equally desirous of visiting Parisian antiquities. Their voyage across the channel was a pleasant one. On their arrival in France, they lost no time in procuring a suitable guide, with a full determination to visit every place of interest that was accessible. Lewis soon found that it would be necessary to keep a closer watch over his brother than when he was in England, for there he found the enemy he so much dreaded spreading snares for their feet, and by their polite courtesy endeavoring to entrap them. At first the elder Mr. McMartin was interested, as they visited from place to place the ancient lore of France. One bright beautiful morning they were conducted by their guide to the Louvre. As they traversed this almost never ending building, gazing upon the innumerable pictures, they were lost in admiration. Mr. McMartin said in a let ter to his friends, that the long gallery was one thousand three hundred and twenty-two feet in length, and forty-two in breadth, and the wall covered with pictures, which were divided into four classes: French, Italian, Flemish, and German, containing one thousand four hundred and eight pictures, and none but the works of deceased masters could be admitted here. Mr. McMartin was told that, to go over the whole building would make a full mile. Mrs. Nicolson, in her "Gaulic Gleanings," a work which every Parisian visitor should avail themselves of-says, "She has twice been over the buildings, and she would prefer walking five miles on a plain road to a walk through the Louvre, if her eye must take in the pictures as she proceeds." As Mr. McMartin gazed upon the relics of past ages, his heart was deeply affected, as he thought of the thousands, yes, millions, who had been endowed by nature with intellect and taste, sufficient to erect for them monuments of imperishable honors, but had, in consequence of alcoholic liquors, made shipwreck of Nature's richest gift; and was more fully determined than ever, by the help of God, to assist his brother whom he so much loved, to add to his "knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity." The two gentlemen now left the Louvre, and repaired to the Jardin des Plantes. They found its beginning was in 1635 by Louis XIII. They visited its botanical garden and gallery of anatomy, menagerie, a library and amphitheatre, where public lectures are given. They had no time to examine these; but strolled on among the tall trees, then entered some of the glass houses, saw the cedar of Lebanon planted in 1734, measuring ten and a half English feet in circumference, six feet from the ground. Mr. McMartin said, as he looked upon this native of Palestine, that he was led to think of these beautiful lines "The cedars wave on Lebanon ; But Judah's statelier maids are gone; So now we wander witheringly, In other lands to die ; And where our fathers' ashes be, Though they had been in Paris but two days, it was evident that his brother was becoming weary of sightseeing. He dreaded to see the listless indifference with which he looked upon what so deeply interested himself, and hastened as fast as possible from one place of interest to another, drinking in at a glance all that his haste made it possible. Unexpectedly he came up in front of the obelisk of Luxor. For a moment the mind of Lewis McMartin was lost in a labyrinth of thought. He then advanced to examine more minutely its antique history; its hieroglyphics were not to be deciphered by him, but he learned by its superscriptions that it was a native of Egypt, and had been transported by the French Government in 1836, and placed upon this spot, where its proud head was lifted toward high Heaven. This obelisk is seventy-two feet in height, seven feet six inches broad at the base, and five feet four inches at the top, weighing five hundred thousand pounds. Lewis McMartin and his brother were invited by an American, to a large party, where he knew champagne would be |