read his book; let those who have the means place it in the hands of the clergy; and it will prove an effectual antidote for the Ritualistic trifling of the day. Mr. Harrison's work deserves to be a standard book of reference; and we shall be very thankful if our recommendation promotes its wide circulation. The Ladies' Treasury. 3, Amen Corner. Ably edited by Mrs. Warren, this magazine contains a good deal of information which ladies especially will know how to value. Alice Thorne; or, A Sister's Work. Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter, and Co. Without any qualification, we can recommend this story for our "daughters." The narrative is natural, the incidents homelike, and the lessons enforced are based on a clear discernment of the motive power which the reception of Evangelical truth can alone secure. Charley Layton; or, The Timely Escape. By MARIANNE PARROTT. London: W. Macintosh. This, too, is a thoroughly good book. For parish libraries and young men's readingrooms, especially in country districts, it will be found very suitable. Taking Tales for Cottage Homes. Edited by W. H. G. KINGSTON. London: Griffith and Farran. The first tale is true to the title of the series; and Mr. Kingston's name is a pledge that those which are to succeed it will be equally good. The Maxims of the Bible. A Morning and Evening Prayer for a Family. The Rev. F. O. Morris has done good service by selecting these "Maxims" and "Precepts' of the Bible, and publishing them in a cheap form for parochial distribution. These little books will be highly valued by the pious poor. Comfort for the Contrite" will be very useful to district visitors. 66 Songs for the Household, Sacred and Secular. By the Rev. Henry Boyden, Incumbent of St. David's, Birmingham. Birmingham: E. Clulie. Simple strains of home harmony, indicating a poetic mind and a tender spirit. Living unto God; or, Chapters in Aid of the Christian Life. London: Elliot Stock Eighteen excellent and thoroughly practical and Evangelical discourses. Thoughts on Christian Childhood," by the Rev. S. G. Green, we would particularly commend to parents and teachers. Possibilities in a Parish. By a Yorkshire Clergyman. London: W. E. Painter. A national reformation might indeed be expected if the clergy generally followed the example of this "Yorkshire Clergyman." Sinai A Sacred Poem. By the Rev. S. J. STONE, B.A., Windsor. London: W. Mitchell. Oxford: Parker and Co. As the Oxford Triennial Prize Poem, the merit of "Sinai" has been so acknowledged that we need simply call attention to its pub. lication. Mr. Stone is well known to the readers of “Our Own FIRESIDE,” not only by his contributions to our pages, but as the gifted author of "Lyra Fidelium." A Biblical and Theological Dictionary. By SAMUEL GREEN. London: Elliot Stock. The information given is concise, but amply sufficient to meet the requirements of Sunday. school teachers. The "sixteenth thousand" indicates the public appreciation of the writer's labours. Without a Friend in the World. By the Author of Worth her Weight in Gold." London: W. Macintosh. This tale appeared in the second volume of "OUR OWN FIRESIDE." In its separate form we doubt not it will secure a large circulation. The Bible Story Book. By the Rev. B. H. DRAPER. Mary and her Mother. Scriptural Stories for The Fulness of Jesus; or, Devout Reflections Simple, earnest, and spiritual, we strongly recommend this little volume. A Tale of Two Brothers. By JAMES F. COBB. London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Our readers are well acquainted with Mr. Cobb's gifts as a writer of tales. "The Two Brothers" will find no end of patronage wherever it is placed in the parish or school library. Hannah's Home. Edinburgh: W. Oliphant and Co. An excellent book for a servant, and very suitable for the cottage library. The Story of Jesus in Verse. By EDWIN HODDER. London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder. Mr. Hodder's purpose is excellent, and we are much pleased with his work. There is no doubt that nursery rhymes outlive nursery story books. Many of the pieces in this little volume will retain a hold upon the memory of the children who may read and learn them when other prose instruction has been entirely forgotten. The Author, in the Preface, underestimates his execution of his purpose; but i will, we trust, be appreciated in thousands o homes. "Jesus Preaching is admirabl written; and is a fair specimen of the oth sketches. There are several good illustratio BY MRS. ELLIS, AUTHORESS OF "THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND," ETC. CHAPTER IV. S the pleasant holiday time passed on with these families, there were many consultations on the subject of the educational prospects of all. It was only the Andersons who were in doubt about what to do with their niece. Mr. Dunlop felt no doubt that he had made the best choice for his boys, and the clergyman and his wife were equally satisfied that the change they were contemplating for their daughter was also the best. The Dunlops felt the greater satisfaction. in having fixed upon what they believed to be the right school, because they were likely to be called home earlier than they had anticipated. They would consequently have to leave their boys to be admitted a few days after their departure; but this was of less consequence on account of the early and once intimate acquaintance which had existed between Mr. Dunlop and the gentleman who now held the responsible position of head of the school. Already preparations were in progress for the parents' return. Much that was necessary to the comfort of their Canadian home had been selected and packed, and now it was generally known in the neighbourhood that Mr. Dunlop was looking out for a good farm-labourer to take back with him. Of course there were many who offered themselves, but chiefly such as had failed to make their own way respectably in England, and of these the greater number had large families, and some of them sickly and some help less wives. It was not at all such that Mr. Dunlop wanted, but a healthy, hard-working, respectable young man, not older than his own sons. It was to some extent their place of usefulness that he wanted filling, and he had long wished for an English servant to assist in the business of the farm. At last a very likely young man came and offered himself; but when asked whether he was single or married, he blushed and looked so sheepish, that Mr. Dunlop began to apprehend some kind of "affair," and hesitated. It is true that Tom Lawson, as the neighbours called the young man, looked too juvenile to be married. "But what made the fellow blush so, and twist the brim off his hat?" said Mr. Dunlop, when he talked the matter over with his wife. "I don't like it, and I don't think I shall engage him." Mrs. Dunlop suggested that the youth might have an attachment, and was there any harm in that? "Yes, a great deal of harm," replied her husband. "His heart will be hankering after the old country, and I want a whole man, with head, heart, and hand all equally engaged in my service. It is bad enough to have only help that is hired where I used to have the willing help of the boys; but a man who is pining and miserable because he has left his love behind him will never suit me." "Do you think they do pine much ?" asked Mrs. Dunlop very quietly, and with the nearest approach to an arch expression which her smile ever wore. "Me give Nelly up?" said the youth, evidently perplexed with an incomprehensible idea. "Me give Nelly up? What do you mean, sir?" "I mean that you think this the best way of putting an end to the affair." "Putting an end to it? Never!" "Then you can trust Nelly, though you go away and leave her?" Mr. Dunlop thought he should know better And now she has to work at common, hard when he saw the youth again; and accord-house-work, till her little white hands are ingly he drew from him by degrees the getting red and coarse, and all on account of whole story of his attachment, which, so far me. No, sir, I can't stand it. I'll be off from binding him to his native country, was somewhere; and if you don't hire me, why one great cause of his wishing to escape I must look out for another master." from it. Poor Tom had a very bungling "Then you mean to give Nelly up?" way of describing his circumstances. He had no idea that they contained in reality the elements of poetic interest. It was a dreadful ordeal to him to be questioned about that which caused him so much both of pleasure and pain; and his hat again suffered severely in his hands, while he stood twisting the brim until it was scarcely any brim at all. The substance of his simple but disjointed story was this. James Halliday had a niece, an orphan, and the handsomest girl in all the country; Tom was quite sure of that. But all owing to him, for he lived only a mile distant, this girl had been sent to service a long way off, to be out of his way. James Halliday wanted a better match for his niece than a poor farmlabourer, and he made no secret of saying, what was very offensive to Tom, that he thought her handsome looks ought to find her a gentleman for a husband. The girl was an honest girl, as good as she was handsome, and nothing vexed her more than to hear her uncle talk in this way. But he was a bad man, was James Halliday, Tom said; and if he did not believe that Nelly was as true a girl as ever walked, he would never leave her in her uncle's power. "But why should you leave her at all?" inquired Mr. Dunlop. "Why, you see, sir," replied Tom, "there's no peace with her uncle so long as I am about. Nelly can't even live at home with him, but has to be thrown amongst strangers, and all along of me." "From the account you give of James Halliday," said Mr. Dunlop, "I should have thought it no advantage for his niece to live with him." "Oh, James is not altogether bad," replied the young man. "He's not unkind where he takes to any body. He was always fond of Nelly Armstrong, and sent her to school, and had her taught like any lady. 'Aye, that I can. Trust her? Why, bless you, sir, I could trust her if the Pope of Rome came a courtin' to her." "The Pope of Rome, my good fellow, must not have a wife." "Then I'm sorry for him. But concerning Nelly and her uncle and me, it's all to be kept secret, what I've been speaking of. I don't mind telling you what our plan is; indeed, perhaps I ought to tell you before you engage with me. Our plan is this. If so be that I like the country, and save a bit of money, and think there is a reasonable prospect of a comfortable home for Nelly, she's to come out all unbeknown to her uncle that is, when she's old enough to take her affairs into her own hand. I suppose there's marrying done there, sir?" "Oh yes, plenty of marrying. But how is Nelly to find the means of going out to Canada ?" "Why, sir, I don't mind telling you; but there's a bit of money that was her mother's lying in Squire Underthorne's hands; and when she comes of age, this money will fall to her, and nobody has any right to hinder it. Don't you see, sir?" "I do, Tom. But it seems to me that in this case you are leaving a good deal to depend upon a woman's faith." Yes; and if I had ten times more that was nearer and dearer to me-though that could not be-I would trust it all to Nelly's faith." "But you say she is so handsome; and |