the loveliest objects of his affection; neither was he always free from the bitterness of envy and hate. But, whether in prosperity or adversity, he was the same respectful, consistent man. Of his companion it is enough to say, she was the image of himself. In this family all was kindness and respect. Among the brothers and sisters, the eldest did all in her power to instruct the younger ones. She led them out at the close of day, and pointed out to them the works of God, and the beauties of nature. She showed them the sun, after his long journey in the sky; the clouds painted with the most beautiful gold and orange, and the moon rising in the east. But the purest and best thing exhibited was the affection manifested to one another, and the respect which always flows from this.

Mr. G. was a man of strong mind, intelligent and pious, but he had a hasty and irritable disposition. When he came in from his daily avocations, his mind was filled with anxieties, and he appeared perplexed and irritated. The consequence was, the other members of the family caught the same spirit. He perhaps would speak unkindly to his companion, or to one of his children, and in return receive a petulant answer, and thus he lost that respect which would otherwise have been given him by his wife and children; for if the husband and wife cannot be respectful and affectionate, what can we expect from the children?

Belfast, Me., Feb., 1845.

AN affectionate wife clings to her husband through poverty and riches; and the more the world recedes from, the more firmly will she stand by him; she will be his friend when no others come near him; she will be his comforter when all other worldly comforts have slid from him. Her devotedness will be his rock when he has no other support; she will smile at the frowns of the world; she will not heed its censures he is her all, and in love are all other feelings forgotten or absorbed. No sacrifice will be too great the faintest smile will not be a reward too little; quick at feeling unkindness, we are also quick at feeling tenderness, and a very trifling circumstance is sufficient to awaken or to still the pain of our hearts, and bring us misery or happiness.— Mrs. Sandford.

Mary. I wish I was a gold-fish,
To seek the sunny wave;
To part the gentle ripple,

And 'mid its coolness lave.
I'd glide through life delighted,
Amid the glow of day;

And when night came in softness,
Beneath the star-beam play.

Mother-Hush! Hush! romantic prattlers!
You know not what you say;
When mind, the crown of mortals,
You lightly throw away;
What is the songster's warble,
The floweret's blush refined,

To thoughts of the Creator
Within your opening mind?

LITERARY NOTICES.

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.

In 1838, at the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Reverend Doctor Jarvis, of Middletown, Ct., was appointed to prepare a faithful Ecclesiastical History from the time of the Apostles to the formation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. This volume, which is a large octavo of 218 pages, forms the beginning of his labors.

The Doctor asserts, that the exact time of the birth and death of our Saviour is the key-stone by which prophecy, as well as history, must be sustained. He has therefore performed immense labor to establish these points, and has brought together a vast amount of chronological evidence accessible to very few, even of the learned.

His conclusion is, that the birth of our Saviour took place on the day on which it is now celebrated, but that the year of his birth preceded the common Christian era, six years.

Published by Harper & Brothers, and for sale by Waite, Peirce, & Co., No. 1, Cornhill.

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR WILL? Testamentary Counsels and Hints to Christians on the right Distribution of their Property by Will. By a retired Solicitor. Troy, N. Y. Published by W. & H. Merriam. 1845.

We have here an interrogative title of a book, of a significant import, and involving a matter of great moment. The object of the author is to 'afford various useful hints on the right distribution of property by will. It also enforces the duty of making prompt testamentary arrangements,' while the mind is vigorous and uninfluenced by disease; and of employing always a respectable and experienced lawyer to draw the will.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. New York City. Harper & Brothers. 1845.

This is an American edition of Dr. Guy's valuable work, entitled, 'Forensic Medicine,' edited by C. A. Lee, M. D., who has added 200 pages of original matter, adapting the work to the wants of the medical and legal professions in the United States. The work embraces, in addition to the principles of medical jurisprudence, so much of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and the practice of medicine and surgery, as are essential to be known by lawyers, coroners, magistrates, officers of the army and navy, &c. It is a comprehensive epitome of all which is known in medical jurisprudence, and is particularly fitted as a text-book for students, as well as a manual for the practitioner of medicine and law. Dr. Guy, the author, has had vast experience as physician to the 'King's College Hospital,' of London.

For sale by Waite, Peirce, & Co., No. 1, Cornhill, Boston.

PRESCOTT'S FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. In three volumes. Tenth Edition. New York City. Harper & Brothers. 1845.

We do not bring a notice of this splendid work before our readers, for the purpose of rendering any aid in establishing its character, for that is already established; but to inquire of those who have not perused it, if they are aware of its great interest. The title is not fully indicative of the contents of the work, for, during the period of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, events of great interest transpired, all of which are faithfully treated in the work. 'In this reign, the several states into which Spain had been broken up for ages, were brought under a common rule; the kingdom of Naples was conquered; America discovered and colonized; the empire of the Spanish Arabs subverted; the dread tribunal of the modern Inquisition established, and the Jews, who contributed so sensibly to the wealth and civilization of Spain, were banished.'

The work is printed in a superior style, and on the best of paper, and is embellished with beautiful portraits of Ferdinand, Isabella, Columbus, and Cardinal Ximenes.

For sale by Waite, Peirce, & Co.

ESSAY ON OUR LORD'S DISCOURSE AT CAPERNAUM. By Samuel Turner, D. D. New York City. Harper & Brothers. 1845.

Doctor Wiseman, a priest among the Roman Catholics, delivered, and afterward published, a course of lectures, in which he maintained the doctrine of the 'real presence,' or the real eating of the body and drinking of the blood of Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist.

This Essay, which is a medium octavo of 149 pages, is a critical examination and a triumphant refutation of the Roman Catholic dogma.

Both authors are clergymen. Dr. Turner is a minister of the Episcopal Church.

For sale by Waite, Peirce, & Co., No. 1, Cornhill.

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Young Lady's Friend.

Original.

JANE D'ALBRET, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.

BY G. P. DISOSWAY.

AMONG the illustrious and noble ladies who early espoused the reformed faith in France, was Jane D'Albret, Queen of Navarre. She was the daughter of Henri D'Albret, king of Navarre, and of Margaret of Valois, sister to Francis I. She married Antony, of Bourbon, who had acquired the regal title of King of Navarre, with the government of Bearn. At this period, the princes of the blood were all of the Bourbon race, and generally favored the new doctrines of Calvin and the Reformation. Catharine de Medici, that intriguing and incarnate evil, was now queen-mother of France; and although her son, Charles IX., had ascended the throne, still she was now actual mistress of the kingdom. An Italian, not more in lineage than in her subtilty and cunning, she was restrained neither by religion nor humanity, and entertained the most bitter enmity toward the Protestants, who had now assumed the name of Huguenots.

Upon the death of her son Francis, the reigning monarch, she had managed, by her deceitfulness, to induce the king of Navarre, then a visitor at her voluptuous court, to renounce, in her favor, all his claims to the Regency. Although a professed reformer, he began to waver in his Protestant principles, and finally determined to place his son under the care of Roman Catholic governors. Jane, his queen, received this melancholy intelligence with grief and dismay, but she was obliged reluctantly to yield. Few ladies of that day possessed the advantages she did, for the proper education of a princely son. She was uncorrupted by the vices of the times, and possessed, in an eminent degree, the polished and religious attractions of private life. Her attainments were far beyond that period; and she wrote with elegance, and spoke with ease and fluency the