4. In the arts which contrib'ute to domestic comfort and national aggran'dizement, the American States will sustain no unfavorable comparison with Europe. Their railroads supply the necessities of the traveller in all directions. Their steambōats, on river or ocean, are unrivalled. Their telegraphic lines, superior in cheapness and utility to ours, have been carried for thousands of miles into regions where the iron pathway has not been able to penetrate.

5. And what parallel shall we find to the mineral and agricultural wealth of this country? Her empire of coal, her kingdom of cotton and of corn, her regions of gold and of iron, mark out America as the centre of civilization, as the emporium of the world's commerce, as the gran ́ary and store-house out of which the kingdoms of the East will be clothed and fed; and, we greatly fear, as the asylum in which our children will take refuge when the hordes of Asia and the semi-barbarians of Eastern Europe shall again darken and desolate the West.

6. Though dauntless in her mien, and colossal in her strength, she displays upon her banner the star of peace. Shedding its radiance upon us, let us reciprocate the celestial light! And, strong and peaceful ourselves, we shall have nothing to fear from her power, but everything to learn from her example. North British Review.

[A true story, showing the lamentable effects of hasty wrath.]

1.

THE spearmen heard the bugle sound, and cheerily smiled the mɔrn;
And many a brach,EI and many a hound, attend Llewellyn's horn.
And still he blew a louder blast, and gave a louder cheer;
"Come, Gelert! 70 why art thou the last Llewellyn's horn to hear?
O! where does faithful Gelert roam, the flower of all his race?
So true, so brave, a lamb at home, a lion in the chase!"
That day Llewellyn little loved the chase of hart or hare;
And scant and small the booty proved, for Gelert was not there.

2.

Unpleased Llewellyn homeward hied, when, near the portal seat,
His truant Gelert he espied, bounding his lord to greet.

But when he gained the castle-door, aghast the chieftain stood;

The hound was smeared with gouts of gore; his lips and fangs ran blood! Llewellyn gazed with wild surprise; unused such looks to meet,

His favorite checked his joyful guise, and crouched, and licked his feet. Onward in haste Llewellyn passed (and on went Gelert too),

And still, where'er his eyes were cast, fresh blood-gouts shocked his view!

3.

O'erturned his infant's bed he found, the blood-stained cover rent;
And all around the walls and ground with recent blood besprent.EI
He called his child; no voice replied; he searched with' terror wild;
Blood! blood! he found on every side, but nowhere found his child!
"Death-hound! by thee my child 's devoured!" the frantic father cried;
And to the hilt his vengeful sword he plunged in Gelert's side.

His suppliant, as to earth he fell, no pity could impart ;
But still his Gelert's dying yell passed heavy o'er his heart.

4.

Aroused by Gelert's dying yell, some slumberer wakened nigh:
What words the par'ent's joy can tell, to hear his infant cry!
Concealed beneath a mangled heap, his hurried search had missed,
All glowing from his rosy sleep, his cherub boy he kissed!

Nor scratch had he, nor harm, nor dread; but the same couch beneath
Lay a great wolf, all torn and dead, tremendous still in death!

Ah! what was then Llewellyn's pain! for now the truth was clear;
The gallant hound the wolf had slain, to save Llewellyn's heir.193

5.

Vain, vain was all Llewellyn's woe! "Best of thy kind, adieu ! 64
The frantic deed that laid thee low, this heart shall ever rue!"
And now a noble tomb they raise, with costly sculpture decked ;
And marbles, storied with his praise, poor Gelert's bōnes protect.
Here never could the spearmen pass, or forester, unmoved;
Here oft the tear-besprinkled grass Llewellyn's sorrow proved.
And here he hung his horn and spear, and oft, as evening fell,
In fancy's piercing sounds would hear poor Gelert's dying yell.
W. R. Spencer.

Tutor. WELL, boys, although school is ended, the rain is pouring in such torrents that you must wait a while. Suppose we occupy the time in talking about your plans and wishes for the future. What is it your ambition to become, Charles?

Charles. I wish to be a great merchant; to have ships in all parts of the world- to have a splendid house in the city, and another in the country by the sea-shore, with a plenty of horses, a green-house, and a bowling-alley.

Tutor. Truly a modest young man in your desires! But let ne understand you: do you wish to be a merchant that you may have his opportunities of activity, or is it riches mainly that you covet, and that you would like to have, independently of your occupation as a merchant?

Charles. I would prefer being a merchant, because he has the best chance of becoming rich.

Tutor. Enough; I think I understand you now. — Well, Paul, what would you like to be?

Paul. A great scholar, sir. I would like to know many languages and sciences - to be a great philosopher, in short.

Tutor. A man may be a great scholar without being a great philosopher. A scholar deals in a knowledge of facts; a philosopher, in a knowledge of the reasons of things.

Paul. I would like to know both the facts and the reasons for them.

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Tutor. Bravo! EL Prepare, then, for a life of constant study and meditation. And how is it with you, Arthur? How do

your wishes tend?

Arthur. I would be a great statesman, sir, like Webster or Clay; only I would be President of the United States, which neither of them was.

Tutor. Do I understand that you would be a great statesman rather than be President, or vi-cë versa? You hesitate. By the Latin words vi-ce versa, I mean the opposite way, the reverse Arthur. I would be a successful statesman, sir.

Tutor. Do you mean successful as to worldly advancement, or successful as to actual ability and intellectual achievement? Arthur. I mean successful as to worldly advancement.

Tutor. I am sorry to hear the confession. Well, Robert, what is likely to be your aim?

Robert. I would be a popular author, sir, and write books that should delight and improve mankind.

Tutor. A laudable anbition; only remember that a popular author may often be a superficial and inferior author. An author who aims at enduring fame, and would influence generations unborn, must often give up all hope of present popularity, and write books that are slow in winning their way to a profitable circulation.

Robert. Well, sir, I would be successful in the highest sense or' the word. I would have the consciousness of having written for a permanent fame, rather than a present fleeting popularity. Tutor. The choice is honorable to you. And what would you be, John?

John. An artist, sir; a great painter, worthy to have his paintings hung by the side of those of Titian, and Reynolds, and Allston. Tutor. A high ambition, and a worthy one! But look out for years of labor, many failures, many disappointments, before your triumph. And now, Henry, let me hear from you. Henry. I hope to be an extensive farmer, sir: to have any number of acres under cultivation; several hundred cows; several thousand sheep; and horses and colts without number.

Tutor. A little extravagant; but the life of an active, intelligent farmer, is one that offers as fair a prospect for health and happiness as any in the whole circle of human occupations. And how is it with your inclination, George?

George. Above all things, I would be a great orator.

Tutor. And would you show your talents in the pulpit, or at the bar, or in the political assembly?

George. I have not decided that point yet, sir. But I would delight in being esteemed the most eloquent man of my time.

Tutor. Would you simply be esteemed eloquent, or would you have your eloquence an instrument of good in overcoming mis'chievous errors, and insuring hospitality for great truths ?100

George. I have not got far enough to decide on that, sir.

Tutor. Eloquence without principle is but armed injustice. The orator whose only aim is reputation and effect may be a popular, but never a great orator. Well, Benjamin Franklin, we come to you the last, as you are the youngest. What do you hope to be?

Benjamin. A great general, sir, like Hannibal, Cæsar and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Tutor Indeed! I did not dream that we had a man of such immense martial ambition among us. You would gain great

victories, I suppose?

Benjamin. I would like to have the whole world at war with me, conquer every nation in succession, and then whip them all together.

case.

So.

Tutor. Really, I do not see how we are to provide for your Our country is happily at peace now, and likely to remain What would your great namesake say to such an ambition? He hated war, as, indeed, all good men must. We will hope that as you grow older you will see cause to alter your views, and aspire to a more tranquil and honorable career.

And now, boys, let me tell you that it will not be so difficult and improbable as you may imagine for you to attain in life precisely what you aim at. A steady, eager perseverance, the vigilant pursuit of all our opportunities, the exercise of an average degree of common sense and sagacity, will generally lead to the attainment of what we have earnestly at heart. The sacred words, "Seek, and ye shall find," are almost as true of worldly success as of spiritual and heavenly.

But let me warn you of one thing: you must not complain if, when you have earned the one prize you set out for, you find yourselves destitute of other things, that may then seem better and more important. For instance, Charles wishes to be rich; he can become rich, no doubt, by giving his entire time and thoughts to that one object; but let him not repine if, when he has attained to wealth, he find himself destitute of those tastes and resources which alone can point to its rational enjoyment. Let him not complain of an utter mental and spiritual barrenness; a soul which cannot see beyond the horizon of the countingroom; an enthusiasm which can only be roused at the sight of money-bags.

Another it is Paul, I believe hopes to be a great philosopher. When he has accomplished himself so far as to deserve the name, he will not murmur if his neighbor—an uneducated