the pleasure-grounds also,' Dr. Whately's. This cultien a labor rather than a luxity was not always the result 'Gay spirits,' he once said, poken of as a sign of happivery one knows to the conchafer is never so lively as stuck through his tail; and kes Bruin dance.""

hbishop sometimes caught a Following shows:

master of one of the Model ained that some of the offiwith the inspection of the unduly officious, and not qualty. Surely,' said the Archone can judge plum-pudding a cook.' 'True, your Grace," head-master, 'one is not, on qualified to go into the kitchen cook's place."

teresting discovery has just at Angerville, France, in a enging to M. Berryer. A laging, brought to light a stone form of an angel, containing of a human skeleton reduced everal articles of value were he coffin. M. Berryer, unfor

not at once apprized of the But he succeeded in recoveroronze bowl, beautifully sculpfragments of a silver basin, oxydized; a large chased gold nting the stone which had been his was a work of the Lower very large horn comb, richly ; some broken glass vessels; of the realm of the Emperor his coffin, discovered not far

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from a very ancient road, appears not to have been alone. M. Berryer has given orders to dig the ground all around, to discover whether it was not a burial-place of the last period of Roman dominion in Gaul.

-La Monde Illustrée has lately distinguished itself by a long and elaborate biographical article on "Comte de Beust," whose portrait it likewise furnished. Unfortunately, however, the contributor who intended to glorify the great SchleswigHolstein saviour pitched upon another Beust, who happens to be a mineralogist at Freiberg. The funniest part of the story is that the biographer never once smells his rat, but goes on copying and mistranslating the sketch given of the latter in the "Zeitgenossen," until he comes to the great work of the Professor on "The Saxon Mines and the Finances of State," at which juncture he exclaims, "What a man! Not only great as a politician, he is also an eminent scholar in national economy!"

-The last accounts from Australia state that all the hopes which had been entertained of the naturalization of the Peruvian alpaca had been disappointed. Of the 300 introduced by Mr. Ledger from Peru, five years ago, and purchased by the government of New South Wales for £15,000, the whole have died off, and their progeny, numbering 330, are in an unhealthy condition. During a discussion on the subject in the Colonial Legislature, nearly every speaker was in favor of the government immediately getting rid of the cost of keeping them; and a resolution was adopted that they should be disposed of as soon as possible, either by auction or in any other way that might seem expedient.

MADISON WATSON, the wellpopular author and elocutionist, ass-drill at Teachers' Institutes, es, Elocution, and School Gyming the approaching season. He

paration a new series of evening

lectures and readings. His address is No. 51 John-street, New York.

-The report of the State Superin tendent of schools in Kentucky, shows

the number of districts having had schools.

taught in them during the school year ending Dec. 31, 1863, to have been 3,212, an increase of 987 over the preceding year; the number of children between the ages of 6 and 18 years reported as residing within the bounds of these districts, was 224,318, an increase of 65,329; the highest number of schools, 112,757-an increase of 30,039; the lowest number, 36,516—an increase of 8,524; the average number, 73,306, an increase of 29,652. The amount apportioned by the State for school purposes was $298,075 80.

-The State Commissioner of Common Schools in Ohio, in his last report, lays down several points of improvement in the school-system of his State. The first one is worthy of mention, namely: "The introduction of graded schools, and the organization of central township schools, wherever practicable." On this topic we may enlarge some day.

-The report of the minister of Public Instruction in France, for 1863, shows that there are at present in the French empire, 82,135 primary schools, or 16,136 more than in 1848. There are 4,731,946 scholars in all, nearly a million more than in 1848, or a quarter of the whole. The 36,499 communes provided with means of instruction e mprise 41,426 public and free schools, special for boys, or mixed as to the sexes, of which 37,892, numbering 2,145,420 pupils, are directed by lay teachers; 3,531, numbering 982,008 pupils, are taught by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. It is estimated that more than 600,000 children are without the means of education.

-The report of the committee of the English Privy Council on Education for the year 1863 has been published, from which it appears that the number of schools, or departments of schools, under separate teachers, actually inspected during the year, has increased, as compared with 1862, by 312, and the number of children by 35,315. The number of certificated teachers shows an increase of 503. The number of new school-houses built was 125. The inspectors visited 11,230 daily

schools, and found present in tl children, 9,481 certificated 13,849 apprentices. The fer were 45.08 per cent. of the w being the highest percentage have yet reached. The ins visited 40 separate training c pied by 3,109 students, and 17 pauper children. With regar penditure of the grant, it seem a net decrease last year of £53

The whole number of day the elementary schools of E Wales under the revised code and of Scotland 117,900. The ber of night-scholars in Great computed at 40,000. The est expended by Parliament in the of these numbers is £478,887.

SCHOOL-HOUSES ABROA

In England, just now, they a a number of new school-house use of the national schools. T to be well-planned and substant From our foreign files we extract two, which are fair specimens o eral style of all.

Crowle (Lincolnshire).-The ne recently erected in this parish opened. The plans and estimate tained from Mr. Hopkins, consult tect to the Worcester Diocesan and the contract for building se Mr. Shelswell, of Worcester, was Accommodation is provided for of 100 children, including infan built of bricks, with Bath stone and alternate white and gray sto arches of the doors and windows. of ornamental brickwork surrou school part of the building, a resid the master and mistress being at t ern end, and the whole is inclo brick and stone fence. The princip is 42 feet long by 18 feet wide, steep-pitched roof of open timber, cipals resting upon stone corbels. east wall is a decorated window, an are square-headed mullioned wind the side wall. There is also a clas with lofty roof, and lighted by a light trefoil-headed window, and

doubt the Beecher family, le, have made by their liters, and their ceaseless discust exciting moral topics of the -k in the current of society. all it is probable that Miss Beecher, whose new work on Training of Children (1) has -d, will hold the more perma 1. With less genius than her ster, she has more tact and Her dealing is with practical discusses live events. In this es up the subject in some rely, and treats it directly and

7. She is not without contraever, unless her lack of clearinto error; for though a conotestant Episcopal Church, she ctrine of infant depravity, and on the side of Pelagius. Cernot warranted by the teachings s, the practice of the Church, er of the thirty-nine articles. e worthy of consideration, are , and, whether we agree with om them, deserve attention. nd the book to the careful pents, who will find in it, apart trinal points, hints of value.

on surveying prepared for the have been generally treatises for beginners, on the one hand, mentary for those further adhe other. Mr. Bradbury has his title promised, a treatise on of Plane Trigonometry, (2) with application. He does not atch the use of the theodolite, and sits. He relies for the measurees and the determination of ans complex instruments; but so s he is thorough. The ordinary

RAINING OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL, THE HE CHURCH. BY CATHERINE E. BEECHER. arper & Brothers. 16mo, pp. 413.

TS OF PLANE TRIGONOMETRY, and their ape measurement of Heights and Distances, and, and Levellings. By WILLIAM F. BRADBoston: Taggard & Thompson. 12mo, pp.

surveyor will, therefore, find in this work a convenient book of reference, as will the pupil a book of instruction. The examples are judiciously chosen, and well set forth; and the usual tables of logarithms, latitude and departure, natural sines, and natural tangents, which are appended, appear to be accurate in every respect.

The elementary treatises on arithmetic, being necessarily filled with rules and the explanation of principles, could not have a great many examples without swelling their size beyond that adapted to convenience. A work devoted to test exercises alone, to questions which the more advanced pupils already grounded in elementary principles would be called on to solve, was needed. The Arithmetical Examples, of Robinson, (3) supplies the want fairly. After an introduction giving thorough information upon weights and measures, money and currency, rates of interest, &c., it furnishes fourteen hundred and ninety-five arithmetical propositions, which are varied, and in character such as are most apt to be presented suddenly to pupils in their ordinary life. Scarcely any possible kind of arithmetical problem is neglected. It is certainly a very complete and well-arranged work.

A very neat little work, and highly useful, is the Scholar's Diary, of Mr. Strong. (4) Every pupil should be made to keep a record of passing events, however trivial in their nature. The exercise is one which combines instruction with amusement, and does a vast deal towards perfecting the' school-boy or school-girl in composition. The instructions at the beginning are clear and concise.

The study of Geography is being shaped into a more perfect system, through the ef forts of the leading geographers of the day. The result of this is the production of better text-books. Among these the works of War

(3) ARITHMETICAL EXAMPLES: or Test Exercises for the use of advanced classes. New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. 16mo, pp. 188.

(4) THE SCHOLAR'S DIARY; designed for the use of all who go to school. By EMORY F. STRONG. Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co. Paper, 16 printed pp., 32 in MS.

ren, published by Cowperthwait & Co., are particularly worthy of notice. New editions of these lie upon our table, and have been carefully examined. "The Common-school Geography," (5) in point of accuracy, fullness, clearness of style, and felicity of illustration, leaves little to be desired. There are at times a relic of the old forms, especially in the definitions. These should be absolute. To call a river "a stream of fresh water which flows into the sea, or into some other body of water," does not distinguish it from a rivulet or brook. An explanation which is not distinctive, is no definition. The definitions given of a republic and of a monarchy are not perfectly correct. These blemishes are easily remedied, and the execution of the book is so satisfactory in other respects, that they are to be regarded as the exceptions, proving its general excellence. The Phys ical Geography," (6) by the same author, is marked by a simple style, well-arranged matter, and the general aptness and excellence of its illustrations. The two books may be used with advantage in any grade of schools-in the lower and medium as elementary works, in the higher as means of a repetitive examination.

In her Barbara's History," Miss Edwards made a hit. Modelled though some of its characters and situations were upon similar people and scenes in "Jane Eyre," it was vigorous in execution, and interesting as a narrative. The Ladder of Life," by the same author, (7) is a previous work, and though inferior, in some respects, to “ Barbara's History," has character, plot, and a well-told series of events to recommend it. The struggling musician is well drawnparticularly so; and the heroine in some of her naive confessions makes us fancy that the author has been giving us some of her own secret history.

For the convenience of those who wish to introduce into schools and private families the practice of Calisthenics, the new, small, but complete manual on the subject, by Watson, (8) is well adapted. That Calisthenic exercises are fashionable, shows that Fashion, by way of counterbalance to her usual

(5) THE COMMON SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY; an Elementary Treatise on Mathematical, Physical, and Political Geography. By D. M. WARREN. Last Revised Edition. Philadelphia: H. Cowperthwait & Co. Numerous maps. 4to, pp. 100.

(6) A SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; containing a description of the Natural Features of the Land and Water, the Phenomena of the Atmosphere, and the Distribution of Aninual and Vegetable Life. To which is added a Treatise on the Physical Geography of the United States. By D. M. WARREN. Revised Edition. Philadelphia; H. Cowperthwait & Co. Numerous maps. 4to, pp. 92.

THE LADDER OF LIFE: a Heart History. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. New York: Harper & Brothers. Puper. 8vo, pp. 112.

(8) WATSON'S MANUAL OF CALISTHENICS; a Systematic Drill-book without Apparatus, for Schools, Families, and Gymnasiums, with music to accompany the exercises. Illustrated from Original Designs. By J. MADISON WATSON. New York & Philadelphia: Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co. 8vo, pp. 144.

follies, occasionally does a sen The book itself is printed on hea the finest style of the art, and tially bound. The illustrations rable.

A text-book on Chemistry, w bring us up with the latest disc been desirable. Those in current to a past age, in the present stea of scientific knowledge. Profes has endeavored to supply this wa thorough revision and enlargen former work on the subject. A amination of the volume shows has been prepared with all pos and notices all the newer discov language is clear, terse, and simpl ject matter judiciously arranged illustrations numerous and wel We can recommend Professor Po as the nearest approach to a perf on the Elements of Chemistry.

Davies University Arithmetic, edition of which lies before us, ard work, whose relative positi books of the kind has been lon The new edition is well printed a bound, and will be still approved number of our best teachers, as proper text-book for advanced clas

The series of instruction book cius Willson, are advancing stead completion. The Larger Spelle been recently issued, and contains provements upon the older spell which make it worthy of additio Mr. Willson classifies his words heads of the different parts of s he groups the synonyms togethe nection with an example of the a manner of using each. He impro what upon the dictionaries in his lessons, but, like the dictionaries, gives definitions at all. To take illustration-the dictionary says: COUNSEL, n., advice; opinions; an Mr. Willson puts it, COUN'SEL, n., We gave him good co vice. Let a man keep his ow (opinions; purposes). He was q by the plaintiff's counsel (advoc yer).

We submit that there is no "de of the word in either case, though son's arrangement is a very useful

(9) PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY: embracing the Discoveries in the Science, and the Outlines of tion to Agriculture and the Arts. By Jogs M.A., M.D., Professor of Organic Chemistry i lege. New York: Barues & Burr. 12mo, pp. (10) UNIVERSITY ARITHMETIC, embracing the Numbers, and General Rules for their Appli CHARLES DAVIES, LL.D. New York: Barn 12mo, pp. 454.

(11) WILLSON'S LARGER SPELLER: a Progressiv Lessons in Spelling, arranged according to the of Orthoepy and Grammar, with Exercises in for Reading, Spelling, and Writing, and a new Definitions. By MARCTUS WILLSON. New Yo & Brothers. Boards. 16mo, pp. 168.

ur readers have heard of the school of Eton, in England; ow its history, organization, instruction. For the purpose all these clear, and allowing ast it with our minor colleges, bears some resemblance, we ed an account of it from the he Royal Commissioners on ols.

ool is a school attached to a Foundation, the legal title of The College of the Blessed on, near Windsor." As origituted in 1441, the college was consist of a provost, 70 schol-ws, 10 chaplains, 10 clerks, 16 one head master, one lower isher, and 13 bedesmen. The v consists of a provost, seven scholars, a head and a lower e conducts or hired chaplains, s, and 12 choristers, besides 10 he place of the bedesmen being 10 almswomen.

strictly subordinate to the colschool has so greatly outgrown 1 foundation that it must now d as a distinct institution. The is, however, only roughly prace two branches of the foundation ssarily entwined with each other. sters of the school two only (the ower master), and of the scholy only (called " Collegers" or Scholars"), are members of the The other scholars, constituting bulk of the school, living out of

or "Town Boys." These altogether make up between eight and nine hundred boys.

That the founder of Eton, like the founders of Winchester and Westminster, desired and intended that the benefits of his grammar-school should not be confined to a single class, is sufficiently clear from the statutes. The statutes of Eton College contemplate distinctly three classes of scholars:

1. Foundation boys (King's Scholars), lodged, fed, and, in part at least, clothed by the founder's bounty.

2. Boys lodged and fed by the college with the foundationers, but at a charge sufficient to cover the expenses of their maintenance.

3. Boys resorting to the school for instruction, but not boarded within the college (Oppidans).

That boys of the second class, styled in the statutes "Commensales," sons of noblemen and gentlemen, answering exactly to the Pensionarii at Westminster, and to the commoners and pensioners at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, did formerly exist at Eton, there is no doubt. The first Cavendish Earl of Devonshire, then a boy of nine, with his elder brother and a servant, was admitted on these terms in the year 1550. Between 1564 and 1648 the old audit books of the college contain the names of "Commensales" who dined in hall during that period, varying in number from thirty-seven downwards. They have entirely disappeared since the Restoration. The original number of "King's Schol