long as the means employed to relieve mankind are directed toward the adult portion of the population alone, they will only produce a temporary relief: it is trying to cure an evil without first attacking its source. The effect, it is well known, will continue the same, while the cause is but partially removed. Missionaries in every department of benevolence have succeeded in bringing about permanent reforms, and obtaining proselytes, only so far as they have included the education of young children in their system of efforts. All this is well known; we are fully aware that there is nothing new in the ideas expressed above; but are these truths acted upon? We think not. The Jesuits are the only association who as a body have made it a fundamental principle to take possession of the infant mind. In all countries, and at all periods of their existence, they have selected the best location for their seminaries of learning, and secured the greatest proportion of pupils. If they observe an individual of powerful intellect among the youth committed to their charge, they are prevented by no obstacle from bringing him over to their interests: they flatter, they allure, they take hold of him with the strong bands of kindness and love; if necessary, they even supply his temporal wants; and thus acquire one more disciple and devoted tool. Much could be said on this subject in proof that this is the method by which the Roman Church has perpetuated its sway over the nations of the earth; but we see the palpable consequences of the system in the prosperity which