NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. THIRTIETH THOUSAND. COUNSELS TO A NEWLY-WEDDED PAIR Thirtieth Thousand, imperial 16mo, tastefully bound in White and Gold, price 2s. 6d., post-free, or in cloth, 1s. 6d. "The late Dr. Morison's 'COUNSELS TO A NEWLY-WEDDED PAIR' is a book that was well know and much appreciated some years ago, and as really good books, like good wine, do not at all los the excellence of their quality by keeping, we are glad to see this new edition, in its pretty size an tasteful binding of white and gold. It is a very suitable and yet inexpensive present to those wh have just entered upon married life."-Christian World. "This elegant little volume was written by the eminently learned and pious Dr. Morison, and w are not surprised therefore to see that it has reached its thirtieth thousand. In it the ties conjugal life are treated in a comprehensive and practical manner. As a gift-book to those wh have just entered upon married life, we can conceive of nothing more suitable or more likely to b useful."-Mothers' Treasury. "This little book, just brought out in a new edition, is very tastefully bound in white and gol with bevelled edges. It is in its thirtieth thousand. This speaks for itself. It has been th companion of many a honeymoon, and well does it deserve the honour."-Mothers' Friend. By Rev. WILLIAM ANDERSON, Author of "Model Women," &c. CONTENTS: -SECTION I.-SELF-EDUCATION. SECTION II.-CHARACTERISTICS O SELF-MADE MEN. SECTION III.- EXAMPLES OF SELF-MADE MEN. SECTION IV -How MEN ARE MADE. "The young man who reads it thoughtfully must of necessity rise from its perusal a wiser an more thoughtful man, with new nerve for the work and battle of life."-Christian World. "This is one of the better class of books. There is earnestness, right principle, and gcol sens in what Mr. Anderson has written."-British Quarterly Review. MISSIONARY GIFT BOOK. Twelfth Thousand, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d., cloth elegant. SO GREAT LOVE! Memorials of Eminent Missionaries of the London Missionary Society. By MISS BRIGHTWELL, Author of "The Romance of Missions,' Palissy th Potter," &c., &c. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. CONTENTS:-JOHN WILLIAMS, the Martyr of Erromanga-ALPHONSE LACROIX the Missionary Evangelist of Bengal-ROBERT MORRISON, First Protestan Missionary to China-EARLY DAYS IN MADAGASCAR: Leaves from a Lady' Journal-Dr. VANDERKEMP, the friend of the Hottentot-JOHN SMITH, the Mis sionary Martyr of Demerara-RICHARD KNILL, Missionary to India and Russi -ROBERT MOFFAT, Apostle to the Bechuana Tribes. "Miss Brightwell evidences in these Memorial Sketches an enthusiastic appreciation of th motives, self-denying sacrifices, and persevering labours, of men whose praise is in all the Churche and with many of whom in early life she had personal acquaintance. Her style is a very pleasiu one; while avoiding minute detail, she yet gives a very excellent comprehensive survey, enlivene by many striking incidents. The volume, which is profusely illustrated, should animate many t press forward and carry on the work so nobly inaugurated by these Missionary Pioneers."—Th Sunday-School Times. "These memorial sketches, executed by a skilful and loving hand, give a clear and vivid im pression of the character and services of those model missionaries here portrayed, and who hav won for themselves an abiding renown. Miss Brightwell's latest book will be appreciated in man a Christian household for Sunday reading, and will be a welcome addition to the Sunday-schoo library."-Nonconformist. LONDON: JOHN SNOW & CO, 2, IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW. ON A NEW YEAR'S GIFT. Na certain cold raw night in a small house in the suburbs of London, a husband and wife sat by their fireside, talking. The fire was not a large one, but it blazed cheerfully, throwing fitful gleams of light over a carpet decidedly the worse for use, shabby but warmly-tinted curtains, and worn furniture. Both in the room and its inmates it was easy to perceive that mixture of poverty and refinement which is not altogether uncommon in these or in any other times. Mr. Vaughan was a lawyer, and though a hard-working, conscientious man (some said in consequence of the latter "peculiarity”), he was also a poor man, and to maintain a large family and keep out of debt were by no means easy. The latter he had at present accomplished; but, with expenses increasing in all directions, and the means to meet them showing no signs of a corresponding increase, no wonder that Arthur Vaughan often grew desponding, and wondered how in the world he should manage to pay his way. There is no doubt that he could not have managed this at all had it not been for the good sense, clever contrivances, and unfailing cheerfulness of his wife. A bright, merry girl was Kate Trevor when he married her, and although time and trouble had subdued, it had not dimmed the brightness, and to her husband and children little Mrs. Vaughan was still a constant daily blessing. He left most things to her in their domestic arrangements. The children said, "If mamma says so, it will be done." And of course the children knew. This by no means unimportant part of the household consisted of eight boys and girls, ranging from a lassie of twelve, who began to consider herself grown up, to a year-old boy seldom out of his mother's arms: there were twins of three years old, and a delicate girl of five, who had been lame from her birth, and the rest came in between. All healthy, thank God," the mother would say, "except little Trottie." They were all in bed now, and silence reigned where half an hour ago you could not have heard yourself speak. A nightly romp with papa when he came home was a privilege which they never omitted to avail themselves of. And we may say that however weary and worried the father felt, he never disappointed them by refusing to become a lion, a bear, a fiery steed, or a wheelbarrow, or whatever 1 JANUARY. |