Streaks of Light; or, Fifty-two Facts from the Bible for Fifty-two Sundays of the Year. Illustrated. By Mrs. ELIZABETH MORTIMER. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.
"This little work," says the author, "has received the distinguished honor of being appointed to be one of the class-books of the Samoan Collegians, and has been made to subserve the highest of all purposes--the preaching of the Gospel. To that purpose it is adapted when the hearers are untaught, untrained, and unreflecting. Each lesson can be understood by those who have no previous knowledge, and each is calculated to be the first address to one who has never before heard of God or his Christ."
Reading without Tears; or, A Pleasant Mode of Learning to Read. Illustrated. Small 4to, Cloth. By Mrs. ELIZABETH MORTIMER. Two Parts. Part I., 49 cents; Part II., 62 cents; complete in One Volume, $1.03.
An easy, simple, and pleasant book for the tiny scholars of the nursery-room. It contains a picture for every word of spelling capable of pictorial explanation. The reading-lessons have been carefully selected, being composed of the preceding spelling-lessons, by which means, together with the picture meanings, the words are easily impressed on the memory of a very young child.--_Athenæum_, London.
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A fat cat sat On the parlor mat, When through the room came whirring, Right up to where the cat was purring, A strange and ill-conditioned rat, As though to tempt the pussy fat. But, "No," said Puss, "this is too thin; Such shams may take Skye-terriers in. _I've_ had too many first-class meals To try to eat a rat on wheels."
=The Ribbon Dance.=--Children's balls are now in great vogue in France. The latest novelty for them is the ribbon dance. Eight ribbons of different colors are attached to a ring in the ceiling. Four girls and four boys hold the ends of the ribbons. The orchestra strikes up, and the eight children dance a measure which enables them to plait the ribbons. The orchestra then starts another measure, the children another step, and the plait is unplaited. Each of the dancers may be dressed according to the color of the ribbon that he or she holds, and the mingling of the colors will be all the more brilliant. The idea might easily be taken for a cotillion figure.