2. Which English word contains the greatest number of letters? 3. What English word is that, the letters of which, three in number, may be placed in any order, and at each transposition form a well-known word? 4. What word of six letters admits of five successive elisions leaving at each abbreviation a well-known word? 5. What word of six letters contains six words besides itself, without transposing a letter? ANSWERS. 1. Strength and identity. 2. Disproportionableness. 3. Ear. 4. Brandy. 5. Herein.-J. W. G., Family Friend, Vol. II. No. 16. TRIFLES. WHERE there's a will, there's a way; but where there are a great many wills there's no way. I Go through my work," as the needle said to the idle boy. "But not till you're hard pushed," as the idle boy said to the needle. IF some men could come out of their graves and read the inscriptions upon their tombs, they would think they had laid down in the wrong place. AT a dinner of the Cincinnatti firemen, recently, the following sentiment was proposed :-" The ladies: their eyes kindle the only flame which we cannot extinguish, and against which there is no insurance !"-Id. To their hearts responsive ringing, FRAILTY OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, J. Parry. Henry King. TO MY BABE (WHILE SLEEPING). To some bright world to wander back; Already like a vernal flower, I see thee opening to the light; Sweet bud of beauty! how wilt thou Yet, ah! if prayers could aught avail, Across thy path Religion's star Shun Vice-the breath of her abode For thee I ask not riches: thou THE EAGLE. THE sky's thy home, the air's thy minion, As o'er green earth's extreme dominion, Thou spread'st forth thy majestic pinion, Delta. Allan Cunningham. THE SPIRIT'S LAND. OH! beauteous are the forms that stand Beyond death's dusky wave, And beckon to the Spirit's land, Across the narrow grave! No damp is on the freed one's brow, The dews of heaven refresh him now, The parent souls that o'er our bed The dearer still-the close-entwined We thought them fair; but now we find 'Twas but their shade we knew. Tis sweet, when tempests earth deform, To know that there in safety rest To know that brethren fondly wait That death but opes that mansion's gate, THE STORM. NIGHT mounts her throne; the cloud's dark massive form, The rustling winds declare a coming storm; The elements with gradual fury fill; The winds already combat on the hill. Lo! how the rising ocean pours his waves, Feather'd with foam, impetuous to their caves; Without a requiem, save his laugh of scorn, Down in his depths the mariner is borne; Fierce through the heavens the forked lightnings fly, The night hath passed: how lovely o'er the sea THE CLOSING DAY. THOU art gone, lovely day, and no longer thy beam Thou hast sunk like a drop in Eternity's stream, DEATH. I HAVE looked on the dead since I saw ye last ; I have bent o'er the form as the spirit pass'd; I have felt the stiffening hand grow cold, MEMOIR OF MRS. SHERMAN. ALTHOUGH it is a fact unquestioned by all who revere the word of truth, that the most efficient maternal guidance cannot change the heart, and renew the nature for God, without the gracious influence of his Spirit: yet, where a mother unites piety, wisdom, and perseverance in the training of her children, she seldom fails to draw down that influence on her interesting charge. Education, especially in the formation of character, does not consist merely in conveying to the mind ethical maxims, useful knowledge, and the higher branches of gospel lore, but in the living exhibition of personal graces, a rigid love of truth,-a spirit of prayer,-a dependence on Divine aid, a delicate sense of purity, and an indomitable perseverance in aiming to win the heart to Christ. -Chap. 1. HAPPY they who begin to work for God early, and form the |